The Complete Self

Many people feel that to lose weight, they have to cut down on how much they eat. In some cases that may be true. However, when putting on muscle and staying fit, you may have to eat like a horse.

When working through my last 30-day weight gain experiment, I found that I got what I call “food fatigue.” I was eating so much – more than twice what I normally did, that I just got tired of eating. I wouldn’t even be hungry for the next meal when the time came. I was eating 5 meals a day.

What did I do? Well, not enough. As I ate the right foods and cut out fast food, sodas, large desserts, had a “vacation day” every week where I could eat whatever I wanted…

Before starting my weight training program, I decided to meet up with Dr. Blahnik. I was having some neck and lower back pain and I wanted to get it checked out before stressing my body with heavy weights. What I found was shocking. The X-Rays told it all. What he showed me had me put off starting Tim Ferriss’ “geek to freak” program for 3 weeks!

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You will find that the best drivers use their car as an extension of themselves. They know the handling the top speed, the breaking the acceleration and can call upon it at the mere thought.

A basketball player becomes one with the ball. They know how that ball will respond to the angle and force they throw it. They have trained with is for so long it becomes a part of who they are.

The best musicians (and drummers) use their tools as an extension of their hands.

It all comes down to connection through familiarity…

We all see things from time to time that stir us. Things that reveal a deeper side of life. They call to honor, and service. I’ve always looked up to those individuals who live by a higher standard and daily challenge themselves to live by a code and to live by integrity, no matter what the cost.

First Post:
This creek bed had never been crossed before. It had remained un-mowed and untouched until this day. This video is of my third crossing. The first time I thought of it I walked up to the ravine and checked it out and measured the risk. I was willing to take a risk if I wasn’t “risky” about it. There is a difference. I decided to go for it and I almost went over the handlebars the first time. I got such a rush out of it that I did it again – this time I almost fell off the side when I hit the rock at the bottom.