lately, i feel as if my state of mind has changed somewhat. everything is zeroed in one thing and nuthin else. fuck all the drama and bullshit...while people want to talk, i want to lift ya know? my bro, bulldozer said it best...ONE FOCUS...ONE GOAL...ONE DRIVE...this is how everyone should be in regards to powerlifting...its the simple way to deal with the bullshit out there now in this sport.

“bein somebody”...i think a lot of people are wrapped up too much in that concept as supposed to doin what they are supposed to be doin...bettering themselves on the platform and nuthin else. this is the mistake i made earlier this year that i WILL NOT make again. everybody wants to be somebody but no nobody want to talk about the work need to do what they are supposed to do. this is nuthin more but a fuckin distraction. handle your “business” in the gym and on the platform...that's all you really need to concern yourself with. quit talkin and start walkin...bein somebody is only in the eyes of the beholder and last time i checked i did this sport for me. after talkin to chad aichs, i realize that this has to be the state of mind for a driven lifter. be a juggernant and let nuthin stop you..

“sacrifice”...there is no such thing as “too many sacrifaces”...there is such as thing as not enough. everybody wants to do the miminum and hope that it works. are u fuckin kiddin me? it isn't goin to be! its like workin a full-time job...if your workin a full-time job, then you'll get full-time results. u half ass it and it will show on your paycheck. what sacrifices will u be willin to make? me? i've made a good bit and willin to make more if needed. chad aichs asked me on time on the phone...”do u want to be normal?” he's right, i didn't do this so that i can fuckin be like everyone else. fuck that! i stick out in the crowd not because of what i look like but what my state of mind is. CW(chemical warfare) rode my ass for even letting chad ask me that question cause he knows i don't want to be normal...so i'll make the sacrifices needed to be somethin everyone didn't think i would be. if it involves me bendin a few more bars...then so fuckin be it!

“what u know”...so many lifters in general aren't willin drop what they know for something different. we all don't know everything about liftin so we can learn more. quit whining because u think u have tried it all and knows what works. its impossible to know EVERYTHING about lifting otherwise we all wouldn't have a reason to train. i dropped what i knew when i first crossed the AL/GA state line to NGBB. for the first time in years, i'm a student again takin notes and shuttin the fuck up. not many people are willin to do this. i got backed into a corner and made a decision...something wasn't workin so i needed to change. why can't everyone see this? its so simple!! people ask me..”how do i get strong?” its simple...learn to be strong from the strong. get it? there's a difference between knowin what works for u and knowin what works for u but gettin yourself injured and then it becomes a question of intelligence.

"voices"...fuck the haters...all they do is drive u down further and further. take those "voices" and use them as rage on the iron. i do this all the time! only surround yourself with those who understand u and your goals. ignore the "voices" cause that's all they are. i have to deal with this all the time. ONE FOCUS...ONE GOAL...ONE DRIVE...this is what i also did earlier this year was concernin myself with those "voices" when infact i should of just shut the fuck up and just lift! do that! cause the haters are always waitin at the gate for a fuck up...u want them to be quiet...just lift! that's it! let'em talk..u have bigger concerns to deal with...

"black"...this is my state of mind right now. i originally got this mindset from the guys at NGBB and seein them lift and from chad aichs...they know what it takes and i see that now and i'm willing to do the same. call it primal if u will...the simple and only mindset required to go further. if u don't like it...fuck u! i'm goin to do what i'm supposed to do...to better myself on the platform and to become one strong SOB! the only opinions that matter are those around me...everyone else is just a voice without a face. i could careless what they think or know. i'm more focused now than i have ever been and its because i've cleaned up the "bullshit" in my life and surrounded myself with some strong, positive lifters...they know who they are and u do too. if your readin this, learn this. my brother, bulldozer said it best...ONE FOCUS...ONE GOAL...ONE DRIVE...state of mind is BLACK...empowered by RAGE...if u want to get strong, there is only one state of mind...everything else is fuckin easy...

what's your state of mind, TB