BREAKING NEWS: HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TESTOSTERONE BOOSTING METHOD DISCOVERED

                With all of the over rated and expensive supplements out on the market today it is great when someone can find a cheap yet effective way to improve our performance and wellbeing.  That is exactly what Uncle Paulie and I have discovered recently.  Now I have to give credit to Uncle Paulie for this amazing groundbreaking revolutionary discovery.  The thing is you may be doing this already but have not realized it or have not been able to harness this powerful method to your benefit.

                I bet you are dying to know what we have discovered aren’t you!!!!  Well once you realize what it is I am sure you are going to say to yourself why have I not thought of that before.  If you have not figured it out yet do not be ashamed between Paul and I there is enough smarts to fill Encyclopedia Britannica 4 times over.

Now without further ado watch the following video and the answer will be at the end of the video.  This is absolutely ground breaking stuff so please if not already doing so, grab a seat and maybe a hand full of tissues.

That’s right baby we have the Spanish station locked in during our training sessions.  There is no better way to keep that testosterone pumping like the good old Primer Impacto, well besides the illegal way and I have no plans on touching that shit myself. 

I mean the Spanish stations have been famous ever since I can remember for having smoking hot chicks.  I do not think the science can be argued with on this particular topic.  FACT: hot chicks get the blood flowing.  FACT: checking out chicks is more of Americas great past time than baseball ever will be in my book.

I know my Mom probably does not get it but my Dad has said several times “if I ever stop checking out the lovely young ladies you have permission to pull the plug”.  Actually now that I think of it there are probably times my Mom cannot wait for that day to come.

My wife knows that she is the only one for me and the only one that I will ever love so I have no problem making the above comments.  In fact anyone who would deny they still do not take a peak here and there is a liar and that is a FACT as well.

Back to the Spanish Station, I know we have a unique situation compared to most of you who go to commercial gyms I mean we could have porn running if we really wanted to.  And if you go to a commercial gym I am sure there are plenty of sites to see but no one likes to get caught staring.  So before you leave for the gym pop on Primer Impacto and get that great rush of manliness that you need before hitting the gym.

IMPORTANT NOTE: We take our training serious and are not dicking around staring at the TV instead of training.  It is just something to gaze at in between sets which are all timed anyway so there is no slacking.  Plus Paul just does not do it for me and there is very little talking when we train anyway.   Also they are speaking Spanish so it is not like we are riveted by what they are saying.

So what is the moral of the story you ask?  Don’t Know Don’t Care just wanted to share.  And have some fun!!!!!!

Stay Strong

Mike

Training With the Weather and a Cool Snow Hill I Built for My Son

Not quite that bad this year but close!!!!!

The wonderful months of winter in the Northeast?  I have lived in the northeast of the United States my entire life I grew up in New Jersey moved to Massachusetts half way through High School, went to prep school in Maine than college in Connecticut and now I am settled back in Massachusetts.  So I am used to my full 4 seasons.

We have received a lot of snow fall over the past week, that combined with my parents getting their big house ready for sale and helping 2 other friends move into their condo I have been busy with some physical stuff outside of training.

Because of that I have cut back on my actual training, shoveling snow and moving old heavy awkward objects can defiantly be a workout.  Besides a little lower back pain from so much activity I am defiantly benefiting from relaxing on the training.

This is more important than people realize, if I tried to work out the days of these snow storms and even big moving ordeals not only could my form suffer from already working my muscles and risk injury I just could not give it all my energy. 

So I am trying to get wiser as my years pass, right now I am just training for me not a competition or sport so I just mark these events as training days and make sure I recover well before hitting the gym.

When you do not have a snow blower and have to clear a huge deck along with the drive way, believe me that is a workout.  The past two snows have left me wiped out after shoveling.  But I will tell you what, I have a son who is almost 3 and that makes the snow fun again.  Check out the video below and the hill I made off the back stair case of my deck.

The neighbors were over and not only did the kids enjoy it but us adults took a few trips as well.  Just some more evidence on why you should keep yourself in shape for your kids.  It took some extra effort for sure but not only was I building something cool for my son I was getting in one hell of a workout.

Check it out

Comeback Mode Is In Full Effect

A couple blog posts ago I went into a little bit of how disappointed I am in myself for not staying on top of my physical condition, and I mean every aspect of it strength, conditioning, eating etc…  So from this point on I am going to post all of my workouts so you can see how I get back on track.

