A great deal of time, energy, effort and mental power is extended into the building of information that’s sold to people. Within it there’s often the idea of, “I’ll give you just enough to get your interest peaked, but then you gotta go buy my stuff to really get anything out of it.” While there’s nothing wrong with that – peaking people’s interest through advertising and it is the intelligent and right thing to do if you wish to sell information for a living – at some point people just need to get some real rubber-meets-the-road info and from that here’s the thought:
What have you actually done this week?
We all talk theory about training, esoteric ideas and diet. We discuss what’s the right workout, sets, reps, etc. This even goes into other areas of life – What’s the right level of everything: How much food, how much this, how much that. To diet, not to diet, what about stress, what about sleep, what about relationships, what about work, all the other million things that go into making a full life. Especially if you want to have a real manly life I think one of the biggest things we all need is balance. In this sense “manly” doesn’t necessarily have to refer to men, though I think we all need some masculinization. This is inclusive of anyone who wants a deeper, more powerful more robust life.
One of the truly important factors here is what do you actually do? Now what does that mean? It means all the thought, effort and everything that goes into training means nothing if you don’t set it out and drop the hammer. If you don’t do it for real with meaning. If you don’t do that in every area of your life. For instance here are some of the things I did this week:
Qi Gong
What did you actually do?
No more talking about it, no more thinking about it – go out and act!
God bless,
Bud Jeffries
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Starting sat. I did a notorious local hike called the Grouse Grind, with Code5 fitness of Vancouver, carrying kettlebells up in backpacks, with a kbell workout at the top, excellent for strength endurance, and doable with a replaced hip. Monday i did a workout alternating strength training with shadowboxing, tues, swam 2000m and did martial arts…., wed did a low rep kbell circuit, and hiked a short hill called cardiac, thurs, swam 1000m did martial arts. Friday yoga. Always do ki breathing between sets, if there is a rest break, and do tai chi daily. I use the advice/concepts of Twisted Conditiong 1 and 2, but because my wife and i do kayaking and hiking, i do more low intensity endurance work.
Well today when my brother and I arrived to the gym it was closed for holidays. Luckily we found a construction site next door so our workout consisted of car pushing, walking with heavy concrete blocks, overhead lift with heavy outdoor tables and pinch-gripping stones. It was a great improvised workout
Have a nice day!
So far, i set another PR max deadlift 325 lbs which is twice my bodyweight! That’s the one I’m happiest about.