Mythical Strength

Rants, Raves and Ideas on Physical Transformation

Sunday, June 30, 2013

MORE RANDOM THOUGHTS

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Been stuck at a lot of presentations recently.  Had a chance to get down some thoughts. -"Whether you say you can or you can't, y...
Sunday, June 23, 2013

OVERTRAINING

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The fear of overtraining is pervasive across the online landscape.  Everyone has a rule or protocol in place to ensure that someone doesn’t ...
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Sunday, June 16, 2013

METHOD VS GOAL

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When deciding on a path to getting bigger and stronger, one must realize that there are in fact two parts to this equation.  There is the pa...
Wednesday, June 12, 2013

GYMOCRACY PART V: THE PRINCE AND FORTUNE

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If you have been following my blog, you've probably seen this analogy before, but I will still recap.  Niccolo Machiavelli helped usher ...
Wednesday, June 5, 2013

GYMOCRACY PART IV: LIBERTY AND PROPERTY

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John Locke took a crack at the social contract as well, and in doing so introduced a concept of liberty as it related to the protection of p...
Saturday, June 1, 2013

GYMOCRACY PART III: CHOOSING YOUR SOVEREIGN

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In Plato’s “Republic”, Socrates crafts a “city in speech”, wherein the ideal government is constructed.  In this mental exercise, Socrates e...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

GYMOCRACY PART II: THE SOCIAL CONTRACT AND THE ABSOLUTE SOVEREIGN

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Hobbes’ proposal to exit the state of nature was through the formation of a “social contract”.  To greatly summarize his intent, the idea wa...
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I am a strongman (200lb LW) and former powerlifter (181 class). Best total in competition is 1439 (unequipped) as of 2012, with a 502lb squat, 336lb bench and 601lb deadlift. Best gym lifts of a 545x5 squat, 350lb bench and 650 deadlift. I have competed in 12 strongman competitions taking 4 first place, 2 second, 1 third, 2 fourth places and 1 sixth in the 200lb class and 2 fourth place showing in the 220/231lb class (competing up), along with a ruptured ACL and a third place finish in a team contest. I am an avid reader of all things strength related along with philosophy, with a focus on political theory and existentialism.
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