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There is a problem with a DIY mechanic of any level of experience doing a seal replacement on the final drives. There was a time we got the same gasket the units were built with and we did this. Now the gasket, #13 in the exploded diagram, is not the same material. It is a different thickness. This gasket will effect the position of the cover which will change the spacing for the large bearing pre-load. The final drive has to be reshimed after replacing the gasket and this is done to get at the seal. Failure to properly shim the bearing, notice #6 in the top drawing, that is a shim, will cause failure of the unit. In this case a final drive unit failure is not something that can be fixed. It means the unit can die.
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We'd lose one then win one - away game then home game. That was in keeping with the efficiency of Hodgson's system. It's why I don't see any success with this system on Sunday, even tho I think the Mancs are there for the taking.
LFC_Armchair_Supporter LFC_Armchair_Supporter Jan 7, 2011 18:48 Flag
I'd love this game to be an upset waiting to happen.. If you look at events of late.. we've lost one then following week we'd win....
So if by some miracle we win against Man UTD then fingers must be pointed at Hodgson.. and the question asked "why can't you win every game?" However I'm not hopeful for the FA Cup game..
What basis do I have to be optimistic for?
We're playing worse than I can remember, we've the worst manager in charge than I can remember..
I'm just embarassed that they're presenting it this way after watching so many "main" or "marquee" matches and Fox previews always presenting us in a different light in previous years, in comparison to this.. Used to always be "Gerrard, Torres and the mighty Reds" or "England's elite club" type mantra..
And, sadly, it's true... I think most supporters of both clubs, and knowledgeable fans in general would consider it a bit of an upset.. not so sure shock isn't taking it too far, but upset is fair.
I'm having difficulty accepting this all as fact and reality..
In answer to your question Jason I am more resigned to this state of affairs than embarrassed. Fox's understandably cack-handed way of drumming up interest in the game only reflects the way Skank Utd have had an earlier start at more recognition abroad than LFC. I would love nothing more than a huge 'upset' but I'm aware that Hodgson will still be in charge on Sunday, which is when feelings of embarrassment will no doubt kick in.
Not sure Imran, but I pay them good money every month to subscribe and watch our mighty Reds play champagne football every match..
Jason, isn't Fox the spawn of Satan?
Arnold I'll put this simply enough for you regarding your 'points' - if it looks like sh.it & smells like sh.it then it probably is sh.it.
The only things 'deluded' here are your laughable attempts to contribute to this thread.
But at least you keep trying, so well done you!
arnoldlayne arnoldlayne Jan 7, 2011 07:51 Flag
thanks for explaining my previous post to poor deluded imran, i was about to do a full break-down of message & write a follow-up essay; you saved me the trouble.
Plastic, all I'm doing is looking at the bigger picture. Since Kenny resigned in 1991 we never had a chance to build any momentum with a tactically astute manager, like the Mancs have. How long did it take Ferguson to win a trophy & then impose his way over the Mancs? We already had that in place with Kenny but the understandable stress of Hillsborough led to his resignation, when all he really wanted was a break from management. LFC dropped the ball there (& did so again when Kenny put his name forward last year) but I really thought we had a chance to build something with a manager who, despite despicable rednecks bleeding our club dry, still kept us competitive.
The media led the calls for change with one breath & then reported on the cause of our financial difficulties with another, all the while never making a connection between the two in case it showed support for Rafa.
As for Inter, Rafa sold Balotelli but never got the cash to buy new players. An injury crisis meant using reserve team & squad players but Inter fans were still singing his name. So far, so Liverpool.
But now time for a change from the mediocrity of Hodgson. My point, as far as this thread was concerned, was that the London-based media seemed to have done a good job in convincing a lot of LFC fans that Rafa did nothing for us. I was simply providing an alternative viewpoint. I just hope we get a manager with the same kind of European pedigree.
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As the Civil War drew to a close in late spring 1865, many of Minnesota's veterans began the long trek home. Units returned to St. Paul via the Mississippi River, then reported to Fort Snelling where they awaited mustering out of federal service. This special Civil War Sesquicentennial event will recreate what homecoming was like for Minnesota's soldiers and their loved ones. Explore the fort with costumed staff and re-enactors and visit interactive leaning stations. Demonstrations include cannon and musket firings, speeches, military ceremonies, and more.
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FREE for children age 5 and under and MNHS members
Historic Fort Snelling: World War I Weekend
Hwys 5 and 55
St. Paul, MN 55111
Call: (612) 726-1171
10 am - 5 pm (each day)
Commemorate the centennial anniversary of World War One at Historic Fort Snelling over Labor Day Weekend. The "Great War" - as WWI was called - had raged for three years before the U.S. entered the conflict in 1917. America's participation tipped the balance in favor of the Allied powers, and helped bring the war to an end on Nov. 11, 1918. The war shaped the course of world history, and as a result of its participation the U.S. emerged as a world power.
Explore the ways this conflict shaped the world we know today and learn about Minnesota's role in the "Great War." Visit with costumed staff and reenactors, watch military demonstrations, stand in a recreated WWI-style trench, and experience what life was like for Minnesotans during this crucial era.
$11 adults
$9 seniors and students w/ID
$9 active military personnel w/ID
$6 children 6-17
FREE for children age 5 and under and MNHS members
Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War
Hwys 5 and 55
St. Paul, MN 55111
Call: (612) 726-1171
"Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War" is a travelling exhibit that illuminates how President Abraham Lincoln's leadership and constitutional vision steered the nation through its most turbulent years and into a future that forever changed America. The exhibit explores how Lincoln used the Constitution to confront three intertwined crises of the war: the secession of Southern states, slavery, and wartime civil liberties. Visitors will leave the exhibition with a more complete understanding of Lincoln as president and the Civil War as the nation's gravest constitutional crisis.
