Showing posts with label Passion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Passion. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
A Workout Is Just A Workout
The way most people look at exercise is that they just want it over with. Driving to the gym, slap on some clothes and do their little cardio sessions and baby weights plus a little Zumba or Jazzercise to "spice" it up. Sometimes people exercise just to get away from home and do their thing, nothing wrong with that but then there are those that take it so seriously they'll die before they don't have a great training session. For me in 9+ years of doing at least 1 workout every single day, I look at it as an opportunity to challenge my body, my mind and the way certain exercises feel with a sense of purpose and imagination. For the most part I'm a complete nerd when it comes to exercise and I've accepted that. People in the most sense don't really use their minds from an opened stand point, they're very analytical and don't realize that the right amount of things to use for your goals is not that much yet isolate the shit of out their bodies.
Like a few people in fitness, I put passion into my exercise, I may not always show it but in my mind I'm firing up and I'll keep going until I feel I'm done. Those who train with fire and passion go beyond just a workout, it's a battle to who can keep up and the biggest competition is not that twerp bodybuilder with bunny weights, it's you against yourself. I've seen a lot of people in the gym and even a few train outside that train with a little finesse and have good technique but their energy just isn't there. It's like they do something just for the sake of doing it. It doesn't matter what you train as or what goals you're trying to achieve whether it's losing weight, building muscle, hold a handstand, pull the strongest cables or lift a weight you want to surpass; if you're passionate about it than use it to get the results you want.
One secret I don't share with many people and now I'm giving it to you is that a real workout and I'm not talking about pushing your limits or getting psyched and all that stuff; what I'am talking about is that a great workout that is real and demanding for you is like telling a story. How do you introduce the story in your workouts, where's the conflict, do you have certain characters (exercises) that have something to say and how would you end it? Every story has a beginning, a middle and an end but it can't be just some mediocre story, it's how you play it out in your mind and putting it into action (training). You're creating a place in time where the way you feel and the way the story moves you. It's like a beautiful dance, you need rhythm, poise, and balance and most importantly you need to breathe life into it. How's that for a workout? It's not even a workout anymore, it's like a play and each chapter is one step closer to being stronger, more powerful and like an awesome ending it's going to change your mental state in a very cunning way.
A great workout is flooded with intensity, not that getting mad and screaming crap but the focus and the drive to move faster, more efficient and strength that you didn't think you had in you. Many people can't understand this because there's no energy and no drive to do better. Sometimes the pace is slower or faster for some people but those that want to test themselves and see how far they're willing to go to get that intense focus to achieve the goals they strive for. One man I can name at the top of my head that is intense as you can get is Matti Marzel of Ferocious Strength; he's so adamant to be the very best at what he does that his intensity is felt throughout his writing and his videos as he breaks wrenches, does extremely advanced exercises on his fingertips and even holds himself up in ways some elite gymnasts can't fathom. He is that focused and he's just as intense from talking as he is training but the main point here is that he's one of extreme few individuals in this world that throws himself into this powerful state of mind and pushes himself to the point most are too damn afraid to go. A workout is never just a workout.
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Thursday, August 28, 2014
A Satyr For Thought
As you may have read in your Greek Mythology or Roman Mythology books (or watched Chronicles Of Narnia), you may have noticed a god that is both human and animal and not as ugly as the Minotaur. It's a half-man and half-goat creature known as a Satyr or Faunus to the Romans. This creature can be seen as beautiful or terrible looking but in the end he's a god that is different, unique and misunderstood. To Christians (most of them at least) he's looked at as the devil that is the sin of desire, pleasure, drink and sexuality but sinned because of being born not from nature. For the most part, you can't really condemn the poor guy, hell he's half-goat for crying out but he's also a god of the wilderness, the burning desire to love and sing with heart and beauty. His legs and horns are the mere foundation of his powerful strength and unadulterated superhuman hormones. This outlook is what draws those (except for Nymphs) to learn how to get that kind of strength, how would you develop that kind of leg power and hip drive?
