24 reasons why your gym SUCKS!

24 reasons why your gym sucks.

1.  Too many ‘cholos’ in tank-tops that have too many tattoos.

2.  The same ‘cholos’ with big arms and tiny legs.

3.  Too many fat chicks chatting.

4.  Too many naked people talking and ‘hanging’ out.

5.  The sauna and steam room are always packed, with bacteria as well.

6.  Too many guys on the phone.

7.  Too many guys flexing 13 inch biceps in the mirror.

8.  Too many guys flexing WHILE on the phone.

9.  The music is a joke, if you can even hear it over the chatter.

10.  No chalk allowed.

11.  Two rower machines, one broken, and 44 treadmills and bikes.

12.  There is always someone with a set of dumbbells from 25-50lbs, increments of 2.5lbs, at their feet.

13.  Ive never seen a trainer teaching a squat or deadlift.

14.  Whats a kettlebell, and a air what bike?

15.  Thieves in the locker room.

16.  Everyone is an expert.

17.  Gym employees bringing Carls Jr. in for lunch.

18.  Too many fat front desk clerks.

19.  Power racks are always being used for something besides squats.

20.  Twenty two sit up benches and one GHR set-up.

21.  The only place to do pull ups is always being used for cable cross-overs.

22.  People rest on things intended for box jumps.

23.  No ropes.  Possibly to prevent suicide from boredom.

24.  They have a supplement brand to push, but nobody knows shit about what they’re selling, except ‘its the best out there!’

Here’s an older video explaining your current fitness facilities..

Killlit!

-Mike.

BeastMaker09; The WOD files

Good morning folky folks! It’s time to get in the mood for doin’ WORK again.

The WOD Files will be various workouts (all having YouTube clips) that we did last year.  All things considered, it was a good year and we all have plenty to be grateful for.  Lets have a ‘killlit’ 2010 or if you prefer, a Beastly 1-0.

Anyhow, on with the show.  Here is the workout in words first, followed by a more ‘rugged’ stone version of the workout as well.   Benzilla is a true soldier and makes no excuses.

1 minute stations for 3 rounds.

Rest 1 minute after each round.

-Wall Ball; can also be a medicine ball squat to jumping press straight up into the air if a wall is not available.   This can be done with stones (obviously in a big open area) by doing a squat to a stone throw (Incline press for distance) as far as possible.

-Box Jumps; this can also be substituted for tuck jumps or plyo (jumping) lunges.  For the stone workout, use a park table to do box jumps, or just jump over the stone(s), both forward, and lateral.  This exercise is pretty universal…

-Kettlebell plie squat / or Sumo deadlift highpulls;  This can be altered for ROM, and equipment issues as well. For your stone workout, just do good ol’ fashion stone loading.  Choose something moderate enough to do reps with if possible.

-Push press;  You may not be able to bounce a sharp pointy stone into your chest over and over, but you should be able to replicate the movement for the most part…

-50 yard sprint/run; Running in the sand is even better.

Here’s the video.. Killlit!

Stay tuned for more insanity coming soon!

-Mike.

Merry Christmas: Beast Bargains vol. 1

From all of us (me) at OCSF, we would like to extend a sincere and warm Merry Christmas to you and your families!!

Regardless of your religion, race, or creed….Christmas is a time for giving, loving, and being grateful and thankful for what we have.

So to kick off Christmas, the New Beast 10, and the remaking of JabMax.com, I am here to unleash our DEALS of the WEEK post.  Moving forward, I will post real bargains once a week.  This will mostly be for my local beez in peez, but there will be some internet deals as well.

Please note:  These are all items I found or used on my own, and got them for a great discount.  I am not making money off any of them, and it is not just some hyped up ebook (pdf file) that I renamed…and slapped a $99 price on it.

Doesn’t that piss you off when they do that?  Not mentioning any names…

Here are the bargains.

1. Rite Aid:  This store is having a post Christmas week sale.  All multi vitamins, supplements, and plenty of other fitness items are 50% off.  For me, I am picking up some joint pills.  Theyre pretty pricey, but the buy one get one free makes it a good buy and well worth trying.  They also have plenty of booze on sale…

2. www.BeachKettlebells.com:  I picked up a 44# kettlebell for $58 including tax and delivery.  Awesome quality!

