Saturday (7.13.13)– Hit the bars, destroy your gainz. Or do this if you’re a good boy.
Sunday (7.14.13)- Physical rest day/ Mental Work
Simply pondering the prospect of absolute nothingness can be quite powerful.
Tag Archives: buddhism
Weekend Posts (7.6.13 ARWOD + 7.7.13 MWOD)
Saturday (7.6.13)- Recovery
Sunday (7.7.13)– Mental Work
A very powerful idea is presented in this video: that the elements which comprise our bodies are the very same elements from which this universe and the galaxies were spawned. Amid the vastness and entropy of the universe, there is a level of intimacy and connectivity among all things that exist.
7.3.13 ARWOD
Recovery– Foam ROLL OUT
Motivation– Mobilize while boob-tubing. Two birds, one supple leopard.
Weekend Posts (6.29.13 ARWOD + 6.30.13 MWOD)
Saturday (6/29/13) Recovery
Sit all day? Try this stretch to regain hip/lower back/shoulder mobility.
Sunday (6/30/13) Mental Work
- Check out this great article from the blog “High Existence,” giving a high level overview of the different levels of meditation.
- Meditation is a very powerful tool to enhance our training as well as our everyday existence.
Weekend Posts (6.22.13 ARWOD + 6.23.13 MWOD)
Saturday (6/22/13) Recovery
Sunday (6/23/13) Mental Work
- This is quite possibly one of the most inspirational speech/video montage combinations I’ve ever seen. I encourage you to ruminate on the ideas presented in this speech and apply them to your own thinking. Oftentimes, we proceed through life with our noses down, blindly following directions from arbitrary figures of authority. We should ultimately seek to find our own personal truth and discover what makes us truly happy.
Weekend Posts (6.14.13 ARWOD + 6.15.13 MWOD)
Saturday (6/15/13) Recovery
Sunday (6/16/13) Mental Work
- Watch this video that explains how myostatin levels are linked to muscular growth potential (aka how people are genetically predisposed to gaining muscle)
Also, Happy Father’s Day to all those #SwoleDADs out there in the world! Check out this father-son duo smashing iron together and competing for Mr. America title in their respective age classes. This will be me and my son one day.
Weekend Posts (6/1/13 ARWOD + 6/2/13 MWOD)
Saturday (6/1/13) Recovery
- Sweat out that hangover with some steamed foam rolling followed by hot yoga
- Literally douse your foam roller in water and toss it in a microwave (if you can find one big enough to hold it)*
Sunday (6/2/13) Mental Work
- This is one of the most fascinating articles I’ve read in a while. It touches upon the science behind “willpower,” discussing its direct correlation to brain glucose levels.
Also, watch this TED talk about willpower. Note at 7:37, she equates developing your mind to ‘lifting heavy weights.’ Seriously! your mind is another muscle that needs to be worked as well.
*Just kidding
Weekend Posts (5.25.13 ARWOD + 5.26.13 MWOD)
Friends, in order to promote SwoleFIT at EDC Chicago, I will be absent from the blog this weekend. However fear not! Here are this weekend’s posts:
Saturday (5.25.13)- ARWOD
Sunday (5.26.13)- MWOD
- Get educated on the ill effects that running for long distances as your sole form of exercise, on a consistent basis, can have on your metabolism. Women, especially, have a huge misconception about how to properly lose weight and get a proper physique.
- Main takeaway: if you know any women whose primary goal is getting a “lean and toned” physique while still maintaining a normal diet, make them aware of this. They should be doing weight training (especially circuit training), not running themselves to death every day in combination with a starvation diet!
- Check out my 3-day SwoleFIT workout I wrote up for women.
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5.19.13 MWOD
Rest Day (Physical)
Rest your bodies, you deserve it. Sit on the couch all day, go to 7 Eleven, get some Doritos and that pre-packaged queso, and funnel it into your mouth. I don’t care, I’m not the boss of you.
MWOD (Mental Workout Of the Day)
I added a page explaining my outlook on maintaining a Swole mind (SwoleFIT Template > Swole Mind). Here is the direct link.
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