The exhibit is organized into six main exhibit areas: "Secession Winter," "Oath of Office," "Crisis of Secession," "Crisis of Slavery," "Crisis of Civil Liberties," and "Lincoln's Legacy: The Gettysburg Address in His Time and Ours."
This exhibition is sponsored by Lincoln Financial Group.
The traveling panel show of "Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War" was developed by the National Constitution Center, in collaboration with the American Library Association.
The traveling exhibition is made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.


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Kirk morph is ready for all!. PD Joey used for the texture(renders)
billyhawk hair too. hope y all like him
nother render
i will also be revamping most of my characters, (the celeb faces-)since i am not quite happy myself with alot of them,
That's great news. I love your morphs and improvements are always welcome. Thank you for putting all the extra effort into them.
Have you ever considered doing a Kevin Sorbo morph from either his Hercules or Andromeda time period?
Have an opinion—even if it's wrong!
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maybe :D he is a good looking actor, s i will put his name on my morph list :D
next, some other trek character
final render of this dude
He looks great - thanks
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You're doing very good work there. Thank you for the shares
Stuff in Clouds Photos, lots of 'em
Thanks aki!
This is very nice, Thank you!
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Mark Twain
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Mark Twain


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Overtraining is bullshit.
Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it.
Got quite a few emails about my comment that I believe overtraining is (another) sissy modern day concept — and BS.
Many of you who commented couldn't believe I said such a thing. You think I should explain myself — "if you can," you snidely add. Apparently, you're concerned young kids following my BODY advice might be "mislead." Going by your training standards today, you might be right. Young kids who follow my advice would be mislead in how to become champions — winners. And God knows, we can't have any winners in our culture today. Not when kids are "lead" to be losers.
I found it interesting that the majority of you commentators seem to think you also read that I said rest or recovery is not necessary at all. Along with disagreeing with me by believing overtraining is possible and legit, you support your believe by chastising me, "You know rest is important for the body to recover, Warrior, so I don't understand why you would put forward any idea that it is not."
Yes, Einsteins, I do. I do know rest and recovery is important. I never said they were not. I never put forward any idea as you imagine. You read something into what I actually said that was not there at all.
What I said — and absolutely still stand by — is that overtraining is not possible unless you believe so in your mind. Oh, and it is BS.
Like most of the modern day theories intended to stifle action but stimulate a lot of yakkitty-yak, overtraining is one of those state-of-the-art suppositions that keep people from doing the THREE tried-and-true things they actually most need to do to build up their physiques or their physical strength:
Train. Train Hard. And TRAIN HARDER.
For good measure you might want to throw in a fourth thing if the three above don't seem to be working.
Number Four: TRAIN EVEN HARDER.
Training is what people of all ages, young and old, need to concentrate on before they think too much about doing anything else — including the silly idea that they might be overtraining. Actually doing the exercise work at hand will do wonders for your body you would not believe. I guess, though, this isn't a training method scientific enough for today's trainers and trainees. On the other hand, thinking and talking too much can actually prohibit training altogether. Go figure. Walk into any gym today and see this self-evident truth at work for yourself.
Young recruits today think they need supplements like pro-hormones and NO2 stimulants before they even go to the gym and experience what it is like to grab the iron and throw it around for awhile. In my mind, a long while, say 3-5 years, for starters. Maybe after they put in that kind of time and commitment they can start having some serious thoughts about what might be important next.
I must get 50 emails a day asking me what is the best prohormone, and what is most important, working out? OR food and supplements? And they do not mean food and supplements to go along with the working out they would do at the same time. They mean — is it more important to eat food and take supplements OR workout to build my body? Yes, fellow warrior, you are understanding me correctly in the way I've written this. Somehow or other these kids have the idea that they can eat food and supplements without working out and build their bodies that way. Exercise might not be necessary according to the newfangled bodybuilding theories they hold.
This is a direct result of the fraud and idiocy the health and fitness industry perpetuates, to sustain their desire to keep people ignorant, stupid, and confused. If a young kid is going to be mislead, and potentially do harm to himself, it is the modern day crap that it is going to cause it, not me saying overtraining is bs. My advice will actually help the kid!
Back in my bodybuilding days it was typical to train bodyparts three times per week, including even the compound exercises — squats, deadlifts, bentover rows and heavy bench. I continually and progressively got huge and strong (all the monsters I knew then did too). Gritting, grinding, grunting, gnarling and growling were training concepts regularly witnessed, but overtraining? Never heard of it.
Train big. Eat big. Get plenty of good, sound rest. Period. All kinds of bodybuilders and strength athletes thrived off this simple three part formula. This was before they had all the theories, all the science, all the trainer certifications, and all the mad, over-the-top chemical experimentation that goes on today.
During my sports entertainment career, for over 5 years of a practically straight-through tour of duty, I traveled on a plane nearly every day, never missed any hardcore HIT workouts (no less than 6 days per week), survived on 3-4 hours sleep a night, and ate mostly 5-6 cans of tunafish per day (and practically nothing else when I could not find eating establishments that served good, clean food). Many times I would go 24 hour periods without any other kind of food — no carbs, no fats…just tuna out of the can.
That's 24 hours where I would have also executed my workout and performed a wrestling match. I worked nearly every night of the year, pushing my body and energy reserves to the absolute limit. My success was dependent on my physique and physical conditioning. It was not something I could leave to chance or give silly, half-ass attention to. The limited caloric intake and the extreme workload never manifested anything but the most positive effects. My body ALWAYS took whatever exertion I subjected it to and it responded by getting better and better over time even though the mental and physical demands became greater and greater at the same time.
