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(Lol @ Jan. 08 2007,07:53)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE"><div>
(scientific muscle @ Jan. 06 2007,00:33)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">OK...steve, sorry, just trying to communicate with you on a more personal level.
You, Dan Moore, Lol, Totentanz, Quadancer, Old&Grey, JoeMuscle, mikeynov, style, Lcars and a bunch of other guys have become almost like personal friends to me.</div>
Tis true. This forum seems to attract some great folks. Most helpful and down-to-earth forum I've ever frequented. Mean spiritedness is very rare here.
It never ceases to amaze me how much free time you lot are willing to give up to help others sort their training out. I suppose it all stems from a thankfulness to Bryan for sharing his ideas so readily and fits in well with the origianal 'spirit of the internet'.
What's really great is that if you train at home (or at a gym where most folks dance about!) you can still get motivated to go for PRs as you are likely going to post your results here. Lots of virtual back-slapping and "well done" messages are a great incentive to keep on pushing the poundages up esp. if they are from those lifters you have come to respect.</div>
Sometimes I get tempted to quit gaining and just cut down to 8% bodyfat and look like a tall, thin, defined GQ prettyboy...but then I remember all the promises I made to myself and the goals I have posted on the internet...Goals like reaching 210 lb.s, beefing up my arms to 16"+ and squatting 500 lb.s. Posting on the forums makes me accountable for my written goals. Very motivating...get my ass back under the squat bar and keep eating shovelfuls of calorie-dense food!!! Forget about looking pretty, right now I need MASS!