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…]
Finding Your “Why”
“It is better to strive in one’s own dharma than to succeed in the dharma of another. Nothing is ever lost in following one’s own dharma. But competition in another’s dharma breeds fear and insecurity.” – Krishna Here’s what I’ve found in my 51 trips ’round the sun: that unless you can succinctly define your… [More…]
Think You Can Run a Sub 5.0, 40? Hint: You Can’t
“The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.” – Voltaire …and if you think you can run a sub 5.0 40, you’re delusional. That said, if you *can* bust out a legit sub 5.0,… [More…]
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