Every single human being on this planet has the desire to do something whether it's good, evil or ugly its nature and we are the most complicated species on this earth. We desire something that we hold dear, some go after a job they worked hard to get into and have a passion for it, some join a convent to desire the will of god and help among the word of the bible, others just desire certain they either have or can't have but yet it burns within them and many things can come out when it comes to passion. What the Satyr teaches us in desires is to live with life and desire what you please and although it can get out of hand that's where you channel your passion and what you want to be successful in anything you wish to accomplish. In our bodies, the strongest and most enduring are legs from the hip all the way down to the feet; we dance, we jump, we run, we walk, we kick, we squat and do all sorts of things. Our lower bodies give off the most powerful hormones because that's where our sex organs are and we need those to reproduce offspring but they can do other things too like give off great energy if you apply them the right way (not talking just sex here). Training the legs feed energy and power into those muscles, tendons, bones, joints and even the organs because if you move with certain intentions you're unlocking the true secrets of our natural growth hormones.
There are two sides to practically everything in life and there's no questioning that. You can say there's only one or maybe 4 and 5 but usually ends up being one side or the other of the coin. Within all of us there is both good and evil. I really hate to break it to you but not every single person who has killed or broken someone's heart hell even tortured somebody is evil and not every goodie too shoes has a rainbow personality to them, it's a matter of balance of that individual and what drives to be either one or the other or both. I for one have a good personality, I can get along with just about anyone, I'm a loving person and very caring but if you do something to me or anybody I love and care about I will find a way to destroy you one way or another and I won't think twice about it. We are all capable of killing someone although most likely it will never come to that but if an opportunity arises you have no idea what they're capable of especially when it comes to parents or other types of people. On the other side if you are a person who is loving, helpful, caring and is happy you will feed off that energy around people whether you or they realize it or not. In the beginning I mentioned the Satyr has been known in many religious formats as a horned and ugly figure because of not just his looks but his personality and the desire for lust, drink and sex but if you truly looked up close he's a creature with love, song, dance and is one hormonal son of a bitch but he feeds off powerful energy that is complex.
As a god the Satyr or as we call him in Greek Mythology Pan, loves what he does; he sings, he dances, he chases girls and is an underrated creature that desires life to the fullest without people giving a damn what they think of him. Although he was born a unique creature, he lived with a purpose and is even a savior in some stories as he played a mighty role in helping the Olympians defeating the Titans. I'll let you figure that out on your own. So you see, he is also a hero but yet still feeds of the energy of his powers of the wilderness. Physically we can have a powerful fit body by training our legs in different ways yet mentally if you apply it right for you, certain exercises for the legs can be the most brutal forms of training but still drive you to build powerful muscle, natural hormone levels and expand your strength both physically and mentally. Truly love what you were meant to do, give off great energy with what you do, share with those that you feel deserve to hear and never forget to understand the true power of your nature.
Happy Thor's Day everyone, be awesome and get those legs moving.
Monday, June 2, 2014
Finding Your Passion In Fitness
We are all passionate about something whether we realize it
or not. Some never get a chance to use that passion to share with the world,
others make that passion into a way of helping others in a productive way and
then there are those who have a passion that makes no sense to anyone else.
Fitness is no exception to be passionate about like an athlete who is
passionate about his sport or a Journalist being passionate about reporting
somewhere in their city, state or somewhere in the country/world. The question
is, why do it, what makes your passion so great that you went into it in the
first place? What makes you get the results you want and does it help in your
life in some shape or form?
For me, fitness
is my undying passion, its my second language, its in my blood and it puts me
in a state of mind that finds creativity, love, compassion and intensity for
whatever thing comes also in my life. I eat, sleep, breathe and think training
24/7 (maybe not as big as Jack Lalanne or other Physical Culturists) yet I put
my own take on it and live it on my own terms no one else’s. When I was a
chubby teen, I just fiddled around, picking up a weight or 2 in P.E. In High
school, weights were big with me and did my damndest to be the strongest I can
be without drugs or any of that crap and managed ok, not great. In my 20’s
after my accident, it just became an obsession and absorbed everything I can on
it and for some they thought I was going through a phase, others thought I was
nuts and then there were those who think it’s “just a hobby.” It’s beyond a
hobby, it’s my life and I’m in it until the day I die.
