I’ve been some level of sick for the last four weeks. I got hit with the flu but only missed one day of work. I’ve been slammed with time sensitive work so I had little choice but to get it done. I don’t know if that caused a slow recovery or if that was going to happen anyway. For the past two weeks I haven’t been 100% but I have been feeling human. Now if I could just shake what’s left of a cough….
I am really unhappy that I’ve barely worked out during this time. What’s worse is the lay off has gotten into my head. Instead of getting after it, my mindset has changed to excuses and “reasons” for taking some more time off.
Fortunately, I read Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins. I mentioned Goggins in an earlier post. The videos of him only gave me a taste of his mentality. The book brings it home full blast. I highly recommend it for anyone who needs to get their head in the right place. If you have even the slightest interest, then click the link and read the table of contents. It will give you some idea of what you can expect.
This is very much a motivation/self-help book with a healthy dose of his biography, too. Goggins had a horrific childhood that lead to him growing up a fat, unmotivated young man in a bad marriage. One day he saw a TV ad for the Navy SEALS. Something clicked in him that lead to a painful, successful, complete turnaround in his mentality. What followed was his physical transformation. He lost over 100 pounds in three months in order enroll in the Navy. He experienced BUD/S Hell Week three times and completed the last one literally running on broken legs.
Goggins swears like a sailor throughout the book. It’s who he is and the book is written in his voice.
Goggins, to everlasting credit, doesn’t claim to be a superman nor does he think everyone wants the same things he does. He shows how to apply his techniques to what you want to achieve. He does believe each of us has enormously more potential than we ever use. I philosophically have believed this but reading this book lit a fire in me. I went from believing to knowing.
Goggins is big on suffering as a means to achieving higher levels of performance. This lead to his 40% rule. Roughly, when you think you are done you have actually only used 40% of what you have. There is another 60% in the tank that you need to find a way to access. More importantly, you can access it. Goggins starts by asking, “why am I here?” He ends by asking,”what if it is possible?” He made me ask the same questions. My answers pointed me in a new direction.
For Goggins, performance all comes from the mindset you develop before you start. He’s right.
Here’s your music link. Go get some.
I’m going to check out this Goggins, fellow. Sounds like he might tell me some things I need to hear.
#metoo
But later. Right now I am going to take a nap.
Keep it copacetic.
I will read the book, but I want to ask now:
So he saw the ad for the Navy SEALS and said, “I want to be that” or “I wonder if I can do that as a test”? Those are 2 different things.
It’s got to be tough growing up in a bad marriage. Like The Far Pavilions.
I enlisted in the Marines for a little of both. The only way to know if I could do it was to do it. Some of the physical stuff I did in Infantry School I would not have believed possible.
I want to be that. It was a moonshot for him but he was completely determined and gave a tremendous, sustained effort to reach his goal.
I have a hard time defining what I want to be or even what I want (out of life, out of myself). Always have had, and this is starting to come home to roost. Hard. My goal has always been just to get through the next day. Maybe right now with everything going on, it’s unreasonable to be asking those questions, I don’t know.
So waking up one day and seeing a commercial and KNOWING “I want to be that” is a real gift. That’s why I asked.
My outsider view is that you are in a big transition. Now is the time to determine what you want.
Once upon a time, for about a minute, I wanted a corner office high up over Wall Street doing books (i.e., accounting)..
I’m supposed to be doing accounting homework right now. I need Goggins to tell me to get the hell off Glibs and get my ass back to work.
FOURTH!
I’m not Goggins, but…GET BACK TO WORK!
You better work, bitch.
*sneaks in to take a quick peek at Glibs*
*sees Tulip’s comment*
*sneaks back out to do accounting homework*
Protestant Work Slump https://youtu.be/ERLFQWQrBao
Don’t Wanna Work https://youtu.be/BTJOD2C7blc
Get to work.
1.
Accounting homework2.
Beer3. Profit!
For MikeS
I don’t wanna work! I wanna bang on the drum all day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LdLIqkmMB0
For 30+ years I’ve been trying to decide if I like that song or not…
Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds
Oh, sure, I’ll just change my mind about everything I know.
One thing about the xfl, lots of interceptions. The Reganade qb threw it right to the other team.
NFL play books + not NFL caliber talent = lots of miscommunication
I still find it entertaining.
What is with Russians and perching on high places?
I’ll pass.
Nope.
How about this?
*books trip*
God bless you, Lack.