This way I can show exactly how I progress and how you can as well if you are in a slump or just need a fresh start.

Right now I plan to do all my sessions in my basement, convenience is one reason the other reason is I do not have a lot to work with down there and will have to focus on mostly body weight exercises.  I believe this to be one of the best way to get back into the swing of things.  I need to build up that force field of core strength that everyone needs before the get into the real heavy stuff. 

Now I understand that these videos and posts may not be as impressive as the 300 pound overhead presses or 800 pound squats.  But, I do feel that you can learn a lot more from what I will show you.

Most people who post videos of themselves training want to wait until they are real strong so they can show off to everyone.  The look at me guys, you know the type.  That is not what lifting should be about for me it is to be strong for myself because it feels damn good and my family so I can protect them or get them out of a bad situation fast.

I also want YOU to be strong. 

All the workouts I have done are the same week to week, the only thing that changes are the reps or weights.  All going up of course.

Below is the intro followed by the breakdown of the workout with links to YouTube for a video of the exercise I am performing.  Let me know what you think enjoy.  As I go along these will get better and better I promise, super new to this and will only get better.

COMEBACK WORK OUT #1

A1. Blast Strap Push Ups - 13 x 10 x 9 (32) = total reps

Pull Ups * (I did each set of pull ups right after every set throughout the entire session)

3 sets 2 x 1 x 1

A2.  Lunges w/ Kettle Bells - 11 x 7 x 7 (25)

Pull Ups 1 x 1 x 1

B1.  Rear Lateral Raises 5lbs – 11 x 10 x 9 (30)

Pull Ups 1 x 1 x 1

B2.  Squats w/ Kettle Bells – 8 x 10 x 11 (29)

Pull Ups 1 x 1 x 1

C1.  Russian Twist 45lb Plate – 18 x 14 x 14

Pull Ups 1 x 1 x 1

C2.  Pinch Farmers Walks 20lbs each hand x 6 trips, 30lbs each hand 4 x 4

Pull Ups 1 x 1 x 1 (19)



Stay Strong and Stay Tuned

PATHETIC NEW YEARS FITNESS COMMERCIAL

With the new year now here the fitness craze is in full effect, I was in BJ’s last week and all of the vitamins, weight loss pills and exercise equipment was right up front ready to be sold.  Every year it is the same thing gyms get packed people start their fad diets and barely last a month.

First off there is no reason to wait until the New Year to get started on your resolution.  When it comes down to it isn’t it just another day, in fact my dad calls New Years Eve amateur night. 

But besides that I saw a Planet Fitness commercial that made me sick, here it is below if you have not already seen it check it out.

No matter how dumb they portray the bodybuilder to be he had to work hard to get the muscles and physique that he has.  Are they trying to say everyone with muscles is stupid or something.  Are bodybuilders are going point and laugh at you because you are not as strong or skinny as them. 

Everyone has to start from somewhere, and everyone was weak or fat at some point of their life.  In my opinion atmosphere has a huge affect on your training, if you are surrounded by a bunch of fat weak people where is the motivation?

On the other hand if you see big freaks like that in your gym it should be motivating to you.  Can they be intimidating?  Sure they can but they earned that intimidation through years of hard work.

It is like these gyms just want everyone to stay the same, you can’t let out a scream if you need to because the alarm will go off.  You probably are not even allowed to sweat in fear of too much strain on your body.

This all comes back to the pussification of America, it is sad but true. 

It is said in all aspects of life to surround yourself with good people and learn from the best in the particular field you want to pursue.  If you are looking to get into good shape I can be pretty sure these types of gyms are not the place for you.

I had to let that one out because of how pathetic I thought that commercial was.

Stay tuned for my comeback series where I show you how I am getting back at it starting in my own basement.  I have a bunch of video already shot but am having major problems with the editing software.

Til then Stay Strong.

HOW TO STAY IN SHAPE WHEN ITS FREEZING

Today  here in Massachusetts  it is freezing right now.. literally!!!!  The weather report said it was like 15 or something but felt like 1 degree with wind chill.  This is the time of the year when hibernation is on the mind and we are still saying “When am I going to get my christmas shopping done, I haven’t bought anything yet”  With all the chaos of the holiday season as well as cold ass weather depending on where you live, things can get away from you.

A great strength and fat burning exercise can be the cure to your sickness though, I am talking about complexes.  Don’t know what a complex is?  Pick 4-5 exercises that will cover the whole body with a weight that can be handled with good form throughout the entire set try shooting for about 8-12 reps each exercise.  And all you do is perform them all in 1 set with no rest, may sound easy but believe me you will be humbled.

