Post by Tim Wescott on Dec 5, 2003 14:04:14 GMT -5
I came up beleiving that if you were a bodybuilder you should be able to take more than the average couch potato.Adversity is no stranger to me,in fact he has made himself known quite often.This attitude has gotten me labeled as being very dedicated to my pursuit of a better body.It has also gotten me the reputation among friends, and family members, of being obsessed with training, at a be all end all, type of expense.I remember walking to the gym 2 1/2 miles with my cousins, in an ice storm or two, wearing trash bags, with holes cut out in them over our bodies, just to go torture legs, and then walk back in the lovely, icy, New England winter weather.When people used to ask me and my training partner Ray Harris what we were doing for X-Mas, we would respond with, "Why chest & back of course ,what are you doing?" ;D I`d pass up the parties and dances, so I could sleep, in order to be ready to train my balls off the next morning.I also remember doing heavy squats with my cousins at 5:00 AM before going to work for 8-10 hours.I`ve had fights with bosses over break, times so I could squeeze in all my meals.I would be forced to go to a family function by my wife or girlfriend ,while I was dieting for a show and having to pass up all the cake and food, that was forbidden on my diet.My wifes family thought I was a bit crazy.If I cut my arm off at work ,the first thing that would probably come to my mind would be ,damn ,how am I going to train with only one arm?I`d train around the injury somehow!!I have trained with my arm in a cast and trained while sick.I carry food and water with me wherever I go.I also don`t miss workouts, no matter what,and have had to tell people NO, a lot of times because of this.Looking back on it today, I guess I was crazy to do all those things just to workout,after all I know I`m just a little guy in the whole big picture of things.I will never be in magazines or on TV, but I still think I`m crazy, because I still do these things today.I give of myself to people, and help others when I can, but my training is very important to me.Call me selfish ,but I have done a lot worse things in life than take care of myself.You can take this post in a tongue in cheek sort of way if you like, but that wasn`t how I intended it to be. ;D