Author’s Note: I do not suspect this piece, if submitted in a contest for anything over and above a prize of fifteen dollars would take the prize. Observe, I have abstained from the use of hyperbole, and allowed the plain facts to be sufficient. No truth is stretched, and so […]
Archives for February 2014
On Overcoming Resistance
If the shinbone, through so many repetitive and progressive canings, can become perfectly adapted to its environment, to the point of such resiliency where the host stands to bear all subsequent canings in a state of comfort and with a grin on his face, then why can’t our soul, […]
3 Drills To Improve Your Squat Depth
The sensation of the squat, if you can hit one deep enough, is luxurious. As a rest position it is as soft and relaxing as my warm evening drink, and as an exercise as harsh and invigorating as my cold morning shower. Both are salubrious, in their […]
What Is Fitness Minimalism
NOTE FROM PAT: The following is a guest post by that scriptural varmint Aleks Salkin, or The Jew Hammer, as he’s known, a miscreant, it must be obvious, of the most rascally sorts. But because he writes a very plain and deeply beguiling English, and uses short sentences and the words of everyday, unlike so […]
Exercise and Guns
The goal of minimalism is to do the least amount you need to do to get the job done, and not a smidgeon more. That “and not a smidgeon more” works in both directions—addition and subtraction. Too many programs are TOO stripped down. They create gaps and deficiencies. To use […]