AGGRESSIVE STRENGTH MAGAZINE
ISSUE 15 - 2/14/2004
1. AGGRESSIVE STRENGTH QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity."
- Lou Holtz
While I feel that experiencing adversity is crucial for growth, I do not think that it is something that one should purposely go after. For example, don't go into debt just to learn how to get out of it and don't break your leg just to appreciate having healthy legs. However, do not be afraid to go after what you want due to the inevitable adversity that will follow. Yes, you are going to have to overcome some hard times to achieve anything worthwhile. The bright side is that every time you overcome a difficult obstacle, you have another story that you can boast about at the local bar or coffee shop. Seriously though, when adversity comes your way, embrace it and look right at it and say to it that you will not break me. I am going to get what I am going after and that is that. If your resolve is genuine and it is in your destiny the universe will have away of giving you what you deserve. More important than overcoming adversity is the person that you become as a result of overcoming adversity.
On a side note, one of the benefits of hard training is that it teaches you how to push through pain. Don't leave that conditioning in the gym; apply to other areas in life to achieve your goals.
Live Life Aggressively!
Mike Mahler
2. AGGRESSIVE STRENGTH TRAINING ARTICLE
Want To Get Stronger? Try Addressing Your Weak Links!
Many people have a tendency to gravitate towards their comfort zones and working out is no exception. How many people do you know who love doing set after set of bench presses, but avoid the squat rack like a plague (except of course to do barbell curls)? It is all too easy to focus on exercises that we like and avoid the ones that we do not like. The problem with this line of thinking is that you will only be as strong as your weak links. If you have weak legs, forget about having an impressive Military Press; if you have weak lats, forget about having a strong bench press; if you have a weak stomach, forget about having a strong back and get used to having back problems for the rest of your life.
Try spending a month focusing on exercises that you are not too good at but that you know will be highly beneficial to you. If you have weak legs, start squatting, if your pressing strength is not where you want it, try working on your lats and back. Place the exercises that you love on maintenance mode for a month and place the exercises that you know you need to do at the top of you list and get to it!
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Until next time.
Live Life Aggressively!
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Mike Mahler