It’s easier not to be awesome.

– Jim Wendler

Found here, part of a Q&A with Jim:

 

12/15/2009 8:43:00 AM – Scott

Hi Jim, I read that Jason Adams was using your 5/3/1 Training Program BBB for a bodybuilding show, and that you were working on a “bodybuilding” template version of 5-3-1. Any update on that or what mods to BBB do you recommend?? Thanks.

Scott,

I’ve got numerous Boring But Big programs in my new book – but they are all essentially the same.

There is no secret to any of this – You have to be willing to suffer the soreness of the training and continue to get stronger.

And be disciplined as hell with the diet (i.e. NEVER miss a meal/cheat on a meal for months/years) and the training.

That is what most people find hard to do.

 

 

If you read my prior workout entry, especially the comments, diet is the toughest thing for me. Reading what Jim wrote above makes it all hit home. That it’s going to take months/years — it’s like everything else, the long haul. Have to be disciplined as hell.

And perhaps if I just keep it in my head that I am seeking to be awesome well…. that won’t make it any easier, but it may keep me on track. “John, do you want to be awesome, or do you want to be a slob like everyone else?” Yes, I’ve got just enough ego that might work. 😉

But it doesn’t even hold for lifting weights or losing weight. It holds for everything in life. Look at people at the top, in professional sports, the Olympics, business, shooting sports, show business, whatever… it wasn’t easy to get to the top, nothing worth having in life is easy, and it’s only through hard work that you’ll get to the top.

So… maybe this posting is just me trying to pound it through my own thick skull. Fixing my diet, and fixing a few other things.

Be awesome. It’s hard, but worth it.