Thanks.
Those pictures are hotter than anything Q has posted.
Concur.
Dayum.
I saw the pictures of the Russians climbing up to the top of the spires on Cologne Cathedral. I’ve climbing up the stairs to the observation platform in the one tower of Cologne Cathedral. That’s pretty high. In fact, Cologne Cathedral was the tallest building in the world until the completion of the Washington Monument.
Those Russians are crazy.
Thanks, Chafed. I ordered the book.
My challenge is down time. I have no problem buckling down to get ready for a hiking trip, a fitness goal, whatever. It’s not having a specific goal that trips me up. Eventually, I will need to get to the point of consistent effort sans goal.
Happily, I have a trip coming up to get ready for!
I really like going walking, brisk pace, awesome music in my ears, but not if I’m not headed somewhere for a reason.
Lucky!
Kinda not, because I have nowhere to go within walking distance. I could walk to the post office and store, but I’d have to build up to that.
I’ve found it very hard to sustain any level of exercise now that the only mode that works with my schedule is treadmill.
I used to do 75-90 minutes a day on elliptical/treadmill, but that was in furtherance of getting better at tennis and racquetball. Sure, I may have done 6 hours/week on the treadmill, but I played 15+ hours/week on the court.
Now 6 hours/week feels beyond impossible.
Trashy, read the book. I’m certain his chapter on getting prepared for the Navy will mean something to you.
I’m lucky to live next to a bunch of state forest with trails on it. Instant walking destination.
Cleveland does have a really good park system. I live a couple blocks away from one of the feeder trails that links up to the full park trails/roads. There’s over 100 miles of shared use trails through the parks, and drivers are usually good about cyclists through the parks (if you’re driving through the park, it’s kind of expected).
Yeah, we have an amazing trail system. I can do many miles without crossing a street.
Quit praising the government! F’ing libertarians always going on about public trails and parks. SMDH.
Fuck, I had to pay for it. Might as well use it.
And that’s how we end up with Socialism.
If you come and visit, I’ll take you on a tour of our Socialist paradise.
(Seriously, they are really nice trails)
Am I understanding that you’re also in the Cleveland area? I admit to missing the place. Great Lakes Glibs!
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(formerly of Ontario and Erie)
I like taking breaks from work when I’m in the office to go walking around the building or go walking outside the building when the weather is nice. It is good to get away from the office, and being more mobile should help heal my back.
Got the next two weeks spin classes booked up, and started planning some training rides for when the weather finally breaks. Currently trying to decide if I’m going to sign up for the MS Buckeye Breakaway with Team Left Hand again to push for the century this year, or look more at doing the Bridges and Vine ride the week after that (supported, no fund raising needed, web page still not updated for this year’s registration). Another ride peaked my interest, until I saw the $2,800 minimum fundraising commitment.
Moj, Missouri has a rail trail that crosses almost the entire way between StL and KC. I’ve done about 100 miles and the towns have great support services. One section that parallels the Missouri River is very scenic. You can do parts and pieces depending on your interests and fitness. For the most part it is semi surfaced so a road racing bike can’t do it, but any mtn bike or hybrid can do it.
Washington has a world class rail trail following the old Milwaukee Road.
I’ve got a hybrid I take on some of the trails around here. One of the goals that’s been on my agenda for a couple years now is to ride the Great Allegheny Passage. Don’t really want to do it solo, but the girlfriend has no interest in doing it at all.
Yep, Katy Trail. I had a friend who did about a third of it on a bicycle with her boyfriend.
Speaking of between KC and StL, I always wanted to ride a jetski down the Missouri River to StL. Could never figure out the logistics of gas, though.
At certain times of the year it should be doable. There are plenty of towns along the river. But the Missouri is not a friendly river and has lots of hazards like sweepers, sleepers and undertows. Try it then and you might be committing suicide at high decibels.
Oh, yeah, I know the MO River’s a bit temperamental. I live not too far from it.
As for gas, I mean, finding a boat ramp where I can park the jetski, grab the gas can (that I put where on the jetski?), get to a gas station, and come back to a jetski instead of a blank spot where my jetski used to be.
Just lock the doors when you leave. It’ll be fine.
This is why I like you. You come up with real solutions to my problems!
Moje: Sounds like you need the aquatic equivalent of a “sag wagon,” someone who follows you in a chase vehicle, carrying all your actual stuff. They don’t have to be as fast as you, either, unless you’re trying to break some speed record.