When you’re
passionate about something and others think nothing of it, they don’t
understand and they’ll never get it because they don’t see what you see, feel
what you feel and get the fact that you are doing something that has meaning in
your life when they do their thing day after day and feel miserable and never
follow their true path. For me, fitness goes beyond the workouts, way past the
basic lifts or bodyweight exercises and exceeds way more than what I expect it
to be because I love the variety, the creativity, the way to see the world
through history, film, philosophy. That’s the true look at fitness as a passion
for me, it may be different for you because of your background and that’s great
because we all have different ways to look at things, it’s not bad, good or
whatever it’s your interpretation on what you see.
To really
know what you’re passionate about, it’s the consistency of what you see, feel
and learn about whom you are in terms of your interests and how it makes you
keep going and learning. Keeping consistent in what you do and love shows your
passion on a very different scale. In fitness, we all do some form of exercise
and if there’s something we like, we keep it around until another form of
interest rolls around. Some like being on the elliptical, awesome you’re doing
something but yet what are you truly getting out of it, are you finding the
results you want, does it make you happy to be doing it? You see there’s a fine
difference in what you do and what comes out of it. When you’re passionate
about a workout, it’s not a work out, it’s an adventure and you put your body
in a state where you love it even though it can be tough; on the other side of
the coin, to you it’s just an exercise and nothing else, you dread and feel
like crap, you’re sweating good but it’s just a pain in the ass and when you’re
done you go about your day and then you put yourself through it again and again
until it doesn’t become an interest it becomes a habit.
It’s easy
to be passionate about something but it’s hard to be consistent with it and
that’s where the real fun is, it’s learning how to use it and keeping it on
your toes plus when you share it with the world, share it not with people who
don’t give a damn but to people that share similar passions yet still
different. Love what you do and keep it with you no matter how hard people are
on you about because there will always be that one person or more that’ll have
your back and encourage you to keep loving and following your passion with
heart, intensity and a love that goes with it.
Be awesome everybody.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Follow Your Fitness Destiny
I believe that no matter who you are, you aught to follow
your own destiny. It’s important to learn who your true self is and that nobody
aught to tell you who you should be and that you need to live by a higher
standard according to society’s standards. Fitness is really the same thing.
The truth is, if you are passionate about something and it helps you in your
life than that’s where you aught to go. There are many methods you can learn
and my hope for you is take bits of pieces of what you learned and apply them
to what makes you happy. For real fitness and getting real results find and use
what brings you those results.
In almost
20 years in fitness and health, I’ve learned a great deal of things, some work,
some don’t. In that time I’ve also seen a great many people who tarnish certain
things because it doesn’t suit their standards, they want to drive you away
from your destiny and teach you only their methods and if you’re not on par
than you’re going to fitness hell. Open your mind to different things,
challenge your body and brain to what yields them a great learning experience. I
have fallen to the “one true method” mindset and it nearly killed my expansion
to be able to understand different ideals. Some people do only one method and
for them it’s the end all be all and that’s fine but last time I checked there
are 7 billion people in the world, not all of them are going to follow you.
I want you
to find what you love to do. If you don’t like something and it doesn’t help
you much, that’s a clear sign that you aught to look into something else. I’ve
seen countless people bicker at each other what they don’t like and tell people
that because they don’t like it, it’s not going to work others as well,
bullshit. If you’re a fan of kettlebells and they do well for you, then you go
get whatever kettlebell course is out there and you bust your ass on them
because it’s what you love, if you don’t like kettlebells, don’t buy them and
don’t give others crap about it because it’s not for you.
There are a
lot of things I love in fitness like cables, hammers, bodyweight, ropes,
isometrics and other things so I take bits and pieces of these things and mold
them in my own unique way. That’s the true beauty of fitness is the ability to
be unique and creating the best way for you to get what you want for your body
and mind. Don’t let assholes who tell you that because of what you do, you’ll
get injured, you’re depriving to train like a man or better yet because of what
you preach and love, they’ll come up with any lame way of what is terrible
about it.
