I’ve only got 20 minutes until I have to leave to go lift with Mike T Nelson so let’s make this quick…
(In no particular order, mind you…..)
- Huge-ass pans of scrambeled eggs – 5 or 6 whole eggs scrambeled up with about 3-4 cups of veggies and some ham. My veggies of choice are: broccoli, cauliflower, onions, red pepper, and mushrooms.
- New Music – I’ve gotten a ton of new music in the past couple of days. Everything from Top 40 to mainstream hip hop to mainstream metal and some underground stuff of each. I also went to the Drowning Pool, Five Finger Death Punch, and Godsmack concert last week. So awesome.
- This muhfuckin’ wind! – I’m pretty sure there’s consistent 60 mph wind gusts outside right now. My $3 umbrella from Walgreens held up nicely though.
- Julie the Bulldog – As Adam said in this post, she is an extremely interesting dog. Having just lost my dog, naturally Julie brings a smile to my face. She’s not really all that sleek in design so when she gets excited, shit just starts shaking and rolling back and forth. She’s pretty cute too…
- Stronger Grip Plateau Buster – Most of you aren’t lucky enough to have access to a *A* kettlebell, much less one heavy enough to be all that effective. Now, here I am spoiled with this gargantuan. (P.S. I cannot swing 430 lb., but 215 lb. ain’t bad either.)
- Strongman Log Clean and Jerk – Very similar to Olympic style clean and jerk except that the log is, well, in the shape of a log. It brings some interesting dynamics to the lift. My best olympic C&J is 220lb. I’m only 20 behind that with the log.
- Hot Chick’s with Ass – Listen, I’m a huge fan of $200 designer jeans. They can make a chick with no ass look like she has a spectacular ass. Or someone with a jiggly butt look like that thing could break walnuts. Here’s the thing though, when the pants come off, the truth comes out. Ladies, please do them deadlifts.
- Random people from twitter – Just yesterday I got a new follower from Indonesia. Her profile pic makes her look all cute and innocent. Tell me, how can this cute and innocent chick from Indonesia be more awesome than you? This is how…
- Having a plan in place for what I’d like to do moving forward, or at least some action items I can take to start moving that way. Hint: it does not involve owning and operating a gym full-time anymore.
“I hate it when personal trainers tell you that you HAVE to eat small meals in order to get your eating habits in check. I checked your timeline to make sure you weren’t a ‘bro’. You’re not, so that’s why I followed you.”
– HOLY HELL!!! This girl knows what a “bro” is??? How can she know, and most of you can’t even recognize that you may be??? Then she followed it up with this….
“My gym is really small and doesn’t have a squat rack. What should I do? Is it ok to use the Smith machine or should I just focus on dumbbells?”
– Now she’s into squatting too? Christ balls. She ended up inviting me to come train in her gym (in Indonesia) in exchange for some coffee and making fun of all the bro’s. Ha! Cracks me up.
**GASP!!!** I KNOW, RIGHT?!?! Don’t worry, small children, training is still going to be a ginormous part of my life. I’d still like to own a gym and have it pay for itself. I’m still going to be training people as often as I can. It’s just, it’s not what I envision myself doing 40 years down the road. So, don’t fret your little minds, I’m still going to kick ass, and I’m still going to create the shit outta some athletes….it’s just not going to be my full time gig……(I don’t think)
One caveat to that: I have been scoping the NSCA job board and if there’s ever a position for an assistant strength coach on an NFL or DI college team, you can bet your hairy ass that I’m going to apply for it!
Phew!! 10 minutes to spare. What’s awesome in your life right now??
Like you I’m on a time crunch, so here goes 2m of awesome:
-Scrambled Eggs agreed…dinner last night w/ cheese and greens.
-Bulldogs – AWESOME!
-Jack O’Lanterns, beer, and friends
-Autumn…although looking forward to winter, snow, and snowboarding
-Finished a writing project
-Watching son make strength gains in the gym
…and 2m is up.
@Adam|SEE
You had me at beer and snow. I also didn’t know you have a son. How old is he?
@Lizzy
Just keep trying harder. Maybe someday…
@Adam
Bacon? All I saw was bacon. Quite friggin’ awesome.
@Gary
Milk (to me) is nature’s laxative. However, 5 Guys and Chipotle are doubly anabolic. Ryan is a mad scientist. He should start his own company. That’s freakin awesome about your son. Let us know when he gets the 2kg! (But make sure he packs his shoulder and squeezes his glutes….for safety.)
@Mathieu
Official girlfriends are pretty cool. I’m having a hard time remembering what that’s like though. Haha! And, 130km bike ride?!?!?! WAT?!?!?!
umm..why am i not on this list??
This giant mutherfuckin plate of chicken fijitas in front of me. The fried egg and steak/pork chop/chicken/turkey with bacon sanwiches I’ve been rocking. No tests for a couple of weeks. Halloween weekend…
I got plenty of time right now and that’s awesome thing #1
#2 Milk, nature’s protein shake
#3 Deadlifts, for short guys they’re awesome because we don’t have to move the weight that far
#4 Five Guys Burgers and Fries
#5 Chipotle
#6 Planet Fitness, even with the no results zone (sorry no judgement), it makes it so anyone can afford to belong to a gym.
#7 strongergrip.com, Ryan Pitts is a genius
#8 when my 10 month old son tries to pick up and eat every kettlebell in my gym
Cool!
#1 – My newly-official girlfriend (cheesy I know, but she’s most awesome)
#2 – Breakfasts. HUGE breakfasts.
#3 – Deadlifts, and more specifically (Sorry for the egocentrism) my Deadlift progression (almost +25lbs per month on 1rep max for the last 4 months). Thus, also can’t not mention Gym Movement in and of itself.
#4 – My current studies (IT Engineering)
#5 – My new job (no more big, processes-swollen companies)
#6 – My dragonboat team
#7 – The gazillion projects in my mind, and the small lot I’m currently undertaking
#8 – Challenges I was submitted to on http://matchallenge.com
I’ll stop right here, I could go on for hours. 😛
Cheers!
Mat