The barbell has no meaning, except those that you impress upon it. The barbell doesn’t make you sore, bloody or callused. It doesn’t ask you to pick it up when you are exhausted. It does not want to be slammed down victoriously when you break through a performance barrier. The barbell asks nothing of you. You ask it of yourself to perform.
This metal is simply an instrument of your maturation. The rules do not change, you only learn how to better operate within them. The barbell remains constant, It is you that transforms.
Jonathan D. Haynes-