I’m pushing my bodyweight up and increasing strength. On July 22nd 2012 I was back squatting 90 kilos for 3 sets of 5. Last week I was able to squat 297lbs(134.7kg) for a single. I’ve also pushed my deadlift up to 130k for a single. In this time my bodyweight has increased from 150lbs to 167lbs.
My goals for Halloween are to deadlift 400lbs and squat 315lbs. I’d like to get up to a bodyweight of around 200lbs at 5′8″ as a long term goal but that will probably take much longer than till Halloween.
Why?
Because it’s fun
Because strong men are harder to kill and more useful in general than weak men
Because I have an undying fear of being a pussy
Because I want to increase my bone density
Because I want to compete in Olympic weightlifting competitions one day
Because I want increased strength for playing BJJ
Because I want to look AND BE strong and sexy for the wimminz(and possibly some guyz too)
What I will be working on come Fall semester: Intro to Abstract Algebra 501, Advanced Calculus 407 and spanish 101
Why?
Because I want my mind strong like my body and I need to major in something
I realize it isn’t typical to resurrect dead threads, but since I was searching for threads on LW about psychoactives I decided to go ahead.
Regarding the last bullet point:
I agree that cannabis can be frighteningly strong, of course. Even the renowned Alexander Shulgin, creator and consumer of many novel tryptamines and phenethylamines, doesn’t react well to weed(see Pihkal).
I also agree with the second to last bullet point, as a generalization.
However, I felt that must address this, in case curious readers dig this thread up: Warning Psychedelics can absolutely be a whole new level more intense than marijuana. Please be careful with and respectful of all psychedelics, especially those used in conjunction with MAOIs and smoked tryptamines.
These drugs can be absurdly powerful and weird. It’s all too easy to be unexpectedly plunged into a whir of terror, forget that one has consumed a drug, feel as though one is dying, perceive oneself to be tortured for eternity, perceive oneself to be poisoned, perceive demonic entities, and all the while perhaps be experiencing physical symptoms like vomiting and screaming/crying.
Psychedelics, as typically used by recreationally motivated Westerners(ie your typical LSD or whatever dose), are fairly easy to manage. In no way does this mean that all modes and forms of psychedelic drug use are 1) anywhere near as safe psychologically 2) anywhere near as easy to manage/undergo/guide 3) anywhere near as limited in the broad range of both positive and negative effects.