To begin this blog I feel I have to repeat the answer to the question Why bodybuilding? The reasons for my being pro bodybuilding as a total fitness pursuit. If the first part of this blog feels familiar that’s because it is. In the second part, I give my thoughts on bodybuilding as a fetish […]
Walking The Path Less Trodden Growing up it’s always the differences that we fear in ourselves and tend to ridicule in others. We are a cruel species. There seems to be a comfort in being exactly like everyone else or being different in a conformist way such as punks, goths, teddy boys etc. etc. It […]
Values Vs Goals Previously, I have touched on values (+goals) being favourable to purely goals for life satisfaction I would like to explain a bit more and use a typical example from my life to show how it can work. Remembering – For any Philosophy to be worthy -the flexarian attitude requires it to be […]
Walking Is A Blessing Not A Curse – Make It Part Of Your Life I was about to leave for my roughly 2.5-mile walk to the gym when my sister who was leaving after a fleeting visit good-heartedly offered to take me in her car. There was a confused look on her face as I […]
Don’t allow gender specific bullshit falsehoods to keep you from the best exercise choice you could ever make. Should the way women exercise be radically different to the way men exercise? In my opinion there should be no such thing as gender appropriate exercise as there are no relevant differences that would affect exercise and […]
“This ready-made character of life comes from what Foucault calls disciplinary power or govern-mentality …As I pass through all of the institutions of (schools, workplaces, households, government agencies, doctors’ offices, entertainment venues etc that give form to my life, I find myself caught up in an intricate web of compulsion and choice, desire and necessity, […]
SECRETS I received a mail recently from a guy complimenting my physique and asking what my secret was. The reply is at the bottom of this blog. The quick answer would be that the toolbox I use for life which includes my health and fitness is more full of useful tools than others possess. The […]
TODAY’S LESSON – WE ARE ALL A LITTLE CRAZY! The Insanity of Normality- We all tend to be reassured when we are thought of as normal. The “norm” is where mental health professionals intend us to be when we undertake to submit to therapy of any kind. If we are not happy, contented and free […]
If there are two moral attitudes that are needed to counteract the greed and narcissism of our times the attitudes would certainly be self-mastery and compassion. This would entail the ability to read emotions in others and the self-awareness to observe, accept and manage our own emotional world. Turning Barricades Into Bridges To be at […]
The Potential Horrors Lurking In The Publishing Process I have just scared myself half to death by reading a book. No, it’s not a book from the horror section; the book is entitled “How to Get Published: Secrets from the Inside”. As I interpret it in my very delicate state of a morbid fear of […]
A reasonably light hearted look back at some of the supposed progress we have made – or has it been a regression for humanity as we once knew it? Do we want to be differently human? The rapid onset of AI tech and implants will test that question. I fear the worst. Is progress always […]
For a habit to endure 40 years or more it must provide comfort by either being very effective by my interpretation or I am addicted to it for some deep and meaningful reason beyond my conscious awareness – either way I will mention some of them here for you to consider – they will include […]
MODERATION & HUMILITY – Two Unlikely Keys Towards Unlocking Physique Excellence Being the observant type, there are two traits that I feel would benefit the vast majority of men and women working out in gyms in the 21st century. Women are much less guilty of one of these traits. However, the trait of moderation would […]
A Quickie To Help Boost Your Motivation To Exercise & Eat Better. Wisdom That Will Transfer Across To Others Areas Of Your Life. HABITS Widely regarded as the Father of modern psychology, William James noted in his book the principles of psychology in 1890, “when we look at creatures from an outward point of view, […]
I am probably not alone in spending the majority of my life believing myself ordinary and unexceptional and as such with nothing of interest to say to people on how they may live their lives. Retrospectively I have always had this feeling of never really belonging in groups and a feeling of being the odd […]
TRUE PROGRESS BEGINS WHEN THE EGO FADES There seems to be a belief that discussions need to have a winner and a loser. Added to that seems to be the belief that within any topic that there is only one universal truth for everyone and people with opinions not matching the most aggressive participant’s opinions […]
Emotions Are Relative To Where We Are Now There are times when the same situation viewed from a different position in life with a different state of mind, all by the same person can seem like either a blessing or a curse.I will give an example of a lesson from my life concerning my nearest […]
I once fell in love with a small yellow car. I thought it was original and unique and I eventually purchased it, it was the last car I bought for a long while (a decade) as I decided that cars were not essential to my life and being without would assist my personal development much […]
HUMAN EXPERIENCE 