This is me, my life, my ideas, my musings, and my oddities.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Muscle “Tone” is BS
“Sorry, muscle “tone” is one of the most misleading concepts in fitness. Most people are familiar with this idea: Train high reps for “muscle tone.” Only problem? High reps oftentimes won’t make your muscles look more toned. It’ll do the opposite.
In reality, there are two types of “tone”: neurogenic and myogenic. That’s a lot of jargon that fitness and science nerds tend to care about. What it means: You want myogenic tone, but that happens best with heavier weights at lower reps. That’s exactly why women should be lifting weights—and not just the tiny ones.
Does this mean you can’t get “toned” without lifting heavy? Of course not. Plenty of women have shown that this can happen with higher reps. But many more have proven that you’ll get the lean look you want—FASTER—by using heavier weights. Push the intensity—whether you’re a man or woman—and you’ll be surprised how quickly your body will change in the way you want. Men will look healthier and stronger and women will look leaner and sexier. Trust me on this one.” - Adam Bornstein
I love this show. And yes this my attitude when I am in a negative mood.
Just followed a few more new Tumblrites. And unfollowed a few as well… it sort of equals out.
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23 MAY 2012: Rockclimbing and Personal Changes.
23 MAY 2012
Hi Tumblr,
Still absolutely in love with Pure Reason Revolution and haven’t been able to contact Agent P (A nickname of his) for copies of their albums.
So De’ came over this morning to pick up her sunglasses she left here yesterday and found my journal today. And despite my requests not to look at the one and only entry in there, she read it when I left the room. So yeah if you look at my last post that gives you an idea of the ‘ohhh this is lovely’ moment I had. I didn’t care enough to press the matter, I just pretended as if I didn’t care. After that I had her give me a ride to the rock gym.
When I got to the rock gym I realized it’s been a while since I have climbed and I suck now. I could barely send a 5.8 climb. My hands were pumped most of the time so I just chilled at the gym and talked with some of the other patrons.
I met a man who brought his four year old to the gym. He is a veteran of the Army and now owns a construction company. I used to work for a construction company and am going into the Navy in July. We talked about the construction business being full of ‘yahoos’ and the failing American education system, the Khan Academy, and how money is the downfall of humanity.
Later I met a trio of female nursing aids, two of which were rockclimbing virgins. The experienced member of the trio didn’t have her stuff so could belay them and wanted them to experience the fun of top roping so I volunteered to be a belay slut (I didn’t have anything else better to do because I was too pumped to climb).
I made the obligatory small talk with them. I directed a lot of attention and banter towards the experienced and incredibly in shape, cute girl of the group. She thanked me for belayed her friends and they left to finish studying.
Afterwards I talked with and informally instructed/refreshed the dad, who I met earlier, on how to tie the follow through figure eight and belaying technique. He hadn’t rockclimbed in years so he wanted a refresher of the knots and techniques. Later I belayed his little son up a massive 4 feet until he got too scared to continue then he was lowered down.
Turns out walking down walls when he was being lowered made him feel like Batman, so for the next half hour he would climb four feet up and would request to be lowered again. I figured out that if I sat down when he stopped it would raise him another 3 feet or so so he could enjoy the walkingdownthewallandfeellikebatman experience for longer.
After a while of this his dad was like ‘Now you are just playing around and not taking this serious, rockclimbing is a serious fun sport. I think we should go home now.’ So with them gone I had nothing else to do and my hands wouldn’t cooperate so I called it a day.
Unfortunately I didn’t really have a ride back the 7+ miles my home is away from the rock gym and didn’t have money for the bus. So I walked back home in hot sun. It wasn’t bad, but I was thirsty and hungry, probably due to the sweating I had been doing at the gym and while walking and the fact I hadn’t eaten yet. So I had some intense cravings for every kind of fast food and soda possible.
When I got back home I ate about one and a half of two frozen pizzas with a neighborhood kid finishing off the last half. I tried going to sleep about an hour afterwards but ended up with a second wind and bolted upstairs to see what was up with my siblings.
