Guide to Being a Man’s Man: Part II

The fellas in the Rat Pack always dressed like camera’s were on them. A sign of the times perhaps?

Dress and Live with a Sense of Pride

Pride is a funny thing. You can have too much, or not have enough.

Having too much pride to make the necessary sacrifices for your family isn’t an admirable quality by any means. But not having enough pride in your work, or in your appearance makes one appear like they just don’t give a rats ass about anything.

Be proud of the work you do, the projects you’re involved with and the person you are. There’s a big difference between a healthy sense of pride and arrogance. Being a proud, but humble man might seem like a bit of an oxymoron, but pride isn’t rubbing your success in someones face. It’s making the most out of what you’re given and being thankful for it, which goes hand in hand with humility.

Work Hard

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5 Tips to Build Knockout Power

Rocky Marciano

Some say power is something you’re born with and can’t be developed – a statement that I agree with, partially…

There are definitely people who are born with amazing knockout power. Guys like George Foreman, Sonny Liston and Rocky Marciano were blessed with amazing punching power and didn’t need to develop it with any special training. Babe Ruth had pure, natural power, so did Bobby Hull and Lou Gehrig.

But power isn’t something you have to be born with in spades, it can be developed from mediocrity to something more. I think you have to have the capacity to develop it, you have to be athletic to some degree if you want jaw breaking power, but even if you’re not the most athletic guy in the world, you can develop your power to a much more effective point than it is now.

Where does power come from?

Power doesn’t start where it ends. That means that a punch ends with your arms and fist, but you have to go to the beginning to find that source, and then develop it from there. Power – both in a punching, shooting, hitting, and swinging standpoint – originates from our legs and hips.

Neither one or the other – hips or legs – have more to do with effective punching power, but when both are developed properly the effects can be awesome.

What is power?

Power is weight x speed.

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5 Tips to Shrink Your Waistline

Rocky Marciano

1. 100% Dedication

One of the main things I’ve found with myself and clients I have worked with, is that we all have the capability to lose inches around our waste line. We start off great, maybe shedding an inch in our first week or two, then completely fall off the wagon.

We have excuses like friend’s birthdays that we had to go “all out” for. Or cravings that we just couldn’t quell. But the reality is, we all have the ability to have the body we’ve always dreamed of, the reason why most of us never see that body in the mirror is due to a lack of dedication and effort.

Whether you’re trying to build lean muscle or simply shrink your waistline, you have to be supremely dedicated if you’re going to get there.

Have a plan and stick to it word for word, none of this “as much as you can” stuff. In the grand scheme of things you’re not going to miss out on much, and the feeling you’ll get when you see a six pack in the mirror will be well worth the hard workouts and healthy eating.

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Free 4-Week Vegas Workout

The last time I was in Vegas, enjoying a cigar.

So I’m going to be heading to Vegas for a few days in late September to hang out with a great group of guys who are all involved in the fitness industry – primarily the online marketing aspect of it.

We’re all heading down there for a few days of fun and to get some brainstorming done. We’re actually renting a pretty cool house, like the one from the “Ultimate Fighter” TV series so it should be a great time. Some of their names include: Vince Del Monte, Joel Marion, Dr. Kareem Samhouri, Dave Ruel, Lee Hayward, Mike Westerdal, Adam Steer, Eric Wong and Ryan Murdock – if I missed any, I apologize.

If you haven’t heard of anyone in the group I just mentioned, check them out, they all have great blog sites up that anyone can benefit from.

Anyways I figured it would be a good time to set a short term goal and reach it. I didn’t just want the goal of just “getting in better shape“, which is a pretty abstract and hard goal to measure. So my goal is to get to a lean 190 pounds within this 4-week span – and I guess we’ll see if it can be done! Right now I’m weighing about 185 pounds.

I also wanted to give the readers of this blog something free at the same time, so below is the weight lifting program I’ll be doing over the coming 4 week period.

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