The problem with young people today is that they are doing too much theorizing and talking and not enough damn work. It's no mystery that athletic champions in any sport put in a lot of hours — a full day's work of 8-10 hours working on what needs to be done to succeed at the highest level.
How all this BS started that the body of person working out with weights can only handle 90 minutes of training a day only a few times per week, and the remainder of the time should be spent laying around eating gourmet health foods and shoveling down expensive supplementation, I don't know. But I do know it is all BS because I speak from experiences that undisciplined, weak-minded individuals and skinny fitness-training theory freaks never had. All of this nonsense came from out of the minds of midgets who saw big money in marketing easy muscle building strategies to the masses of lazy, afraid-of-hard-work losers like themselves.
Sounds like excuses to me. Damn pathetic ones. Ones not tolerated around here. Get to the gym, shut the fuck up and train your guts and brain out. Your body will tell you when it needs rest and recovery. When it does, give it some.
But don't be a slave to its whining. Your best and most effective muscle building workouts will be when you least feel like going to the gym. Don't be a sissy to soreness and hard work — or even pain. Try it — I promise, if you are serious about building muscle, you'll love it.
If being big and muscular was natural, we'd all be big and muscular. Your goal to be huge is not natural and your body is going to try and come up with all kinds of excuses because it does not like what you are making it do. Tough shit. Engage Mind over Matter and go back and torture the crap out of it again.
Any kid out there training 5, 6 or 7 days a week and doing everything and anything, giving it his all, keeping his attitude positive, paying attention to what his body is telling him, drinking gobs of milk and not worrying about whether he has the new age supps — now, that's a kid you do need to be afraid of. There's a kid you will want to keep your eye on. Why? He's been mislead, and he's certain to be a future champion — and warrior.
Kicking your OWN ass is the best way to discover what it takes to kick the ass of your competitor — in any game or sport. Leave your OWN blood and guts in the training arena and your opponent will leave his on the battlefield.
Your Founding Father of Kicking His Own Ass in the Gym,
Always Believe,
Hard Work is What Works
~ Bob Hoffman
I've got a lot to say about Body. I'm familiar with the subject quite well, for a long time.
I was in 8th grade. One day, I stumbled into the tiny weight room at our high school. My relationship with the 13-station Universal circuit-training machine crammed into it changed my life forever. When I started I couldn't bench press 40 pounds of the 300 pd stack. I was so skinny I didn't even have any ass to help keep my pants up. By the time I had that meeting with the high school guidance counselor I told you about, I could push or pull every full stack of weights on every station of that machine a couple of dozen times — and the superstar quarterback's girlfriend…she was now mine.
Exercising my body continues to empower my life for 38 years, now. It's taught me incredible self-discipline and the power of setting and achieving goals. And it energizes every minute of my life, even my sleep.
Your body is a machine. A remarkable one. Our Creator handed us one classic vehicle to take us through this thing called LIFE. What a Masterpiece! More so than any man has ever made. From the moment you were conceived your motor has been running. You don't have to remember to turn it on and off. The power is always on. It's operation is self-regulating. It has its own cooling and heating system. It has its own built-in maintenance system. It's great at adaptation when something is being repaired. It has simple needs and can utilize a variety of different fuels. Most of us never have to replace any parts. It's built for activity and movement. It needs exertion.
You need to exercise. You need to eat healthy foods. Period.
Your body is built for it. Demands it. Craves it. You have to exercise and eat healthy if you want to live your best life. If you don't make time for those two simple things, you lose — you lose more time to live a longer life. And the quality of your living can really suck in the meantime. If you are young right now, living longer might not mean much to you. Trust me — it will one day. If you don't make time for health and fitness now, you're going to make plenty of time for dis-ease and illness later. Science is not out, anymore, warriors. It is in. Exercise for the human body is a must. And if you aren't doing what you must — you sure as hell are not much of a warrior.
I've done it all. HIT. Volume. Powerlifting. Olympic lifting. Bodybuilding. 6 days a week. 6 days a week/twice a day. Four days a week. Three on/one off. Two on/One off. Whole body. Body parts. Rest/ Pause. Supersets. Tri-sets. Giant sets. Core. Circuit. Bodyweight. Calisthenics. Kettlebells. Old-School lifts. Cardio. HIIT. Sandbags. And when it comes to food and nutrition — I've tried everything about it, too.
I was doing Core and HIIT training every night in the ring before they even came up with cute names and marketed them to be something popular. And my brand was HARD-Core, as in Kick-the-Ass of your Core, not some of the silly fluff they do today. Sandbags? Try picking up a fat, wobbly 250 pound guy over your head into a Gorilla Press Slam (sometimes after he's been knocked silly or out by the clothesline you just gave him).
In Ultimate Warrior E-zine's BODY, I will tell you about the different methods and the knowledge of my experiences. I'm old school — the classic stuff works best. Always has. Always will.
I'm going to start simple and go from there.
For now, let me say this:
They all work. Everything. Anyone of the fitness methods can work depending on what goals and resources you have. And yet, none of them work — if you don't do them!
Daydreaming does not cut it. Watching all the videos, being a member at every online exercise forum, buying all the popular supplements, wearing all the stylish exercise clothes, reading all the books, knowing all the terms and exercises and equipment — none of these work. There's only way to get any of the exercise methods to work — WORK!
Keep things simple and basic. Stay away from complication and confusion. If you are new to fitness, and don't have your mind set to one form of exercise conditioning over another, or just aren't sure, take the time to try different things.
Go to one of the familiar fitness equipment stores. Spend some time getting a feel for different equipment. If an employee is breathing down your neck and won't shut up trying to pitch sales on things, tell him to shut up and leave you alone to experiment on your own. Tell them if you need or want help, you will let them know.