3. www.OCstrength.com:  Until December 31st, we are having a ‘Buy 5, Get 5 free’ package…ONLY for the Dungeon location.  5 x $12 = $60.00, get 5 free.  10 sessions for $60!!  WTF?! Smokin’ deal…  These sessions MUST be used by January 31st and must be pre-paid.  (I am not hunting down someone for $60) Email me for details.

So there you are…three local companies giving out some HOT deals this Christmas.

Monday, we will visit some Big 5 specials as well as a few grocery store items on sale.  This last week they had weighted vests for more than 60% off!  Check back often for weekly specials that we find.

Times are tough, every last bit helps!

Enjoy your day and have a Merry Christmas! and keep on killlin it!

-Mike. and beastola09!

My toughest fitness goal ever. Rest.

Hey there guys and gals!

Merry fu%#in Beastmas09.  Day…whatever, I lost count.

The problem became to big to ignore anymore.  New Beast10.  There is TONS, and I mean…TONS! of new stuff about to happen here at OCSF.

The posts have been limited lately, well simply because I’ve been a little depressed about the injury(s)…bad decisions in the past, and how stupid I was leading up to all of this…you know, the woulda coulda shoulda bullshit we all deal with.  But, F it…that’s what beasts do sometimes.  The bottom line is this; I did not choose this job to worry about my own personal fitness goals anyhow!  And I sure in the fu#@ didn’t choose it to whine about my own issues.

Disclaimer: I am not in no way, shape, or form…quitting.  I am rebuilding myself from the inside out.  That is going to take some time…off.  Shit.  I have no idea how much, but there will be TIME needed, and I have a feeling…plenty of it.

What’s wrong? Well, everything really.  Specifically my left knee and shoulder from years of abuse, no rehab, then years of shitty lifting.  It hurts now.  But really, i could power thru this…Icy Hot, braces, tape, etc.  I have a pretty high tolerance for pain.   I remember I often said, Im like Wolverine…I self heal after injuries.   I had fun…But I want to be stronger.  When you’re talking REAL strength…you can’t play around with injuries.  I want to be flexible enough to do the cool shit.  I want to deadlift huge weight with a fat grip bar, then zercher squat it up.  I want to do body weight push presses for reps.  I want to crush the FGB workout.  I want to crush 10 minute rounds with two 53# kettlebells.  I want STRENGTH!  Nail bending strength is what I want.

But I can’t have it, because I am weak… Your weakness will be magnified.  My weakness was exposed.  I chose to ignore it and continue and paid dearly for it.  It is time for an overhaul of the beast.  Beast10. (pronounced, beast-one-ohhh)

It’s been said many time, If you’re not getting stronger…you’re getting weaker.  I actually like Zach’s version better, You’re either in the fight against the pussification of the human or you’re supporting it.

I am in the fight against it.  If I can beast myself into kick ass shape, but nobody else gets it…what good is that?  My job is to get YOU the goals that YOU made for yourself.  Shoot, this is a great thing for my beez in peez…just think how much time I will have to design new workouts to make you puke, awesome!

Just for starters…since I am not ‘killlin it’ in workout form, I will have no choice but to make the diet perfection.  There is no way I am creeping back in to fatty bunz blvd.  Plenty of new recipes and tips coming up…with a STRONG emphasis on vegetables, fruits, and nuts.  We are cleaning house, from the inside out.  Time to dig deep into the food we consume and unleash some scary facts.

Oh yeah, I will also have plenty of time to do new research and keep you guys up to speed on all the fitness hype…and I am about to uncover some of the ‘bullshit’ going on out there.  It’ll piss some off.

I am not here to make a bunch of bullshit resolutions or lofty millionaire goals to you, I am a true ‘realist’ and make no apologies for it.  I do see some very ‘tough times’ coming ahead.  Plenty of adversity, physically, mentally, and financially.  But, I am putting it all on the line…this time, the opposite way.  Positive reinforcement from the inside out.

I am shutting down all my personal workouts.  January will ONLY consist of Yoga, very light bands, and some light cardio every few days.  If I succeed and rebuild, well…that beastola is going to be beyond nutty…if I fail, I am just a little pudgy fu%#er again…I am not afraid of failure…bring it on!

People that never fail, usually don’t get very far in life.

