Hammers And Anger Management

Every now and then, we need to blow off steam and just let loose. Sometimes we get carried away because anger can consume us and take over our emotions. Anger can be a very powerful emotion that at times can blur the lines between reality and what we think we're angry about. Many times, it's just in our heads and need to get it out of our system but in a productive way. There's no need to hurt someone or hurt yourself, that's just bad ju-ju magumbo.

We would vent about our anger by going on social media and tell everyone why we're angry especially about how society is run today. Other forms of getting rid of anger is talking to someone you trust, going to therapy, get drunk, eat a bunch of food till you're in a coma, watch funny movies, read a good book and than there's exercise. Exercise is a very productive form of anger management because it gives you something to do, it channels your energy and focuses on a task that requires skill, coordination, sometimes speed and velocity and we'll work it until that emotion leaves our system.

Have you ever heard the quote by Yoda on Fear? here's a recap....."Fear is a path to the dark side, fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering." When we are led to anger, it can put us down a path that would be very difficult to come back from and for some people, it has consumed them so much that anger and the path that unlocks that door closes behind them and the key is thrown out never to be seen again. Like I said before, sometimes we just need to blow off steam, so where's the true nature of anger and it's destruction to a person's path? If we let anger consume us to a breaking point, we suffer for it and others around us suffer it as well.

Exercising with Hammers can be very beneficial to a certain extent. It's not a 100% cure for anger issues just like there's no cure for the common cold but we can learn how to channel it to our advantage and not do damage to ourselves or others. No you won't be 100% immune to an injury with exercise but with the right training, you can prevent injury as much as possible and still become strong and resilient. Hammers are a great tool because when you hit a tire, it becomes more than a tire, it becomes something you are doing battle with and productively battling your own demons. In reality, a tire is just a tire to use as target practice but in your imagination it's something else.

There are workouts with hammers I have done where at the start, I would just want to go off like a loose cannon but the more I got into it, the more it became meditative and focusing on my breathing while forming as good of a technique as possible because one screw up and you can have issues for a while. That's the beauty with training, you can have all the emotions you want or feel so many things but if you can't channel an exercise to the degree that you can't pay attention to what you're doing, you can get hurt. Regardless of what I'm feeling, when I swing or thrust down a hammer, I would go until the pump in my arms or the tension becomes something I need a break from. Walk it off and breathe and than go again till I'm done.

Depending on your strength and conditioning, if you need to blow off steam and use the hammer and tire, I would recommend a light hammer (no more than 25 lbs) because if its too heavy and you can barely handle it, if you are in that angry state and trying to handle an object too great for your britches, you might end up with broken toes or horrible back and shoulder pain. With a lighter hammer, you can use it for speed and velocity as you go to town on that tire. 

Is it a boss you hate? A co-worker that rubs you the wrong way? Having a bad day? Can't stand how society is and just want to slap everyone upside the head? Channel that anger and make it productive in a positive way because being negative about it over a period of time will be less valuable to everyone. There are times where we are angry and we don't know why but we don't want to keep it in our system. Every time I go out there and smack a tire with Big Barry (my Giants Hammer), I always come out feeling better, less tense and have an overwhelming sense of calm and tranquility. What's your idea of handling Anger in a positive way?