Post by thorgrim on Oct 20, 2012 15:06:51 GMT -6
Man O' man, I cannot believe the inflated prices of GNC. Granted its been a couple years since I bulked up, but regardless, the price of Whey has doubled and it smacks of big oil greed me thinks!! Of course everything is effected by oil prices, but I was verily grieved upon arrival at my favorite GNC location to find out just how much mark up has occured on some of my favorite supplements. I used to always run a combo of Cell Tech, Muscle Tech, and Mega Men Sport w/ DHEA when engaged in a training cycle. Yes cycle, I have been lifting weights for 23 years now and after the first 18 I could not go on any longer. I had lost the desire, the fire, the black flame that drives some deep inside to train with the fury of a thousand Lycans!!! The thing that seperates predators from prey, those who win fights simply because they refuse to give anyone the satisfaction of getting the better of them. So for the last handful I only train hard and heavy if I have a reason to, yes in a court of law thats called "pre-meditated" and their right as it occured beforehand and I "meditated" in a sense during my Seid session, though it is really a trance if you wanna get technical, but they wouldnt know the difference. I have only done work on the heavy bag and pull up bar for the most part and practice various martial forms to ensure my technique doesnt go too awful far south, and keep a healthy diet. Now however is different, not only do I have an ass to kick in the future, (thats actually a couple years away) but I had a conversation with my son where he indicated that while he thought I was strong compared to most of the "dads" he knew, he had no memories of me when I was completely jacked and maintained a double body weight bench press and triple deadlift likemy daughter recalls. Which for those of you who dont know, those are "common tasks" that are considered a prerequisite to being any kind of a serious competitor in strength sports. So what started as an ego driven desire to make women want me, and men want to BE me, has turned with age, wisdom, and a son who looks up to me, into a chance to manifest my will. By him most high I shall manifest this most difficult task. I want to do this for both myself and as a way of teaching our way to my son. Wish me luck, I will use this thread to mark progress, I will post pics along the way. I will first put one up of me bulked up in 2007, like I was from about 03-07, then one of me this past august much lighter because when you dont train big, you dont get to eat big!!