Back when I used to be a really skinny fvcker, I got directed to Stronglifts.com, and decided to drop the rubbish 3 day split BB routine that was getting me nowhere, and take up stronglifts 5x5. When I broke the news to my fellow gym goer schoolmates, there was almost outrage. They could not comprehend anything other than isolation exercises, let alone squatting 3 times a week. Every time I went to the gym, it would always be the same old jokes "What you doing today, squats?"
Being an idiot, I mentioned the fact that I would be doing GOMAD (Gallon of milk a day). The response was enormous. These guys had a field day trying to bring me down, telling everyone in my school year about it, trying to show me up as an idiot. I soon bore the brunt of many jokes about my lunacy of drinking loads of milk and squatting, lots of dvmbass girls saying I was going to get fat. People arguing with me how squats work the whole body. It would have made a lesser man stop in his tracks.
I even got insulted by the skinny AFC dude, who was as weak as a newborn lamb and even to this day looks like a stick despite continuing his "arms day" routine.
Despite all the opposition, I plowed through with the routine, making very nice gains (2 and a half stone in 6 months, with little fat gain). The result was that I became one of the biggest guys in my school year (and still growing).
Slowly, the squatting and milk jokes tapered off, probably because people got bored seeing their insults didn't affect me, or the fact that I was proving them all wrong. Nevertheless, something very surprising happened.
All those gym goers who initially mocked me, actually started to copy me! They mentioned how they were going to start squatting and dead-lifting, conveniently ignoring the fact that they insulted me months earlier for those same reasons. They even came to me for advice on squatting and deadlifting. One of my non-lifter friends even said he was going to start stronglifts 5x5 and GOMAD.
I systematically introduced the squat and dead lift into a lot of wannabe body builders' routines.
Strange how people are just like crabs in a barrel, when you try to get out, they all grab you and try to pull you back in. Yet when you succeed, they all try and emulate you. Keep this in mind, not just when it comes to the gym, but in all aspects of life.
Being an idiot, I mentioned the fact that I would be doing GOMAD (Gallon of milk a day). The response was enormous. These guys had a field day trying to bring me down, telling everyone in my school year about it, trying to show me up as an idiot. I soon bore the brunt of many jokes about my lunacy of drinking loads of milk and squatting, lots of dvmbass girls saying I was going to get fat. People arguing with me how squats work the whole body. It would have made a lesser man stop in his tracks.
I even got insulted by the skinny AFC dude, who was as weak as a newborn lamb and even to this day looks like a stick despite continuing his "arms day" routine.
Despite all the opposition, I plowed through with the routine, making very nice gains (2 and a half stone in 6 months, with little fat gain). The result was that I became one of the biggest guys in my school year (and still growing).
Slowly, the squatting and milk jokes tapered off, probably because people got bored seeing their insults didn't affect me, or the fact that I was proving them all wrong. Nevertheless, something very surprising happened.
All those gym goers who initially mocked me, actually started to copy me! They mentioned how they were going to start squatting and dead-lifting, conveniently ignoring the fact that they insulted me months earlier for those same reasons. They even came to me for advice on squatting and deadlifting. One of my non-lifter friends even said he was going to start stronglifts 5x5 and GOMAD.
I systematically introduced the squat and dead lift into a lot of wannabe body builders' routines.
Strange how people are just like crabs in a barrel, when you try to get out, they all grab you and try to pull you back in. Yet when you succeed, they all try and emulate you. Keep this in mind, not just when it comes to the gym, but in all aspects of life.
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