Invest time to setup trial workouts of each. Get week's pass at your lcoal gym. Try a class. Take a weekend workshop.
The best thing you can do in any new venture you undertake is invest the time to learn things for yourself. Don't just take the word of someone else as the best or final word. When you learn things for yourself, you know things for yourself — you obliterate wondering and what-ifs. You don't stay confused — you get sure about what you are doing.
If you want to jump right in, a beginner cannot really do anything wrong. Pay attention to what you are doing and concentrate on the movements. Be serious and don't let yourself be distracted. Exercising can be fun, but it's not something to haphazardly play around with. Start slow and light. Build up from there. Trust your instincts — they will teach you more than any certified expert with plaques all over their walls.
Stay away from personal trainers who aren't worth a damn. Most aren't. I've never met one who is. One sure sign is if they yack while they are training their clients. Stay away from clowns like this. Run the opposite direction. Fast. You'll waste your money and time — and have nothing to show for it. My advise — you are better off without one. Or hire me. I'll set your ass straight.
For my money, you can't go wrong with weight-training.
If you've never weight-trained before my advice is to spend a couple of weeks of doing exercise with only your bodyweight. Learn how to "feel" the muscular function of each muscle before you use any resistance. Go to a book store or go online and learn how to execute exercises properly. Print out diagrams and use them. The ability to do this is more important than anything else to your long term success — and overall enjoyment.
Flex and relax, contract and extend each muscle in the true line of action in which it operates.
Do this with all the basic exercises. Use compound movements. Compound movements involve more than one joint and one muscle group. Squats, deadlifts, bench press, power cleans, barbell curls, close-grip bench, chin-ups, pull-ups, dips, bent-over rows, standing calf-raise — these are compound movements.
Really get down how to squat properly– it's the most important, growth stimulating movement you will do. If you don't learn anything else — learn how to do squats properly.
When you are ready to add weight resistance, stick with the compound movements and focus on increasing the weight you use on the movements over time. Progressive resistance training. This is what works.
As for frequency, a good, simple plan for beginners is 2 full body workouts twice a week or 4 workouts/week, hit each bodypart twice — Monday and Tuesday on, Weds off, Thursday and Friday on, the weekend off. Split the compound exercises up so you do half one day, half the other on this four day plan.
Do 5 sets of 5 for Bench, Squats and Deadlifts. Work up in weight four sets. Your fifth set should be heavy enough that you just get the five reps. On all the other exercises, no more than 3 sets of each exercise and shoot for 8-10 reps. Same thing about working up in weight — first two sets used to work up to your final weight. The 3 sets aren't for monkeying around. Bust it out!
On chins — DO CHINS. Don't start with pulldowns on the damn lat machines. Learn how to do chins — and if you can't, look around on the net and find the methods people use to build up strength and ability.
Keep a journal and record what weight you use and how many reps you do, so you can know in future workouts what to do to "progress."
Don't eat junk food. Cut it. ALL OF IT. Throw it away if you have it in your house. NOW.
For cardio, go outside and run. If I catch you on an elliptical machine, I'll clothesline you. Stay off cardio machines. If you can't run — walk. Incorporate brief bits of jogging, then running, when you are able.
Keep it simple and basic. This is key. Trust me.
That's all for now. More next time.
I know what I've provided today prompts more questions — send them to me.
There's so much to work with and get into here when it comes to Body. There so many variables to factor in when it comes to making your exercise effective, I'm even hesitant to provide the little bit of information I have.
But the important thing is to START, and I did want to give you something in this warmup edition of the E-zine.
For those of you who need a blunt, no bs kick in the ass to START in the first place, I have my Warrior Workout START Kit.
It's helped a lot of people get their heads on straight about the necessity to exercise and where, when the grip meets the bar, the real responsibility lies to get the job done.
I offer "Bolt-Ons" with it — and without it. These are personal correspondences with me, including even phone calls, where you ask questions and I provide answers.
Send me your questions. It's spring. Time to show off that 8-pack. Oh, you don't have one of those? Sorry, I just figured every warrior body did.
Ok, quick review. What's the most important thing we learned today, students?
Right!!! –WORK is what works.
Your Founding Father of Kicking His OWN Ass in the Gym,
Always Believe,
Busting Ass. No permission necessary.
~ Maxick
It's interesting.
In the premier Ultimate Warrior E-zine I talked about how we lose touch with our destinies because we grow up educating our brains and beliefs in ways that turn off the voice of guidance our souls provide. The same thing happens with our bodies — if we let it.
Most do. Did you?
When you were a kid did anyone ever stop and ask you if your BODY worked properly? Adequately?
When you had PE did your teacher single out you or anyone else as having a BODY not able to participate in the day's physical education events?
Did you ever stop and get permission from your BODY when your buddies hauled ass across a field just for the hell of it? Wrestled with one another on the dirt ground?
Did your BODY ever put up any resistance when you signed up for any athletic program? Jumped into a pickup ball game of any kind?
Did your BODY ever turn you down when you dared to climb that big ass tree all the way to its top to impress your school girlfriends?
Did your BODY ever reject your desire to put it to work? use it hard? Throw it around and bang it up?
Did your BODY ever stop itself from being put to use day after day even when it was sore or worn out?
Did your BODY ever force you to stop during a whole day's worth of physical activity and say I can't go on because I need to refuel my BODY…it's low on carbs, protein or fats?
The answer is no.
That answer is still no, today.
