Comments on: The Path of Least Resistance is the Path of Pain https://musclehack.com/the-path-of-least-resistance-is-the-path-of-pain/ free workouts to build muscle & lose fat fast Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:43:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: John A Davis https://musclehack.com/the-path-of-least-resistance-is-the-path-of-pain/#comment-69960 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:07:04 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6226#comment-69960 Came back from last week off. Probably ate too much, but feel buffed.
Improved on a couple body parts, remained about same for others, which means “improved” because I was outside my POP.

I can worry this stuff to death. One must keep faith in what mark plans for us.

]]> By: Mark McManus https://musclehack.com/the-path-of-least-resistance-is-the-path-of-pain/#comment-69959 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:04:08 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6226#comment-69959 @Daydreamer. Is this your subjective “feeling” or are you taking an objective measurement somehow? I doubt anything has actually changed. All good workout programs recommend some time off now and then for full systemic recovery. Many people come back stronger after it.

]]> By: Daydreamer https://musclehack.com/the-path-of-least-resistance-is-the-path-of-pain/#comment-69957 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:09:37 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6226#comment-69957 Hey !
I followed your advice about taking some time off (I have some problems with low cortisol levels too so I must heal).
So I’m taking this week off, and eating at maintenance calories.
But I’m starting to notice that my muscle feel smaller, softer, and my abs are less toned than when I’m train them 2x per week.
Is it normal ? Am I losing muscle or gaining bf ? My weight hasn’t changed.

Thanks !

]]> By: Mark McManus https://musclehack.com/the-path-of-least-resistance-is-the-path-of-pain/#comment-69956 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:44:08 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6226#comment-69956 @Bohdan. Good man. If you get this down at your age, you’ll have a fantastic future.
@Caroline. Thanks!
@Zipper. LOL
@Richard. Don’t know about enlightenment, but it’s a good way to live 🙂
@Mark. Yep. There’s that saying that you become the average of your 5 closest friends. So the company you keep is very important.

]]> By: Mark https://musclehack.com/the-path-of-least-resistance-is-the-path-of-pain/#comment-69955 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:07:25 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6226#comment-69955 Great stuff Mark! I always believed in the concept and always practice it. You can always identify those that take that path of least resistance also, they’re usually the ones that try to beat down your efforts in some form of negative connotations. Great to be in the company of folks that think positive!!! As the saying goes, “you can’t fly with eagles in the company of turkeys”. 😉

Keep the positive flow comin’

]]> By: Richard https://musclehack.com/the-path-of-least-resistance-is-the-path-of-pain/#comment-69954 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:47:17 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6226#comment-69954 Nice philosophy. Sounds very much like a leaf out of a book on the teachings of Buddhism and the Four Noble Truths. You reaching bodybuilding enlightenment…..? Don’t wait for me, but I’ll get there eventually……! 🙂

]]> By: Zipper https://musclehack.com/the-path-of-least-resistance-is-the-path-of-pain/#comment-69953 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:17:27 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6226#comment-69953 I wish this applied to dealing with stubborn women. No more challenge there, I give in to that resistance! 😉

]]> By: Caroline https://musclehack.com/the-path-of-least-resistance-is-the-path-of-pain/#comment-69952 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:36:11 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6226#comment-69952 Thank you for the inspiration and perspective on goals. I will remember this when I’m tempted to give in to a short term temptation.

]]> By: Bohdan https://musclehack.com/the-path-of-least-resistance-is-the-path-of-pain/#comment-69951 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:50:03 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6226#comment-69951 This was an excellent read Mark.
I’m one who hasn’t stopped or slacked in my training and I’m finally happy with all of my fitness, tho I would like to still get bigger but I’ll just carry on training as always, but this is exactly right and will prove right for anything not just fitness, cheers.
Basically I’ll start using this in other aspects of life, it’s all true.
I’ll look at problems as challenges 😛

BOHDAN, England, 19 YO

]]> By: Mark McManus https://musclehack.com/the-path-of-least-resistance-is-the-path-of-pain/#comment-69947 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:21:54 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6226#comment-69947 @Scott. Og was a religious man to my knowledge. His philosophy was very much geared at others and not self-centered at all.
@Mike Huber. Exactly!
@Rahul. Thanks.
@Jason. Another way I heard that put once was ‘it’s not the size of the problem, it’s the size of the man/woman’.

]]> By: JaSoN https://musclehack.com/the-path-of-least-resistance-is-the-path-of-pain/#comment-69946 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:32:59 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6226#comment-69946 I remind myself that when things in life get tough, I must become tougher.

thanks mark.

]]> By: Rahul Ramesh https://musclehack.com/the-path-of-least-resistance-is-the-path-of-pain/#comment-69945 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:40:51 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6226#comment-69945 Hey Mark…This is my first comment ever in Muscle Hack. What you’ve put down is really great man. Its just the thing that many people need in their lives. I am sure this post of your’s will definitely make a change in everyone who reads it.