Wait a minute, that Cake song is about Businessmen?
I always imagined it being a guy desperately trying to get laid, as it got late and the clubs close and the bars start emptying out.
I’m still down 30# but my appetite came back. I’m going to have to be careful. To balance it out though, I have cut alcohol consumption by 70%.
“I’m famous! I take $200, $300 a day of your money, cr—-r! You can’t stop me!” Barry shouted to reporters. “It’s a great thing. It’s a beautiful thing. They punk’ed people out for bullsh– crimes.”
https://www.foxnews.com/us/new-york-bail-reform-law-nyc-subway-thief-thanks-democrats-139th-arrest
Cr—–r?
Crowder.
Cruncher.
Crier.
Coagulator.
Crowder.
You can’t just say that!
Crispr. Gene modification seems rough for petty crimes
Cr—-r, please.
Rhy do stories like this anger NYC’s general population or are they met with a shrug?
I would guess 50% indifference, 25% pissed, 25% cheering.
I’ve been some level of sick for the last four weeks. I got hit with the flu but only missed one day of work. I’ve been slammed with time sensitive work so I had little choice but to get it done. I don’t know if that caused a slow recovery or if that was going to happen anyway. For the past two weeks I haven’t been 100% but I have been feeling human. Now if I could just shake what’s left of a cough….
Sorry. Thankfully after I got over my cold, a cough didn’t develop. For my past colds with coughs, those coughs lasted far too long. Get well soon!
My new physical therapist thinks I’m ramping things up too fast. She likes that I’m doing more, but wants me to be careful to not set back my recovery.
Last time I was at PT (Friday), there wasn’t much we could do before pain set in. That PT appointment was the day after I shoveled snow, and I think I tweaked things a bit while shoveling. The shoveling had to get done and I was careful, but not careful enough. Later that day, I went to a swing dance. I was fine at the dance.
Saturday I was OK early in the day despite the previous night’s dancing and not getting anything approaching a full night’s sleep. Later in the day things started acting up. I tried going to the gym as things were acting up, and couldn’t do much without pain. So I cut things short. That evening I tried to finagle a last-minute date with a woman I matched with on OKCupid and failed as she had commitments that evening. I expected getting shot down but I figured I had nothing to lose and that night was really the only time this week I have free for a date. I went out to a local brewpub for some drinks and their club night. I felt the herniation act up as I was sitting drinking beer. I don’t much like club music, but it is an opportunity to dance. I decided against it because:
a) the floor is hard and I know from past experience that will aggravate my herniation
b) a fight broke out about 30 seconds after the music started
I finished up my beer, had a little water, then left. I had more water at home, checked in on the nightshift, then went to sleep.
I feel like shit today. I cancelled some of my plans today. I made it to brunch with some folks from the H&R days and that was it. I spend part of this afternoon lying down.
Tomorrow I’m supposed to be off but I will have to work a bit. I also have an appointment with the trainer at the gym and a physical therapy appointment. We’ll see how those appointments go.
I did a little work cleaning up my diet. I weighed myself at the gym yesterday. I’m eating less and tend to go to bed hungry, and the scale said my weight went up a few pounds. I think the change is due to weighing myself at a different time of day. Unlike the previous time I was more hydrated and had eaten lunch not too long before I went to the gym.
Next weekend I plan to be away. If so, no GlibFit check-in.
Habits, habits, habits.
Commit to movement every day. And if you’re struggling, start simple – how simple? So simple you can’t possibly say “no.” One of the great transformations I saw was a work colleague who agreed to start with one squat a day, but you add one more each day. For clarity: no weight, just squat your ass as low as you can (yes, below fucking parallel, and please don’t argue with me about that nonsense that it’s bad for you). If you need to use something to hold yourself for balance, then do so. Use a low chair or ottoman, if necessary.
The rules: One squat on Monday. Two on Tuesday. And on and on. Do it for 100 days. All squats must be done “at once” – you don’t have to go unbroken, but it can’t be 10 in the am and 10 in the pm or any of that shit. It never takes more than a few minutes at it’s worst. I guarantee you that if you make it to 100 days your life – and fitness – will be different. In fact, my guess is that by the time you get to 30-40/day you’ll be Jonesing for more. I’ve seen people add in 5 pushups/day at day 30; 10 at 60; or situps instead. Whatever.
Just do the squats each day. No “banking” squats/getting ahead, and if you miss a day (you’re wrong), but you can always do them when you get up or before you go to bed. Don’t beat yourself up.