Below is a video of me doing them with a sandbag, there is no excuse why you can’t do these.  They are affordable and take up very little space.  What I am using in the video is just a 50lb sand bag wrapped in 2 contractor bags duct taped shut.  The sand bag was less than 3 bucks, contractor bags were about 10 but you get like 20 of them so sounds like a good deal to me and who does not have duct tape kicking around the house.  Duct tape is king.

This should eliminate any excuses for not exercising when it comes to the cold long winter months.   

Complexes can also be done with many other things as well, maybe all you can handle is your own body weight that will work for a while.  If you need more of a challenge find a heavy stone outside or anything taking up space in the garage/basement you have to have something in there that has some weight to it.  Rip it off the floor, press it over head use it to squat it does not matter what you use for weight as long as it can be done safely.

So check me out in action and come up with some cool ideas of your own.

Stay Stong,

Let me know what you come up with

BUSY BUSY BUSY

Whats Up Guys,

Busy, Busy , Busy, who isn’t busy I know I am, right now I am working to start my own training business I am still working my 9-5 and I have 2 boys one is almost 3 and the other is 2 months.  Busy is an understatement, for instance it is football season right now and people ask questions or talk football and sometimes I have no idea what or who they are talking about.  A couple years ago this was not the case, I still watch on Sunday and know who won games but I am not as consumed.  I cannot be.

But that is alright because this means I am doing something, but there are always things that cannot be neglected the same way football stats can.  I am talking about my physical condition and health.  Basically anything from March of this year on training wise has been a train wreck, I hurt my shoulder, and my wife was pregnant and other useless excuses came into play.

And none of them were valid, no excuse ever is and you know it every time one pops into your head.  Bottom line I have been pissed at myself for falling into this rut.  So my shoulder was hurting but my legs were fine, I could squat, run, jump etc…. but I didn’t.  So my wife had a tough pregnancy I still have arms and legs, what else do you need to train?  Put your hands in the ground and do some and do some damn pushups that would have kept me strong and those can be done ANYWHERE.

Well it is time for that to end, I am going to take you with me on my comeback.  This way you can see how I get back in the swing of things and you will also see how I train with little time and sometimes minimal equipment.  Hopefully you can learn some things here because that is my goal. 

I never thought I would end up in this rut but I did and it is time to climb out, these things can happen we just have to make sure we catch ourselves before it gets too tough. 

Below is an example of some of the things I do with little time, the video is real chopped up to keep the length down but you will get the picture.

That was a recovery/cardio work out for me I got the blood flowing, muscles stretched and I was able to play with my son.  Stay tuned for more.

LAUGH, THINK AND CRY

What’s up Guys,

I saw something on TV today I had to share with you, now this was not my first time seeing this and it may not be yours either.  But, it has been years since I have seen it in full and this time around it really hit me.

What I am talking about is the Jimmy V speech at the 1993 Espy awards where he received the Arthur Ash Courage and Humanitarian Award, this is where he announced the formation of the Jimmy V Foundation which I am sure we have all heard about.

There is no doubt that the most popular quote out of this speech is "Don't Give Up... DON'T EVER GIVE UP".  But what stuck with me this time is when he mentioned the 3 things we should all do every day which are Laugh, Think and Cry.

After watching this I realized that I did all three during the speech, I did not burst out in tears but I came as close as I have in a long time.  That is a very powerful thing to be able to do to someone.

Jimmy died within 2 months after this speech, but besides the assistance he needed to get up and down the stairs you would not be able to tell how sick he was.  Not only were his words powerful to me but his action was even more powerful. 

He was on a whole other level with what he was trying to accomplish and the way he looked at life.  He knew he did not have much time left but nothing stopped his determination and passion.  He will live on forever because of this, and that is highly motivational. 

I am not saying I want to live on forever but, I want to make a positive impact where ever I can.

I do not know what it is about speeches and quotes that mean so much more to me now than in the past.  Is it because I am a Father now, is it because I am getting wiser with age or maybe because of the new path I am taking in life.  Whatever the reason I am glad that Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer ended when it did and I had a chance to revisit this amazing speech.

I knew as soon as I finished watching it I had to share it with you.  Whether you have seen this or not set aside the 11 minutes it will take to watch this video.  I am guarantee it will not be a waste of your time.