Don

Male

26

Brookfield, Connecticut, United States

Free-Agent (job hunting) & Volunteer Firefighter

Jan, 2001

I've always played sport from basketball to little league baseball...I played sports in high school; soccer, basketball, baseball, and golf. I started lifting weights and playing pick up games of basketball in college to stay in shape. I started lifting more then playing ball. i incorporated speed rope into my training and noticed a significant difference in my agility and speed on the basketball court. There was also a time at the beginning of my sophomore year where i had to physically remove someone from my dorm/apartment so the increased adrenaline made me want more from my workouts, I wanted to be bigger, stronger. And from what people tell me today compared to what they told me in the past... i got what i wanted, lol

I love pushing myself ...in the Gym ...even when it feels like I've got nothing left, I know I've got more to give and I am going to keep on going. I love feeling sore in the morning, afternoon, and/or night. Working out is the only constant I have, the only thing that keeps me going that keeps me smiling, I know I've got a lot to learn but I'm always hungry for more, I'm addicted. I can't stop. I won't stop.

If I see or hear a worthy quote or song that in some way defines my goals or becomes a mental queue to allow for new ones, or if i happen to come up with one myself, I repeat it over and over and over again to keep my mind focused on what i'm doing. ALSO...Now that I've been a member of the local YMCA for about a year now...I find myself being some what of a mentor in the weight room. This is a "family establishment" so there are a lot of members here who are young and old whom are always looking to make a small change in their own routine. so they either take what they see from my routine OR go ahead and ask if I know something else they can do. This motivates me infinitely and even gives me a little extra pump for my own workouts.

One of my friends actually described me as "being obsessed with results" ... I simply told her that "obsession is a word the LAZY use to describe the Dedicated"... That shut her up...lol

Sacrifice is...Giving up something you want for something you want even more. "When I'm Good....I'm Good. When I'm bad...I'm Better." My Better... is Better than your Better. "Until then, You'll live in the shadows, in the darkness. In a place few will ever see... Where ugliness becomes Beautiful." My Body... My Fortress...