Bret's MC health thread

[Bret SD]

https://startingstrength.com/

98, are you familiar with Mark Rippetoe? He has some interesting things to say at times.

[98valk]

https://startingstrength.com/

98, are you familiar with Mark Rippetoe? He has some interesting things to say at times.

just started reading his work

[98valk]

Bret,
what to u think of the farmers' walk?
I've been doing them lately with 40 and 50 lb dumbbells.
I've been doing three sets just walking as long as I can while also going up and down the stairs.
feel good doing them.  plan on adding a 15lb weight vest to the walk.

[Bret SD]

Bret,
what to u think of the farmers' walk?
I've been doing them lately with 40 and 50 lb dumbbells.
I've been doing three sets just walking as long as I can while also going up and down the stairs.
feel good doing them.  plan on adding a 15lb weight vest to the walk.

Sorry 98, I missed this reply and questions entirely.. 

Carries are great and very beneficial, are you carrying two equal weights? They're also beneficial carrying one db at a time, or different weights. There are variations I like as well, with a kettlebell you can do a waiter's walk, holding it like a platter, you can also do that with db's. Cleaning the db's (or a single one) in the rack position really works the torso also.

Remember to keep your 'core' (really hate that over-used word) tight when doing this, brace like you're going to take a stomach punch while at the same time 'breathing thru the shield'.

[Bret SD]

This is from Seneca's 'Letters From a Stoic'



I like it as it reflects some of what I think about in the sense of worldly possessions and life in general. I train the body but not excessively, only for the strength I need for life and living. This also affects the mind in the same way, if we don't train our brains they'll atrophy just the same as our bodies.

I'm not much for excess comfort or excess perks in where I dwell.. I care not what my car looks like so long as it's not junky looking. I care not about fancy clothes.. or fancy dinnerware.. or fancy cuisine, I eat for performance.. Outward appearances mean little to me and are rooted in vanity, we know vanity is just grabbing at the mist and means nothing. Not to say I'm a slob, far from it.. living as a contrarian without the outward appearance of doing so is my goal.

Where I live is the epitome of plastic thought, the people I see honoring themselves in foolish vanity and self delusion.. creating a farcebook fantasy lifestyle for themselves as they live in a cesspool of deluded internal misery.

A friend of mine has a 'trophy wife' who's obsessed with herself and herself. He knows it but has been with her for so long it's just now the way it is. I ask him how miserable he thinks she'll be when her looks are gone as she's already what I consider a miserable, insecure and selfish person. He doesn't want to get rid of her as he loves her, but honestly I feel for him. Living with someone like that I consider a form of self imposed enslavement.
Not sure what I'm trying to say other than I recognize what I don't want and am thankful and have much gratitude for the woman I have.

Keeping life simple and living now.. dwelling on past mistakes is my hallmark and I'm working to be more mindful of that. I don't spend a lot of time worrying about the future, I know I'll do what it takes to survive and thrive. This year I'm paring everything down to bare basics, I know I have to maintain some excess to please my girl, which is fine, but honestly if I had things my way I could live in a very sparse and simple dwelling.

Just some thoughts on the mental game