Your BODY isn't rejecting you. It's not putting up any resistance. It's not stopping you from being physical. You're attitude and mindset toward your BODY is. You gave up on your BODY. It didn't give up on you. In fact, it's kept right on doing all it can to hang in there, even without your help. Hell, you treat your car better than you do your BODY. A long, long time ago you quit listening to its innate guidance about what it needs. What it has always needed since day one. Exercise. Exertion. Sweating. Pushing. Pulling. Twisting. Bending. Banging. Pounding. Testing.
Not everyone coming around here for my BODY advice has the same challenges or goals. I got young kids, young adults, middle-age men, senior citizens, women of all ages and body types, fat, skinny, athletes and non-athletes — you name it.
Some of you have done some exercise and feel like — and see — you've gotten nowhere.
Some of you are familiar with exercise through serious athletic pursuits years ago. You were younger, and you have general memories of working your BODY hard to achieve your individual or team goals back then. But when you go looking for advice now you see that health and fitness has come along way. There's a lot of information to work through. You want to be sure. You don't remember things being as complicated as they seem today.
Some of you are totally dependent on the advice you are getting from trainers and others at the gyms you go to now. Yet you basically feel lost and know you've taken on bad habits. You know you aren't working hard enough. You sit on the machines and pout or daydream. You use the gym more for socializing than for getting quality workouts. You can barely stand yourself and wish there were spas without mirrors.
And there others of you who are more serious about building strength and muscle. You've done some good, hard workouts (so you think), but you want to gain more knowledge. You want to go the next level.
In many ways, the differences don't matter. The way to succeed is the same: stick with the basics.
Do the basic, compound exercises in the intense, hard way they must be done. Pay attention to what feedback your body and gut instincts give you. Gradually and progressively increase the weight you use in these movements. And, there, you have it. Size, strength, physique development, athletic function — all of it will come to you if will bust your ass and be patient.
I know you want me tell you that is it more than this. More of secret. I can't. It's not — and I don't do BS.
To build your BODY up or take your BODY back — you do the basics. Go old-school. Like when you were a snot-nosed, rough-and-tumble kid who didn't need to consult with anybody about how to work the BODY he was born with.
Don't use your brain to get yourself in over your head. This is the time to think with your balls, your manhood. This is the time to rediscover the raw-er, brawnier, meatier, riskier, barbarian side of yourself — the side of yourself you neglected all these years so you could earn the key to the executive bathroom. Shelve the brilliance and intelligence you've used to solve obstacles in your professional life and make all the practical aspects of your life work.
Everywhere you look there's a ton of instruction and direction about what you should do to get your BODY act together. Don't let any of it get in the way of learning and doing the simple and basic stuff you actually need to do here. It's easy to get confused or mislead, especially if you are just starting out.
Stay away from all the scientific modern theories about how to get fit and healthy. If you start with paying too much attention to all the modern information you'll get overwhelmed and become paralyzed and won't do anything. Caught up in the whole mad mess of it you'll find all kinds of excuses willing to be your friend. They are all designed to keep you more confused and less confident about the fact that you can figure things out for yourself. The entire health and fitness industry is built up on this premise. The more people believe the idea that getting their health and fitness act together is not basic and simple, the more they will rely on concoction and complication.
Remember, the most important thing is to START.
Get the basic information that assists you in learning the basic exercises, and leave it at that for now. Do these basic exercises with your own body-weight. Focus on getting the proper form down. This matters.
Do these until you have control over the basic muscular function of your BODY. Do as many repetitions as it takes to feel a great deal of discomfort. Do dozens, hundreds, even thousands of reps if you have to. (My best leg development came from doing thousands of free squats — every single day sometimes.) Muscular soreness is a good thing. No pain, no gain — this is what works. I know you won't find people telling you this today. That's why I told you to not pay attention.
Grasp the fact that the best program for you is the one that works for you, not the ones others do for themselves or other experts tell you to do. The only way you find out what works best for you is to hurry up and get busy at the DOING — the doing of anything, and even everything, at the start. Overtraining is only possible if you believe it in your MIND. (Overtraining, another sissy-ass modern concept.) Your BODY can take whatever you throw at it.
As you go along your BODY will talk to you. When it does you listen to what it is is telling you. Doing this will have you discover what works best for you quicker than listening to the paid or unpaid advice of any other. Use your MIND as you use your BODY. Pay attention to what is going on with "you" while you are doing things.
Once you move to a gym, as you likely will do unless you set up your own home gym (great idea, btw!), enter with a warrior's attitude and keep it from the moment you walk through the door up until the moment you go back through the door to leave.
The gym is not a place to work on making friends. It is a place to be fierce and loyal to yourself and your goals. Be polite and mind your manners, like decent, civil adult human beings should, but when it comes to doing the business you came to do — fuck everybody else. They can't do your pushups for you — only you can. Train your mind's eye to not even notice others in the gym.
Don't spend time talking in the gym to other people about what they do, or what they think you should do. Stay focused on your own DOING. Those who would allow you to talk them while they are working out ARE NOT WORKING OUT and don't know jack about what they are doing themselves, anyway. They're lost — and warriors don't get lead by those who are lost. All any of the GD talking does is lead to greater and greater confusion — and less activity at being busy experimenting on yourself.
When there is no activity, only talking and fantasizing, there is nothing at all to show for your efforts because nothing at all has been done. There is nothing to show because there has been no effort put toward producing results of any kind. There are no positive results or negative results.
Understand what I am telling you, here.
If you aren't doing any of the work to produce any results, not only are you not going to see any positive results, you also are not going to get the negative results that naturally come along with the overall learning you set out to do. Finding what works best for you is a matter of learning it all — both the positive and the negative. There is no way around this. This is how you become "wise" about anything — you learn the knowledge from all angles. It is only by experiencing both that you become sure about what you ultimately need to do — what to keep, what to throw out. This way you don't have to spend your time and energy wondering or being in doubt or asking others. Do you realize how much time you waste in your life being curiously engaged by absolute wacky ideas others bring up and discuss? When you are wise enough to know they are wacky you don't have to spend any of your time entertaining them. You can move on and spend your time on building greater wisdom.
