Day 38 of 365: Help Your Body Help YOU!

It's sad to say, but most likely you are dehydrated at this very instant.  

You may not think that that's a big deal, but you are very, very wrong!!!

HERE'S A TEST!!! 

As you learned in the 3rd grade, the earth is made up of 71% water.  It's the same for you....or at least it should be.  Some of us(including myself) do a shitty job of staying hydrated.  As a consequence, we are severely punishing our body and making it work overtime.  This is especially true when we require so much from our bodies and it's systems.

  Just think about it this way...If you were to go out and buy a brand new Ferrari, bring it home, drain all the oil out of it, then fire it up and FLOOR it - do you think it would run well and/or last very long?  

Hell No!!!

(If you did, I would hunt you down.)

 

You know better than that, right?!  

That idiotic move would result in a completely broken down, busted up, useless vehicle.

So why is it that we allow ourselves to do essentially the very same thing to our most valuable vehicle: 

OUR BODY?

It doesn't make any damn sense!!!

Here's the deal, people!  

I have committed myself to drinking, as a bare minimum, half my body weight in ounces each and every day!  Do you know why?  I'll tell you. 

I want to be a STRONG MOTHERF*CKER!!!  

If I restrict the amount of fluids I have, my body is forced to pull it from somewhere and/or take over and take control of my dumb ass, shutting me down whenever I try to run this "hot rod". 

You see, our body is a fantastic thing!  They do certain things to prevent us from redlining or "blowing the engine".  For example, if you take naps every single day, consider that your body is taking control and shutting you down so that IT can go to work to repair all the stupid shit you just did to it.  Whether that's eating 4 Big Mac's or if you simply haven't had enough water.

So here's my challenge to you:

HELP YOUR BODY HELP YOU!!!!  

Stop being an idiot and drink water; 71% of YOU is H2O...

Here are some great resources to get you started!!!

WATER! - Crystal Nelson

Dehydration Check - Kelly Starrett

Day 37 of 365: The Power of Proximity

What's up Everybody!!!

Today is the last day of the Tony Robbins' seminar - Unleash The Power Within.

It's been an absolutely OUTSTANDING experience so far, and I know for a fact that there is a whole lot more to come!!!  

You may ask, "How do you know that for sure?"

Well, if you haven't ever had the privilege to see Tony in flesh, you MUST!!!  The man's passion and energy is infinite!  We have been at this seminar for the greater part of 3 days, going into our 4th.  I, personally, have gone through swings of high-energy down to nearly zero.  BUT...The energy Robbins radiates powers you up to another level that you didn't think possible.  It's a truly amazing thing to watch!!!  This man is jumping, screaming, laughing,and crying with every ounce of himself, and he's giving it all to 4500 people!  

He is our solar panel.

Here's the lesson that you MUST take away from this:

PROXIMITY IS POWER!

Let me explain....

If you surround yourself with shitheads....What do you think you become?  A SHITHEAD!!!

If you surround yourself with mediocre people....What do you think you become?  Mediocre!!!!

You get the idea, right?

Now, let's take it in a different direction.  If you are not where you want to be in regards to your physical strength, what do you think you need to do?  You MUST surround yourself with the strongest mother-f*cker you can find!  You MUST immerse yourself into that life and that experience.  Now, you can use this example in any area in your life, you fill in the blank.

It's a very simple(simple does not mean easy!)idea that will pay off HUGE in that area of your life, but how many times have you done this or even seen it?  Not very often, right?  Consider this post my contribution to you so that you may have whatever it is that you want.  

Pretty exciting!!!  

Go Get IT!

Day 36 of 365: What Do You WANT?

GOOD MORNING!!!

So tell me, How did it go yesterday?

Maybe a little bit more difficult than you thought, huh?

Well, that's perfectly OK.  If it were easy, everybody would do it. And we KNOW that that doesn't happen very often.  It's rare to find someone that is so absolutely comfortable with who they are that they exude a magnetism and energy that you can simply just feel.  But, when you find those people, they impact your life in a greater way than you know.

Now, I know there are a lot of you "Muscle Heads" (I'm one of them)out there that are not diggin' this mushy-be-yourself crap.  I get it.  

This is supposed to be a blog, "Dedicated to bringing you the world of strength one day at a time."  I'm sure that there are people out there that can not make the connection between what I'm writing and the world of STRENGTH. 

Let me just ask this:  

What would you be capable of if you were able to control your emotions, thoughts, actions, reactions, and outcomes?  I'll give you the answer, as I'm sure that some of you "Shut Down" at the mere mention of emotions.  By the way, those of you like that have the most to gain by gaining control of that thought.  Just saying.

I think you are getting the idea here.  So, before I lose you, I want you to watch this video.  I'm nearly positive that you have seen this before, but here's the deal....

YOU ARE NOT THE SAME PERSON YOU WERE YESTERDAY!!!

Watch this with new eyes, new thoughts and yes, new emotions.