I’m not an
angry guy, as a matter of fact I’m very happy about what I do and I get to
learn from very amazing people; however I do get a bit irritated when I find
out about people who over criticize about another person’s methods and tell
them their an idiot or that you’re not an animal you’re a man, train like it;
just makes me want to slap those people. Be unique, if you like doing just one
method that’s great for you but I believe in learning multiple methods and
taking different parts that you find suitable to your needs and goals.
Build your
own destiny, find your calling and passion and run with it. It doesn’t matter
if you’re a woman or a man, we all have something unique about ourselves and
it’s important to find what our true self is and grasp it by grabbing it by the
horns and create something out of it in an awesome, positive and beautiful way.
Help others find their creative side and give them the power to fulfill their
own destiny, you don’t have to like what they do but if they’re important to
you make them feel important and guide them.
Take care and have an awesome day wherever you are.
Friday, April 11, 2014
A Character That Brought Intensity
This past
week, another WWE Legend passed away and that was of Jim Hellwig also known as
The Ultimate Warrior. He died at the young age of 54 and pretty much said his
final goodbyes at his Hall Of Fame induction and his speech on Monday Night
Raw. I grew up in the Attitude Era of the late 90’s and only saw Warrior’s
final matches in WWE first at Wrestlemania against Triple H and a couple other
ones. I wasn't much of a fan and didn't really understand his character. Now
that I took a look at his career watching his new DVD set and knowing what I
know now from training, I admire the guy.
As a
wrestling fan, my type of characters is the ones that are the in-ring
technicians or guys who can wrestle more than just entertaining. I never really
liked the muscle bound guys like Hulk Hogan or John Cena but I admire their
intensity in the ring. Warrior was far from being a wrestler, he practically
didn’t know a wrist lock from a wrist watch but his character was unique,
intense and just flat out nuts (watch his promos and you'll know what I mean.
As an athlete and a Physical Culturist, I thrive at intense training and
focused intention on what I'm doing. I’m not a fan of guys on roids but that’s
a different story.
The man
literally changed his name to Warrior a little over 20 years ago and at first
like everyone else who watched him, I thought he was off his rocker and was a
total nut job but I began looking at it from another angle; he was a man living
on his own terms and built this intense passion for life and was a warrior at
heart. I saw a video of Zach-Evan Esh talking about his many conversations with
warrior and who the man was, it got me thinking and it’s awesome to find that
even though a man had some inner demons still took the time to be apart of
something that he felt was right to do. He truly was a warrior.
In the end,
it made me learn that when you have an intense passion for something, it makes
life that much grander. Here is my version of an Ultimate Warrior Quote:
“Do you call upon the gods to bring forth the strength and
will of your soul? It is no doubt that the power of the warrior is fueled like
a rocket blasting into the atmosphere of parts unknown. The power of the
warrior is unbreakable that nothing can shatter its strength to withstand the
mightiest of powers and you will feel the wrath of my will when my unbreakable
spirit runs through the soul that you shall no longer have as The Power of the
Warrior will live forever.”
How’s that for the proud warriors?
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Fire, Passion & Powerful
Three words that I can describe this guy whose come right
out of the bushes and began a journey of strength & health unlike anyone I’ve
seen before. I’m talking about my man Matti Merzel. He’s one very unique
individual that you only see once in a generation. A man who’s come so far in a
short period of time that one can only wonder how far he’s going to push the
limit. This is the same guy who was in the army in Israel and became a mean, fighting
machine.
There’s a lot of great qualities about him but one thing
that gives him away more then anything in a good way is his intensity for
becoming strong and powerful at a small size. One would not think of him as
being strong but that’s where ignorance is bliss. I’ve seen and talked to some
of the strongest people on this planet but Matt has that aura of him that takes
on a whole new meaning to the words “holy f*cking s*it.”
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