The basic BODY improvement principle is that you must move you muscles and use your muscles to move things. If you are having a hard time even moving yourself – as many of you have told me — start with that! Move your own fat ass! This right here will be resistance for you!! Get up. Get moving. Do something — anything.
Once you can handle the weight of yourself you need to move heavier things. Work your way up to being able to move greater and greater weight. This is it. Once you learn this simple principle you are on your way. I put it these simple terms to make you understand that it is not any harder to understand than this. Yes, it is hard to do. Hard is good. Hard is always good. But it is not harder to understand than this. Don't make it so.
Keep in mind, fellow warrior, in your life, challenge is a good thing. Challenge is what you pray for, never help. When you see one on the horizon, give thanks. It's a sign you're prayers have been answered. Once you come out on the other side of a challenge you become stronger and more confident, more set in belief in yourself.
This challenge of getting your BODY act together is a good thing — a great thing. A warrior thing.
Let's get off to the right START, here. The START that will work now and throughout the years you continue this physical quest.
I'm sure you now have your heads screwed on straight. So I'll leave you to do the work only a warrior can do.
Go rip some ass…some bis…some quads…some tris…some pecs…some delts…some abs — RIP IT ALL.
Your Founding Father of Kicking His Own Ass in the Gym,
Always Believe,
START Kit
Aristophanes, a classic playwright, wrote, "let each man exercise the art he knows." The heroes of his plays were resourceful, independent-minded and self-reliant. (Nearly all the plays are part of the Great Books.) As I was thinking about the subject I wanted to write about in this post, it seemed to me a perfect fit to impose some creative liberty on his classical words to create this post's title. After all, what greater piece of art is there than the human body you own.
Spring is here. Summer next. Sunshine. Heat. The beach. The pool bar-b-qs. Shorts and tank tops. Bathing suits. Time to shred the winter wardrobe and get outside and have some physical activity and fun. What about you?
Every single day someone writes and asks me "how" to get in shape and live a healthy life.
Frankly, "how" is easy. A "fitness trainer" search on Google digs up 2,680,000 links. "Fitness training" pulls up 34,600,000 links. "Exercise advice" pulls up 23,000,000 links. All these same searches at Amazon bring up over 20,000 books and dvd products. Google "exercise science" and 33,100,000 links pop up.
That's a whole hell of a lot of "how."
Makes you wonder why then there are approximately 127 million adults in the U.S. who are overweight, 60 million obese, and 9 million severely obese. And what about all the other millions who do not do any exercise at all and miss out on the great life-quality benefits.
What's missing? Same thing that is always missing. The unvarnished truth and people's unwillingness to accept it.
My Warrior Workout START Kit is the truth. The kind you sometimes are not in the mood to hear, let alone accept. But it may just be the very thing that pisses you off at yourself enough to finally inspire you to get up off your ass and get your health and fitness act together once and for all — for good.
It's time, isn't it? Too much time has gone by already, and time has this funny thing about it that once it is gone you never get it back. If you want to better the quality of your life (well, do you or not!?), START with bettering the great piece of art you already own — your Body. Exercise WILL do this. I promise. If you are ready…START now…purchase at paypal.
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Blunt. Basic. No Bull.
It's up to you now. You can't blame anybody else. If you don't act NOW — you are all out of excuses.
For years I've envisioned that there would be a way for others to 'get-it' about exercise as I do — have people grasp these simple basic ideas: 1) Your body is the vehicle that takes you through the journey of your life. 2) It is built the way it is for a purpose — its design demands exercise. 3) Exercise will better the quality of your life. Period. Period. Period.
I think exercise advice should be uncomplicated and stick. That is, the advice is easy to comprehend and put to use — and once you learn it, it becomes exercise knowledge that is never, ever outdated.
I've been exercising for thirty-seven years. That's a lot of experience. Especially if you are good at paying attention. I was. I am. It's also a lot of experimenting and learning. And in some ways, it is exactly the experimenting and learning that keeps you going. You don't fully understand this yet — but you will. I promise. It's one of the meaty chunks of wise knowledge you will get out of the START KIt.
Another one is this: for all the little exercise particulars I fiddled with, changed, and modified, there were always the bigger, critical basics that I kept at hand, always turned to and used to keep me grounded, successful and fulfilled. Most of these have nothing at all to do with how heavy you lift, but everything to do with where your head (MIND) is at when you do the exercise. This knowledge is timeless. It works at the beginning when you first take up exercise — and it will continue to work at any stage throughout your journey in exercise.
Inevitably you will cross paths with influences, variations, fads and gimmicks. Few have the confidence or strength to turn away. Everyone is looking for a "secret." What if the secret was that there is none? In the START KIt I give you this incredible, rarely spoken of knowledge and I lay it out in a manner so that it sticks. And it's what you use to START over and over and over again — AT making yourself stick with what works. (There you go. Another chunk of knowledge you didn't know — you will always be START-ING over and over.) The START KIt is knowledge that will always be there waiting for you — always waiting there for you to use to set yourself straight. Knowledge that will always work. Always.
Look around. The billion dollar health and fitness industry is constantly, so they promote as they market themselves, updating the ways to get exercise. What is in today — in equipment, instruction, supplementation, gear to wear, and on and on — is out tomorrow. Why? Because confusion is a necessary part of the scam to make billions. The more the consumer is confused, the easier it is to fall in line for the next fad, machine, and program. Even medicine is in on it. One day coffee, red meat, pasta and jelly beans are no good for you, the next day they cure some disease. No big deal, they figure, 'the public is ignorant, and they listen to what we tell them to do.' Call me too smart for my own good but I figure if you pay for exercise information it should work, be rememberable and useable for a long, long time.