My bestfriend, Jeremy, had shown up and was chilling in the living room with his girlfriend. After about an hour of witnessing them semi-playful tease each other and get on each other’s nerves and me cracking jokes and mucking about, Jeremy and I decided to go for a walk and talk about various aspects of our lifes.
Most notably, Jeremy brought up the fact he has noticed a change in me over the last couple of months. He put it as ‘you are much more laid back then you normally are and not as quick to pull the trigger on things. It is like you have a weight on your shoulders and it is acting like anchors for your craziness. The weight being the looming change on the horizon that is the Navy.’
I really do think I have kind of became much more careful and thoughtful with my ship date approaching. I know when I come back home on leave in nine months or so I will have been completely changed, I only hope I retain my energetic fun loving and laid back core of my personality.
So now I am going to finish off what is left of this night and go to sleep.
Night Tumblr.
22 MAY 2012: So I am gonna try this whole blog/online journal thingy.
So while I will be not be revealing as much as I do to my paper based journal, I will be trying to supplement it with this. Since while I enjoy the tactile experience of writing on paper with a pencil, typing is faster for me. But only by a little, so I’ll be going into a little bit more detail and more rants. While I have no real amount of followers at this time, at least this outlet will give my few followers something interesting about me to read (if they even bother to do so).
22 MAY 2012
Today, I hung out with De’ again. We browsed Reddit for awhile before being invite by Kaitlin to Stake n’ Shake to hang out. We went and met with friends, including Christina who I have a huge crush on (purely from a ITSNEVERGOINGTOHAPPENBUTITSNICETODREAM perspective).
Afterwards we went to De’s grandmother’s house to view a recording of her performance in Hairspray. She played Motormouth Maybell, she was perfect for the role. Her voice is just amazing, it has a lot of depth and she can hit soprano notes as high as most of Amy Lee’s notes. I enjoyed the show, but while I was watching I was thinking and I had a realization; I no longer have any sexual desires towards her.
She is my bestfriend that have had an intermittent friends with benefits relationship with. But I realized when we do stuff together there isn’t any deeper meaning or emotion to it, at least on my side. I just feels empty.
My real interest and passion is for Samantha. She is really just amazing. Beautiful, she is opposite to me in a lot of ways, but somehow we mesh and it feels right. I just regret I have to go off to the Navy and won’t be able to stick around and see where things go with her. She honestly drives me crazy.
After we finished watching her performance, we went back to my place and shortly after she left. My brother had another one of his episodes, and I discovered the crack he put in a solid wood door when he was angry with me. I escaped with Katie and Chelsea and we hung out at a park.
We discussed the pros and cons of their plan to make a test run at moving out. Later me and Chelsea discussed the nature of their relationship, which has always confused me. And now it make sense, that the relationship is skewed in one direction, towards Katie’s end. Katie has a lot more feelings towards Chelsea than Chelsea has for Katie. So things so got a little weird there for me.
Now I am here typing this wondering where my life will take me and listening to and want more of Pure Reason Revolution which my friend, who I recently revived the friendship with, introduced me to.
Goodnight Tumblr…
A little backstory to this clip before you watch it:
Will Smith’s father abandoned him and his mother when he was a child, and when Will was finally getting into show business and making a name for himself, he tried to sneak his way back into his life like nothing happened. Will co-wrote this episode, and James Avery (Uncle Phil) said “this scene was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to shoot in my life. Every emotion, every word.. that was Will”
Will was actually supposed to play it off and then walk away, and there was originally an alternate scene that was supposed to happen, but he actually completely cut out what was supposed to be said, and did all of his own dialogue. The hug at the end of this scene is completely genuine, and this was a stepping stone in Will’s career where he started to take on the “do what feels, sounds, and looks right” approach to his acting.
i don’t care how many times i reblog this.