If you’ve never failed, you’ve never lived.  Failure is not quitting, don’t get the two mixed up.  Giving up is quitting.  Quitters always give up and blame some divine being, ‘oh..it wasn’t meant to be’.   I’m not going to get into religion here, but God doesn’t make people quit.  There is also nothing that divine intervention can do to get your sloppy ass in shape either.  It also doesn’t want you to ruin long term health and happiness for a few reps.

Not to mention, my beez in peez have been PUSHIN it lately.  I dish it out, and they crush it!  In 2010, my beasts will hit new levels because of their commitment and my dedication.

It’s time this whole…business as a trainer thing starts to make sense again!

Killlit!

-Mike.

PS: Merry Christmas from me and the mini-B.  Go be with your family and enjoy the rest….while it lasts!  And for goodness sakes, don’t let the time of year dedicate your motivation to better yourself!

Move weight to lose weight?

Too much turkey, back to work.

First off, this is not a post about big ol’ strongman type lifters that eat 90lb dumbbells for breakfast.

We are talking about general strength training and conditioning thru strength training type workouts.

Without getting too confusing, let’s talk about weight loss and general overall body toning for a minute.  Side note, you must first lose the fat before you can ‘tone’.

Muscle in your body composition drives your body’s metabolic rate.  In other words, your muscles control your metabolism.  Well, it’s a big part of the equation at least…

So, if person A is 6-0 and 200lbs but 24% body fat and person B is 6-0 and 200lbs, but 14% body fat….person B will burn more calories in a rested state.  Numbers are for EXAMPLE purposes only.

Now, if a pound of body weight is 3,500 calories (which is still debated) and we are trying to lose 20lbs, how many extra calories to we need to burn?  Very good!

To lose 20lbs, we need to ’spend’ 70,000 extra calories. So, if the average person is ‘told’ to consume around 2,000 calories per day…well, I guess you could go without food for 35 days, and just sleep.  Then, you would probably die and it wouldn’t matter.

If we do a few machines at the gym, and average about 15 calories a minute or 900 per hour…which is killlin it,  we could spend 2 hours everyday there for 1,800 calories.

If we eat good and stay under our threshold of 2,000 calories and do 2 hours of INTENSE cardio EVERY day…we can lose 20lbs in about 38 days.

Now, we all know that is not realistic.

For starters, nobody ready this is going to do 120 minutes on a machine and average 15 calories per minute.

Second, you will fatigue from lack of food and over-training.  Lack of food means muscle depletion.  Muscle depletion will lead to a lower metabolic body rate.  That will lead to FASTER weight gain once you go over your threshold of daily calories.

Completely confused by now?  Or are you just getting pissed off at me?  It’s no wonder why so many people consume pills or think some girdle is a miracle fix.  This shit is complicated and tough!

The work is tough, it is hard work.  The concept is simple;  Eat better on a regular basis, and get stronger to create a more efficient body.

So, what are we doing about it?  Simple.  We are simply trying to jack up your body’s metabolic rate so that it can burn fat over long term without falling back into the realm of fatness once you stop ‘dieting’.  But, HOW, Mike?  Well, GET STRONG.  We add muscle, lean muscle mass.

Hands, legs, and stomach.  Then we start making better decisions about what you are sticking in your mouth.

If we can focus on adding muscle first, then train into an intensity that will turn it into metabolic training, we are doing our job.  YES….you need to add muscle to burn fat.  Its all the same, for males, females, and all in between.

But Mike, I don’t want to get BULKY? Oh geeze, where we go again.  Look!  If you are trying to lose 20lbs or more, YOU ALREADY ARE BULKY…it’s just not in muscle form….its FAT.

You will not get bulky.  I will not get into this again.

Mike, how come we don’t do sit ups to work on my gut? A fat person doing crunches is like buying a Ferrari putting a car cover on it and never letting anyone see it.  It is a stupid idea.  You need to take the car cover off  (car cover = fat stomach) but first you need to have the Ferrari, which is a flat stomach.

But, Mike, can we focus on my stomach?  I need to lose my gut.

Of course we can, it is called EAT BETTER, retard.

It aint easy.  It took me over 3 years to realize that eating better had a major role in the fact that I was just a CHUBBY dude with decent sized arms.  I was active and a very regular at the gym….still, too ashamed to take my shirt off in front of anyone.

In May, I discovered the TRUTH….my workouts became less and I started to eat MORE…just healthier.

