Fix Yourself and the rest will follow.
This is a Journey of Self-Development.
This will include personal growth, physical growth and anything in-between.
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Great advise! I took the leap, moved across Europe. It wasn't as scary as I thought, when actually doing it.
Sorry to hear of your accident. I like the 5 questions. I'm still figuring things out. I work full time in home construction and that's been good. I good at hard work and like working with my hands. Thanks.
That's good to hear Anthony, just keep your head up mate
@@Bens_Journey Over the weekend I went back to my high school where I got beat up. I'd not been back there in 5 years. I did a long bar workout exactly where it happened. It helped me to relive it now knowing I was a year younger than I thought. I somehow felt more empowered knowing I was age 15 that night and that a younger me was able to withstand so much punishment. So many new thoughts and feelings. I'm good at a number of things but they are not aimed at helping other people (so to speak).BTW-- I've gone by Anton since that nigh I decided to move more into weight lifting to add a lot of lean muscle. My adoptive parents changed my birth name of Anton to Anthony when I was adopted.
True bro
Needed this, thanks Ben
Helping this generation man ernt you a sub
@Bens_Journey I like your accent. What country are you from? You sound like you are from Ireland, Northern Ireland or Scotland.
Northern Ireland originally
@@Bens_Journey I have family that lives in Northern Ireland. It is a beautiful country. Hope you continue to gain more subscribers and you continue to become more successful and helping others. 😃
It can be a beautiful place, thank you for your support. I'll remember you guys as the ones here from the beginning
@@Bens_Journey Thank you, Ben. I am also thankful in the USA that we Americans have so many here that have an Irish ancestry that even though we are separated a certain distance we have a close friendship with both Northern Ireland and Ireland. I like to think with our USA flag we also have Irish green in it. 😃
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My situation is not quite like my life flashing before my eyes but damn close?? I'm age 22 now and did gymnastics for 14 years. I'm adopted from Ukraine and raised in very rural USA. I was bullied growing up and my adoptive parents divorced when I was age 10. When I was still age 16 I was doing a bar workout at our country high school on a hot summer night. I was all alone until some older athletes happened to drive through school and see me. I was only 5'6" tall and weighed 145 lbs. I was a great size for a gymnast and extremely muscular with no body fat. I had trained my abs hard since I was first in gymnastics and trained my abs all the time at our school. That night those 3 athletes decided they would beat me up. I was shirtless and had done a lot of pull ups and muscle ups and hanging leg raises. They put me in a full nelson and I felt small. My feet barely touched the dirt. I felt scared shitless but also extremely vulnerable and helpless. My entire torso was held wide open and the athletes were making fists in front of me. They took turns throwing extremely hard punches into my body. While held taking hard punches I felt very much alive. Everything seemed to be in sharp focus. I felt like I was waking up to a new reality. I took their first punches very well and I decided to last as long as I could. I lasted over 30 minutes with very short breaks to change who held me. I went from feeling scared shitless to a new sense of confidence that I never knew. Being bullied so much for being a gymnast and talking with a Russian accent made me not have any confidence. But as they laid into my abs I could see they were impressed. Their fists mostly bounced off my abdominal muscle. I felt like I was a different person after they finally finished. That night change my life in many ways. But I was a totally different and much more confident guy after. When I recovered enough I went to the summer school weight room to learn to lift weights to gain a lot of muscle. I met some athletes who were totally impressed with me and all that I was able to endure that night. They also saw my abdominals badly beat up. Over time I made bad decisions as I was living on mine at age 16. When I was age 18 I had grown to 5'9" and 180 pounds and still all muscle. But I was also very deep into severe abdominal training and got too good at taking punches. That night my life didn't so much flash before my eyes but being in such danger somehow transformed me. I never had any fear of getting beat up and my confidence also gave me respect that I never had before. Thanks for the video message.
Thank you for your story mate, I'm glad you could see a positive transformation out of that experience and you now use that experience to create opportunities such as improving yourself in the gym. It takes a lot to be strong after suffering abuse such as what you did. Well done for seeing the positives from it, it will take you far in life with that mentality.