^^^ I reblog it every time I see it
Everytime I cry
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Caption: BREAKING NEWS: Photos leaked of Defranco Inc using Chinese water torture to force better performance on Sourcefed. Is Philip Defranco a sadistic man wililng to do anything to become ruler of the world?
1: Slept naked / nude?
2: Favourite food?
3: Do you like Nutella?
4: Prefer natural juice or soda?
5: Flirt?
6: Who was the last person you said ”love you” to?
8: Do you like fruit?
9: Do you take any medication?
10: Is there sickness?
11: What was the last time you went to the dentist?
12: Do you know how to dance?
14: Have you told someone a secret?
15: What was the last thing you drew?
16: A moment that will never forget?
17: a virgin?
18: A film that made you cry?
19: What would you like to receive a birthday present?
20: What is the favourite flavour of gum?
21: Do you miss something? what?
22: A person who marked your life and went away?
23: Name of your first Girlfriend (a)?
24: How long have you had tumblr?
25: Do you like barbecue?
26: Do you like films?
28: What day of the week do you prefer?
29: Sunday is a great day for …
30: Name the last person you talked to?
31: A song that sticks in your head?
32: The name of a person you do not support?
33: A reason to end a relationship with your girlfriend (a)?
34: The best time of day?
35: Beach or field?
36: A field / discipline that you do not support?
37: The name of the professor / teacher who was your favorite?
38: Worst moment that has passed?
39: Something makes you sad?
40: Something that makes you happy?
41: Do you have many followers?
42: Have you had someone who did not deserve?
43: Who is the most important person to you?
44: What if your mother died?
45: A singer you like?
46: Someone who admires you?
47: Have you smoked?
48: Drink vodka?
49: What is the name of the person who inspires you?
50: A book I‘ve read and reread several times?
51: Favourite Actor?
(Source: restodeumaborto)
Preconception:
guys: uh why do girls care so much about being skinny? it's so annoying
guys: ew fat chicks
Reality:
On a very primal level we are geared to look for the healthiest mate, because the healthier the mother the more likely the baby will live to term and be born and be risen well. Now what does this mean in today's context? It means that all males and females alike have a natural aversion to unhealthy people. However this can go both ways, anorexia and obesity/overweight are both generally viewed as unattractive. The real goal is to be healthy. Stop trying to become skinnier, aim to be more healthy in your eating and lifestyle habits.
P.S.: For girls who want to lose weight and stay that way; lifts heavy weights and eat healthy. Research it, heavy weights don't put on big bulky muscles. Also women have to really work and TRY to put on and keep bulky masculine muscle without hormonal supplements.
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Knew this and have always loved it when people say you shouldn’t run, it puts a lot of stress on your bones and joints and is bad for you… Bullshit! We were born for this stuff, there is a tribe in central America that runs over 100 miles a day and lives to well over 90 years of age.
(Source: curiouslikeness)
My Commentary on Girl’s Insecurities.
To all you girls who are healthy and have insecurities about they’re body, STOP. Believe it or not unless the guy is completely shallow or is just a plain arsehole, your naked body WILL turn him on. If you stand there naked and tell him that you want him, his dick will stand at attention faster then a recruit in boot-camp. As long as you have confidence in yourself and your body, he will be as attracted to you as you are to him. So STOP.
Now I am not saying you should stop improving yourself and working out to make yourself look better. Because guys like that in a girl, and it should be expected both ways in a relationship. The healthy desire to become more desirable to your partner. No you don’t have to have a perfect body, honestly a ‘perfect’ body is a bit of a turn off for me.
Yep, that’s right, this guy is a little turned off a bit by a ‘perfect’ body. There is beauty in imperfection. Have you ever been drawing something finished it and then erased and re-erased and re-draw certain parts to make it perfect? What you end up with is something that doesn’t look as good or natural as the original piece. True beauty lies in the little imperfections of the whole. So stop feeling as if you are not enough, because you are. Sure you could be more. But stop telling yourself your boyfriend won’t be attracted to you unless you are slimmer/fitter.
