THE BODYBUILDER'S CREED

 

 

A BodyBuilder's Creed

 

I am a  Warrior; a man that will pump until he cannot move.

 

I train because there are no limits to the strength I can gain, because "I can't" is a figment of my imagination.

 

My life was changed in the shrine of iron and sweat;
because of this natural gift I have discovered what lies inside of me.

I am a Champion. Several times have I met my limits in my training and pushed past it.

There is no growth without confrontation. Pain can be tool to bring about a change; the harder you push, the greater the reward.

Many lessons have I learned

Quitters are unfaithful and unstable; they have no place on the battlefield as they are easily removed by the tide of the fight.

Consistency and discipline are primary. The road of 1000 steps begins with the first step. Learning that you have no idea what the Creator has placed in your physical body until you unlock the door.

 

As in prayer, you press out of the natural world into the realm of the Spirit Of God. In my training, I press past pressures that seek to dominate me. As I press I inch closer to my goal. and I discover that I can conquer them if I simply endure the pain.

I am a Bodybuilder. In spirit and in reality. In the gym I train relentlessly, in order to build my body and attain the best health that I may. Glorifying God by taking care of the Temple in which He dwells.

 

I take this seriously.

Bodybuilding is not a game.

Bodybuilding is not a hobby.

Bodybuilding is not only what to do.

It's who I am.

 

An Experience in the Gym

I went to the gym, expecting today to be like any other training day. I would normally run from my house to the outdoor gym, execute my normal workout, chat with regular trainees and walk back home.

 

Occasionally, I would meet interesting people during my workout; people who motivate me to push myself beyond my limits, people who are not limited by the fitness equipment, but instead devise creative ways of using the existing equipment. 

 

 

I have seen people execute muscle ups with pull up bars designed for wheelchair users, pull ups with dip bars, and plyometric jumps with section dividers. People would ask their training partners to stand on the seat of the weight machines in order to increase the degree of resistance; a girl would sit on her boyfriends shoulders to add weight to his dips, and a man would use the metal poles as a punching bag.

 

I have seen   phenomenal amounts of muscle, strength and endurance built through the creative use of bodyweight workouts. I have received training advice from ex-convicts who have developed an expertise with bodyweight work, and I have made friends with some wonderful people who daily convince me that my progress has been limited by my perceptions.

 

I once met one of the promoters of the outdoor gym project and he was so surprised with the creative workouts being performed on his machinery. He enthused that they had never conceived all the uses to which the machinery could be put.

 

The gym is home to many, and fitness can be a force for good in the community.