Posts tagged Star Wars

Building A Hero Worthy Home Gym

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Almost instantaneously the room erupted. The walls had seemingly given loose, making it seem as if the whole world was spinning. But after a brief moment I realized what was going on.

Bats.

Screaming. Flying. And nearly frightened as I was.

Amidst that horror I felt something transcendent burning deep inside of myself.
A calling.

In that singular moment, it became clear who I was.
Or rather… who I would become.

Okay. Maybe that story was not my own…That may or may not have been the story of Batman and the Bat-Cave.

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Rainy Rest Day Activities

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Active rest days can be a great way to counteract your desire to train but also keep you from vegging out on the couch.  You can go for a jog, play some basketball, play disc golf (or regular golf), yoga, take a hike and explore nature in your hometown, or do some sort of mobility work or corrective exercise routines.   

Being outside is great, but sometimes mother nature decides to be a dick and throw a wrench in your plans with rain. 

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Do You Even Sith?

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The Jedi are the keepers of peace in the Star Wars universe and for thousands of years they harnessed the power of The Force for good in the galaxy. The Sith are their arch nemesis and purveyors of the “dark side” of The Force.  Their intentions are evil and they have only one desire: to rule the galaxy.

Good vs evil, blah, blah, blah. 

Here is the truth.

The Sith are by far better than the Jedi.

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A Geek On a Never Ending Quest of Awesome

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I am no one special. I am just a socially awkward ginger kid who growing up loved Hulk Hogan, Captain America, Michael Jordan, and video games. The latter became an obsession later in life and helped me succeed in procrastinating basically every assignment constantly in college.
Growing up I felt like no one really understood me. I had to cloak my geekiness from many of my friends because, you know, jocks don’t do Captain America, StarFox, Zelda, or science type crap. Nope, it’s all sports all the time, right? It’s odd how we constantly as young people put on new tee-shirts trying to see what fits and what defines our identity. Often times hiding or pushing down the things that we are actually passionate or “geeks” about.

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