Quote: (05-11-2012 11:06 PM)Beyond Borders Wrote:
Seems like you were a little hard on the guy, Roosh...
Maybe his question was naive. Maybe he was just trying to find a way to connect with you on your forum because he looks up to you or something. Hell, maybe he's genuinely trying to analyze this - you did say yourself at one point that getting bigger showed no substantial improvement on your results.
In any event, I don't get the impression that he was purposely trolling, I'm not saying I agree with the guy and don't see the silliness in his question, but I'm not sure that ridiculing a new person taking part in your forum was really necessary or accomplishes anything.
Yeah ... I'm a little taken aback by the aggression. Writing those 3 posts must have taken a good 15 minutes, so quite a lot of effort went into it.
Maybe using his name in the post was viewed as an attack, when I really was just asking a genuine question.
Silly or not, we're all here to learn. Working out is something I've never taken seriously, so I wanted to get a sense for what kind of benefit it could have.
Roosh: For the record, my post wasn't meant as an attack. In my personal life, I sometimes do challenge my teachers, and in a way I do see you as a teacher. Re-reading my first post, I understand how it could be read as aggressive, but it really wasn't meant that way. I saw something that you (and other people) recommended and wanted to make sure it would make a difference, before investing a substantial amount of effort into it.
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You have a thousand reasons to work out. If you're so curious just try it. It will convince you more than any forum post ever will. Give a shot and you'll start another thread in 2 months titled "WHY THE FUCK DID NOBODY TELL ME ABOUT THE GYM!!!"
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Every time I lift I want to go out and destroy the world.
I found these two quite inspiring.
I'm gonna give it a shot. 3 months, then re-evaluate. I just downloaded Convict Conditioning and will be using that as my base. (Gyms aren't really practical for me at the moment, as I'm traveling, so I'll take a pass on Starting Strength.)
Heh - Didn't expect such a strong reaction. Seems working out makes a difference for a lot of people, so much so that not working out seems ridiculous. Very different mindset than San Francisco, where everyone's into Yoga. Anyway, I'm in. At least long enough to see if it makes a difference.
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