[finn]

Why do you train?

Think of all the time you devote. The money you spend on supplements. The risk of injury. waking up at five am to train. Goin to the gym at the end of a days work and ab-so-lutely-frikkin-beasting yourself.

For me its...

The cool injuries you show off to random strangers on the bus.
Being able to do cool stuff in the gym while the bicep boys look on, mouths agape.
Going to B&Q and dreaming up all the random s*** you could build to swing from.

You could be at home! Relaxing. Watching Big Brother! Eating cheesecake.
Sweet...cakey...seductive cheesecake.

BRB

[Chet]

For me, this post still sums it up reasonably well.

Would probably change it a little now, mainly by adding more to it, but it's an indication of where I'm coming from with regards to why I train.

[finn]

Chet, on Jun 24 2008, 12:02 AM, said:

For me, this post still sums it up reasonably well.

Would probably change it a little now, mainly by adding more to it, but it's an indication of where I'm coming from with regards to why I train.

aw crap. i should have used the search function before starting this thread.

[Mister C]

A little while ago, I wrote an article trying to explain exactly why I train. Schwinners was kind enough to post it up here (bottom of the page, complete with terrible pic of me). It goes some way to explaining it I think...

[Mark]

Ha, ha Mr C, thats what you look like.......

Good write up though & I stole this....

"getting into the workout, having it be as hard as you thought it was going to be, maybe even a bit harder, coming out the other side and realising, 'Man - I made it!'"

Without going all Zen, that about covers it, its because:

1: As a former soldier my life depended on it.
2: As a former soldier it became so ingrained into my personality that I could'nt stop if I tried.
3: I want to do what I want to do without having to worry about wether I am fit enough.
4: Its my Job.
5: And because I love the feeling of apprehension before I train and then doing it.

And then there is the brutal truth, I walk around the city, parks and on holiday and I look at the state of the human race and think to myself I will not become one of those. We are now becoming the odd ones out and people look at us thinking that we are idiots for doing what we do and they don't realise that it us that are using the human body for what it has spent a million years of evolution perfecting, and that is the real reason why I train............. I still love to just, run-jump-climb-roll-flip-fall-tumble-lift-push-pull and do what I was designed to do....!!! And at the end of the the day its nothing more than that for any of us? We are still kids who want to play And you can't do that if you are a fat f*****.

Nice1

[nickyhusky]

You lot are obviously much deeper thinkers than me... I just train because it's fun and it makes me feel good, and it's something I do for me, not for anyone else, unlike most of the rest of my life.

Unlike the rest of you, I hate that pre-WO apprehension.

[mrbourgot]

Started training about 10 years ago because I'd had quite enough of being a fat bastard beer monster. Got into boxing & kickboxing, started doing fight nights so trained in order to not get battered. Quit the fight game and again trained to not be a fat bastard. Got into crossfit, trained my arse off in order to not come last.

I'm not a naturally disciplined person. Without a clear alternative I would still be a fat bastard beer monster

[finn]

COOooOL - some awesome answers guys. Maybe I should refine my question to what first got you training?
I tried football (being from Old Trafford its mandatory or they send you screaming into Moss Side) and was bored. Tried rugby and was told off for being too violent. Tried running - and spent most of my time jumping over things. Tried weightlifting and got bored, tried swimming and forever smelt of chlorine.

I love the functional stuff, love bootcamp, training outdoors when the rain is horizonal or my hands are buried in the snow while I do burpees. Sometimes I wonder if I'm not a little bit mad, maybe training to be an assassin or a ancient warrior. I love dabbling in everything, a bit of boxing, a bit of kyokushin, a bit of LSD running. I am so hyperactive its not even funny so I get bored of things really easily. Functional is the way.

[Mark]

I am so hyperactive its not even funny so I get bored of things really easily. Functional is the way.

Hadn't guessed!!!!

[Johny Cash]

finn, on Jun 23 2008, 11:38 PM, said:

Going to B&Q and dreaming up all the random s*** you could build to swing from.

That is exactly what I do LOL

[finn]

CrossfitDerby, on Jun 24 2008, 06:22 PM, said:

I am so hyperactive its not even funny so I get bored of things really easily. Functional is the way.

Hadn't guessed!!!!

yea, i didnt just teacha body pump class, a spin class, a bootcamp then two clients then go climbing

ahh
now for gordon ramsey and steak

[David]

nickyhusky, on Jun 24 2008, 10:49 AM, said:

Unlike the rest of you, I hate that pre-WO apprehension.

Kempie came up with a great term for it - "WOD Dread." I get it quite a lot myself but I've discovered that if I just start the timer "recording a slow time dread" overpowers it very quickly!

[finn]

David, on Jun 25 2008, 03:44 PM, said:

Kempie came up with a great term for it - "WOD Dread." I get it quite a lot myself but I've discovered that if I just start the timer "recording a slow time dread" overpowers it very quickly!

gotta be honest - I has serious issues with WOD Dread. I'm working on a sports pcyh diploma so tried out some techniques from there which helped. About three weeks ago I went to a hypnotherapist on the NHS and asked for specific suggestions to help me train harder and better - I'll try anything me -

it worked, my workout buddy even noticed a massive change. workouts are really focused now and I have a few key words that help me focus if I start to mess around.

[Davie]

best thing that worked for me sports pscyh is to just suck it up!

[Andy]

not sure i get this WOD dread. I do get very excited about doing the workouts. Pscyh wise it just boils down to the fact that i tell myself it gets easier everytime. I also break down the whole workout in to small segments and then as i do the workout break it down even more. For me it tells my brain that the workout is smaller and it's just a matter of getting through each small bit. Try to tell my guys this as well.

[Will Walshe]

I think some of it is just performance anxiety, and getting worked up about beating your PRs. I used to get that a little, not so much anymore though.

But there's also the fact that pushing yourself to your absolute limits hurts, both mentally and physically (I wasn't right for about 24hours after my first sub-5 Fran). Fear of intense pain is a fairly sensible human instinct, which I we guess we just have to learn to suppress like all those other instincts that contrive to try and make us less fit...

[Jet]

Makes me happy,
Gives me an outlet,
Done it for a long time and it's pretty much a part of me/a defining factor of me,
The fat guy that lets his perfectly evolved biological machine go to waste makes me sick.

Seriously,are we meant to evolve or turn to mush.If all the technology and creature comforts were to one day,just,not be there.
Then the strong,fit and capable would survive whereas,the fatman would perish......unless he ate all the fit people i suppose:)

[Jet]

Oh,and about a 2 years ago i bench pressed 120 for one rep.I felt like a total animal for a couple of days after.
T'was great.

you just don't get that feeling anywhere else.

[Will Walshe]

Haha, I hear that. I got a similar feeling first time I power cleaned a weight that I could dimly remember once being my max deadlift.

[finn]

Will Walshe, on Jun 25 2008, 09:09 PM, said:

Haha, I hear that. I got a similar feeling first time I power cleaned a weight that I could dimly remember once being my max deadlift.

I remember two years ago training with 'a mate'. *gathers you round and hands out worther originals.
He turned out to be a total knob, alway made fun of me cos I couldnt lift as much as him, run as fast etc. Well, I kicked my arse for the entire year, got my quals and worked three jobs to get the experience etc. One year later we happened to be at the same gym at the same time and, ladies and gennelmen, I totally kicked his ass. He put it down to overtraining himself yesterday etc.
So I, in an offhand way, suggested we meet up the week later.
We did and again, I kicked his lardy arse. I think I might have been dancing on the way home.

Not that I trained that hard to beat him in an Ayn Rand kinda way that is