]]> By: Nash https://musclehack.com/the-path-of-least-resistance-is-the-path-of-pain/#comment-69943 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:52:24 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6226#comment-69943 Thanks mark,i needed that

]]> By: Mike Huber https://musclehack.com/the-path-of-least-resistance-is-the-path-of-pain/#comment-69942 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:42:31 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6226#comment-69942 A wonderful article Mark, and why i enjoy MuscleHack!!! You only go through this life once, so you better GIVE IT YOUR BEST EVERYDAY!!!!

@ Scott…. Nothing wrong with having ‘I’ in a Quote or saying. Ex.. If ‘I’ am headed down the rapids in a boat towards a huge waterfall, ‘I’ am going to start rowing like a madman!!! ‘I’ believe my Creator would want me to do that and ‘I’ am not waiting on a verbal confirmation.

]]> By: Scott https://musclehack.com/the-path-of-least-resistance-is-the-path-of-pain/#comment-69941 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:43:02 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6226#comment-69941 The purpose of life … that never ending question. If you see a painting, there must be a painter. If you hear a song, there must be a composer. If you have life, there must be a life-giver. The problem with Og Mandino’s philosophy is that it is self centered around ‘I’ – and doesn’t look to the one who created ‘I’. The purpose of life … is to have a relationship with the Creator – plain and simple – and let the Creator take it from there !

]]> By: Josh https://musclehack.com/the-path-of-least-resistance-is-the-path-of-pain/#comment-69940 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:30:21 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6226#comment-69940 Well said, Mark. Now that you’ve made it clear that there’s a philosophical side to (successful) body-building, it seems foolish to think other-wise.

]]> By: Wouter https://musclehack.com/the-path-of-least-resistance-is-the-path-of-pain/#comment-69939 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:13:21 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6226#comment-69939 For argument’s sake, I find the idea a tad oversimplified. Sometimes the path of least resistance is exactly the path to follow, sometimes resistance is just unnecessary and avoidable, or even detrimental to achieving a certain goal. Of course I do agree with the fact that going for instant gratification rarely leads to personal growth, be it mental, physical, financial, etc. And like you say, resistance is a mentality, not a fact. You can turn even the greatest life challenges into something good for you and others, just like you can make the tiniest problem into a debilitating disease. But I prefer another classification as winner/loser, namely goal oriented vs. process oriented people. If getting big and muscly is your goal, there are plenty of ways to get there really fast, without the need to actually learn HOW to do so. It’s like driving a car while focussing on your destination, not the road in front of you. When you want to get big and muscly, but appreciate the knowledge and effort required to get there, you can focus on just that – the process that gets you there, and concentrate on every rep, refining your knowledge as you make babysteps, leaving the results for what they are : reactions to the process. Which comes down to discipline : understanding that what you do never matters, only how you do it.
I do agree with you more than I disagree, and the message is an important one. I hope a lot of people read your post and change their lives for the better. Like Darshan says : join the resistance !

]]> By: John A Davis https://musclehack.com/the-path-of-least-resistance-is-the-path-of-pain/#comment-69938 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:14:24 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6226#comment-69938 oh oh. gulp

]]> By: Mark McManus https://musclehack.com/the-path-of-least-resistance-is-the-path-of-pain/#comment-69937 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:48:14 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6226#comment-69937 @Darshan. I know you know all about this, buddy! If anyone hasn’t yet seen Darshan’s transformation, check it out here…
https://musclehack.com/wow-27-body-fat-to-a-six-pack-pics/
“Join the Resistance” I love it.
@Martin. Happy to help, mate.
@Nathaniel. Thanks 🙂

]]> By: Nathaniel https://musclehack.com/the-path-of-least-resistance-is-the-path-of-pain/#comment-69936 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:36:55 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6226#comment-69936 Couldn’t of said it better. Thanks for the inspiration Mark

]]> By: Martin https://musclehack.com/the-path-of-least-resistance-is-the-path-of-pain/#comment-69935 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:23:35 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6226#comment-69935 This is incredible stuff, Mark. And just what I needed to hear right now. I’ve been slacking off and taking the path of least resistance as you call it. And yes it’s gotten me down, not given me the relief I believed it would!! Thanks again 🙂

]]> By: Darshan Weerasinge https://musclehack.com/the-path-of-least-resistance-is-the-path-of-pain/#comment-69934 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:21:45 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6226#comment-69934 Brilliantly said Mark….you have got real philosophical and deep here but this is just whats needed for most ppl. As a guy who cut down from 27% bodyfat to less than 9% (with your help of course) I think I know a thing or two about not taking that easy path. Thank you for all the amazing advice….I truly admire your dedication and how you help others! SO I urge everyone to join the resistance.

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