You are a miraculous being, cable of so much good work in the world. And maybe at this stage in your life you have “made it”. Successful by whatever measures you’ve set. King of your domain. Whatever that domain might be. Or maybe you’ve hit the skids; down and out. Rock bottom. Nowhere to go… [More…]
Health Hacker f(x)
Any of this sound familiar? “I’ve got this laundy-list of symptoms that I *know* are real… but my doctor just thinks they are all in my mind”. “I’m a super-successful CEO – why can I *not* stop myself from eating that damn bag of cookies every night?” “I work hard and play even harder. What… [More…]
Scripting for positive habit change
A quick story for you. If you’ve followed this blog for a while, you know that I’ve been without a car for going on 2 years now. The impetus for doing so was that I felt I was becoming “too soft”. Reliant upon a technology that, 90% of the time, I didn’t need. I was… [More…]
You never really wanted to lose weight…
…or get swole, Or quit smoking. Or become a Maserati driving millionaire. You wanted something much, much deeper than that. If you do the hard work of excavating down far enough, you’ll find that your true motivations for each and every action hinge on your relationship with love, time, or fear (avoidance) of death. That… [More…]
Smarter Recovery
I train with the understanding that there is no such thing as overtraining, only under recovery.
Another trip around the sun
So I turned 54 on Saturday. Thanks to all of you who sent me email and social media birthday wishes. Fifty-friggin’-four. Where does the time go? November is of course when the temperature drops (even in Texas, lol…), and football season begins to really heat up. It’s shocking to realize that it’s been over 32… [More…]
Goal or consequence?
Proper goal setting is paramount to personal growth. CEO, sage, barber, rock & roll icon… no matter the discipline. Problem is though, people set shitty goals. Oh, they’re well intended, alright. Even directionally accurate. But most goals simply miss the mark. Just as one has to ask a well formulated and thought-out question if a… [More…]
Staying within striking distance
In the language of the Westside Barbell boys, you should know the difference between a “contest max” and a “circa max”. It’s a metaphor for life that works not just with the competitive lifts, but with all things. Staying at a solid 85% in all things is good. It keeps you within striking distance… [More…]
The Modified Conjugate System
Conjugate for the Masses A while back I wrote about culling the most effective 20% from Westside’s Conjugate system that could be of most use to the average trainee. Someone like myself. Someone who loves to lift, rock some functional swole while nurturing a high degree of general athleticism, and has enough savvy to navigate… [More…]
Optimizing Your Training Volume and Frequency
Foundations Back in the mid-70s, when I first caught the incurable iron flu, training 6 days a week was commonplace. The intensity and modalities varied according to one’s ability to recover (What I now call the Wave and Weave method), but 2 hours a day, 6 days a week was, well… standard fare. All was… [More…]
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