Intro :
There is something effeminate in the attitudes common in most gyms.
Like :
•The discussing of injury as if it’s a badge of honor.
•The obsession over perfect programming.
•The obsession over perfect diet.
•Worrying about loss of gains.
The Worry Over Loss Of Gains :
People who lose gains when life tries to fuck with them have something very weak deep in the core of their mentality that they need to destroy and replace with inner power.
Oh this is gonna get good.
Gains don’t go away. The Gains Goblin ® ©™ is an imaginary character, a figment of the imagination in the minds of little boy lifters.
Whatever equipment you do or don’t have access to, you can always progress forward.
All the fitness rules aren’t.
You can lose weight, significant amounts, and keep your strength.
Maybe I’ll do that cut down 70ish lbs to 185 just to prove this.
You can bulk like a motherfucker and still have calisthenic and cardio ability.
This would be me going up to superheavyweight. I picture about 330lbs.
It comes down to a matter of belief.
Would the ideal training be doing partials in a power rack at home with a blonde and redhead having loud moaning lesbian sex at the same time, in the same room?
Yeah probably, but you can still make do with pushups alone on your living room floor, or anywhere for that matter.
What equipment your gym doesn’t have doesn’t matter.
What equipment you don’t have doesn’t matter.
Calisthenics can be enough.
Calisthenics and feeders with a pair of light dumbbells can be enough.
Highly infrequent heavy training can be enough.
Working labor can be enough.
Any and all of it will work. It’s the mindset you approach it with.
Hell, a blank mind can work and does more effectively than a mind believing weak gym rules.
I’ve known plenty who’d never heard of the gains goblin ®©™ and therefore weren’t affected by his shenanigans and thievery.
If you’re not progressing, if you’re regressing. If life is blocking you access to the gym perfect for you in any capacity…
You won’t lose your gains. IF your mind is right.
The only reason weaklings lose their gains quickly is because they believe it so.
The body is robust. It prefers to keep strong. Want proof? Two words : muscle memory.
Your gains experience is solely on your mind.
-J