Of course, some people don't want to really learn, or have the program or information work. When it comes to exercise programs, they simply want something else to fail at. In the over 35 years I have been working out and been around exercise, seen all the newfangled fads and gimmicks, there are some people I've witnessed who's only exercise is jumping from fad to fad. I'm serious. They never get any results because they never do anything consistently, confidently or clearheaded enough to get any.
My Warrior Workout START Kit is focused on two distinct things: 1) Teaching you the fundamentals of exercise so that you will have the most vital exercise knowledge to continue having exercise success throughout your life. 2) Instilling in you an impenetrable confidence to know that you DO KNOW about exercise and you don't need to ask questions of or listen to anyone else ever again– you will become your OWN exercise expert.
Look, any and all exercise can be good for you. Even if you know nothing at all about exercise, just doing some form of it is good for you. When you first start there's not really any mistake you can make. The biggest mistake you can make is not to exercise at all. No exercise AT ALL not only doesn't do you ANY good, in fact, it does plenty of harm.
But the problem with nearly all exercise programs is that they don't emphasize or teach you the blunt, basic, no bs, time-honored, always-effective fundamentals. Instead they do everything they can to convince you that only their cutely designed program is what will work for you, that it is all you ever need to do and if you veer from it you are certain to fail. This is a lie.
To get the best results for your one of a kind physical makeup what is needed is not a workout designed for others, but one that works for you. And the only way to do that is first know the non-confusing fundamentals and remain motivated enough to continue until you ingrain the health and fitness attitude. From there, believe me, you will find your OWN way.
The only thing that will work for you to get your best results is NEVER what works for everyone else. There are too many unique physical and physiological factors involved. Yes, each human being is the same in some ways, but so incredibly different in many others, especially when it comes to achieving health and fitness success.
Sure, you can perform practically any exercise program and get temporary results. Pick one, do it, and you'll likely see some results. But what should also be going on, from the start, is a learning process whereby you are figuring out what works best for you, becoming knowledgeable enough and confident it to follow it. START Kit does this for you.
Another feature of my START Kit, maybe the most important one, is that you can get my attention when you want it. To begin with, you get a complimentary 10 minute phone call with me. This is included in the price of the START Kit. And after that, if you want more attention you can get it for a very reasonable fee.
No workout program will work for you if you are not, first, motivated to START the exercise! This is why I call my Warrior Workout the START Kit.
"Just Do It." Who hasn't heard of this? Nike's popular 3-word slogan. A brand that is seared into public consciousness. It's so simple. And toward accomplishing exercise, for many people it works. It's enough to drive them to make the first move. But for others, maybe you, there is something even more fundamental to overcome. And it is this: To Just Do It, you first have to START. You will not "Just Do It," if you don't have a GROUNDED WILL to START. This is the greatest obstacle to achieving success at anything, especially exercise. Simply: START.
And yet, it's never just about overcoming physical inertia, alone. It's about getting beyond the inner dialogue in your head. Your self-doubts, your criticisms, your subjective analyses, and those ugly, demeaning shortsighted evaluations that gut the dreams of your long term goals. Exercise won't happen for you, AT ALL, without the involvement of your mind and its effect on your attitude. And for this to happen your mind must be positively inspired enough to block out the negative interruptions. But if this skill is not a habit, then you need assistance until you it is.
For those who have failed for this one single reason alone — lack of self-motivation — it will become my job to insure that you don't let yourself fail. You can make anything a habit. One day you will wake up and know you can motivate and inspire yourself. It was always there — I will just help you find it.
I will be your habit until you build your OWN.
Sometimes you need a place and voice to turn to which can keep your motivation and confidence high until the time comes that you can guide and motivate yourself. This demands interaction and personal attention from someone who's done it, and done it well, and has the INTENSE, motivating personality and physical resume to prove it.
Through the START Kit you have the opportunity to personalize your workout even further with "Bolt-On" Interaction Options, where you can choose the level of participation from me in your workouts in terms of private emails, telephone conversations and handwritten letters. That's right – direct communication from me. Thirty-seven years of experience is now at your fingertips.
This means no more confusion, better performance, better results and reaching the success that for so long has seemed like nothing more than a dream.
Until you find the discipline to summons up your own motivation, I won't let you let yourself down. Don't feel like it today? 60 seconds on the phone with me is like drinking a dozen Red Bulls.
In each START Kit, you will receive:
– A High-Quality, Exclusive, Collectible, LIMITED EDITION Warrior Workout START Kit Presentation Wallet; ALL Printed Materials are on Heavy, Quality 65# Parchment Paper with Premium Fine-Photo Ink Print
– A 10 page Foundational Essay jump-starting the whole START Kit, setting the record straight on where your "EXERCISE HEAD" needs to be, written by Warrior
– An Official Certificate of Authenticity numbered and signed by Warrior
– Personalized Welcome Letter from Warrior
– A 75 minute "Warrior Speaks" audio DVD offering you the motivation and inspiration that Warrior is renowned for, all the while he lets YOU in on Workout Secrets That Aren't Secret
– A 10 minute highly charged, energetic and motivating private phone call with Warrior going over your Personalization Form
– A Frame-worthy 8×10 of YOUR favorite Warrior quote, Autographed by Warrior
– Blunt, NO BS Diet Essay and a Sample Diet
– 'Personal Approach' document, allowing you to "Bolt On" your interactive options (additional subscription fee required)
– Access to future exclusive 'Workout Members Only' VIP section of Warrior Forum (soon to open)
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The ORDER NOW button below will take you to a secure PayPal area where you can order your START Kit NOW! Upon receipt of Paypal's notice to me that you have purchased a START kit, I will send you a "Personalization" form with several questions, which will allow me to customize the 10 minute private phone conversation we will have AFTER you receive your START Kit. Answer all the questions on the "Personalization" form candidly and honestly!! Tell me your goals, your experience, your statistics — everything I ask.
