This will be my last post to you in this thread. Perhaps it would be instructive for you to ask yourself why you posted gym-related invective in P&R about me. Then, having opened that door, why you are so surprised that I should walk through it in the other direction. But then, you're not really one for introspection, are you? As for surf, he's a good guy, but he used his journal thread, which was subsequently relegated to Chit Chat, as a soapbox from which to pontificate nonsense. And, as you have learned, I tend to walk through doors that others open. Moderators, I apologize for contributing to some of the unnecessary clutter in this thread. Please feel free to delete whatever you deem appropriate.
None of that nonsense makes me a hypocrite. And your vanity here is related to your obnoxious personality in P&R. Trust me dude, the shoe fit you perfectly. And saying you're vane in P&R is not gym related. I'm sure you are just as vane outside the gym. It's who you are. As for your banning, calling someone out on a journal is one thing. I'm certain I've done it myself. Harassing someone daily for months on end until you get banned is a whole other subject entirely. I would not expect that from any of the 18 year old posters on this site much less a 54 year old man. It's just disturbing that's all.
A friend of mine uses the TRX system when he travels. He's a fitness guy and he likes using them when he's away from the gym. I take a Total Trainer with me when I travel and I love it.
*Sigh* My one and only exception, and only because you are a fabricator without peer. This is the reason I got banned: Surf repeatedly and endlessly kept talking about all aspects of TA being nothing more than "20/20 hindsight" and of no value. I posted the picture as illustrative of his 20/20 hindsight. The moderator deleted it. I posted it again because it was in response to a door surf kept opening. And that got me banned. I was subsequently offered reinstatement under my old user name and I declined. There was no meaningful daily harrassing for months culminating in my getting banned as you trickle-down fabricated out of supply-side whole cloth. There was only tit-for-tat back and forth among a number of participants, myself included. Quit making shit up. And if you don't understand the hypocrisy of criticizing my gym-going while you go as well and post on this health and workout-related thread, then you are beyond reach. Over and out. Dude.
I knew you wouldn't keep your word. Par for the course. And Gabby, going to the gym and being obsessed with the gym are not one and the same. THAT is why I'm not hypocrite. I've been going to the gym on and off for over 10 years. Not to look like Baron. Not to have 6 pack abs. But because I found out years ago that my trading improved remarkably by going. I have no stated goals. I go to release. Not because of vanity. I have a certain build genetically and outside of juicing or dedicating my life to changing it, it's not going to change. I eat healthy for the most part and I do moderate gym work. THAT is why I go. You on the other hand have been going for over 30 years and admitted a lot of that time was spent over training. There is one primary reason guys over train gabby and even Baron will tell you this. It's insecurity. It's not a crime. We are all insecure on some level. For you, it's obviously your body. Spending all your time over training in the gym and reading everything you can about it tells me you are trying really hard to "fix" something in your life. Again, not a crime, it is who you are. But your gym life and my gym life do NOT have a lot in common. THAT is why I objected to you calling me a hypocrite. I will admit years back for about a 6 month period on a lark, I decided to hit the gym hard and see what the results were. While I did make positive changes I quickly learned that if I ever let up, I would lose everything I gained. I quickly saw the futility in that and decided rather then trying to find the "perfect" gym routine, I would simply go to stay healthy. Once I saw the effect that cardio had on my trading, I changed my workout to take advantage of the positive effects it had on that. Now as far as you defending your behavior with Surf, look, you have a really bad habit of playing ET cop. I have seen you do this on several threads. You have this holier then thou disposition about you. You attacked Larry Williams, you attacked Surf, you have attacked Neiderhoffer and I'm sure many others. Now if you just posted once or twice and got it off your chest, no harm no foul. No you actually ride these people into the ground months on end. It's exactly the same pattern each time. Hell I think you even started digging up court documents on Larry. WTF man. Look, this is a message board. You can say whatever you want, but you clearly have some issues you need to resolve. And rather then dealing with them privately on your own, you are projecting them on ET. OK, over and out Gabby.
I go to the gym to get to a level of build that people won't go out of their way to f*ck with me. If my abs look like shit then I do deads until my traps touch my ears to compensate. It affords me a certain amount of personal space. Some clown cut in front of me at the Whole Foods checkout today and I called him an asshole. What's he going to do? Getting big removes inhibitions to an extent. There is a feeling of personal power when you're all ripped up. I am nowhere near as big or as fit as I was so I guess it's a sign of maturity or simply that the kids are a black hole of commitments that limit gym time.
Yeah Atty, that traps to the ears look will keep people at a certain distance. LOL. Although Whole Foods is not what I think would be a very threatening environment for you. A lot of metro sexuals there. LOL. I guess regarding the personal power thing, that's why some people keep a gun on them.
Yea, exactly. Society is violent and depending where you live, shit-disturbers are more prone to initiate confrontation. I worked in a predominately black-area of my city in my twenties, and I'm not a small guy, but randoms used to come in all the time and phuck with me just because i was a white guy in a black neighborhood. This is common stuff a lot of people tend to be sheltered from. Also, if you're a lone wolf type (father/husband) and don't roll with a big posse, a guy needs that protection, or move to a safer community. Younger kids hang out in mini-gangs these days and love to fuck with people. Look at the news coming out of Chicago. Maybe it's disposition, too. If a persons always looking for it, or afraid of it, they'll tend to attract those instigator types. A lot of it is location, too. Not sure about you guys, but I feel a lot of reverse prejudice against whites in my town (predominately minority). After I get some mass back, I will take some boxing.
Just move man. I live in Chicago. No one in 9 years has ever bothered me. And I've spent time on the south side as well. Hell I've been the only white guy on the train before. Most people know not to fuck with me because I'll stare them down. Gangs and instigators looks for weakness. All predators do. Carry yourself in such a way that says, I hit back. If you have this scared look on your face all the time, you're dead. They'll eat you for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The real thugs are not going to hit you anyway. They'll put a hollow point shell right between your eyes. You won't feel a thing.