Guess what?  Ever since then, I have had a 6 pack.

Yes, I got abs and it was done with no sit ups.

You are not special because you bust your ass once or twice a week thru training.  The really special ones, the people who see long term results…those are the ones that make good decisions when nobody else is around.

Think about it…

Are you a warrior, or an excuse making liar?  Lie to me all you want, I don’t care.  Lie to yourself?  Ha!  You’re probably gullible enough to believe it.  But, your stomach, you CANNOT lie to your belly.

You like your belly against the steering wheel?  Or poking out further than the rest of your body? Titty-do, or dicky-do? Look that one up..

How about trying to squeeze into some jeans that once were easy to get into.  Can you count rolls when you put on a tight shirt?

I am not here to lie to you, it is HARD FUCKIN WORK…but well worth the end result.

Excuses are for fat, pathetic, lazy, liars.

You are a warrior.

Get strong.

Have a good day.

-Mike.

Advanced: 5 days, 3 workouts

First off, this is a routine designed to “change things up” from your normal boring gym routine.  Each week the workouts will get tougher, so you must progress.

This is a program for advanced trainees.  So if you haven’t worked out in a while, try it at your own risk.  Actually, either way…you’re trying it at your own risk.

Here is the outline.

3 workouts, rest between each workout.  Do one of your own on the weekend.  For example; Mon, Wed, Fri, Sunday on your own.

Workout One: 40/50 Combo

Items Needed: 2 dumbbells

First start with the floor chest press and box squats as a super set exercise.  Do 4 sets of 10-12 each with as little rest as possible.

* Floor Chest Press

* Suitcase Style Dumbbell Box Squats

Next you move on to the conditioning phase and do 5 sets of 10 each.  That is 5 legs each on the lunges.

* Lunges

* Jumping Air Squats

* Mountain Climbers

Workout Two:

Super set the first two exercises 8-10 reps for 3 rounds.  Rest 60 seconds after the deadlift.

* Push Press

* Dead lift

For conditioning you do 2 rounds (do 3 rounds if your shoulders are not too fatigued) of 3 minutes.  In between the rounds, you rest 1 minute.

* Weightless Man makers into a…

* Box Jump

Workout Three: Conditioning

* 25 Burpees

* 3 forty yard sprints

Do 3 rounds for a total of 75 burpees and 9 sprints.  Break up the burpees any way you need to.  All 25 burpees must be completed each round before moving on to the sprints.

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No claim or opinion about weight loss, bodybuilding or general health on this email/website is intended to be, nor should be construed to be, medical advice. Please consult with a healthcare professional before starting any weight loss diet or exercise program.

Diet & Exercise Program: The Warrior, explained

Please note…this shit AINT EASY.  If you want comfort, keep doing what you do.  If you want pretty and nice, go to curves, 24, or some sort of all female health spa thing-a-mabob.  If you just want normal everyday lies and bullshit, why would you seek new advice or hire a trainer?  DUH!

Q. How do you know what we worked or trained?

Q. All this is compound exercises? How do we avoid doing the same body part?

LOOK!  Folks, this is an advanced program.  We do not isolate muscles, and we do not train for a fuckin pump.  Do you understand that yet???  We are warriors.  We do not care if our chest is puffy or biceps ’stay’ pumped for hours.  We do not do workouts to pose in front of mirrors.

If I were you, and wanted to do the advanced program…I would count on working out every other day, HARD.  I would not attempt more than 2 back to back training days without 1 day of rest.

If we do not isolate, we create.  We create support and stabilizer muscles.  Of course it burns for the moment, but it goes away.  Also, most of these support muscles haven’t been worked in years…if ever, because you’ve been sitting on a damn bench and using cables to guide your range of motion.

Q. Well, Mike….you hurt your elbow and shoulder by over training?

Look! Part 2… I played rugby, football, and continued playing things when I shouldn’t have.  This is not a new injury.  You are not being told to do what I did.  I was doing the push press every single day, then benching the next day…and heavy.  Trust me, you will not go as far as I did…that’s actually funny to me.  Most of you really have no idea what took place, let’s leave it at that.

First off, what does “advanced” mean?

1. If you do not know what a kettlebell is, you are not advanced.

2. If you cannot do or do not know what a push press is, you are not advanced.

3. If you have not been to the gym, worked out, or recently got out of high school in the last 90 days…you are not advanced.

