Have you matured past the ego-lifting phase as a lifter?

[semtex]

I have. I'm on some shaolin monk shyt.

Maybe it's because I lift at home. idk but I wanna do this shyt for a long time and ego-lifting don't mix with longevity.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Hell no

I have got a lot better about it though. Big thing is to really get focused and make sure to remember important cues. When I forget those injuries happen

 

[Versa]

Never cared about that shyt. I just wanna look good.

How I look deadlifting 700 pounds when the only thing that can see me is the reflection of my tv screen

 

[Bledswole]

Sorta, only been lifting for two years so hopefully it gradually leaves the longer I keep liftin

 

[AJW]

Never been in to that. Dude's always ask me 'how do you grow off those tiny-ass weights?'. I just say technique and intensity is my focus. I wanna feel that muscle burn, I don't care for putting my back out or doing half-assed reps with weights I can't control.

 

[RTF]

I don't ego lift but I'm still working on my strength goals.

1 rep maxes make me tired af. That's the main reason I don't ego lift. Tiredness and injuries.

 

[RTF]

Never been in to that. Dude's always ask me 'how do you grow off those tiny-ass weights?'. I just say technique and intensity is my focus. I wanna feel that muscle burn, I don't care for putting my back out or doing half-assed reps with weights I can't control.

Burn doesn't equal growth.

 

[duck]

i'm a 6'1 170 lb dude. i realistically cant even get egotistical over anything i do because i see plenty of dudes putting up double the weight i do..and that keeps me humble. i do feel a sense of confidence though looking at what i was doing and what i'm doing now. but i dont wanna get carried away with that , because thats how skinny dudes like me get injured lol

 

[AJW]

Burn doesn't equal growth.

Time-under-tension stimulates muscle growth. That's basics. Personally I didn't notice true gains untill I started hitting the 20+ rep range.

 

[Yung Yogurt]

nah fukk that like beyonce said i got a big ego. I lift until my shyt start shaking and i grunt tryna max out on the 200lbs press. I prolly got a few hernias brewing but fukk it

 

[RTF]

Time-under-tension stimulates muscle growth. That's basics. Personally I didn't notice true gains untill I started hitting the 20+ rep range.

Eh, I focus on progressive overload.Which often doesn't leave me sore or with a massive burn.Working sets rarely get higher than 85/90% of my max. strength.

 

[The ADD]

Sure except when females are in the weight room

 

[Jesus]

It's only an ego lift if it's something I can't do with good form.

 

[Kal El]

Yup. I used to think I was invincible throwing around weights. But I had a scare with my lower back doing leg press one day. Felt a sharp pain like someone stabbed me in the lower back, but luckily it went away after a week.

Then had another close call with my shoulder after doing Side Lat Raises. I felt a click in my shoulder everytime I did a rep, and my entire arm felt dead later that day. Turned out to be nothing serious, but that was enough to make me realize I need to stop fukkin around.

Now I play it smart, not trying to get a serious injury and be on that muscle atrophy time

 

[Bledswole]

i'm a 6'1 170 lb dude. i realistically cant even get egotistical over anything i do because i see plenty of dudes putting up double the weight i do..and that keeps me humble. i do feel a sense of confidence though looking at what i was doing and what i'm doing now. but i dont wanna get carried away with that , because thats how skinny dudes like me get injured lol

Keep grindin fam and at 6'1 170 your not as skinny as you think,its dudes out here 6'1 140 pounds