Weights and the Fairer Sex

Girl+Poor Nutrition+Poor Exercise = A skinny fat bag of bones I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole.

Like Paris would say "That's hot!"

Girl+Proper Nutrition+Proper Exercise = A wicked hot, strong beautiful confident powerful women

Biel and a paddle. Just think of the possibilities

Now there is a HUGE misconception that if a lady lifts heavy weights she will become big and bulky. So what do women do? They avoid heavy weights and rely on light weight training and cardio to "tone" and "shape" their body. This option along with horrible choices in what food they put into their body leaves them with a body like the first picture of the horribly disgusting Nicole Ritchie. While eating lots of protein, veggies and good fats along with lifting heavy weights and busting their ass in the gym will give them a body much more like the lovely Jessica Biel. 

I wont even get into what Nicole is doing because frankly just thinking about her makes my penis want to crawl back into my abdomen and die. And frankly it is exactly what you don't want to do.

Biel trains 6 days a week. She eats a "healthy" low carb diet, with meat and veggies. She isn't afraid to train hard, and does things like squats, dead lifts, sprints and interval work. She is happy to train 6 days a week, diet hard and bust her ass, but uses the mirror to gauge her progress not the scale.

The point here is that unless a women is taking some heavy pharmaceuticals she will not become huge and bulky by lifting weights. In fact the point is that by lifting heavy weights a women will get that sexy "toned" body that she wants. Don't rely on the scale either, it can be useful, but try putting more emphasis on the mirror. If you look better that is all that matters not your weight.

Nice Guys Finish ....

... DEAD FUCKING LAST.


I wont bore everyone with the details but basically it has happened over and over and over, the same old thing my whole life. I have been "nice".  Nice to everyone, always polite and always trying to please everyone. What has it got me? Broke, walked all over and ditched. I have become a door mat.

This is unacceptable and I will not stand for it anymore. This is a wake up call, a declaration of war. I will not be Mr. Nice Guy, I will be a MAN.

I will not let my conscience get the better of me. I am looking out for #1.

That does not mean I'm going to be an asshole. If you think I'm being an asshole, well fuck you I probably am because your trying to fuck me. And I don't like to be fucked.

End Of An Era

Well this week got the news that the gym I have been training in and coaching out of is closing its doors for ever.

I want to recap my time at CrossFit Kelowna and do my best to remember the best of the place that has been like my home and the people who have become my family over the last 3.5 years.

The Beginning

In 2008 I joined the Canadian Forces and though shooting the shit with the boys on my basic military qualification I met Chris. He told me he was doing this thing called "CrossFit" and said I should come by and give it a shot. So after the course had finished I went by and did an intro with him. This is what is consisted of.

Short talk about what CF is
400m ball run with 20lbs - time was 1:18
Max pull ups - I think got 12
Max push ups - Something like 45
Max sit ups in 2 min - no idea probably was pathetic

Then we did Tatabta squats - I think I got 15

I left thinking to myself something like "Fuck that was retarded, Ill just stick to the body building workouts".  I woke up the next day my legs were sooo god damn sore I could hardly walk. Since then I was hooked.

Me fat and in the army

The Garage:

The original CF Kelowna was the garage. It was small really cold in the winter and really fucking hot in the summer. It was dirty, it was kinda sketchy and it was probably the best fucking times I ever had and ever will have working out.

We were a small crew mainly made up of Colton, Cronk, Chris, Cathrine, Beth and myself. We did team work out and made the best of what small amount of equipment was available. The bars were shitty, there was only two box jumps and the wall balls were basket balls filled with sand. It was very mickey mouse but it worked and we all got our asses kicked.

The New Place:

When winter came along Chris made the move into a new permanent facility, the gym as most of you knew it.  Here I met and became friends with many people and was happy to sweat, grunt and lift beside all of them. During this time I also went and received my CF certification and started running classes, and coaching.  When Chris left I tried to purchase the gym from him but with out getting into details it turned out that financially it would not be a good idea for myself. So I assumed the position of Head Trainer.

Through my time coaching at CF Kelowna I have seen all of you progress so much and do things that I know you never thought were possible. You guys are amazing group of peoople who I will never forget.

The Future:

I don't know what lays ahead for us and I don't know where we will all end up. All I want to say is that I wish you all the best and that if there is anything I can do to help you on your journey to fitness do not hesitate to ask.

Thanks again for all your support and kind words in the last few days. I am sorry it all ended so soon.

Love all you guys

John.

Why are we sooo fat?!?! Part I

In no particular order.

1. Low fat high carb diets
2. The popularization of running
3. The over use of machines
4. Fast easy processed foods
5. TV and video games
6. Modern life style
7. Fad diets
8. Fad exercises
9. Media portraying skinny and weak as fuck to be healthy
10. Overall lack of activity

This is by no means a complete list, there are possibly hundreds of reasons why people are getting fatter.  These ten are in my opinion the ones that the average person can relate to. Rather than go though all of these at once I will break it down into smaller chunks. Over the next parts in this series I will explain why these points are destroying your heath.

Don't be sad they just would have made your ass look fat.