A drop of sweat slowly makes its way from the temple of my head to my clenched jaw. I am holding 180pounds of iron overhead. This amount of weight could shatter my ribs. Every repetition is a like a battlebetween my body and my resolve. Arms and chest on fire, and struggling for air, I continue to push theheavy barbell skyward. Rep after rep, my body screams in desperation; this is too much weight. What am I thinking?
All Robert Youngs life, he has always been an athletic person. But it wasn’t until about two years ago that he discovered his favorite sport would be bodybuilding. Initially, he started lifting because he knew it would improve my performance in boxing. But very quickly he began to love not only what it was doing for my body, but also his mind. He come from a sort of dysfunctional family and the gym provides me with a platform to release some pent up anger; He even will go as far as to call it therapeutic. Many forms of exercise can be beneficial to an individual 's body. One form of exercise involves repetitiously lifting various forms of weight, known as bodybuilding. The sport of bodybuilding teaches one to harness the mind, imagine the vision of glory, and be the best person that their ability allows.
To Robbie, bodybuilding is more mental than …show more content…
As a consequence, he is strong. He can move heavy objects. But do you know that much of the benefits of bodybuilding are not visible to the naked eye?"I am talking about how bodybuilding has affected both my mental outlook and my character." Robbie reiterates. For example, he has learned to be patient as he slowly progresses towards my goals; He has learned to persevere in the face of bad workouts; and he has learned to be disciplined in the face of a world full of bad nutritional choices. No small feat! Now lest you think that bodybuilding is for muscle-bound meatheads, understand that one doesn’t become this way without commanding enormous control of the
All Robert Youngs life, he has always been an athletic person. But it wasn’t until about two years ago that he discovered his favorite sport would be bodybuilding. Initially, he started lifting because he knew it would improve my performance in boxing. But very quickly he began to love not only what it was doing for my body, but also his mind. He come from a sort of dysfunctional family and the gym provides me with a platform to release some pent up anger; He even will go as far as to call it therapeutic. Many forms of exercise can be beneficial to an individual 's body. One form of exercise involves repetitiously lifting various forms of weight, known as bodybuilding. The sport of bodybuilding teaches one to harness the mind, imagine the vision of glory, and be the best person that their ability allows.
To Robbie, bodybuilding is more mental than …show more content…
As a consequence, he is strong. He can move heavy objects. But do you know that much of the benefits of bodybuilding are not visible to the naked eye?"I am talking about how bodybuilding has affected both my mental outlook and my character." Robbie reiterates. For example, he has learned to be patient as he slowly progresses towards my goals; He has learned to persevere in the face of bad workouts; and he has learned to be disciplined in the face of a world full of bad nutritional choices. No small feat! Now lest you think that bodybuilding is for muscle-bound meatheads, understand that one doesn’t become this way without commanding enormous control of the