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@AnneliFyhr 5 күн бұрын

Great advise! I took the leap, moved across Europe. It wasn't as scary as I thought, when actually doing it.

@anthonywilson1754 10 күн бұрын

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.

@Bens_Journey 9 күн бұрын

That's good to hear Anthony, just keep your head up mate

@anthonywilson1754 9 күн бұрын

@@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.

@monicaiyoha2445 15 күн бұрын

True bro

@giovayica9570 20 күн бұрын

Needed this, thanks Ben

@Etphonehome23 22 күн бұрын

Helping this generation man ernt you a sub

@Monkeyland03 25 күн бұрын

@Bens_Journey I like your accent. What country are you from? You sound like you are from Ireland, Northern Ireland or Scotland.

@Bens_Journey 23 күн бұрын

Northern Ireland originally

@Monkeyland03 22 күн бұрын

@@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. 😃

@Bens_Journey 21 күн бұрын

It can be a beautiful place, thank you for your support. I'll remember you guys as the ones here from the beginning

@Monkeyland03 20 күн бұрын

@@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. 😃

@alexhuskey 25 күн бұрын

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@anthonywilson1754 27 күн бұрын

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.

@Bens_Journey 27 күн бұрын

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.

@anthonywilson1754 27 күн бұрын

@@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.

@user-hk3rf5gg9h 28 күн бұрын

This is the start of 1.million followers channel

@Bens_Journey 28 күн бұрын

Thank you mate! let's make it to 1 Million!! To the OG's here from the beginning. Love you all

@Mahify Ай бұрын

So true ❤

@JudeFuller-fu9mf Ай бұрын

Hi your very inspiring. Plz pin

@khuramfarid9669 Ай бұрын

HEY,ur so inspiring plus u dropped this📌may I have it not tryna beg

@PhazeHendersonmainchannnel Ай бұрын

I never give up not quitting mate❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@elamatics8195 Ай бұрын

What is this corny video ahhh hell nawh

@kamraandragon-lp4gf Ай бұрын

Family and friends❤

@richardseed8253 Ай бұрын

Money

@KD-63 Ай бұрын

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

@Bens_Journey Ай бұрын

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.

@OdsnFilms Ай бұрын

Looking forward to even the most pedestrian events is a life fulfilled...🧐

@nancygreene5838 Ай бұрын

Fantastic advice! Thank you.

@user-ix4wn1th5m Ай бұрын

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.

@Bens_Journey Ай бұрын

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!

@BlenderIdiot Ай бұрын

Thank you for the very good advice. 😊

@Manuel-nl6hr Ай бұрын

I just want to say that you dude look majestic🥹 clever and handsome too

@joshuaschleich6277 Ай бұрын

Exactly- the abuse turns the success of the 10 you did into a failure

@PhazeHendersonmainchannnel Ай бұрын

I never give up And I never give up and not quit

@PhazeHendersonmainchannnel Ай бұрын

I nevergive up I fight Jordan fight my family❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@j4smo Ай бұрын

thank u ben

@joshuaschleich6277 Ай бұрын

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.

@Bens_Journey Ай бұрын

Thank you for that insight mate, that really gives some perspective on the societal & cultural shift.

@PhazeHendersonmainchannnel Ай бұрын

I never give up mate ❤❤❤❤

@PhazeHendersonmainchannnel Ай бұрын

Like are KZbin vedo buddy

@Bens_Journey Ай бұрын

thanks man!

@PhazeHendersonmainchannnel Ай бұрын

Can you be friends me. Buddy

@PhazeHendersonmainchannnel Ай бұрын

Can you be friends me

@sStormrider1414 Ай бұрын

thats to bad but know youll make it bro

@apollor6574 Ай бұрын

Well said lad hope everything comes up good for you in the future.

@sonises Ай бұрын

Awesome video! Truly underrated.

@MrMakerMan269 Ай бұрын

well there is a first time for everything

@qwertyuiop32935 Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Jacob.Seth.Pulcifer. Ай бұрын

You're welcome Ben.

@lughkvj216 Ай бұрын

How nice of you

@gxd_edits24 Ай бұрын

damn!👏👏

@ivystar2823 Ай бұрын

facts bro

@Manhattan_9-11-kaboom Ай бұрын

Cutting the first 3 seconds 💯🔥🔥🥶🗣️🗣️

@Bens_Journey Ай бұрын

thank you bro!

@theteenageexperiment1356 2 ай бұрын

Was that a scaphoid fracture? I fractured mine a few months back ahahah

@Bens_Journey 2 ай бұрын

It was mate, hahaha what a spot. Takes time to actually heal up again

@Alexand3r317 2 ай бұрын

This is underated

@Bens_Journey 2 ай бұрын

Thanks bro

@Content-with-Callum 2 ай бұрын

🫡

@Kevz111 2 ай бұрын

Respect

@litagotrinity2149 2 ай бұрын

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

@Bens_Journey 2 ай бұрын

Definitely, it's a relaxing environment to be in when just looking at somebody gives you comfort