Archives for February 2018

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The Quiet Deadlift.

Going back a decade or two in any town, anywhere, in average commercial gyms, you would see a pretty wide gap in terms of the cross-section of populace and demographics in that community.

This is well before the advent of instagram filters.

Does checking your messages still count in total rest periods? 😀

There have always been the typical “gym rats,” bodybuilders and powerlifters, the middle aged former football star that is trying to regain some assemblance of his younger self, the new mom, or dad that are trying to get back into shape, the retiree that wants to make his or her golden years “golden” by getting into the absolute best shape of their lives so they can play with their grandchildren and maybe, just maybe see them get married, and find themselves great-grandparents.

The retirees, “Silver Sneakers.”

The young man that would love to become the hero, the young lady that wants to become beautiful like the stars on T.V.

This will always be, as it should be.

True classic notions always outlive trends.

As a lifelong natural trainee, I have seen the progression of what is/was considered intensive training.

What is hard and true work and results.

What is earned through discipline and time.

I’ve also become extremely attuned to what is a “sales pitch,” “scam,” and dishonest approaches and marketing.

Social media has upped the stakes exponentially.

Anyone can be anything.

Holy smokes!

I recently saw a guy that has made me realize we are living in times of absolute melt-down insanity (a self-proclaimed guru/personal trainer :D)

Reluctantly noticing this “gem” by the circles we are in common with, it seems as though he never has a bad day. lol

Never a failure, only success.

He claims six figure income, multitudes of online clients, seeing 35-40 per day (that math just doesn’t work) all the while being a retired anti-terrorism/anti-drug enforcement expert, most likely has or will produce the cure for cancer etc, probably will also develop a cure for the common cold in his spare time.

Probably finally develop the perpetual motion machine any day now.

Wow!

I wish I had a fraction of this clown’s chutzpah.

Those that have spent any real time in this lifestyle/industry know that you will get sick, you will get injuries, you will have dark periods where all you can hope for is to get by.

This is the real world that most of us live in.

Self-esteem is a very funny thing.

All I have is this blog and the people I am blessed to reach day to day to relay my experiences and when it is all said and done, I can only hope to help one person in some way, or touch someone, inspire someone.

Even if I wasn’t paid for what I do, I’d still do it.

My passion for what I do is reward enough.

In the real world that the majority of us live in, we all have the occasional bad day.

Sometimes it’s a series of bad days.

Oftentimes, you are not told how wonderful you are, but told how you need to step it up or improve.

It may be the truth, it may be someone with their own agenda.

Social media has some great benefits, such as eliminating the need for a high school reunion every five years, but it also has a dark side, a very dishonest side.

What you see isn’t always necessarily what you get.

 

It’s amazing how clear truth is in a very muddy sea of filtered exaggeration and distortion.

When you see it, it really stands out.

Back on the subject of deadlifts, my approach for quite some time has been to make this exercise as “quiet” as possible.

While being one of the most primal and violent movements in the exercise sphere, there is a certain command and mastery when you simply bend and with a double overhand-grip, eloquently from a dead stop lift the barbell to waist level.

No screaming.

No fanfare.

No psyche up.

No animus.

Just confidence in what you can do each and everyday, regardless of whether you are tired, over-worked, your girlfriend or boyfriend broke up with you, you lost your job, you missed a meal or workout.

No need for a stimulus of hundreds of grams of caffeine, no need for a monthly prescription to regulate your hormones, just honest to goodness real world, earned strength and poise.

On the subject of hormone therapy, before you consider taking this lifelong commitment of injecting yourself with needles, why not first try to see if you can naturally reach your goals in a healthy way.

 

 

 

 

How To Scramble Eggs and Influence People.

Holy Hell are we living in some unbelievably crazy/scary times.

The world is increasingly getting harder to comprehend for the sound of mind, the pure of soul, the innocent bystander, the honest of intention.

Do you know what you know, or are you being fooled?  Are your convictions your own through experiences or are you parroting another?

Basic, fundamental, thoughtful mores are being thrown out the window, truth and virtue are a far distant and secondary notion to agenda and oftentimes bought and paid for interest.

As Billy Joel once said “Honesty, is such a lonely word.”

Values and opinions seemingly are bought and paid for, our education system has become an indoctrination system. True history is rapidly being erased. Universities are more interested in “forming” your viewpoint to concur with their donors, than actually prompting you to develop your own unique view, getting you to be prepared for the real world and making your own way in it, or becoming a productive component of society.

If you have a recent degree and are responsible for the debt, you may agree, if not now, perhaps six months from now you will.

Late night “comedians” are losing their sense of humor and all of the sudden becoming “serious” voices opining on current news and the state of affairs—-all the while taking all of their ques and “opinions” from whatever or whoever is signing their exorbitant paycheck.

Seems the laughs/entertainment have ceased. They might be sheep.

Award shows, be it film, music, sports, whatever, are unbelievably becoming a predictable and a politically charged sham. They preach about oppression, they preach of misfortune, injustice, persecution, while wearing 300,000 dollar gowns/suits, arrive in 3,000,000 vehicles, and live in 30 million dollar mansions. Are they walking the talk? Nope. Please notice this absurdness.

Few in this day, in position of influence have individual thought out moral fiber, or convictions of their own, that they truly and absolutely believe in to their very core.  Instead they consult their agent to get a “pulse” on what they should be thinking or feeling. What cause they should care about, how they should feel.

Crazy/scary times indeed.

Anyway, on to more important things. 😀

Despite what the “experts” will tell you, eggs, meaning the absolute whole egg, are pure gold nutritionally.  Even the dastardly yolk, contains some of the very best nutrition you will find on the planet to support your fitness endeavors and to keep your NATURAL hormones functioning on all cylinders.

Cook them slow, on low temps.

There should be no browning, just yellow and fluffy.

I estimate I have ingested  16,000 + whole eggs in the 2010’s thus far.

No heart issues.

No cholesterol issues.

Natural testosterone is outstanding. No testing, don’t need it.

The proof is in the day to day.

Energy.

Strength.

Stamina.

Performance.

Muscle growth (even at almost 47.)

There are all sorts of claims, this is the internet of course. Just beware of the silliness that is ever-increasing and the druggies.

I have no interest in that scene.

The truth shall set you free.