The Black And White Of Barbell Training

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Sep 9 2

I am weaker than I was a year ago.

 

This isn’t some woe-is-me self defeatist crybaby bullshit.  This is fact. 

 

The barbell across my shoulders as I bend at the hips and knees until my ass is as far down as I can possibly take it and then return to a standing position is lighter than the barbell I used well over a year ago.

 

That’s as objective as it gets.  The numbers don’t lie.  And neither does the barbell.

 

Losing my gym and going bankrupt meant losing my barbells and other equipment.  As a result I’ve been away from heavy strength training for about 18 months.

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How To Become A Monster

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Sep 6 9

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.  Bruce Banner and The Incredible Hulk.  An unnamed bland and frustrated thirty-something Edward Norton and Brad Pitt’s alpha-male Tyler Durden in Fight Club. . .

 

The split personality of who we are compared to who we want to be permeates our modern mythology.  It’s a goddamned cliché.

 

But what holds us back from being The Hulk or Tyler Durden or even the monstrous Mr. Hyde?

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The Musashi Guide To Minimalism

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Aug 30 27

Musashi Miyamoto“You should not have any special fondness for a particular weapon, or anything else, for that matter. Too much is the same as not enough.”

 

~ Miyamoto Musashi, The Book Of Five Rings

 

I didn’t bring much with me when I moved to Austin.  No bed, no couch, no furniture of any kind.  Just me and my dog in our 400 square foot studio apartment and an old camping bedroll to sleep on.  Admittedly, that might have been a little extreme.

 

I now have a bed.  And a stool to sit on.  I’ll probably get a couch in the not too distant future.  But my mind has shifted to where I consider these things luxuries and not necessities.

 

If we are existing with a base level of good health, then all of our necessities are being met. Luxuries for purposes other than the enhancement of health or our work hamper our fluidity of movement and thought.  Even the tools we use for health and our work can often be scaled back to a level of the “minimum effective dosage”.

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I Am Training. . . Are You?

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Aug 14 8

Here’s the second of my “blast from the past” videos for the week.  I hope you’re enjoying my trip down memory lane as I road trip to my new home in Austin this week.  I have to admit that watching these videos makes me miss my old gym. . . but on to new beginnings.

 

 

Are YOU training?  Why or why not?  Share your thoughts in the comments below.

 

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