Day 35 of 365: Firewalker

YEEEEAAAAAHHHHH!!!!

(This is NOT the Lil' Jon "Yeah".  This is a F*cking PRIMAL "Yeah"!)

Yesterday had many lessons and insights that I am very excited to share with you!!  Unfortunately, I will not get to put the time needed to do it well...for right now.  We had about 4.5 hours of sleep after a very intense day, and now we are rushing around the hotel room trying to get our asses out the door!  So, as I'm sure you'll understand, I gotta make this quit!

Yesterday...

I WALKED ON FIRE!!!!

I'll be honest here...I wasn't really that nervous about it.  Don't get me wrong! When it came to crunch time, I had a bit of a "gut check".  Actually, it was a lot like going for a huge lift in a competition.  I found myself doing the same moves, the same actions as I do when I am getting JACKED to do something big; Bouncing up and down and shaking my arms and hands out.  

Funny...

 

I can't make you walk on fire, so here's my challenge(it will be a challenge!)for you:

I ask that today, you are whoever you want to be. 

This is no bullshit!!!  Be the REAL person you want to be TODAY!

That's it.  

It sounds very simple. 

But trust me, you will find yourself checking yourself.  

Don't let that safe-guard prevent you from being GENUINE!  

Do this, and you will have an amazing day filled with STRENGTH that I can not even explain.

Day 34 of 365: Strengthening the Mental Side

YO!!!

First off, I wanted to apologize for not realizing that Day 31's video of Brannon was not a public video.  I was wondering why no one was dropping comments in regards to the general badass-ness of the video, but now I have figured it out and we should be good!  Let me know otherwise.

 Now, on to day 34.

I wanted to let you all know that I am in L.A. for a Anthony Robbins(BIG, strong dude!) seminar.  I am STOKED to have this opportunity, and I'm really looking forward to want comes of this weekend!  

Whatever IT is....IT's GONNA BE BIG!  No doubt about it!

At the beginning of this project, I stated in the video that I would be bringing you into the world of STRENGTH...of ALL kinds!  This is going to be one of those times.  I ask that you don't "tune-out".  Stay with me on this, because there's a very good chance that something that learn and/or experience will have huge potential to help you build your strength holistically.  Sounds like an appealling offer, right?

I'll be sure to keep you guys posted, but as any of you that have done his seminars will know, they are very long days!  This means my posts are going to be pretty short.  I just didn't want y'all to think I was flakin' out on you.  Cool?

Day 33 of 365: Mix Up Your Push Up!

Hey Guys and Gals

I opened up CrossFit.com and saw this BADASS picture, and was inspired to write a post on it.

Bare minimum?  I think NOT!!! Next Level BADASS!!!

In yesterday's post, there were also a ton of different variations of pushup.  Some with sandbags, some with chains, some with bands, some with all of the above....and that's not even talking about hand positions or pressing off of something other than the floor, like a set of rings or dumbells!  

It pretty obvious that there are a million different styles of pushups out there for the picking.  

So why is it that you rarely see people mixing it up?

Well, my theory is that most people don't change it up because they are either unaware of the options, OR they are just plan SALLY.  They don't want to do anything harder than the bare minimum.  

You know those people, right?  

Isn't that shit annoying?  

It should piss you off a little bit.  I know I can't stand that crap!  

Take another look at the video from yesterday or the photo above and ask yourself if you think they are OK with the bare minimum?  

HELL NO!!!

They are bustin' it to get better at even the most simplistic movements.  

These people should inspire you to mix up your push up for some ridiculous strength and mass gains!  

Go right now and knock 3 sets of 10 pushups, using a different variation each set.  Let me know how it goes and which option YOU like the best! 

I dig on the band and chains, personally!

See y'all tomorrow.

  

Day 32 of 365: Do YOU Work This Hard?

It's that time again, people!!!

If you haven't figured it out by now, I am going to be posting a video each week of hard-working people bustin' their ass to get STRONG! 

This week, it's all about my Tuesday/Thursday 7am Strictly Strength crew.  

These guys never let up, and are always ready to take on the next SWOD I throw at them.  

Great work, guys(and Mary)!!!  

Y'all are killin' it!!!  

I see the result of your hard work paying off BIG TIME.

In the video below, you'll see the crew hitting some sumo deadlifts(20sets of 2 reps each) for a Dynamic Effort Day, which basically translates in to SPEED work!  

--We will be discussing the dynamic effort days, as well as the complete Conjugate Method in the near future....Definitely look forward to that!!!--

For now, though, I'll let you see what it's all about.

You will also see a clip, later in the video, of the fellas bustin' through the second part of our SWOD.  This is a perfect example of what STRICTLY STRENGTH is all about; 

Hardcore, Bust-You-Up-type workouts!!!

  Check out these studs wreckin' shop at Red Black Gym.

Don't be jealous....Just get your ass to work! 

Period.