[ibanezman88]

guys, not everybody wants to go balls to the wall man. the gym is not meant only for people that want to sh*t out a terd while doing leg press and pop a vein.

however, these are common excuses i hear

oh, i'm bulking........an excuse as to why they're 99% bodyfat and not cutting lol.

i don't want my legs to get bulky.......an excuse not to train legs hard. this guy is a football player by the way.

i want to always see my christmas tree back........an excuse why that 110lbs guy won't bulk. true story.

i don't want to get big i just want to stay in shape........an excuse why my friend won't bench press with his elbows in instead of totally flared out.

there are plenty of other ones.

i can respect somebody that doesn't want to go 100% but if they're being really half-assed, they won't see results and most of the people who don't do squats/deadlifts or train hard are the same damn people complaining about how they can't get bigger. and then they take a long break from the gym, come back and see how big you got in the last few months and won't talk to you cuz they're so pissed off they look the same.

[fuze59]

The fact that you get down to the gym and work out means SOOOOO much more than not even getting down there in the first place...

[packn]

there's a difference between having a legit reason like working long hours or school and homework or in my case both... and an excuse, an excuse is just a cop out, and for many guys in my gym that don't do legs b/c the ladies don't see their legs... same guys that are wearing sweatpants in the gym in the summer time b/c of their chicken legs

[ibanezman88]

this is my schedual

4:25 wake up
5:40 - out the door
5:55 - at work
3:30 - get off work
4:00-5:30 - workout (balls to the wall)
5:30-5:45 - post-workout meal
5:50 - out the door
6:45 - in school
7:00 - class starts
9:50 - class end
10:00 - get home
10:30 - finsih eating my last meal
10:40-11:00 - get to bed

and i also work saturdays and go to church and play in the church band which requires practice on saturday nights and having to be at church on suday pretty early.
weekends are also when i study.

and i'm also in the process of becoming a police officer which requires me to be busy on the weekends.

and i still have time to get my 6-8 meals in and work out 6 days a week and spend time with my family and hand out with my friends.

it's like ronnie coleman said. when you got love for something, there isn't really much you wouldn't do to do it.

[Big MuMbO jUmBo]

Originally Posted by ibanezman88

this is my schedual

4:25 wake up
5:40 - out the door
5:55 - at work
3:30 - get off work
4:00-5:30 - workout (balls to the wall)
5:30-5:45 - post-workout meal
5:50 - out the door
6:45 - in school
7:00 - class starts
9:50 - class end
10:00 - get home
10:30 - finsih eating my last meal
10:40-11:00 - get to bed

and i also work saturdays and go to church and play in the church band which requires practice on saturday nights and having to be at church on suday pretty early.
weekends are also when i study.

and i'm also in the process of becoming a police officer which requires me to be busy on the weekends.

and i still have time to get my 6-8 meals in and work out 6 days a week and spend time with my family and hand out with my friends.

it's like ronnie coleman said. when you got love for something, there isn't really much you wouldn't do to do it.

everytime i get discouraged and feel like i wont have time to do something i come on here and look at your log...your an inspiration to me dude and you represent a lot of hard working american men that do everything in their power to do what they love and i really respect you for that bro!!

[Fish0828]

damn ibanezman. that is really very commendable. that really takes some determination and drive. props man, for real.

[valor999]

Originally Posted by ibanezman88

this is my schedual

4:25 wake up
5:40 - out the door
5:55 - at work
3:30 - get off work
4:00-5:30 - workout (balls to the wall)
5:30-5:45 - post-workout meal
5:50 - out the door
6:45 - in school
7:00 - class starts
9:50 - class end
10:00 - get home
10:30 - finsih eating my last meal
10:40-11:00 - get to bed

and i also work saturdays and go to church and play in the church band which requires practice on saturday nights and having to be at church on suday pretty early.
weekends are also when i study.

and i'm also in the process of becoming a police officer which requires me to be busy on the weekends.

and i still have time to get my 6-8 meals in and work out 6 days a week and spend time with my family and hand out with my friends.

it's like ronnie coleman said. when you got love for something, there isn't really much you wouldn't do to do it.

you truly are dedicated, you just inspired me to go even harder at the gym, ty

[Tony94]

ibanezman i know how ya feel with that schedule man it sux. gotta comend ya though cuz i dun see or hear people still hittin the gym wit a psychotic schedule. mines as such...

