Get Back In the Game During a multi-hour gaming marathon, every gamer has experienced that moment when their wrist and hands seize up thanks to our Darth Vader like grip around our controller. If you…
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Be a Badass Warrior Princess: 5 Reasons Women Should Lift Weights
Summer is quickly approaching and for many women, it means heading to the gym to get into bikini shape. For most, this translates to lacing up their running shoes and hitting the streets/treadmill. Weight loss guarantees from magazines and online blogs’ bombard women promising mind blowing results in a short time.
Women often overlook or completely disregard the premise of lifting weights. In contrast to cardio, strength training is by far a better investment of time.
Kevin Spacey and the 1% Rule
If you read my previous post, you know that I once aspired to become the next Hollywood star. If you asked me to name one actor whom my generation of men revered more than any other, it would be Kevin Spacey. Mr. Spacey owned every character whose shoes he stepped in. His performances, still to this day, grab you by your balls and demand unfaltering attention.
His career has been full of awards and accolades not to mention inspiring many of the men I knew in college to pursue a career in acting. This year he won his first Golden Globe for his portrayal of Frank Underwood in the Netflix series House of Cards. At his acceptance speech, Kevin said something that took me by surprise. And no, it is not his use of the “F” word.
I Train for a Purpose
Why do I grind in the gym with the same routine week after week? Why do I have a goal of pull a 400 pound deadlift or fighting the urge to get my squat up to 300 pounds? Why in the world would I want to do this week in and week out? The answer to why I train has changed over the last few months. Maybe not so much changed, as sort of finally realized why I do what I do. This is what I have come to realize.