Second, what exactly will this program do for me?

1.  NOTHING…if you continue to eat like a fat kid when nobody is looking.

2.  Get you shredded, toned, ripped, defined, cut, or whatever other trendy name it is being called for the time.

3.  Introduce you to a new way of training that is much more muscle, and time effective.

Truth:  You can perfect your diet 110% and use just a set of 10# dumbbells if you want to look like Brad Pitt in the movie Fight Club.  Guess what?  99.9% of the population will not…unless of course they had millions of dollars on the line.  You ever heard of the Brad Pitt workout from that time? Yeah…it’s calledeat at least possible and zero processed shit.  Oh..no sugar.  Light weights, high reps. Genetics help too.  New word? Look it up.

How long does it take to see results?

1.  You will never see them if you eat like a fat kid…well, you get it.

2.  Typically about 30 days for real noticeable results.

3.  If you continue to eat like shit, you will simply get stronger but continue to carry your disgusting belly.

4.  You will be sore and feel like dying immediately.  You will be fine.

Q. Mike, I am a girl and I don’t want to “get bulky” with all these weights and stuff, can I just do cardio?

1.  Shut up.  Do you take steroids? No? Ok then, you do not have the body making capabilities to creates enough testosterone….which helps build bulky muscles.  You can however, continue to “get bulgy” if you do not change your diet habit.  Males and females can both get bulgy bellies.

Q. Mike, I do not want to give up everything.  What is the diet rules?

1.  Most important rule; You must UNDERSTAND that 80% or MORE of your flat stomach and weight loss results will come from diet changes.  Sad huh? Yes…I am simply here to help.  I CANNOT DO IT FOR YOU.

2.  Stop being so stupid.  YES…you did know soda and candy are BAD.  No…you did not think a salad with a cup of ranch was OK.  Seriously?  By now, everyone knows it’s worse than a Big Mac hamburger.

3.  Second most important rule (very close to #1) is that you must UNDERSTAND that you are NOT insane. (that’s my job)  The truest definition of insanity was given by Einstein.  “Doing the same things over and over and expecting a different outcome.” -E.money

So you understand? Right?  To get rid of the plastic bag type belly, you will need to CHANGE your eating habits.  You cannot continue to live in your made up comfort zone, in which vending machine lunches and ripped abs exist together.

As for your workouts? Yes.  They will be tough, and progressively get tougher.  You will train, and begin love training so much your friends think your nuts.  But hey, it’s funny…90% of the people that tell me I workout ‘too much’ are usually overweight and have no fuckin idea how it feels to kick your own ass.  To reach inside and pull it out….your CNS, and stomp on it.  We hate each other for a few minutes, you do not hold back because you’re scared.  You do not push more because of ‘desired abs’ or bigger biceps.  You do it simply because you still had it left in you. If you left with anything at all, you are not satisfied.  Everything else is a result of your mental attitude.

You will progress, or simply accept the classes filled with fatty bunz and loud obnoxious instructors giving you a fake smile.

You’re a warrior.

-M.

Stay tuned, we will launch a simple 5 workout training plan you can do at home or your local gym.  Simple…not easy.

[i HATE normal]

That is my new bumper sticker.

Why? I’m not sure.

I am mean? I expect nothing but your best?

I’m not too sure.  I do know the world loves comfort.  That is why the WORLD IS FAT AND WEAK.

That’s right, this is my website, so ill say whatever the fuck I feel like.  I probably piss you off because im 100% right with what I say.  You would rather have someone tell you, its “OK to fuck up” over and over again.  You want to hear, “yes.  you can eat this.  Just not everyday.”

NO! You cannot have your candy and get a 6 pack.  Got it?

I watch fat people walk in and out of Starbucks all damn day.  They order whatever they want with no regard to their own personal being.  Let us just assume for one second that YOU REALLY DON’T CARE… I know you’re lying, but ill pretend to make you happy.  So you don’t care, well…what about your spouse???  Do you really think they like seeing your fatness?  Is there any wonder why cheating and divorce is so high in America? It goes hand in hand with obesity.  What about when you hit 50, do you want a heart attack to go? Or would you rather have it super sized?

You were not BORN OBESE, stop fucking lying…to yourself…because we do not believe you at all.  Nobody buys in to your bullshit genetic, or otherwise, excuses.

