QUOTE(From T-nation)
These people go to the gym as a way to meet new friends or just to "stay in shape" and improve their health. To them, working out is a hobby or a necessary evil. But to those of us who are married to the iron for life and feel most at home pushing heavy weight in some hole in the wall hardcore gym, it's our passion. The squat rack is our church, the dead lift platform our temple.
QUOTE(Henry Rollins)
The iron never lies to you. You can walk outside and listen to all kinds of talk, get told you're a god or a total b@stard. The iron will always kick you the real deal. I have found the iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds.