Thread

Time

Which weights you recommend?

Heavy

Agreed, but replace "you" with "your body". The spiritual awakening is more transformative of "you" though. That said, power is a divine trait, so long as it is coupled with another divine trait: mercy.

My workout is a bit extreme. I’m there 2 hours typically. I want to feel bruised everywhere or I don’t go hard enough. Sunday - legs Monday - shoulders Tuesday - Back Wednesday - Chest Thursday - legs Friday - arms Saturday - Around the world Abs every other day.. days off depend on how the body feels, but I don’t go 7 days every week. Lift til failure. If the muscle doesn’t fail, you are wasting your time. Either through lighter weight, high rep to failure or heavy weight, low rep failure. I’d recommend light weight super high reps, 30-50 range to start and as you build the base you can move to heavier. Stretch always. Think of every muscle in a 360 degree way, train all parts as well as the ligaments and tendons underneath. And you will stay injury free. 🫡

Yes but the healthy body leads to a healthier mind. If you start with the mind and the body is falling apart, how healthy can you make your mind, really? Where as if you start with the body and then move to the mind, you are in a better position imo. As long as your goal is self mastery you will probably end up in the same place with either, but if you are just starting out, I think body first has the greater impact. I’m sure it varies person to person

I was jogging an average of 12 miles/week for several years prior to my awakening so that agrees with the idea that having the body in order first is a good step. I remember the runner's high like I was possessed by the spirit of Wolverine charging into battle as I ran uphill. There was a spiritual component to getting the temple in good shape as it is the spirit's vehicle/dwelling.

🔥

Thanks man, great workout plan. Goggins is a huge stretching fan. Stretching really saved my back too.

i still am not sure what "failure" means. like my veins are busting out of my head and the dumbbell just will not go any higher? if i get to failure on the first set, should i expect to get there sooner on the second and then third?

that wolverine battle spirit is the fucking greatest. listening to some good metal and running, topless, feeling like a berserker charging in to tear some heads off... damn making me want to go for a run right now. 🤔 ..i should start duel-wielding axes...

It just means you can't do another lift. I guess it probably also means the glycogen in the muscle is depleted.

Technically if you get to failure on the first set. You don’t need to do much else. But most people need to warm up and then go harder until failure. And yes.. when you have a weight that you can no longer move up or down, that’s failure. I’d also recommend not letting the veins burst. I work on remaining extremely calm during failure. I don’t want any emotion on my face or in my breath. To me, showing every emotion when you push or grunt is weakness. Learning to remain calm while the muscles are extremely stressed is also a valuable skill. It’s very challenging at first, but you get used to it.

no i dig that, thanks. the vein thing was just for illustration of effort. i find that if "my neck" is straining, then i'm also not properly isolating the intended muscle. tomorrow i shall go for failure

2 ways to achieve it. Heavy weight (more injury risk).. light weight 30-50 reps.. way less injury risk. If you are going to failure make sure you stretch and are warmed up. Don’t get injured trying to stress your muscle. 🫡

I’ve felt great benefits from this the last year or so Totally agree nostr:nevent1qqs97khgevrl3c7w9pcmm634waf7mjm34vujg6td545mza4u406p9vqprdmhxue69uhkvet9v3ejumn0wd68ytnzv9hxgtmzv4h8xccpg2k

Intrigued that you got for 7 days a week. So no rest day? I’ve preferred mon/tues/thurs/fri workouts lately

Rest days vary. I just listen to my body. I don’t think you need rest days if you feel good. But if I take them it’s typically Friday or Saturday or Monday and I get a massage on the rest day.

Nice. Totally agree re listening to your body 🙏🏻