High-Performance Lifestyle
There is something about fear that is hard to explain.
We all know how it feels. We understand why it exist as we explain away some biological notion of self-interest we remember from high school science class.
The truth is, we don’t understand fear at all. [Read more…]
After reading Arnold’s Total Recall, I felt an urge to explore the old stomping grounds of bodybuilding lore.
Inspired, I took the trip to throwdown at Gold’s Gym Venice, or as it is known to many, the Mecca of Bodybuilding.
Walking through the doors, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of awe, as if entering the arena of a great battleground.
My adrenaline was pumping, as I thought to myself, here I am, the exact place where some of the world’s most renowned bodybuilders carved their bodies, shaped their personas, and crafted their personal legend. [Read more…]
The most inspiring book I’ve ever read was Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Naturally, when he released Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story, this time with much more years of experience and a lifetime of accomplishments, I was beyond excited to get into it.
However, when compared to his first, Total Recall could only be described as one thing: a let down.
It doesn’t have the same physical insights, and it doesn’t delve deep into the mind of a champion.
There is less adrenaline pumping and his hunger for success doesn’t seep through the pages like it did the first time. [Read more…]
Who would have thought that one of the most powerful speeches to be transmuted on this blog would come from Justin Timberlake.
Not surprisingly, embedded in this speech is one of the greatest speeches of all time by the greatest president of all time: the man in the arena.
Timberlake’s message to all viewing, is to be willing to go into the arena, to struggle and fail.
And most of all, he wants to you to understand that being different is a good thing.
He says with authenticity that your critics do not count. They do not matter. That the naysayers are just that.
With all the doubts and struggles that you may have, he says to become the man in the arena. [Read more…]
Imagine becoming a hero in your mind.
Imagine becoming the person you always wanted to become, rising above your self-limiting beliefs and conquering every obstacle in your way.
This picture of yourself was probably someone that you currently aren’t. But that is the power of an alter ego, where the person you think about is also the person you are working to become.
An alter ego doesn’t have to be someone beyond your physical reach, it could be someone that you are striving to become everyday.
Consistent daily effort is the key to becoming. Hold steady the picture of who you want to become and work relentlessly until that person is you.
The hero you want to become is on the other side of deliberate effort. [Read more…]