Enough harshness for you? Well, I have the right to be harsh.  I was fat, lazy, disgusting, and full of the same excuses at one time as well.  I know it’s bullshit.  Why was I fat?  Let’s see…

1. I had no clue how bad the choices I was making, really were.

2. I was young, I could ‘eat whatever’ I wanted. Riiight….

3. I was not ‘that fat’. Riiiiight…again.

4. I hung out at places  that caused fatness.

5. I had no desire to be in good physical shape.

Everything changed.  Change is good.

I got on a diet, a shitty one, but still a diet.  I did mass cardio, and just stuck with it.  Soon the weight came off.  10lbs FAST AS SHIT… See?  I know this works, I have seen it happen.

Tipola:  When you are fat and disgusting, and eat and exercise like it…once you finally do something active, the weight will flee your bones at an alarming rate.

This is where the ‘motivation’ kicks in.  You SEE it happen, now you’re a true believer…and push harder.

I was DONE…done buying bigger clothes, done being ignored by females, done seeing bleeeeding stretch marks…gross, I know.  Dude, it aint fun being fat.

Why do I have to feel bad for people have made bad choices over and over again?  I do try and help, the ones who use it- know I do.  I know it is not easy to change things.

The pile of crap did not amount to itself overnight, and it will not change overnight either.  Everything that will last time, takes time to build.

For me the training part is easy, i literally fell in love with it.  I am not sure why.  The way I train is not ‘fun’…because, to me, fun is like..ummm, fishing, or a day out with the family, softball, flag football, shit like that.  To me, it is more like crack to a crackhead, like Whitney or Bobby Brown.  It’s like little boys to M.J. (ok, sorry about that one) or white girls to Kobe…HAHAHA! C’mon, it’s my site..and that was funny!  You get the point.  I feel like I need it, or I will die.

So hey, let us all be smarter this time around.  I will follow the laws closer and those of you that are not…just start using your body.  These nagging injuries are not new, they’re just VERY strong this time around…”not right” type of strong.  I am already mapping out my 6 weeks of mayhem I am going to do.

“Just rest, Mike.”  Well, folks…I am.  And I am doing the best I can.

“Mike, that is silly.  Resting is easy. “  Yeah, you’d think so.

Your average Joe loves rest, I hate it.  Asking me to rest is like asking you to give up your favorite fast food joint, or your favorite beer for a while.

Try this, you rest…REST from eating ‘out’ for 2 weeks.  See?  I know your cringed and said, “Oh you are fuckin nuts!”

I don’t expect you to understand…but here is a workout from September.

THE GRAND.  This was done in my garage, alone.  I need this feeling back…sweat pouring, chest thumping, heart skipping, muscles cramping, head cocked back or leaned forward for balance, ipod blaring but unheard.

Just me and the voices…..go beast.  Go beast…go.

Harcore Harvest09: Hardcore TRUTH

Beez in peez,

Good morning.

Its Day III of my own thing here….

As you all know by now, im hurt…elbow and shoulder are not ready for 255# floor presses or 135# push press reps….not anytime soon.

So?  Go use the machines, do legs…etc, right?  Well, I tried…my knees cramp, you can only do so many leg presses or squats.  Cardio? Yeah, I tried all the machines.

Seriously, not to sound cool…but I almost fall asleep.  I have to close my eyes to pretend im having fun and part of the song blaring in my ears.  It sucks, bad.  The longest I lasted on the machine was 4 minutes.

Keep in mind; I lost over 40lbs on those things.  I would do 3 different machines, for 30 minutes each! WTF!!!!!??!?!?!?!

There is no cure for me.  I have the sickness…you will too.

I wan’t you to cringe, and feel like puking when you think about a cardio machine.

YOU ARE A FUCKIN MACHINE…not your exercise! Got it?

“beastola09 machine” I am releasing new models. Fu** yeah!

Cardio? Slow, stupid, keep your heart rate…blah whatever the f*** they want us to do…KEEP THAT SHIT AT 24.  Every time I train myself, I want to have  vague fear of passing out or maybe even having a heart attack.   Doctor says im way too young for that, but ill do what I can.  HAAAAAA!!!

No joke, folks.  My motto is; If im going to sweat, I might as well killllit!

Timeout: Obviously, if you havent seen a gym….a WOD, or even exercised in months…of course, then yes…use the machines until your ready for real food again.

