Coming up just under 10 days left of the year. Time to finish strong and on high note if possible. Been a hell of a ride, moved into a new apartment back in February, learned a few things, trained my ass off at the parks near by, visited my older brother back in May in Oregon, a few ups and downs but hey, you learn and do what you feel is right.
Left Twitter because of just bullshit that kept going on and just over run with political and religious stuff, fitness groups that didn't really care much about health, more about followers and showing off. Wanted to promote more of what I love but it wasn't going anywhere. Dealt with a few numbnuts along the way on there too, one in particular who got banned several times (good).
With the internet, you just deal with dumb maroons who couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag and think they're god's (or the universe's) gift to the fitness industry when in reality it's charlatans that hold a grudge like their life depended on it while being also being a deadbeat dad and have an obsession by making his blog almost exclusively about how much he can't stand me. Creepy as fuck but hey, that's what happens sometimes. After all that crap, that dude is dead to me, doesn't deserve credit for anything worthy. Shit, he's not even worthy of Thor's Hammer for that matter, just a rotten human being.
New beginnings are happening, finding ways to train better for the long haul and doing what's possible to help others. Sure I love promoting stuff but I want to be helpful and inspiring to someone too, that's my true passion next to training. I rarely ever ask for help this year and I've had to ask a time or two over certain things. For those who had my back, I thank you all. I want to thank all you readers as well, you keep inspiring me to keep at it and write/post what I love to do.
Got to see an Eagle just yards away on my birthday, learned and mastered new ways to work the Dopa Band, did more pull-ups this year than in a long time and I'm proud of that. Made Isometrics a staple in my arsenal and more when it came to training. Learned some new things to cook that are great, built muscle, lost fat and stayed out of gaining back to being my heaviest. Being 228-235 now feels awesome, lighter on my feet, paying attention to how I move and feeling healthier than ever. 2024 was about staying out of pain after nearly 3 months of that crazy sciatica issue, 2025 was about maintaining and building new levels of strength and conditioning. I know I talk about training a lot which isn't a bad thing since that's the premise of this blog right? It's also talking about some of the life experiences, the little things many take for granted and being to understand things. One of the best things this year is having a strong bond with my wife and going through the great times and the challenging times together and being a dynamic duo.
I wasn't always in the best state of mind this year, I needed advise on things and had my own issues to deal with outside of the net. Lot of meditating and figuring out how to deal with certain people or should I say a greedy low life obsessed knucklehead that doesn't know the meaning of being a decent human being but sure as hell knows how to be an EVIL and Idiotic one. It was hard dealing with him but as I pointed out, he's DEAD to me and I needed to remind myself of that. I'm positive I'll get some comment or email or he'll write some lame ass post that lasts longer than Wolverine's Lifespan calling me every name in the book and making up stuff that Sherlock Holmes wouldn't find believable. Guys like that, they're just crazier than a shithouse rat. Anyway, fuck that noise.
This coming year will have brighter days, maybe form new friendships, build new bonds, break PR's and maybe hit something big with a promotion or two. 2026 is going to be interesting and there will be curveballs thrown around and I may strike out on a few things but hey, the best homerun hitters were always the ones that struck out the most. Go in with an attitude that you got this and wherever the road may take you, know that there is something out there that is just exciting to happen in your life.
You never know what will happen, things will happen out of nowhere but you do what you can and keep evolving as a person. Some are just too far gone but there are people out there who could use a friend, someone to help out in need, maybe buy the person's lunch in front of you at a sandwich shop just to make their day a little brighter, we all could use some steps to be there for one another because there's too many things in this world that want to run you into the ground and it's not right to just stay down. Can't take the hits alone. Here's to 2026 and keep being amazingly awesome. Shoot me a comment or send me an email using the Contact Form and be sure to subscribe so you can get future posts sent to your email. Looking forward to hearing from you.
