Chest Training with FOUAD ABIAD, JOHN MEADOWS, KEN JACKSON and DAVE TATE - elitefts.com 

I prefer it eh.

Rolling solo when everybody else is shit. That's tuff

Darude - Sandstorm

+troponinnutrition nope.

Rick Deckard Did you capitalize the "S" in Sandstorm?

Who's ct fletcher ? I've never heard of her ..

If you've never failed before, how do you know how to handle failure?

Sure, but I'm not trying to fail. And purposely getting out of balance isn't wise, either.

+Houseguy2 I get what you mean. That statement seems self-contradictory at first. But I suggest you read some of Dave Tate's articles ("Iron Evolution" for example). They sum up his background and history with injuries and the shit life outside the gym can throw at you in general. He has stated multiple times that training is his own sort of therapy for dealing with stress and the pressure of things that can't just be pushed and racked like a barbell, so to speak. Right off the bat, it may sound like he's trying to act hardcore, but I believe he's being 100 % genuine. My interpretation - knowing about the kind of uncompromising personality he has - is this: Perfect balance in life when you're pursuing different life goals (running a business, tending your marriage, raising kids, training, etc.) is an illusion. Life will always try to throw you a curve ball. And THAT is what balance is all about: to find a way to juggle all this shit at the same time while on a uni-cycle and still maintain all areas equally. Sure, a person might have everything sorted out. But when shit hits the fan (illness in the family, job is too stressful, monetary issues...) he/she better have learned how to navigate in a sea of chaos - or else you end up drowning. If that makes sense at all... Just my 2 cents.

+Houseguy2 Why aren't you trying to fail? How do you know where your heart/guts truly are if you're not planning to fail? If you're not pushing yourself passsed "balanced", to the point of being unbalanced, and therein learning what "balance" really is, what's the point? No one is telling you to injure yourself. Just push to the point where you're intimidated and a little afraid. If you're not unbalanced, you're not working hard enough to meet your goals; if you have goals.