Did I Just Write A Rant?

Caring, Sharing & Giving

Caring, Sharing and Giving are things done for FREE, hence the words they describe.

Stop saying shit you charge for is giving back

stop saying you are paying forward when you won't even write articles or blog posts for free (or free of affiliate links)

stop saying you care so much when you won't answer questions unless someone is part of your private $150/ month group.

You are NOT "giving" you are "selling" a service.

I "get" you don't "know business" but are you really that dumb to not know the difference between giving and selling?

But Dave it's just semantics...

My ass it is.

Tell that to the people that helped you for free when you were starting out.

Semantics?

Ok - send those people who helped teach you, inspired you or got you started a check for the "giving" they provided you. They gave because they wanted to help and expected nothing in return - this is called "a gift".

Value Added

Please no comments about if you do not charge, people will not see "value" in your content. This "value loss" isn't because you charge for the content its because your content sucks in the first place.

I'm not saying you shouldn't make money in your profession or skill set. We all have bills to pay and responsibilities to meet.

What I'm saying is you are doing everyone a disservice when you say you are "giving" and "sharing" services you ask people to pay for.

Just sell your stuff with some Integrity. Nobody has to "give" anything if they don't want to so stop saying you are.

There are plenty of people who actually do give a shit and will help people for free - just to do as others did for them.

Get your ass out of the way or add some honesty in your marketing strategy.

Did I just write a rant?

Shit!

I could have spent this time writing something productive that would educate people. This is why I don't like rants. They take zero skill, thought, experience, or education to write, and are a waste of time not to mention negative.

I'm going to blame this on a squat set I did around noon today that I'm still screwed up from.

Training From Today

I posted this on Facebook as I was lying in bed with Post Squatting Cramps. My intention with my training log was to post one week at a time so it would be easier to follow, read and see the changes being made. I still plan on doing this but will post todays session as it was only one movement but has wrecked my day.

All of my squatting is done off a box with 1-2 inches high. To me and for my training this is 1-2 inches over 90 degrees using my hip joint and knee as reference points (not the crease of my hip). While I can squat lower with my hip replacement squatting lower than 90 degrees and having my knee come in is not a good thing for my hip at all. I am not saying this would happen but one thing I do know is anything CAN happen. If I tear an ACL my knee will come it and my hip will pop out of socket (not good). I also use a Yoke Bar to squat as I can't hold a straight bar on my back due to shoulder issues.

With this noted. I squatted...
* The bar is around 65 pounds but I only count it as 45 - this makes the meathead math easier.

135 x 5

225 x 3

315 x 3 or 5 can't remember

405 x 3
* this felt really good

495 x 1  
* this felt like shit and I had my old shaking thing back (My body shakes when I take the bar out of the rack. My Hip Replacement fixed this so my guess is my other hip will need replaced within the next couple years. I will do all I can to not have to do this but this shaking is a sign of the instability and that it is wearing out more. My non-replaced hip was worse than the one that was replaced but didn't hip or have ROM issues. The ROM is still on point and I can only kinda feel it from time to time but not often. I do have a plan in place for this I will be logging about. However, on days like this I toss the plan out the window.

495 plus 3 chain per side x 1 
* I couldn't get this out of the rack at all with 3-4 tries (shaking and hip and back issues) then I pulled my head back more and set my abs tighter and it came out. This pissed me off as I KNOW this. This should be natural to me but when you only squat 4 times in two years I can see why this happened. It still pissed me off. This is why I only did one. When I get this pissed off I know exactly what to do. Add more weight or chain to something I don't know if I could do.

495 plus 5 chain per side x 5
* After I loaded this I didn't know if I would be able to do one rep but figured if I could do one then I was going to do as many as I could. I wrote in a post before to not think about your training all day and if you can just gear up for it when needed. I got a nickname at Westside for have two different personalities. There was Dave and then Zippy. Zippy was because I make this "Zip" Sound when getting set under the bar. This is also a mental state that I will normally not remember anything about the set at all. I remember going to the chalk box and then nothing until the set or lift is over. This set was VERY close to being in full Zippy mode. The only reason I know I wasn't is I knew and felt every rep.

There is no doubt I was jacked up for this set. You can't take a weight you are not even sure you can do without being so.  As with the set before I couldn't get the fucker out of the rack. This time it took what seemed like 7 tries to get the damn thing out. Each time pissing me off more and more because I couldn't find "my spot". Finally I moved my feet back and arched less and it came out... shaking. I let the weight settle as best as I could and then sat down and came back up.

The monolift operator closed the lift and I told him to open it back and sat down again. I ended up with 5 reps and there is no doubt in my mind that I would have missed 6. This was a 100% true 5 rep max done at a very high arousal level .  Thankfully Ted Toalston was in the gym as there are only a few people I will listen to when I am in this state and he knows when I should stop a set. While I did have headphones on and did know I was shot - had I been in full Zippy mode he would get me in the rack before I broke something. I am sure while I was trying to get the weight out of the rack everyone else spotting was wondering WTF - Ted assured them to just leave me alone and I will figure it out. NOTE: If you are going to go bat shit crazy you need someone who really knows what you can and can't do in that state.

After this set I was fucked up. It took all I had to do the set just getting my belt off was a bitch. I could breath or catch my breath for was seemed to be 30 minutes ( real time 3-5 minutes). I had to sit in front of a fan to keep from passing out. My body felt like it was on fire and I felt like I was going to have a heart attack. It was AWESOME.  I LOVE sets like this. I know it's stupid, counter productive, doesn't build muscle, more than likely hurts strength more than it builds, wrecks the shit out of my joints ( No idea why but my right elbow now feels like it was in a arm bar, my knees are killing me, my hip hurts and my feet are killing me) - but there is something about this shit I LOVE. Thank GOD I do not need this "fix" all the time but there is no doubt I need this in my life.

I did 21 or 22 reps today and my body is fucking destroyed. This is what it really feels like when you push to your limits.