By the way, when you finish, you will have completed 5500 squats total. Once you’ve learned how to get that wedge of fitness into your life, it becomes so much easier to do the same for things like walking a mile, rowing 500m each day, or whatever else you want or need for your own fitness goals. I promise.
Glad you are here. I’ve been taking a break from lifting and doing a progressive bodyweight program, working on flexibility and mobility as well.
Here’s the problem: I’m clearly doing my pushups wrong, as I’ve been having pain over the last couple weeks. It’s been fine for the last 6 or so years with benching, military press, etc.
Can you recommend some cues for pushups that I may be fucking up?
Where’s the pain?
Impingement.
Fuck.
Impingement, I believe, since the pain is in the front and not through the entire range of motion.
If it were my shoulders, I would say hand placement. How much do you flare your elbows when you go drop down?
Probably too much. I had similar issues with bench. Moved my hands in and kept my elbows tighter.
Also moved the bar south. Same with pushups?
Fuck getting old. I loved being able to use bad form without repercussions.
I would start there. At least you can still do pushups.
I had some shoulder pain starting up at about the time I started working with the personal trainer I work with. It was in the front and not the whole range of motion.
After he spent some time working with me, he said, “I think you have a strength imbalance between your chest and back.”
He insisted on changing what work I did for my back. More rowing variations plus more volume. Within a month, no shoulder pain. It has not come back.
While checking your form, also make sure you don’t have a strength imbalance.
Thanks, man. I’ll get some other eyes on it!
You’re welcome! Let us know how it goes.
Tundra – Pushups should be done with the hands underneath the shoulders, not much further out than that. The elbows should stay along your sides and not flare out very much at all. The “elbow-pit” (the front-side of your elbow) should be facing forward, which might require a slight twist/rotation of your hands so that your fingers are facing “out” rather than straight forward. If you have shoulder issues, stop bench pressing (if you do). That single exercise is responsible for more shoulder destruction than almost anything else.
And yes, this will make pushups almost entirely a tricep exercise, rather than a chest exercise. That is how you protect your shoulder from getting shredded. DO NOT let your elbows “flap” out away from your side – that is how you get in trouble.
Funny, I was able to bench with no problem once I corrected my form. I may be going too wide on my hand position. And the elbow-pit cue is a good one.
Thanks to you and Spud. I’ll experiment tomorrow with hand placement ,etc.
I really like pushups, so I hope I can correct this.
Rotating the hands outward will also help prevent elbow flare.
I am a fan of these. My wrists are hosed and they help.
Reuben sandwich. Nom nom nom.
THE WORST Reube sandwich I have ever had was in New York City. Who puts mustard on a Reuben? And I love mustard. No. Russian dressing.
There is trend here in The Rockaways of serving burgers on English muffins. It disgusts me to no end.
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That doesn’t sound GROSS, but it doesn’t sound good.
I really like sausage, egg, and cheese on English muffins.
I make breakfast sandwiches on the weekend, but it’s usually ham or turkey with the English muffin, egg, and cheese because that’s what I have in the way of cold cuts.
We get this at Aldi’s.
I knew a guy who would order a Ruben, no sauerkraut or dressing. If you asked why he didn’t just order a corned beef with swiss on toasted rye he’d explain that he likes Reubens.
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Mr. Mojeaux doesn’t care for corned beef and he hates sauerkraut (he’s not into pickled things) and rye bread is also off the table for him. I don’t know where/when I had my first Reuben, why, or who ordered it because it is so not something I would have ever tried on my own, but it’s a party for my taste buds.
I get Reubens so often at my regular hangout that when I ordered a Philly Cheese Steak the other day they brought me a Reuben anyway.
I… I… I don’t understand…
I recognize the words, but not the way they’re put together.
I know. This makes no sense.
Best Reuben I’ve had was, strangely enough, at O’Hare Airport. I traveled often for a previous job, and I flew through O’Hare many times. The place that made that Reuben was the only enjoyable thing about O’Hare.
Right?!
He does not like chicken gizzards, either.
I teethed XX on chicken gizzards.
The f…? There’s so much else delicious about chickens, who’d eat their gizzards?
What makes you think the rest of the chicken was not also consumed?
Gizzards are delightfully chewy. Best teether ever.
Maybe this is why I’m single. I won’t eat ass and I won’t eat gizzard. Goddamn millennials with their bizarre gizzard eating ways.
