Being Bored During A Workout Is Something Nobody Should Do

Don't get wrong, it's certainly better than nothing but from a deeper standpoint, the fact that you're bored during a workout to me means something is wrong and you need to fix it. I've seen this happen to people and I've done it myself; when you act so uninterested but try to push things on anyway, you're setting yourself up for disaster.

Always found that when you're bored, your mind and body are unenergetic and you have almost a depressed element going on but also, when you're bored, that's saying you're not being challenged or you are energetic but you don't know what to do because nothing else seems there at the time or you've done everything else and something just isn't sparking. If you exercise and your body and mind just isn't into it, your form can become sloppy and with such emotional numbness, you're putting yourself more in the crossfire of injury next to adding insults to your own mind.

I love putting out recommendations for specific programs but that doesn't mean I always do those things. People love certain things and I want to find things that can spark their mind and body to do something worthwhile. Take circuit training for example: Putting multiple exercises together and doing them one after the other and then resting and repeat; there are so many different exercises you can do for any form of conditioning, agility, strength endurance and other attributes. I do like them to a degree and depending on the exercises and amount of rounds. I don't do them often anymore, even doing animal exercises because I do get bored repeating an exercise too much regardless of the amount of rounds. Can I do them, yes depending on intensity and repetitions. I use to love doing them often but when you are on a certain path and your mind just isn't there, it's not worth pushing it even for a round or 2. I do believe circuits work extremely well in specific formats but they're not for everyone.

There are even certain exercises that I get bored with often these days and that's mainly stationary exercises like regular push-ups, squats and sit-ups. I'm not knocking the basics, those are important and should be done every now and then, however; they are so generic that they don't have major value for imagination (unless you come up with a scenario in your head) and doing hundreds upon hundreds of being in the same spot and the same up and down movements, often gets boring really fast. Yes it is amazing someone can do 500 push-ups, 1000 squats and over 500 sit-ups in a single workout or even a day but variety has its place too. I once did 600 Push-ups in a single workout that took me an hour and a half to do, granted it had multiple variations and doing pyramids for each but I could never do that every day, why would I want to, where's the fun in that?

Workouts or playouts should be adventurous, something exciting to do, move and play plus having a creative idea of what YOU would like to do. Be resourceful but don't be generic. Go beyond the norm and do things that appeal to you and challenge you. Being bored is torturous, it's not worth your time. Make time to be happy in your training and have a blast, spark your imagination, find ways to make boring exercises fun and awesome. Be bold and don't ever get bored, it makes you miss out on life.

This Man 30X His Sperm Count!

A few weeks ago my friends at Lost Empire Herbs held a contest...

It was for people to submit their top case studies having used their herbs.

Now, why am I sharing this with you?

Well, I'm hoping this inspires you and shows you there's hope.

... especially if you're dealing with low T, low sperm count, and infertility.

There IS hope! And there ARE natural solutions.

Here's what Shawn, of 43 years of age, did to solve his low sperm count.

"I had very low sperm count due to excessive smoking and taking 2 warm baths a day for years to help with muscle recovery.

About 6 months ago I tested for less than 1 million sperm.

Upon the news, I immediately stopped smoking and the baths and started on a herbal regiment of pine pollen, Tongkat Ali, Maca, macuna purines, shilajit and ashwagandha. My sperm count began a steady come back.

My last test was Nov. 1 it was 30 million! I have no doubt that the herbs helped me make a come back."

This is incredible! Good job on taking massive action, Shawn.

It's well known by doctors that smoking negatively affects sperm count. So quitting smoking was a smart move... and it's no easy feat.

Shawn's next power move came from taking the specific herbs which he did. Let's look at them and see how they help with sperm health.

- Tongkat ali has been proven to be effective for "treating fertility conditions where there is testosterone deficiency or estrogen excess.” It does this by increasing men's testosterone levels by as much as 440% in studies... to fight estrogen excess.

- Pine pollen, maca, and tongkat ali are all powerhouses of ANTIOXIDANTS. This is crucial because antioxidants fight off the terrorist cells called "free radicals" that are causing infertility in men. "30% to 40% of infertile men have elevated levels of ROS in their seminal plasma". These 3 herbs target ROS and free radicals and destroy them.

- Ashwagandha helps lower stress and cortisol levels. This has proven on studies done on humans. In as fast as 60 days, people's cortisol levels dropped by 30%. The best part... as a byproduct this also helps men boost their T levels.

 Shawn's case study also illustrates how important it is to find the RIGHT herbs for your problems. Because if he had picked other herbs, chances are his sperm count may not have 30X'd that fast.

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Testing Out The Yoke For The First Time

Since joining a new gym recently, I found out they had a strongman room for all kinds of crazy things to do something stupid with. I tried out an atlas stone, log press and did a 285 lb. bench press but the one that hit me the most was the Yoke. This thing killed my cardio big time and as a first timer I will say it was a humbling experience. I figured just for kicks test it out and see how far I got, starting with no weights was 200 lbs. Going from one end of the gym to the other was not too bad.

I was also training with another guy that's a co-worker of my fiance's. He was adding the weight on as we got going. Not being used to it, I rested quite a bit since that sumbitch wore me down after each carry (like I said humbling). My last carry was with 435 lb. I believe maybe less. This alone just made me want to die but it was fun to hit that high. Finished up with just picking up the weight just to see if I could pick it up, it was around 525 lbs. 

Strength comes in all shapes and sizes and you never know what kind of strength you have until doing things like certain strongman lifts. This was out of my element since i'm more of the old-time school of strongmen bending bars, ripping phone books and bending spikes. Wanted to do something a little different for a change and get a sense of how this exercise was a big time entity for the strongest on the planet. Haven't gotten the full mechanics of it yet, just using raw strength barely knowing the technique. I'm 33 years old and this was my first experience, not many guys can say that in my opinion. Many men at 33 are starting to wind down and have that slow transition into the realization that they're not young and vibrant anymore and I'm doing my best to keep up with a 24 year old who's been doing it a while and never touching a major strongman implement in my life, I think I did pretty good. 

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