Starting from the bottom? Yeah, you can say that. Rock bottom, in fact. It doesn’t matter where you start, though. What matters is having the grit, determination, and heart to see that change through. Does the kid have what it takes? Tune in, follow along, and find out. Need a preview? Check out this post…. [More…]
Theory to Practice: Exercise, Health & Business
On tap today, a podcast with my good friend, fellow biohacker and entrepreneur, Jason Moore, of Elite HRV.
Omega 3 Test Results Following My 40 Gram / Day for 30 Days Experiment
If you give a hacker a new toy, the first thing he’ll do is take it apart to figure out how it works. ~ Jamie Zawinski 40 friggin’ grams of fish oil a day? Yeah, and for 30 days no less. The background story behind the how’s and whys of this particular hack can be… [More…]
The Iron Never Lies
Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on. ~ Henry Rollins The essay below (by Henry Rollins) was originally published in the now defunct Details Magazine in 1994. I vividly remember my first reading it. I wasn’t long out of the military, still trying to find my way back into a “civilian world”… [More…]
Humility > Dogma
“Wisdom is knowing I am nothing, Love is knowing I am everything, And between the two my life moves.” – Nisargadatta Maharaj Humility > Dogma Not just in spirituality, but in all things. And yes, even in the testosterone-and-ego-fueled world of fitness. The classic Zen story of Nan-in and the professor is an example of… [More…]
Chop Wood, Carry Water
“Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.” Just a public service reminder : consistency > programming sophistication. Or novelty. This is always the case. And not just with strength and conditioning, but just about everything in life. We always come back to Occam’s Razor. 80/20. Just eat real food (hat… [More…]
Time Crunch Muscle Growth Methods: Pre Exhausts and Heirarchical Sets
“The truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell, and broke into pieces. Everybody took a piece of it, and they looked at it and thought they had the truth.” Rumi Being an entrepreneur means there are many times when my workouts are reduced to “get in, get it done, and get… [More…]
A Typical 30 Minute, HIIRT Workout
“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” – Anais Nin So on the heels of my All HIIT / HIIRT, All the Time? post, this: a post about nailing a HIIT / HIIRT workout. Because the training life is (or ought to be!) like that. Waving intensities, weaving modalities; for… [More…]
All HIIT / HIIRT, All the Time?
“If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.” -Mahatma Gandhi Let’s cut to the chase on this: all of *anything* — all of one way — all the time, is a disaster in the… [More…]
Hardening Yourself Against the Physical and Psychological Toll of Entrepreneurship
“Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill Just to set expectations from the get-go, this is *not* an emo-laden, poor me, the misunderstood entrepreneur post. In fact, it might just be the opposite. I’m way more likely to tell a whiney entrepreneur to shut the fuck up… [More…]
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