I love Rocky IV.
I love especially love the training montage in it, Rocky vs. Siberian Communist Farm. It didn't inspire me to start working out, but it is inspiring the way I work out. Yeah, I am overweight and becoming self-concious about my lack of athletic prowess, so I am doing a remote version of Cross-Fit. My brother is a Level 1 trainer, so I am remotely tapping him as a resource to help me in this endeavor.
So here is my goal: No gyms, no standard workout equipment. Pull-up bars are okay because they are something you can make for very little. The goal here is to work out without the modern idea of fitness equipment. If I need something, I will need to engineer something out of a hardware store.
That being said, I have started simply, and I will buy into no novelty acts. I intend on getting a large tire to roll around my yard. Imagine doing it when the snow flies. This ought to cover my weightlifting options.
Needless to say, I have started with sit-ups, Push-ups, Burpees (they look as stupid as they sound), and jumping up my stairs. I guess the intended goal here is to break down that invisible wall people have with fitness being a membership type offering. It really has become a culture of haves and have-nots. No one needs a gym to get into great shape. Its all there, you just need to look for it.
Things I need thus far:
Sneakers
Stairs
Area to do push-ups and sit-ups
Concrete blocks
A rope fashioned into a jump rope
A quiet road to run on
A towel for under your back for sit-ups
Basically, its shit you should have hiding in your basement. The real trick here is going to be eating better. I am subscribing to the Paleo diet as I am also a type I diabetic (real diabetes). Figure the less carbs I put in the less insulin I need, and boom, Better health. I will also post numbers from my doctor as a decent barometer on how my overall health is. I can tell you right now, diabetic A1C level is sub-par, cholesterol is high, and basically I am sitting on the fence between average diabetic and bad diabetic.
Rage on, my friends, rage on.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
The life coach debate.
I had a girlfriend tell me once that I should seek the counsel of a "Life Coach". I laughed, grabbed a shot of hooch out of the freezer, and drank the shit out of that relationship. I think it lasted about 2-3 months after that to be exact. I wouldn't say I have a drinking problem, but I would say I have a problem once I start drinking.
This isn't about drinking though. Its actually about how I think life coach's are really outrageous jobs. I've seen people who claim to be life coach's. They really didn't help at all, and in fact they made a great many of my problems much, much worse. I have also seen professional therapists, but ultimately I think they are really happy just to have you come back. Actually, they hook you in for most of your life if you let them. Its a career choice, and they need you more than you need them.
I will contradict myself a little bit though, and I will state that from time to time, you may need that second or third party to help you through a bump in the road, or with a problem situation in your life. For those people who seek this help, good, as I have sought it out as well. It gives you a floor to stand on, an idea, a perspective that isn't familiar. But ultimately this isn't even about therapists, its about life coach's.
Life coach's are at least one of the following:
1. Too lazy to get the degree.
2. Too dumb to get the degree.
3. Apparently too enlightened to get the degree.
4. To inspired to get the degree.
5. Like to work out of home.
6. Like to work out of Mom's basement.
7. Couldn't hack it painting houses.
8. Couldn't hack it mowing lawns.
9. Probably couldn't hack it working at 7-11.
10. Very comfortable giving others advice.
11. Couldn't hack it following their own advice.
12. Ultimately, a waste of time.
Let me clarify some things before you think I am going overboard.
1. I am strictly referring to people who function as freelance life coach's.
2. I am not referring to therapists or high school guidance counselors.
So all said and done, I like people who work at something before they assign themselves a title. Life coach's are really good at injecting themselves into your problems and figuring out your life, while they barely have a handle on their own. I suppose this is a bigger phenomenon where I live in western mass than most places, but hey, I like it here.
Mainly I want people to figure out life all by themselves. I think we are getting away from that, and I think we just want a simple answer to the question "what should I do with my life?". It wasn't easy for me to figure this out, but I did. Life is and will be incredibly difficult part of the time. Life will also be incredibly amazing and make you cry with joy, sorrow, and everything in between. Life isn't easy, and you need to cuddle up to that fact because if you don't, it will kick your ass every chance it gets. I think life, love, work, and recreation can be summed up with a simple phrase: "You get as much back as you put in to it". I realize this is a "scratch my back and I will scratch yours" philosophy, but life won't scratch your back, So it really isn't that kind of philosophy at all. If some random person is reading this and maybe made it this far in, then I have a challenge if your feeling like your in the wrong career. Go to work, and actually work. Don't just do your job description, because job descriptions are just the shit you need to cover to keep from getting fired. Go beyond the title. Open your eyes and ears, and learn something. You don't need to hide behind the excuse of why your not getting promoted... Hold on a minute... I am life coaching, and I am going to stop.
I will end with the following sentence... We all gravitate towards the kind of work we are supposed to be doing, except life coaches.
-Jon Pee
This isn't about drinking though. Its actually about how I think life coach's are really outrageous jobs. I've seen people who claim to be life coach's. They really didn't help at all, and in fact they made a great many of my problems much, much worse. I have also seen professional therapists, but ultimately I think they are really happy just to have you come back. Actually, they hook you in for most of your life if you let them. Its a career choice, and they need you more than you need them.
I will contradict myself a little bit though, and I will state that from time to time, you may need that second or third party to help you through a bump in the road, or with a problem situation in your life. For those people who seek this help, good, as I have sought it out as well. It gives you a floor to stand on, an idea, a perspective that isn't familiar. But ultimately this isn't even about therapists, its about life coach's.
Life coach's are at least one of the following:
1. Too lazy to get the degree.
2. Too dumb to get the degree.
3. Apparently too enlightened to get the degree.
4. To inspired to get the degree.
5. Like to work out of home.
6. Like to work out of Mom's basement.
7. Couldn't hack it painting houses.
8. Couldn't hack it mowing lawns.
9. Probably couldn't hack it working at 7-11.
10. Very comfortable giving others advice.
11. Couldn't hack it following their own advice.
12. Ultimately, a waste of time.
Let me clarify some things before you think I am going overboard.
1. I am strictly referring to people who function as freelance life coach's.
2. I am not referring to therapists or high school guidance counselors.
So all said and done, I like people who work at something before they assign themselves a title. Life coach's are really good at injecting themselves into your problems and figuring out your life, while they barely have a handle on their own. I suppose this is a bigger phenomenon where I live in western mass than most places, but hey, I like it here.
Mainly I want people to figure out life all by themselves. I think we are getting away from that, and I think we just want a simple answer to the question "what should I do with my life?". It wasn't easy for me to figure this out, but I did. Life is and will be incredibly difficult part of the time. Life will also be incredibly amazing and make you cry with joy, sorrow, and everything in between. Life isn't easy, and you need to cuddle up to that fact because if you don't, it will kick your ass every chance it gets. I think life, love, work, and recreation can be summed up with a simple phrase: "You get as much back as you put in to it". I realize this is a "scratch my back and I will scratch yours" philosophy, but life won't scratch your back, So it really isn't that kind of philosophy at all. If some random person is reading this and maybe made it this far in, then I have a challenge if your feeling like your in the wrong career. Go to work, and actually work. Don't just do your job description, because job descriptions are just the shit you need to cover to keep from getting fired. Go beyond the title. Open your eyes and ears, and learn something. You don't need to hide behind the excuse of why your not getting promoted... Hold on a minute... I am life coaching, and I am going to stop.
I will end with the following sentence... We all gravitate towards the kind of work we are supposed to be doing, except life coaches.
-Jon Pee
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