After receiving your START Kit in the mail, it's time to begin.
Read the Foundational Essay and other written materials — digest them.
DO NOT DISREGARD MY INSTRUCTION THAT YOU MUST HAVE THREE HOURS OF UNOBSTRUCTED TIME BEFORE YOU OPEN THE START Kit TO REVIEW THE MATERIALS!!
Read them again — digest them more deeply. Put your CD into the stereo and listen to my talk to you concerning exercise and health. Your road to success, your journey to reaching your goals and targets has begun.
Phone calls, emails, and even treasurable handwritten letters are all at your disposal. You will have me as your personal trainer, personal motivator and personal inspiration whenever you need it. How much interaction you want to "Bolt On" to your workout is YOUR choice — YOURS ALONE.
The exclusive START Kits are unique and individual. Each one Collectible. Each one LIMITED EDITION. Each one assigned it's OWN NUMBER. Each one a KEY to have my personal involvement in charting the course of your exercise and health success.
All this personal, customized, assistance is available to YOU. All those targets, dreams and ambitions can be achieved with the assistance and support of me.
Together, you and I will reach your fitness goals – now and forever.
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Rated 92 by Robert Parker
The 2010 Gran Malbec reveals a restrained nose, with shy notes of blackberry and blueberry and perhaps a faint note of violets enhanced by subtle spices in an overall very pleasant bouquet. The palate is medium to full-bodied and tightly knit, with balance and harmony and the components to age well. This is great value Malbec! Drink 2014-2020.
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Vintage: 2010
2010 saw extremely high quality viticulture in many parts of the world, with an exceptionally long and hot summer providing huge benefits for wineries across many countries, especially in the southern hemisphere. The northern hemisphere and Europe saw something of a cooler summer and flowering period, but this was by no means as disastrous as it could have been. France, especially, had a fantastic year in 2010, with the world renowned Burgundy region proclaiming that their white wines of this year are ones to look out for, and despite yields being relatively small across much of the country, the quality was exceptionally high. Spain, too, received some cooler weather, but Rioja and the rest of central Spain are hailing 2010 as a very good year indeed, again as a result of smaller, finer yields. California also received similar climatic conditions, but again, wineries are highly positive about the overall effect this had on their produce, as the slightly challenging conditions resulted in smaller yields of much elegance and distinction. 2010 was really Australia's year, and in South Australia and across the Mornington Peninsula, Chardonnay vines produced good yields with a lower sugar level than in previous years. As such, the majority of South Australian white wines from 2010 are superb, and packed full of character. Shiraz also had a great year, and most Australian wineries have been proclaiming 2010 one of the great vintages. Both the Argentinian and Chilean wine industries benefited from some ideal climatic conditions this year, and are reportedly ecstatically pleased with the fact that their 2010 wines ended up with lower alcohol levels, and were beautifully balanced wines packed full of flavor.
Varietal: Malbec
The purple Malbec variety grapes which now grow all over the Old and New Worlds had their origins in France, where they are one of the few grape varieties allowed to be used in the highly esteemed blended wines of Bordeaux. However, it is perhaps the New World Malbec wines which have attracted the most attention in recent years, as they thrive in hot southern climates in ways they cannot in their native country, where the damp conditions leave them highly vulnerable to rot. Malbec grapes are renowned for their high tannin content, resulting in full-bodied red wines packed with ripe, plummy flavors and held in their characteristically dark, garnet colored liquid. In many countries, Malbec is still used primarily as a varietal for blending, as it adds a great level of richness and density to other, lighter and thinner varietals. However, single variety Malbec wines have been greatly on the rise in recent years, with some fantastic results and big, juicy flavors marking them out as a great wine for matching with a wide range of foods.
Region: Cuyo
The historic mountainous region of Cuyo in central-west Argentina, remains the nation's key wine producing area to this day, producing over eighty percent of the country's wines. Argentinian wines have gone from strength to strength over the past few decades, and it is undoubtedly the region of Cuyo which produces Argentina's most characterful and representative wines. Cuyo's dry and arid soil, rich in iron and other minerals has proven to be an ideal environment for the cultivation of Malbec grapes, alongside several other varietals which thrive in the hot climate and reach full ripeness each autumn, expressing their fruit-forward character. The vineyards of Cuyo are fed by the great Desaguadero River and its tributaries, helped by the extensive irrigation projects which have been undertaken over the past century.
Country: Argentina
It is said that the first Argentinian vines were planted in the Mendoza more than four hundred years ago by European settlers, and despite these early wines being used primarily for religious purposes, the fervor for wine making never left the area. Today, Argentina is keen to demonstrate its technological prowess when it comes to vineyard cultivation, by combining traditional methods of irrigation left over from the Huarpes Indians with modern techniques in order to make the dry, arid desert an ideal environment for growing grapes. Indeed, these ancient irrigation channels, dug hundreds of years ago and still in use today, bring mineral-rich melt water from the Andes via the Mendoza river, something which gives the grapes grown in this region some of their character. The primary grape of this and other regions of Argentina is the Malbec, which is highly susceptible to rot in its native France, but which thrives in the dry and hot climate of South America, producing rich and plummy wines which are highly drinkable especially when young.
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