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What does a free spirit like that do for a living anyfuckingwho?

Pain is constant during hard effort. Bontrager wrote, “It always hurts when you go as hard as you can.” And this is precisely what keeps most people from pulling out all the stops – it fucking hurts. But with the right attitude and the will to suffer, “this sort of pain can become easier to endure with practice.” You confront it, immerse yourself in it, and become it. You survive. The next time – because you know what's coming – you are less apprehensive, which spares energy, allowing you to focus, to push harder, and perhaps to truly suffer. You don't quit. You get through it. Confidence soars. Your self-image changes, you begin to see yourself as able, capable, and newfound capacity causes ambition to evolve so you try something harder. It lasts longer. In it, you have the time to think, to look inward, which separates the “sprint” experience from the endurance effort: self-knowledge gained during effort is more honest and clear than what one learns through analysis after the fact, which is too often corrupted by selective memory.

Bontrager also states, “the perspective that you acquire on facing hardship makes you stronger and tougher in a lot of ways that are unrelated” to the specific sport or endeavor, though only “if you get the full dose.” When dose and duration are great enough you will be transformed. How much, and how long? Olympic gold-medalist Brad Lewis wrote, “A man goes through many changes in 2000 meters. Some of them not very pretty. Some make you hate yourself.” Brad's incredible intensity allowed him to plumb his soul in less than seven minutes. Others substitute duration for intensity, spending hours or days on honest self-inquiry. Some dedicate themselves to a lifelong process. For those interested in finding answers, the journey lasts as long as is needed, constantly attended by the risk that the answer may not be the one desired.

nafod wrote:Leave it to Mark Twight to make an interesting argument...

http://www.gymjones.com/knowledge.php?id=40

Pain is constant during hard effort. Bontrager wrote, “It always hurts when you go as hard as you can.” And this is precisely what keeps most people from pulling out all the stops – it fucking hurts. But with the right attitude and the will to suffer, “this sort of pain can become easier to endure with practice.” You confront it, immerse yourself in it, and become it. You survive. The next time – because you know what's coming – you are less apprehensive, which spares energy, allowing you to focus, to push harder, and perhaps to truly suffer. You don't quit. You get through it. Confidence soars. Your self-image changes, you begin to see yourself as able, capable, and newfound capacity causes ambition to evolve so you try something harder. It lasts longer. In it, you have the time to think, to look inward, which separates the “sprint” experience from the endurance effort: self-knowledge gained during effort is more honest and clear than what one learns through analysis after the fact, which is too often corrupted by selective memory.

Bontrager also states, “the perspective that you acquire on facing hardship makes you stronger and tougher in a lot of ways that are unrelated” to the specific sport or endeavor, though only “if you get the full dose.” When dose and duration are great enough you will be transformed. How much, and how long? Olympic gold-medalist Brad Lewis wrote, “A man goes through many changes in 2000 meters. Some of them not very pretty. Some make you hate yourself.” Brad's incredible intensity allowed him to plumb his soul in less than seven minutes. Others substitute duration for intensity, spending hours or days on honest self-inquiry. Some dedicate themselves to a lifelong process. For those interested in finding answers, the journey lasts as long as is needed, constantly attended by the risk that the answer may not be the one desired.

hardcore is ghey...how about Smartcore? working at great effort towards a purpose. Just becuase it hurts doesn't mean you're a bad ass. Badasses in this country are raising a families on living wage jobs; doing their fourth tour in the asshole of the earth; doing swing shift work in county hospitals. Riding a bike is not bad ass. I raced at decent amatuer elite levels and was a bike messenger in a shitty rainy city before that...I may have felt hardcore but I was confused.

Charismatic megafauna wrote:Scroll right for the punchline.

Rant wrote:Oh brother! Fucking douche-fit. Can anyone identify this modern primative cunt?

Danny John wrote:Sometimes I suspect the only reason we have this discussion is to get to page 100.

Danny John wrote:Sometimes I suspect the only reason we have this discussion is to get to page 100.

Shapecharge wrote:That right there is a mighty good post CM. Hey, before I forget, would you like to go camping with me and some of my bro's?

Ahha! I started page 100...where's my money bitches?!

MarcoFP wrote:Oh you dirty fucko.
Does Couch like to go camping?
Is there a cert?

Crust Bucket wrote:

MarcoFP wrote:Oh you dirty fucko.
Does Couch like to go camping?
Is there a cert?

Yes, and at $1295.00 you get this official paper.

Shapecharge wrote:That right there is a mighty good post CM. Hey, before I forget, would you like to go camping with me and some of my bro's?

Ahha! I started page 100...where's my money bitches?!

Charismatic megafauna wrote:

Shapecharge wrote:That right there is a mighty good post CM. Hey, before I forget, would you like to go camping with me and some of my bro's?

Ahha! I started page 100...where's my money bitches?!

ummm yeah.. Well the thing is..I have to stay home that weekend to wax Brendan's Mangina...

http://brendanevil.blogspot.com/

EDIT: don't say I never gave you anything...the dude above is cooche's right hand bitch, warrants his own thread at the very least....