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It's been too long since I've updated this blog, and unfortunately in two months time, www.allaroundstrength.com will be up for grabs. I'm scrapping everything and starting all over with a new site, an new look, and new stuff, trust me it's for the better. I figured I'd rant about a few things just to give people an idea of the weird barage of crap I get here daily. Currently I'm working 2 jobs, one at a gym, the other at a grocery store. This combination allows me to see people in a realistic and vulnerable light, and observe their habits and behaviors. Lets start with people who buy bottled water. Bottled water is an evident way companies make money by preying off your ignorance. Check the bottle before you buy it, it might just say municipal water. Same stuff as your faucet, if you're really afraid get an in home filtration system. Besides you can buy a water bottle and spend a fraction of the amount filling it daily. People are weird to me. People who shop for the sale stuff are those who actually don't care about their health, if they did what would be the purpose of buying 10 Ben and Jerry's ice cream cups just to save 2 dollars. When someone can explain the logic I'll actually pretend to care. The food on sales is rarely ever real food, in fact it's what I call crap food, things like white bread and pastas, powerade zeros, soda, luncheables, and cheap cheese. Doesn't make sense to me but they will go out of their way to eat crap food to save a little bit of money, and clip out a million coupons to hold up the line so they can save five bucks. I feel rather embarassed working there. My favorite topic which may end up becoming a guest article on straight to the bar is about yogurt. I will say this in a nutshell, yogurt isn't supposed to taste like Boston Creme Pie, Cherry Cobler, Key Lime Pie, or Chocololate Mousse. Something is fucked up about yogurt tasting like something other than yogurt, sort of like a steak tasing like cheerios, WTF is that about, it's yogurt not candy. People are lazy weak morons.
Ok onto the flipside, I got those Vibram Five Fingers shoes, and absolutely love them! Nothing but great things to say, they strengthen your feet and proprioreceptors, lightweight, form fitting, draw attention and are guaranteed to start a conversation. Training partners can make the difference between a good workout, and one you can barely finish. I just found a new tranining partner, at least for a weeks and it has made me work harder just to keep face. I'm curently using Chad Waterbury's Huge in a Hurry Program with my own exercises instead of the ones in there. I'm following a push/pull routine with total body pushes, and total body pulls. I feel stronger, my bodyfat has dropped between 8 and 9, and for someone pushing 165 lbs. I can do lunges with almost 200 lbs right now. The TRX is a worthwhile investment, and so are the Val Slides, apparently this months Mens Health thought so too. Other than that this summer will produce a whole new era of all around strength, the jack of most trades, and master of none.
In the meantime train hard, train harder than what you think is acceptable, step out of your comfort zone, be prepared to fail, and never ever feel sorry for yourself for training so hard.
Ok onto the flipside, I got those Vibram Five Fingers shoes, and absolutely love them! Nothing but great things to say, they strengthen your feet and proprioreceptors, lightweight, form fitting, draw attention and are guaranteed to start a conversation. Training partners can make the difference between a good workout, and one you can barely finish. I just found a new tranining partner, at least for a weeks and it has made me work harder just to keep face. I'm curently using Chad Waterbury's Huge in a Hurry Program with my own exercises instead of the ones in there. I'm following a push/pull routine with total body pushes, and total body pulls. I feel stronger, my bodyfat has dropped between 8 and 9, and for someone pushing 165 lbs. I can do lunges with almost 200 lbs right now. The TRX is a worthwhile investment, and so are the Val Slides, apparently this months Mens Health thought so too. Other than that this summer will produce a whole new era of all around strength, the jack of most trades, and master of none.
In the meantime train hard, train harder than what you think is acceptable, step out of your comfort zone, be prepared to fail, and never ever feel sorry for yourself for training so hard.
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Chris
09:19 AM on October 09, 2009
Totally hear what you're saying about the american grocery shopper. It's sad, so sad how we allow ourselves to be so lazy. Anyway I also see that you have FiveFingers! I just got mine last Tuesday, and they've blown me away. I haven't been into running because I get very bad shin splints and ridiculous knee pain when I do, and the pain lasts for days after I've stopped running. As soon as I got them on I ran 2 miles and it felt great. Glad to see they're catching on, I'm preaching to everyone I meet. Very nice site, inspiring too!
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