As u approach the gym...u get your mindset on what u need to do. You first think about what your goal is...and how your goin to bring yourself closer to that goal with your session...then u think about the numbers...and u tell yourself, this is what i want to do. As u fuel yourself with the fire of the dark rage, u become a fuckin engine...ready to mow down some fuckin PRs!

this is the mindset i have every session i go into the gym. my partner is of the same way. this mindset helps out outside of the gym too. it teaches u to not let up on something if u want it bad enough. anyone can be a powerlifter with the proper mindset. it doesn't matter if your "badass" enough to take on a 700lb bench if u don't have the raging engine within to back it up. without that, u won't have what it takes to get there. there are people i know that if they got this mindset, they would be hard to stop...but they don't see that. maybe this blog can help with that.

take a look in the mirror...what do u see? do u see physical strength? inner rage? or both? to me...i see both...the power that resides within and without....and that in itself motivates me towards my goal in the gym and on the platform. then ask yourself...do i have a gift? do i want to be what people want me to be or become something that many fear i will become? this is the question i ask myself everyday that pushes me harder. i dont want to be what people want me to be...

"Let a man use his own dark rage to evolve into what many fear he will become."

think about that...rage alone will drive the engine within...and u will achieve things that many think is not possible. all of us have a "gift"...what that gift is not for me to say nor tell...only for u to discover for yourself. when u do, that's when the dark rage is born...its born from the gift that all of us possess. without that, u might as well not be breathing. when u discover it, the dark rage will give fuel to that raging engine within...cause now u have a goal...a path...a direction...and a mindset.

people in the gym see u differently because now u have a mission. a man on a mission is always finding ways to be stronger and bigger...and not letting nuthin stop him on his quest. obstacles are just things that will make u stronger...nuthin else. u never sleep...and your never at rest...your always at work cause your always focused. that focus is that raging engine within. the one that allows u to break PRs and become stronger every week and your never broken! period! and u always have a plan. i told one of my good friends that "devastation is maximized when chaos is planned!". even the raging engine needs direction...

some people many not believe in your goal but that's fine...it only fuels that dark rage and pushes that engine further! and some will believe in u...that fuels it even more so! drive and focus is what is all about...its what the raging engine is. without those two things, your a man without a mission and every man has to have one to give purpose to and why they do what they do. i chose my lifters based off drive and focus. with those two things they have the raging engine...and in time their strength will come to surprise many. strength is nuthin without a engine driving it and with that engine u become what at times u thought wasn't possible...and that's up to u! don't settle for what's normal or what many have done...strive to do what many cannot do or haven't done..that's where u make your mark...that's what the dark rage demands...and that's what drives your raging engine within...

with this raging engine, everything and everyone keep that engine goin thru the dark rage...nuthin will let it die unless U do! and the only way it will die is if u give up the mission before completing it...thus regret. keep that dark rage burning bright...even in blackest night. so u go thru relationships, jobs, family problems, etc.. cause u know when u set foot in the gym or the platform, none of that shit matters...what u do then will echo for eternity...pain...suffering...hearteache.....stress...can't let it stop you. u have to keep truckin along cause u know this is what your meant to do...what the dark rage within u desires...

so the next time u go to the gym, take a look around...u see your one of the few if not the only one that has this raging engine. if u belong to a barbell club, you'll find out that raging engine feeds off the raging engine of others with the same goal...same mission. surround yourself with those people..those who will not let u lose focus and drive of the mission...the mission of the numbers...find those who share that and feed off of it. i do this all this time with my "circle of brothers"...and they know who they are. they keep me honest and keep me on the path...the mission...and i feed off of them cause they possess the raging engine as well. if u find that your the only one, do what u gotta do to be around those who do. the raging engine will drive u to do what u have to do to meet those numbers...that goal...that mission...see the "lifters' creed"...and sometimes with this engine...u motivate others to do the same...u become a source of inspiration and motivation...this in turn feeds your own engine as u know your doin somethin...people are motivated and inspired by those who are simply driven and focused...they may not have the numbers yet but they damn sure have the drive and focus for it...the engine can make beasts out of freaks and monsters out of animals...they do away with bein a "man" to be something far greater than themselves...again...bein something that many fear/hate that u would become...

and when u look around the gym...look at the mirror at yourself and ask yourself these 2 questions...the questions that will let u know if u possess this engine or not....do i have a gift? do i want to be what people want me to be or become something that many fear i will become?

the raging engine will make u into what many fear u will become... TB