Do you WANT to be not single?
I want some chick to accompany me to see The Darkness in San Diego in a month.
I’ve eaten more ass than colon cancer.
/looks @ HM
FUCKING GROSS. Have some self respect, bro.
I laughed.
I get a hepatitis shot…may as well put it to use
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I’m glad that bowl of poutine was several hours ago.
It was cold and wet today, so I had poutine with my beer for lunch. Nummy.
Yusef Glibfit update, dog walk daily for 2 miles, 36 holes of disc golf today, i made a breakthrough on my distance throws, and finally shot a par round!
#3
Noyce.
Yea, it is a chance to not think about life for a while, and it’s good for the body, walking and stretching….
It’s also good for the soul. Especially one that’s been tattered around the edges recently.
Well, I’ve been kicking myself and feeling down long enough, it’s time to go Manic for a while and climb out of depression, my Golf Breakthrough was a real good feeling, it’s been the one aspect that killed my game, driving. My short game kicks ass, so if i can drive, I can play tournaments, and win, maybe….
Excellent.
Even more stellar police work.
Metal should be campy af.
Holy shit, they’re playing in San Diego in April. That seems worth seeing.
I need women friends to make fuckbuddy road trips more appealing. They kept getting attached, though.
Are they bringing the whole orchestra?? And the pianist???
I ruined the last road trip when I was caught fingering the bride’s sister behind the barn. My date wasn’t happy about it. Made for a very awkward ride home.
Opulence, generosity, magnificence, security, liberty
If only.
The blonde field interviewer at the LA/Dallas XFL game checks all my boxes. ///would
I’ve never watched a Dayton 500 where there weren’t any rain delays.
I’ve never watched one where a president was present. Trump knows his audience.
Reagan, and Both Bushes, and I have seen ONE superspeedway race that was green for all 500 miles, Talladega 2000, Earnhardt Sr’s last win,
1 hour on the treadmill at 4 MPH, then a little upper body lifting, every day for 3-4 days. Take a day off, back to work for 3-4 days. I don’t get hysterical if I get 2 days off in a row, sometimes the weather isn’t cooperative or my schedule changes due to some other commitment.
I seem to be unable to lose 2-3 lbs that I wouldn’t miss. When the gardening starts I’ll trade in my walking shoes. Hopefully this year I’ll keep up the exercise and do the garden as well. I’m not sure how much it matters at this point but because I’m not sure I’ll try to keep on doing the same stuff.
Another funeral yesterday. Exercise and proper diet. When the water gets soft again I’ll get some time to contemplate while sitting in a boat with the few friends I still have.
Sorry about the funeral.
Not a headliner, a widow of a classmate. So common now that its a meet up with friends. Good to see folks that I only see at funerals anymore. I really didn’t know the kids. A Catholic funeral, go for the hot dish and cake.
I watch my MIL go to Funerals all the time, it must be kind of sad,
OTOH Losing a half dozen friends in their 50’s ain’t cool at all….
Decided to get back into shape about six months ago starting with Stronglifts 5×5. I used to lift a lot but just fell out of it. Stronglifts was a good enough baseline to get started again but it quickly turned into “not enough.” Doesn’t hit all the angles for me, so I modified it and added cardio.
Monday – 2-3 mile run at a comfortable pace
Tuesday – Regular, incline, and decline bench 5×5, pull-ups, bent-over barbell row, and bent-over narrow grip row 5×5 (increasing the number of pull-ups every couple of weeks). Alternate chest and back exercises.
Wednesday – Squats, shoulder press, weighted lunges, deadlifts.
Thursday – sprints, push-ups, abs
Friday – Same as Tuesday
Saturday – 3-5 mile run or ruck
I add five pounds to the weights each day. In a few months I’m almost back to my old rep weight and I expect to blow it out of the water shortly after. It’s bee nice because it’s fairly straightforward and short each day.
Er…Wednesday should look like this:
Wednesday – Squats 5×5, shoulder press 5×5, weighted lunges 3×10, deadlifts 3×5.
This is why I’m glad i’m Skinny, no weight lifting, just aerobics to stay in shape,
OLD SKINNY GUYS FTW!
Stay off the smokes. When I quit smoking I started eating like crazy, kept a bag of candy in my desk drawer at work. Put on a lot of lbs but after the withdrawal in a couple months and started exercising I lost the added weight (maybe 20-25 lbs). 40 years later still there.