Motivate each other

Thats a lazy, unmotivated attitude in my opinion (no offense, obviously you aren't lazy)

How much easier would it be if we didn't have to work? get schooling? workout? etc.

Its all a matter of what values you place on yourself. I want to get stronger, faster, look better, be healthier, smarter, richer etc... be the best that I can be in every aspect of my life. That's what motivates me, and the gym is just a small part of the big puzzle piece called happiness (or maslows self actualization to be more specific).

Some people would rather watch TV 8 hours a day and get by on a lackluster salary / family & social life... good for them!

Originally Posted by SW222

damn, that was good

Because she lifts like a "girl".

What would happen to me if I tried doing what she did.

“…we have not spent the last 65 million or so years finely honing our physiology to watch Oprah. Like it or not, we are the product of a very long process of adaptation to a harsh physical existence, and the past couple centuries of comparative ease and plenty are not enough time to change our genome. We humans are at our best when our existence mirrors, or at least simulates, the one we are still genetically adapted to live. And that is the purpose of exercise.”

- Mark Rippetoe.

lol ya man Arnold talked a lot about the benefits of cheat curls.

http://www.schwarzenegger.com/fitness/post/motivation1

Originally Posted by sweetbro858

lol ya man Arnold talked a lot about the benefits of cheat curls.

F*CK that SH|T!!!!!

Originally Posted by DylloS

..."You punk poo-butt muthaf@ckaz"

Originally Posted by M3Inline6

F*CK that SH|T!!!!!

yea that is stupid imo

Originally Posted by sweetbro858

god that dude gets low. One of the benefits of the high bar squat. He just fires back up too.

Originally Posted by DylloS

god that dude gets low. One of the benefits of the high bar squat. He just fires back up too.

Yea so awesome. No mirror. Empty gym. Just gettin it.

LOL @ top comment: Planet Fitness #1 enemy

Originally Posted by sweetbro858

Yea so awesome. No mirror. Empty gym. Just gettin it.

LOL @ top comment: Planet Fitness #1 enemy

yea this guy is killing it. PF would remove him in a heart beat

Hahahahahaha I just laughed so hard thank you. I just love how they are yelling in a foreign language and he's fist pumping and tearing the rack apart like an animal.... This could be a planet fitness commercial

Originally Posted by DylloS

god that dude gets low. One of the benefits of the high bar squat. He just fires back up too.

Originally Posted by DylloS

yea this guy is killing it. PF would remove him in a heart beat

That was vreat

"My name is Robert and I'm an athletic trainer. This is my Kobe Bryant work ethic story.

I've been a professional athletic trainer for about 16 years and have been able to work with a range of athletes from the high school to professional level. Right now I run in a clinic in Cincinnati and have most recently been training with some players on the Bengals.

I activated my reddit account just a moment ago and because I've been seeing the videos of Kobe's most recent dunks and the comments you guys have had to share I decided I might as well chime in what I know about the man. And let me just state by saying that this story doesn't touch on anything we don't know about Kobe but rather that he simply is not human when he is working on his craft.

I was invited to Las Vegas this past Summer to help Team USA with their conditioning before they head off to London, and as we know they would eventually bring home the Gold (USA). I've had the opportunity to work with Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade in the past but this would be my first interaction with Kobe. We first met three days before the first scrimmage, on the day of the first practice, early July. It was a brief conversation where we talked about conditioning, where he would like to be by the end of the Summer, and we talked a little bit about the hustle of the Select Team. Then he got my number and I let him know that if he ever wanted some extra training he could hit me up any time.

The night before the first scrimmage I remember I was just watched "Casablanca" for the first time and it was about 3:30 AM. I lay in bed, slowly fading away when I hear my cell ring. It was Kobe. I nervously picked up.

"Hey, uhh Rob, I hope I'm not disturbing anything right?"

"Uhh no, what's up Kob?"

"Just wondering if you could just help me out with some conditioning work, that's all."

I checked my clock. 4:15 AM.

"Yeah sure, I'll see you in the facility in a bit."

It took me about twenty minutes to get my gear and out of the hotel. When I arrived and opened the room to the main practice floor I saw Kobe. Alone. He was drenched in sweat as if he had just taken a swim. It wasn't even 5AM.

We did some conditioning work for the next hour and fifteen minutes. Then we entered the weight room, where he would do a multitude of strength training exercises for the next 45 minutes. After that we parted ways and he went back to the practice floor to shoot. I went back to the hotel and crashed.
Wow.

I was expected to be at the floor again at about 11 AM. I woke up feeling sleepy, drowsy, and almost pretty much every side effect of sleep deprivation. Thanks, Kobe. I had a bagel and headed to the practice facility.

This next part I remember very vividly. All the Team USA players were there, feeling good for the first scrimmage. LeBron was talking to Carmelo if I remember correctly and Coach Krzyzewski was trying to explain something to Kevin Durant. On the right side of the practice facility was Kobe by himself shooting jumpers. And this is how our next conversation went -- I went over to him, patted him on the back and said, "Good work this morning."

"Huh?"

"Like, the conditioning. Good work."

"Oh. Yeah, thanks Rob. I really appreciate it."

"So when did you finish?"

"Finish what?"

"Getting your shots up. What time did you leave the facility?"

"Oh just now. I wanted 800 makes so yeah, just now."

My jaw dropped. Mother of holy God. It was then that I realized that there's no surprise to why he's been as effective as he was last season. Every story about his dedication, every quote that he's said about hard work all came together and hit me like a train. It's no surprise to me now that he's dunking on players ten years younger than him and it wasn't a surprise to me earlier this year when he led the league in scoring."