there are times in our sport where u have lifters who think they have done something but really haven't done shit...



now let me just say this...i haven't done shit either. so i set a few state records...its not what i'm goin for and hell, this day and age, anyone can do that. i'll be doin something when hit a 2300 total or bench 700...whichever comes first...


yet i have those who doubt me and aren't giving me the right respect. but that's ok...i don't want their respect at all cause i know they haven't done shit either...


its frustrating at times when u help people to get into the sport and later on decide that they know more than you or they don't think they know what your talkin about and even worse is that when u don't have the numbers, the respect is even more less...what should matter should be heart and guts! the combination of the two will produce numbers in good time.


2006 was a year where i experienced this over and over again...and it killed me wantin to help other lifters but its who i am and keep doin so cause u never know who or what you know from one lifter to the next. and thinkin about those who i have helped, keep me that way. fuck those who THINK they know what their talkin about and THINK they are doin shit!


i get tired of 380lb benchers walkin up to 450lb benchers like they've done shit...that just stupid! i get tired of lifters who think they are doin shit makin the rules and havin everyone work around them like they are in the WPO or something...give me a fuckin break!


keep in mind..anyone can set state records...anyone can always place 1st when its only them in the weight class...do something no one can do or hasn't done before...then u can say your doin shit...do something or shut your mouth! dare to leave your mark where no one hasn't! guys like matt kroczaleski, jim grandick, scot mendelson, garry frank, nick winters, jeremy hoornstra, etc...u know them...they've done shit...settin the standards for the rest of us...and they are learnin from one another...


as i said before...i ain't doin shit...but that will change this year...and even then...i won't change cause i work my ass off just everyone else in this sport...and i learn from the strongest...and that can be anyone who knows something that i don't know...but nonetheless, i'm goin to DO SOMETHING this year...that's what leaving "the mark" is all about...like the lifters have done above. its not about settling for mediocre...its about what others will remember u for the most...


so if your readin this...and if your not goin to take me seriously or just doubt me...that's ok..keep talkin...i'm training my ass off to do something... and u know what...i'm not afraid to fail if i don't do it cause it won't stop me...why? cause i'm wantin to leave "the mark of the beast" somewhere in this sport...if don't believe me...well u can be like ludacris and blow it out your ass...i'm sayin this to not waste anyone's time...especially if they doubt me...or if you are doubtin someone, don't waste their time by tellin them they can't...they are tryin to do something...then...u fuckers won't have shit to say...will ya?


i'm defintely goin to continue to help those who are wantin to do the same...those who are wantin to DO SOMETHING...those who are wanting to leave a "mark" of their own...the mark of the beast! talk is cheap...and i know this already...and i'm lettin my blogs do the talkin from here on out...and i hope those who read this do the same...but leavin your own mark should motivate u always to learn from others as i have learned from others too...don't get me wrong...i'm goin to have fun while i'm at it...as it should always be because this is a sport...


so if your all about aimin for the high standards and settin them yourselves or breakin a world or national record, or just doin something that hasn't been done...then fuck the haters...they are just afraid of u bein something they fear u will become...and just keep doin what your doin...do what u want to do...what u have to do to leave your own "mark"...don't be afraid to fail too...that fire has always got to be burning...even in the darkest night...it never dies...and nothin will break you or no one OR nothing! take all that rage from those who doubt ya and who aren't takin u seriously and show them...fuckin "take" respect...don't demand shit cause as it is...i'm tired of talkin...so i'll let the numbers from here on out do it...are u?


do something or shut up and let someone else do it TB