FT Questions....

[Kleen]

Good points guys..thanks!
well i started bodybuilding at 18 trying to gain some mass and get in love with my body cause until that time i was a fatty kid..i grew up at 90s era and Dorian was mr olympia and as expected he and his training philosophies and attitude affected me greatly until today..hiit ,progresive overload,hard balls to the wall training is my style..
i just trying to be better and better in that game until nowadays...for this reason i asked my guestion to you guys..to listen your experiences and your state of mind and how you approach bodybuilding differently then me and maybe use your points...

how i possibly be even better? how i can dig deeper into the mind -muscle connection and drive mass gains even more..?
the points you gave mr Scott helped a lot...

Wow Scott's explanation was pretty good.

It's funny I often question my intensity, and I feel that is part of why I have such high intensity.

When I fail, I have to ask myself did I really fail or did I wuss out... Could I have done more? Well if to failure that is just never really a question because i do failure until I can't perform a rep in proper form on load work, and take pump sets down into micro - partials or pulses before calling it failure.

I do find it funny that sometimes while questioning my own intensity or if I am pushing hard enough others have actually come up to me and said things like "Man I would die on the spot if I tried to train like you!" or Watching you is making me exhausted, and my 2 favorite ones. "Man I was watching you and you are so intense. YOu look like a lion pacing back and forth inbetween sets." This one is the best for last and it was just very simple. I was just getting ready to get under the squat bar, and was in the zone and finish the set when this guy says "OMG Dude, you actually just growled at the weightsl?"

He was right. I mentioned it to my wife and she said, Oh Honey I thought you knew you did that sometimes before a big set. I had never noticed because my music was so loud.

I think the reality is that if you are giving one hell of an effort and are still asking if you are intense enough then you probably are. If you feel you can never get intense enough, but you are giving it all kinds of hell trying to achieve intense enough. You are surely going to be intense enough.

Glad it helped!

I'd find a training partner who is trains, is stronger and/or has a better physique. Preferably all three.

-S

Yeah, I have a buddy who was a pro ball player is 6'2 and 340lbs with 25 inch arms... I love to workout with him. His 2nd and 3rd warm up set inspire me to push just so I am not lifting his warm up weights for working sets!!!! I love it!