Im creating psychos who will hate cardio machines, who seek to destroy their CNS on every workout, who laugh when they see people jogging slowly along the side of the road, who hold inside, a somewhat demented- but very focused inner-warrior slash beast.

Is it safe always? No… I never said it was.  If something is injured, you stop training…I said injured, not hurting.  We do not train to injure, we train to destroy barriers…self imposed worldy barrier.  I hurt everytime I train.  Big Kville asked me, do you train for a means to an end? Or is it just an end to an end? Ha…something like that.  The answer is, I train because it is a drug to me.  I am addicted.  Results come by accident for me.  Truth is, if I was 110% doing it for looks, I would rest and take much more time off to let my body heal and grow into itself.  Right now, I can’t KILL…and my diet lacks, so results diminish daily.  I am not stupid, I do not lie to myself.

Sometimes I almost cry, those are the INSANE ones, most of the time ill let out a huge wheeeeeeeew…and a slightly demented laugh to myself…but, I recover and know the recovery methods to get back on the battlefield.  Stretch, water, rest, proper food, push the threshold but do not injure.

It’s almost as if I have been tainted by the world and I need a purification thru my training session I prescribe to myself.  Ok, that was a little weird sorry…

Hey, I don’t expect many to like me…but those who do, those who will eventually killlit at my own gym…they’re the ones I really care about.  My beez, my soldiers.  If I tried to make everyone happy, nobody would be….

My soldiers would fight for me, and I would put it ALL on the line for them.  My fitness industry is not filled with shiny piles of shit and happy cheery trainers dressed in warm up pants and a name tag.  Don’t kid yourself, things will change for me…they do daily.  As I grow, I am forced to become more ‘business’ like….but I won’t ever be a different beast.  I will find ways around ‘things’ because it is a wonderful country filled with opportunity…wink, wink.

Listen, you WILL NOT tell me what to do with my body or my business for that matter.  Fuck your machines and cables…and your rules, i follow THE LAW…not rules!!  I don’t give a shit if I am 65 and cant walk from self destruction.  I am 31 now, and don’t want to walk as it is.

I want to SPRINT!!  Just fu**in killlit! That’s it…that is all I want.

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PS: This was suppose to be a post about cardio, so here is a couple sessions we have done….but I got carried away…AGAIN.

Great work Big Ben, and V the Maniac!

FEAR part 2…

Sorry folks, it has been busy.  Here is the final part to our posts on FEAR…

FEAR…it was placed in all of us for one reason; to keep our sorry asses alive.

So if we use it as it was intended, it is good.  During my over training phase, I had a double whammy take place.

1. I was afraid of losing results, kept training.
2. I ignored the fear of injury, kept training.

Now, seriously, my diet has somewhat tanked for my standards and I have no way to keep pace with it.  The weight is lighter now and almost all upper body specific movements have ceased.  So yeah, that is a recipe for total loss.  But it is only a temporary set back, instead of a long term injury.  I was able to LISTEN to the fear.

In a sense, fear fu**ed me…good.

You ever had a ‘gut feeling’?  Well, it was probably right.  Did you know your stomach has the most brain communicators in the whole body? Second to the brain itself of course…  Bet you also didn’t know that when you over consume sugar…you destroy those receptors.

Fear;  Feed your kids well, it could make them smarter…or dumber.

Anyhow….back to the story at hand, FEAR.  You can call this type of fear, instinct.  Use it, listen to your body.  If your body fears, you’ll feel it…do not ignore it.  Your body is your best friend.  Sometimes, we abuse relationships.

Ignore your best friend, and you’ll know you have neglected…. it’ll get fat.  Overwhelm your best pal, and it’ll tell you to go away…in the form of an injury.  You and your best bud….you need to be in tune with each other.  Some days, you’ll have to FEAR losing results…and just do the workout with no mental drive.  Some days, you will have to just contain all the energy because it’s a rest day.

My issue was; mentally, I was a lion…physically, I was a wounded lion.  Neither one can be ignored, but sometimes, one has to override the other.

It has already been proven by science, we are not re-inventing the wheel here, folks.

But…once you are disciplined enough, science takes a back seat to the relationship with your body.  It’s your best friend.  Relationships do not last without communication…and mutual respect.

Fear.  Use it as a tool.

That’s what God intended it to be in the first place.

-Mike

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