Showing posts with label Celebrating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Celebrating. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Birthday Weekend And Shenanigans At 41

 Been quite a week but the weekend and day of my birthday was just the cherry on top of a bad ass sundae. This past weekend, the spitfire and I went camping for a couple nights out in the woods, she set up the tent and set up for food while I went out and chopped wood for the fire. Some pretty damn hard work but it was worth it and had a lot of fun. Lots of laughs, tunes, swapping stories and play our game of Burning Questions by the fire. Took dips in the creek and couldn't be happier.

On our last day, I decided to be a smart ass and went out about a quarter of a mile from camp to fetch firewood and found this spot with perfect sawed off pieces and gave them a whirl. I brought my massive Ruff Stuff Bag that can fill up on a ton of firewood (bag can hold up to 1000 lbs.) with me. Little did I realize that it's going to be one hell of a trip back carrying all that wood. Took out one log and put the pieces in the bag along with my ax, gloves and rubber mallet. I practically carried back about half my bodyweight in that fucking bag, it was heavy as hell. Girlie got worried since I hadn't been back yet so she went out and tried to look for me. Caught up with her and walked back to camp hauling a beast. 

It was worth the hassle since it gave us plenty of wood for the night with some leftovers for future campers. Came home and did some cleaning up and unloading our camping gear to set up for the following day. Went river rafting/floating on my birthday up near where we got married with family and had a pontoon set up with a few tubes attached to soak in the river. Got pretty burnt but it was a still a blast. Squirt Guns, spotify, swimming and spending quality time with the people in my life. 

Earlier that morning, I got in a couple workouts of Neck Mobility, Joint Loosening & Agility Work and then Isometrics doing several exercises in three positions each for 7-12 seconds. Being over 40 doesn't mean you're over the hill, you keep driving and learning new things along with keeping yourself healthy as best as possible. Some people don't celebrate birthdays which I get, I mean to them it's just another day, who gives a shit right? For me, I enjoy celebrating it cause there were times in my life where things could've gone south and wouldn't be sitting here talking to all you bad asses, so I try to enjoy the moments and have fun with it. Some years wasn't always easy but I'm still standing and doing what's possible. 

I may be a little grayer, a little wiser and don't do things I did in my 20's and 30's, but I have learned to adapt, adjust and get stronger & better conditioned in the long run. Have kept weight off over the last year and a half or so going from nearly 270 to under 235 and building my strength in fun ways. I'm in no pain, don't have arthritis and just enjoying things the way I can. Health is more than just looking good (even though I'm no model or random fitness influencer by any stretch), it's about finding balance and doing what you can for yourself and getting the most out of what's possible so you can enjoy the coming years. Plan on losing a bit more weight but also keep testing myself what I'm capable of. Shit at one point this past week I did a 1000 Rep Animal Workout and did slams with a 20 lb slam ball for 5 minutes as a Finisher that made me feel like I was going to die but once it was over, it was one of the best feelings ever. Who the hell does that at 40? 

Anyway, I hope everyone is having a great Tuesday and I want to wish you all a great week. If you're feeling down, do something that could perk you up, go for a walk, get a workout in, call a friend or loved one and just shoot the shit. Do what's possible to genuinely smile and laugh if you can. Be amazingly awesome.  

Monday, May 5, 2014

Celebrating Life


Happy Cinco De Mayo to all my Amigos in Mexico and around the world and wish you all a pleasant day of happiness, love, celebration and good old fun.

            Now on to brass tacks. A lot of people take life a little too seriously and don’t really look around to see that there’s more to life than being miserable. Some of you may not have the best looking house or drive the most bad ass car, hell you may not even had the best education but yet, it’s all about how you see the world in your mind. There are people who try to make themselves happy by dressing to look better, fill the house with nice things and think that because they’re hot shit they ought to be happy by everyone’s standards, hate to break it to you but that’s just making yourself look worse.

            To really celebrate life is to not only embrace yourself (not in an egotistical kind of way) but to embrace what you have. Building your body internally is a practice that takes time, patience and to practice finding peace within yourself. You can love and take care of people and have a blast with the people you love but if you don’t celebrate who you are both in body and spirit, the rest won’t come as easy. I’ve been practicing Chi Kung lately to enhance not only my body’s energy but enhance my inner strength and spirit into a blissful state.

            Getting the body moving not just by training but by learning various movements and methods that give you results, not just by building muscle or losing weight but moving your body that has you smiling and releasing those endorphins instead of looking like someone just murdered your ass. Move your body and it doesn’t matter how you do it, you can dance, lift heavy weights, do muscle control, restructure your physique or even practice various forms of Yoga & Chi Kung and even take a walk somewhere.


            Remember about embracing what you have? It’s not always physical objects that embrace what you have. Just because you have a certain artifact or piece of jewelry laying around doesn’t make you the most bad ass person. By embracing what you have, it’s what you don’t see. It’s the energy that surrounds you with love, compassion and beautiful inner smiles with that radiant glow that lights up the room. You can put things anywhere you want like a pumpkin on Halloween, a tree at Christmas or a Buddhist statue on your mantle but if your energy isn’t there, than these objects are just that, objects. Celebrate life with love and spirit and embrace the energy around you, if it becomes negative or dirty as it often does, change it and harness your inner power from within. 

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