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“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” Zig Ziglar
There’s an art to being consistently motivated. It takes discipline.The best of us work at being motivated. We know it’s not something that always occurs naturally, so we take it into our own hands. The others, we leave it to chance. We let our sorrows control our successes. Our fears rule our decisions.
Me? I’ve been on both ends of this spectrum. Within the past few years, however, it’s been all the former. The latter hasn’t shown his face around these parts in some time. Although, having been the guy “living a fearful life” in the past is precicely why I refuse to leave my success and my motivation levels to chance. Where my day’s productivity was once determined by my previous night’s sleep. It now lands squarely on my shoulders. And mine alone.
Well-rounded. Balanced. Two words or phrases that come to mind when we think about a body we’d like to create. Thus, we set out to create our ideal all at once. We hammer away at our lats, arms, shoulders, chest and legs. Watching each develop bit by bit.
It’s as if we’re studying to become an artist, but instead of focusing on one discipline, we focus on them all. An artists can get good at a lot of things. But only great at something if all of his energy is given to that one discipline. It can be the same for our training. If you’re focusing on everything, but not getting the results you want. There could be another way to go about it…
I love focusing on everything at once when I’m training. My favorite training split is an upper/lower split with a ton of athletic power movements built into my training. But what if this method isn’t working for you? What if there’s another method that will help you get the V Shaped Body, where a balanced routine has failed?
If you’re not already relatively close to where you want to be, there is another way to do things. A method of training where we focus on developing one muscle group thoroughly and perfectly, before moving on to the next. That method is called… Read the rest of this entry »
Growing up in an unstable nation in turmoil is hard enough. Add in that your father, an imprisoned revolutionary, escapes the system, leaving you in the prison where the both of you were living. The corrupt government, looking for someone to punish, chooses you to carry out his life sentence. Now you’re a child being raised by killers and thieves.
Growing up in a prison has its “benefits”. There’s ample reading material, which young Bane takes full advantage of. There are even teachers, like the Jesuit Priest who takes Bane under his wing and gives him a formal education. A man Bane later kills.
Time isn’t an issue. If you fight it, it will win. If you accept that having nothing but time can be a gift. You can use it as such. So, Bane learns. He trains in the yard. He learns to survive as a child amongst thieves and killers. It’s no wonder that he becomes one himself. Not just one, but the one. The king of the prison.
His rise to success piques the interest of prison controllers who force him to become a test subject for a mysterious drug known as Venom. A drug that has killed all of the previous test subjects hurts Bane, at first. But then it dramatically increases his strength. Albeit with one condition: dependence.
He needs the drug to survive. Every 12 hours tubes pump the drug directly into his brain, not only keeping him alive, but maintaining his enhanced strength. Thus, a super villain is born… Read the rest of this entry »
“Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars.” Les Brown
Perfection is what we’re after with the Be Legendary site, Fan Page, and Program. We know we’re not going to attain everyone’s idea of perfection. But we might attain ours. Achieving our own physical perfection doesn’t exist in constructing a body without flaws. It lies in constructing a physique that gives us confidence.
Confidence that transfers from one area of our lives to every single other aspect of our existence. To business, relationships, and our ability to put ourselves in uncomfortable situations that are way outside of our comfort zone. This is why we train. We train to be legendary.
Last time I talked about the role shoulders play into us building this ideal male physique: the V Shape. Today we’ll talk about what is arguably the most important piece to this puzzle (and it is a puzzle), the back.
To fully develop our back we can’t simply focus on the latissimus dorsi (lats). The back muscle that gets the most attention and focus when training. There’s also the teres minor, teres major, and the trapezius (traps). While the lats are the biggest muscle in our back, each muscle group needs attention and training to build the ideal shape, power, and muscle that we’re going to build. Read the rest of this entry »
There are two schools of thought. One, that pursuit of perfection leaves us disappointed and feeling empty. If we’re always trying to make our work perfect, we’ll never finish anything we start. “The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.”Eugene Delacroix
The second school of thought takes the following stance: “Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars.” Les Brown. If we strive for perfection, even our failures will be successes. Strive for your very best. Dream big. Bigger than anyone else and you’re guaranteed to succeed if you also work harder than everyone else.
Both schools of thought have their benefits. If perfection is something we’re always waiting for, accepting nothing less. We will constantly be disappointed. But I don’t think this is any reason not to at least strive for perfection. To be meticulous in our work. To dream bigger than big when setting goals. To create something we’re proud of. Something that makes us glow when we talk about it. That gives us confidence because, even though it might not be another man’s perfection, it’s ours.
If you know my story at all, you’ll know that I struggled for a long time to gain any muscle. I spent way more time in the gym than I do now. I ate more. But I had nothing to show for it. After playing college basketball for a year. Then stopping due to a knee injury and spending the following year getting sloppy. I did two things that helped me turn things around. Read the rest of this entry »
Today, I drove out to visit and spend time with my parents. A drive that takes about 45 minutes. But the bridges, tunnels, and road blocks make it seem like it takes hours.
The awe-inspiring sunset I gawk at as I drive through the farm fields approaching the small town where they live and where I grew up, is in stark contrast with the bumper-to-bumper traffic that precedes it.
The journey out there is a story in itself. One that takes perspective, patients, and perseverance. And one that deserves appreciation. I always wave when someone graciously let’s me in during traffic. So the guy who doesn’t wave as I let him in, angers me. For 1.3 seconds I’m mad. Then the refreshing outlook of John Mayer’s “Stop This Train“ brings the situation into perspective.
The road to my parent’s house is a lot like the road of life. We have traffic jams, when nothing seems to be going our way. When life seems like it’s at a halt. Our progress, for the moment, stopped. We know where we want to go, but we’re not moving forward. We have a goal. A mission. But cars, obstacles, and roadblocks prevent us from reaching our destination in the timely manner we’d like to arrive in.
Even if our timing is perfect. We still have to have the tools to get there. We need transportation. We need to figure out the fastest, most direct route. But as much as we know where we want to go. How we’re going to get there. And how great it’s going to be when we get there – because we’re so confident, that our success is a foregone conclusion – we still have to do the work, make the sacrifices, and do what’s needed to arrive safely.
The road of life is filled with twists and turns. Nothing goes according to plan. And anything – and everything – worthwhile takes a determination and tenacity that only few ever posses. The few, the successful, those after something greater than a paycheck, will arrive. They’ll have done so by overcoming fears, obstacles, and have a bag full of life lessons reserved for the few who truly live.
But what if things don’t go our way? Odds are they won’t. Nothing on the journey of life is perfect. Nothing goes according to plan. Nothing is easy. The difficult moments are what build character. The tough times are what develop tough people. Read the rest of this entry »