MWF

3am up doing dishes and makin breakfast and homework till...

5am workout intense till 7am

7am-745am drive home shower, eat, get to school

8am-12 noon class and eat 2 cereal protein bars with 1.5 liters of water

12noon to 1pm eat lunch

1pm-3pm school

3pm eat and homework

(if i am doing a double day) 5pm gym again... to 7pm

7-8pm shower, eat, nap for 2 hours...

10pm more homework and gettin ready for work

1130pm-9am work, commute and the actual job

930 am unconcious

so yeah i tell people who tell me with that excuse about the time to suck it up. If they wanna be there they will.

[dragonbreed504]

I got too many excuse stories to share but I share one for the sake of comedy Most of the Bullshiet I hear is "I worked out for two weeks and now I'm swol and just to add insult to injury I ask whats your diet like and their response is Pizza,Cheeseburgers and Ice cream. I Think to myself, F***ing Idiot!!

[n88tr]

I've heard excuses but nothing unusual. I always remember complainers. Girls saying they can't or it's too hard. Usually when doing curls with dumbbells. I seriously doubt 2.5 lbs in each hand is too hard for you.

Don't honestly hear much, people just do their thing, whether with good form or bad, they just workout. At YMCA I hear people giving tons of advice to people, i've gotten some too like back when i was hack squatting a lot, doing full stack of 400, some dude told me i was doing it too heavy. OK riiiiiiiiight. If my form is good, screw you ok, buddy? Other times i was cable rowing and dude told me to lean back at the hips, helps bring more weight up. I just stared at him till he walked away... silence.

I don't like talking to people when i'm in the gym.

[ibanezman88]

me either
people piss me off

and guys, those posts after i posted my schedual means a lot to me.

i'm touched and even more motivated than ever!

THANKS GUYS!!!

[packn]

Originally Posted by n88tr

I've heard excuses but nothing unusual. I always remember complainers. Girls saying they can't or it's too hard. Usually when doing curls with dumbbells. I seriously doubt 2.5 lbs in each hand is too hard for you.

Don't honestly hear much, people just do their thing, whether with good form or bad, they just workout. At YMCA I hear people giving tons of advice to people, i've gotten some too like back when i was hack squatting a lot, doing full stack of 400, some dude told me i was doing it too heavy. OK riiiiiiiiight. If my form is good, screw you ok, buddy? Other times i was cable rowing and dude told me to lean back at the hips, helps bring more weight up. I just stared at him till he walked away... silence.

I don't like talking to people when i'm in the gym.

HAHA.... that's my girlfriend when she uses the 2.5 lbs dumbbells... i'm always like " Are you serious???"

[robbo2261]

you gotta love these ones...

1-newbies who try to give you pointers that are absolute b/s, (like saying they're doing hundreds of light reps for the ultimate hypertrophy)

2-people from work etc. who give you pointers when they have clearly never trained a day in their life.

[Kaboom]

Wow I never knew there was anybody other than me in the gym!!!!

[tigeraj2]

Originally Posted by ibanezman88

this is my schedual

4:25 wake up
5:40 - out the door
5:55 - at work
3:30 - get off work
4:00-5:30 - workout (balls to the wall)
5:30-5:45 - post-workout meal
5:50 - out the door
6:45 - in school
7:00 - class starts
9:50 - class end
10:00 - get home
10:30 - finsih eating my last meal
10:40-11:00 - get to bed

and i also work saturdays and go to church and play in the church band which requires practice on saturday nights and having to be at church on suday pretty early.
weekends are also when i study.

and i'm also in the process of becoming a police officer which requires me to be busy on the weekends.

and i still have time to get my 6-8 meals in and work out 6 days a week and spend time with my family and hand out with my friends.

it's like ronnie coleman said. when you got love for something, there isn't really much you wouldn't do to do it.

hat goes off to you bro... anyone who says they dont have time to work out needs to check that out.

[Deacon UK]

A great one for you " I was out all last night drinking still feel pissed".....

[Ultimus]

"I cant get bigger because my body doesn't build muscle."

[Tony94]

minus an actual medically certified disease i think that is the lamset excuse ive ever heard lol.

[Demon Knight]

Some honest answers and some very commendable schedules.

Everybody is different.

Unfortunately, I can't sleep less than 8 hours. My energy levels really suffer.

