I’ve gotten a few questions about workout tips while travelling so I figured, “What better place to shoot the video than while I’m at the cottage?”
I’ll be here for just over a week, right now I’m typing this up just after finishing a card game called Kalooki (sp?) with my folks. I think it’s a Chinese Jamaican game because I haven’t met anyone else who knows the game.
My mom got stung by a bee in the hand today while clearing brush. It puffed up like a balloon, but is going down now. We were joking that people do this to themselves on purpose to get rid of wrinkles. She’s been clearing brush all week, which is why I gave her the nickname “Bushwhacker”.
I’ve also done some fishing with my old man – he’s been kicking my ass. He caught a nice 30″ Northern Pike and boated a good 2.5 pound Smallmouth Bass today.
I’ve been limited to catching 14″ bass like the largemouth above – not bad but definitely nothing too mean.
Here’s another reason why I love it up here – the sunsets:
My dad has also been kicking ass in the “persistence” department. He changed the garage door opener because the old motor failed and we ran into some obstacles where the door would almost close all the way, then start going back up automatically. I just left to go hang out by the lake, but the old bastard kept at it for hours until he figured it out. Sometimes you just can’t beat persistence.
One of the main reasons why I’ve come up to the cottage is because I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about my mission and purpose.
What I want to do with my life and business. What impact I want to have on the lives of those who choose to follow what I teach.
I’ve actually been thinking about this stuff for months now. Just ask my wife. I feel that I’ve come to a certain point where I really need to sit back and reflect and ponder what direction I want to move forward in.
I’ve been going back and forth between things that seem like good business ideas, but might not be true to myself as much as other ideas that might not be so hot business-wise, but are a natural extension of who I am.
For example, it’s very clear that I could make a lot of money catering to those who want six pack abs. The six pack abs market online is huge and it generally attracts raw beginners to exercise and online fitness programs, as well as 16 year high school dudes who are hoping that having six pack abs will help them get laid.
Unfortunately I possess the knowledge that six pack abs will not in fact help you get laid if you’ve got no game. I had six pack abs in high school. Girls were definitely not throwing themselves at me. I wish it weren’t true. So if you want to get laid, go the more direct route and learn how to talk to girls and be cool as opposed to hoping a chiseled mid-section will magically open their legs for you.
The part of me that wants to go the six pack abs route is the part of me that values making money over anything else. This part of me pops his head up every now and again, but I usually manage to make him take a back seat to other goals.
Training MMA fighters was one such choice I made to forego money for passion that I made back in 2006/2007.
When I started, there was absolutely no money to be made by me. Fighters back then had barely any dough and those who wanted to get into fighting were generally broke.
I’d have made a heck of a lot more money training fat ladies in bootcamps, but I felt I had to choose the “higher road”. Not to piss on anyone training fat ladies in bootcamps, if that’s your thing then do it and do it well!
It’s because I’ve always been about performance and measurable results doing something, like competing in MMA for example.
Even my MMA Ripped program, which I often promote as a physique reshaping program is based on this core value of performance and results – while the name comes with the connotation that you’ll get ripped like an MMA fighter, what’s more true is that you will make considerable gains in various components of fitness: strength, muscular endurance, cardio, as well as changes in physique, in a pretty short amount of time. I’m compiling some data that I think will blow you away based on results of guys who have shared their assessment results with me after following the program.
So I know that how to get measurable fitness gains is what I like to teach people.
I’ve also come to the realization that while I love MMA and always will, as it’s grown, there are some things associated with it that I don’t like so much.
PEDs are one thing. I wish they were no issue and simply didn’t exist, but they do and fighters are using them and the whole idea of PEDs goes against my belief system of natural health.
The unfortunate idea of only training when a fight is booked is another.
Fitness, strength and cardio are physical qualities that must be worked at consistently, otherwise you’ll only ever reach the same peak for each fight and never progress. I find this almost too frustrating to handle sometimes.
Well, I’ve been rambling a bit too much, but I just wanted to share some of the thoughts that have been flying in and out of my brain.
Now, I’ve got an awesome little workout for you that I filmed on my iPhone for you while here at the cottage.
It’s no joke – I’m typing this a day after the workout and my forearms are smashed, my entire core is sore, and mid-back muscles that I haven’t felt in a long time have woken up.
This in response to all of those who have asked me for travel workout tips. What better way to teach you than to show you exactly what I do.
Here it is:
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