@@Bens_Journey I've done a lot of reflecting on my life so far. I'm only age 22 but feel I've been through a lot since starting life in Ukraine to now. I realize that I probably had exercise addiction since maybe age 7 or 8. And that was mostly abdominal exercising. I grew up on a bar and have loved doing pull ups and hanging leg raises from very young. I got praised for my strength and especially how strong my abs are--I could hold L-sit and do high numbers of hanging leg raises. And my abs popped out and older gymnasts praised me for my core strength.When I got adopted and brought to strange rural USA I coped by training abs. But I didn't understand about exercise addiction. In high school 1 athlete told me I was addicted to abs training but then said some addictions are better than others and mine was a good addiction. I knew that to be true for me. But later taking hard punches became part of that addiction or maybe an extension of that addiction. When other guys with very muscular abs tried taking the hard punches I can they would crumble and that went to my head. That got me into showing off more and that got me a lot of positive feedback I felt I needed to have friends at school. But I think addiction is bigger and included me being addicted to their praise of what I could do. I would let them do things to see what I could take. For example I would let myself be duct taped to a pull up bar and they wouldn't let me down until I had taken 500 punches. I wore only gym shorts and then some guy pulled those off. So I was hanging there naked with wrists taped and I was taking insanely hard punches. That was something I never did again. It was the naked part that angered me. Leaving high school I knew I needed new friends and people who didn't know I could take hard punches for a good challenge. I also felt very un-datable. What girl would want to date a guy always all beat up? I didn't care how badly beat up I looked and was happy to be shirtless. It took almost a year after stopping taking punches after high school for the skin over my abs to heal up a lot. I used to get tans to cover the bruising that accumulated. I also needed to stop taking ibuprofen as I feared it was dangerous. I feel I'm a lot healthier physically and mentally now. I lift weights 3-4 days a week and train my abs 5-6 times a week. I work in construction and that keeps me busy and burning calories. I'm also a lot more self-reflective and feel I'm more than a muscular body. I always did very well in school which I thought was easy. I applied to a university of my dreams and was accepted. But since I left gymnastics at age 18 I didn't have scholarship for college. I felt that gymnastics got beat out of me as my training goals changed to bodybuilding. And so I went to a community college when the pandemic closed it. I've not gone back to finish. I'm only age 22 but feel that life is passing me by as friends from high who did go to college have graduated. Thanks for that video Ben. I got me thinking some more.
This is the start of 1.million followers channel
Thank you mate! let's make it to 1 Million!! To the OG's here from the beginning. Love you all
So true ❤
Hi your very inspiring. Plz pin
HEY,ur so inspiring plus u dropped this📌may I have it not tryna beg
I never give up not quitting mate❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
What is this corny video ahhh hell nawh
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I always feel empty and feels like i am an npc i mean everyday is same and i feel very lonely btw i like ur channel
It can take a lot of value away from the things we do when we feel like this and I genuinely think we need to take back some of our time to do the things we'd enjoy, especially things when we were younger.
Looking forward to even the most pedestrian events is a life fulfilled...🧐
Fantastic advice! Thank you.
Hi. If we are breathing in oxygen , then we are living. It doesn't matter if you are struggling or dealing with issues you are still alive. I believe when we die we go into a spirit world. There is no more suffering. We are at peace. I have viewed people talking about NDE ' s and it's very interesting how people's descriptions of what happened to them are very similar . You are right , enjoying nature is good. I'm responsible for my own happiness. It's up to me to have a good day. I'm not dependent on anyone. I don't OWE anyone anything. Good yo hear you young man. From Carl in New Zealand.
Thank you Carl for your message, I really appreciate it. 'I'm responsible for my own happiness' I couldn't have said it better than you did there. I appreciate you sharing your wisdom and hope you stick around!
Thank you for the very good advice. 😊
I just want to say that you dude look majestic🥹 clever and handsome too
Exactly- the abuse turns the success of the 10 you did into a failure
I never give up And I never give up and not quit
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thank u ben
IMO, the lack of space to relax comes from capitalism. In feudal days, for example, the average man (a farmer) would have hard work through a lot of the year, but only during the sunlight, and significant portions of the year would afford them plunty of opportunity for relaxation With the Industrial Revolution and the advent of capitalism, it was only unionization that brought people's conditions back to something livable (ie 16 hour work days down to 8, weekends, ect). I think because of this, we are socialized into thinking that the more of our time we are "productive", the more value we have as a person.
Thank you for that insight mate, that really gives some perspective on the societal & cultural shift.
I never give up mate ❤❤❤❤
Like are KZread vedo buddy
thanks man!
Can you be friends me. Buddy
Can you be friends me
thats to bad but know youll make it bro
Well said lad hope everything comes up good for you in the future.
Awesome video! Truly underrated.
well there is a first time for everything
Thank you!
You're welcome Ben.
How nice of you
damn!👏👏
facts bro
Cutting the first 3 seconds 💯🔥🔥🥶🗣️🗣️
thank you bro!
Was that a scaphoid fracture? I fractured mine a few months back ahahah
It was mate, hahaha what a spot. Takes time to actually heal up again
This is underated
Thanks bro
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Respect
I get that a bit too. Having blue eyes helps a lot xD but I've been noricing that it's mostly the way people "smile" with their eyes that gives that aura of comfort
Definitely, it's a relaxing environment to be in when just looking at somebody gives you comfort
A nice advice 👍
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good video. cheers for the info. i would however recommend improving your audio
Thank you, I'll be making some investments in new tech over the coming weeks!
Rule number one : breath Rule number two : find something to make you feel at ease Rule number three : enjoy the little things
thank you for sharing this wisdom!
Exactly what i'm feeling right now
Feel it in some Way...
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