And going 100% at the gym week after week only resulted in stagnation and injury for myself. Intensity cycling has solved this problem.

Like others have said, BBing is my hobby, I have never been good at strength sports (average genetics), I don't take any drugs and I'm working full time whilst studying for my chartered accountancy qualification.

I love BBing but I'm much more controlled now than I was. More of a passion than an obsession. My personal life really suffered when I was fully concentrated for BBing and honestly, it wasn't worth it.

[fuze59]

Great excuse everyone has heard from girls:

-No I don't want to lift weights because I don't want to get huge or big muscles.

Sweetheart if it was that easy every guy down this gym now would be huge like Arnold. And I can assure you those girls in the magazines do resistance training.

Some of you guys say you don't like form pointers in your workout..I saw a guy doing lat pull downs the other day he was almost leaning back horizontal then launching back vertically repeatedly..didn't know if I should have said bro youre gonna **** your back in about a week if you keep that up..or the guys doing barbell bicept curls and rocking the f*ck out of their backs..

Please people if you ever see me doing something like that please pull me aside and educate me!!

[Razorhail]

It's weird. I just go to the gym and concentrate on my workout and goals, but i do like watching people and listening to them talk about excuses and stuff. A lot of times it helps drive me, other times its entertainment. Especially the quite nicely looking females.

[Beergoggles]

I love it when people say they have no time to work out.

I'm a full time college student, i work full time as a prep-cook/cook in training, and I still manage to work out an hour a day five days a week.

I make lifting my priority. People at school ask me why i carry around a gallon jug of water, and why there are so many pills in my Animal Pak. People at work make fun of me for bringing my protein shaker.

It's the life I choose to live and I love it.

[AlaskanGuy]

Im a full time college student and a full time firefighter and if i can find time to get to the gym then most people should be able to also. It does help that i work one 24 on and get 48 hours off though. I hardly ever talk to anybody at the gym, my training partner even quit after about three months cause "i was too intense for him". no complaints from me though, it got me working out with my girlfriend who now wants to compete in a figure contest.

[ProteinKing]

"i go to school and i have to study afterwards and consider it work so i don't put 100% in my workouts and if i don't do deadlifts chances are i have family problems at home" that is a load of bull**** excuse. EVERYBODY goes to school at one point and most of the time they have a job as well. I just had to shake my head and sigh when i saw that post.

[Slemhelge]

1) I don't do squats because I have bad knees (I find it strange that the same people who say this then go on the leg press, loag it up with weight then barely bend there knees)

I dont know if my knees are bad.. but i hear alot of snapping and crackling whenever i do squats ^^ ive asked why.. they just say.. Keep doing squats and your knees will get used to it and stop.. Keep em moving ^^

16 years infront of a computer do make its mark upon you :P


First post new user btw.. yay me
Hi all
bye all <3

[Tony94]

welcome buddy, its called pain push through lol. You should hear mine after a 6 mile run and then walking up a flight of stairs, youd swear it was a bowl of rice krispies with a microphone next to it lol. Pain comes with this territory, and weird noises lol

[Slemhelge]

Originally Posted by Tony94

welcome buddy, its called pain push through lol. You should hear mine after a 6 mile run and then walking up a flight of stairs, youd swear it was a bowl of rice krispies with a microphone next to it lol. Pain comes with this territory, and weird noises lol

I dont feel pain tho.. just The Bowl of Rice krispies :P

[Tony94]

yeah the pain for me is the shoulders, wrists, and shins/calves and that was just from retarded accidents or running. But def keep doin squats and leg presses bro!

[mm1snapper]

Omg i love these story time posts!!! Ok so in january i was at the gym and i always noticed this guy in there working out. But i NEVER saw him work out his back. So that day i approached him and asked him if he works out his back.

His Reply!!!
"Man look in the mirror can you even see your back? Of course not so why worry about it... Plus its not like its gonna help me with anything anyways."

My reaction...
Took off my shirt did a double bi pose and flared my lats...

His reaction...
"Man how did you get so massive my upper body is only half your size!"

My reaction...
Im not a retard who only works out the muscles he can see and girls think are sexy. I train for over all size and strength.

His final reaction...
"Oh whatever i can get that big without working out my back."

[Moro]

lol,

a good one i heard the other day,

i dont want to get muscley because the girls dont like it..