By Jim Schmitz

U.S. Olympic Weightlifting Team Coach 1980, 1988 & 1992
Author of Olympic-style Weightlifting for Beginner & Intermediate Weightlifters Manual and DVD

 

Can You Handle the Truth?

 

 

 

 

 

Inspiration from IronMind's man of pen and stone, Steve "Inver Stone" Jeck. Co-author of Stones and Strength and The Stone Lifter

Inspiration from IronMind's man of pen and stone, Steve "Inver Stone" Jeck
Co-author Of Stones and Strength and The Stone Lifter

Can You Handle the Truth?
 
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.—Abraham Lincoln
 
It would be humorous, if it weren’t so sad.
 
You hear the drug crowd defending their tragic choice with something like:  “Hey, man, it ain’t just the drugs. You also have to work super hard to get that big and strong!”
 
Of course you do. No one with sense would deny that. It is not the cheater's willingness to face a tough workout that is in question . . . but his willingness to face the truth.

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Editor's Note: Steve Jeck’s books, Of Stones and Strength and The Stone Lifter; and videos, Kviahellan DVD, Jeck on Stonelifting video, and Classic Jeck: The First Works CD, define the world of stonelifting.


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