FIRSTLY A HUGE THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR READING, QUESTIONING AND COMMENTING ON THIS THING!!! SOMEHOW WE HAVE GOT THIS THING TO OVER 100,000 VIEWS SINCE APRIL…THAT IS JUST AMAZING AND I AM TRULY HONORED!!!
Nikki: well i think that was a compliment…So thank you! But yeah some of these have been pretty rough, but I can honestly say that this stuff is literally stripping fat off of me and making a big difference in my endurance already! Thanks for checking in!
timmyo: Thanks brother. Yeah honestly I am just kind of pulling these workouts out of the sky at this point! Thanks for checking in and commenting man!
Chi-town: Well i had ordered it a couple years ago. I know that a lot of newer versions have come out and I have make quite a few things out of it, and have enjoyed every single one of them. Plus I respect Berardi and know that he is putting out some quality stuff. You should check it out brother!
Coyotegal: Ha a deload? WtF is a deload? all of these workouts ARE my deload! Seriously, once i had to give up the heavy stuff for right now, my body feels sooooo much better…It is like I am just doing energy systems work every day! But thanks so much for checking in girlie! Welcome to the log!
Kungfu: thanks for the kind words man, i really appreciate them! As far as bulking and cutting are concerned, i am not really sure that I practice much of either. I never allow myself to really gain too much bodyfat, and yet I never count my calories to try to get Super shredded (Like show ready)…i just eat clean 90% of the time and work pretty hard. I truly believe this would work for just about everyone, but it does not sound sexy or seem like it will help you gain 40lbs on your frame in 6 months.
Hard, hard work, clean food, and stay tough mentally and you will get where you want to go. Personally, I wouldn’t try to over complicate this stuff. On the previous page i posted a rant that pretty much lays out exactly what i think a person needs to do to get somewhere in the game. Check it out. You will see that most of it is about overcoming mental barriers and being consistent. You will see what i mean. Thanks for the questions though brother!
law8: thanks so much for all of the kind words brother! And good luck to you with all of the studying and stuff! Thanks for not forgetting I am still around here!
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Man am I glad thanksgiving is over! I mean i absolutely love it and everything, but 3 dinners this week has made me feel like I gained all of the bodyfat i had stripped away back! i am sure it will fall off just as soon as I get back at it this week.
Today I will be in the woods with my dad all day cutting down dead tress and splitting/stacking firewood for this winter…I guess that counts as some GPP or at least NEPA. Not sure if i will be back home by the time my gym closes, if I am than i will hit it.
Anyway, it being this time of year I thought I would post this from my original log. Hope you all are having a great safe weekend!
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I get asked all of the time what allows me to keep pushing when others quit, to keep trying when the effort seems futile and what is broke inside of my head that makes me be able to do what I do…Hopefully a few of these points will help explain a little of what I think it means to “Die Empty”
I do it because:
-I feel truly blessed that I have been given the health, opportunity, food, and knowledge to make something better of myself; physically, mentally, and spiritually. There are literally millions of people out there who have overcome insurmountable odds and achieved outlandish things without receiving all of the blessing that I have been given…If I am a poor steward of such things; Than I have offended God, myself, and my fellow man by not pushing to the very edge of my perceived limits. To live with anything less is simply settling, and is an abomination in my mind.
-The moment I aim for mediocrity, you may as well put two in my skull. I would honestly rather be dead that be considered “average”. If I wanted to look and perform like everyone else, I would live and train like everyone else.
-Time spent suffering and overcoming builds something inside us that cannot be purchased, replaced, or explained. But without it, we are shallow and impotent. It is truly a travesty that so many of us choose a life of comfort and convenience instead of getting aquatinted with this powerful animal inside ourselves. I want to know who I am and what I am capable of.
-My mind and body do not accept capitulation very well. What breaks most people simply makes me push harder. It’s not the challenge that drives me; it is the notion of not WANTING to challenge myself anymore that scares the hell out of me.
-My life is looking like it is going to turn out WAY too short to be lived safely and “easily”. When I leave this mortal coil, I want the Earth itself to be sore. Then smile and be happy that it doesn’t need to deal with me anymore.
-When I am completely honest with myself; any rationalization that I can come up with is really just a whored out excuse playing dress-up. I know the truth, if I give in, I only have myself to blame.
-I see people sitting on their couches every night choosing to watch TV rather than getting out and living life or pushing their limits. A life not being lived overflowing is not really being lived at all.
-I hate half-assing things-If I choose to do something I will give it 100% of myself. If I canâ??t guarantee that, I simply will not do it.
-I spend a lot of my time in the gym that could be spent elsewhere, and time is the one thing I can’t get back. If my time is going to be given to training, I am not going to waste one second of it. Thus, when I train, I am going to train with everything I have.
-I don’t train for the strength that bigger muscles will provide. I train for the strength that grows inside me from challenging myself day in and day out. The day this becomes about muscles and weights, I am done.
-Pain and sacrifice look much different to me than they look to most people.
-Other people’s bad days may include getting yelled at, my bad days could entail me getting my head sawed off on the internet…I’m going to work my ass off to make sure I ALWAYS have good days.
-Feeling sorry for myself and blaming other things and people for my short comings has never really made me feel better.
-Puking is less scary than training and acting like 80% of fitness community.
-I want to prove that what I THINK I can do is nowhere near what my CAPABILITIES are.
-Principals, integrity, and hard work have always been better mortar for me than empty words.
-Discipline, determination and desire are built; they are not innate in anyone.
-We need leaders. Not just in this game, but in life. The sad excuses that we call our “leaders” now are an embarrassment. We can be more. I may not be it, but if I can inspire whoever is, then I have helped.
-I’ll never know “how far was too far” until I am looking back at it shaking my head and smiling.
-I have been told what is possible my whole life…It bores me. Now I am only interested in the “impossible”. People have been setting their standards way too low for far too long. Someone might as well come along and make them look stupid for doing that. Maybe that someone is me…
Maybe it is you.
