A fun workout you can do at the gym (or at home, assuming you got some heavy dumbbells or kettlebells):
A heavy one-handed overhead press.
Kind of like a clean and jerk
To continue our muscle series, the benefits of a heavy one-armed overhead press:
- You can use the momentum of your body to do it.
- As a result, your ego goes higher (because your ability to move higher numbers, and heavier dumbbells).
- If you want to buy a heavy dumbbell or kettlebell for your home, you only need to buy one! This means you can save money instead of having to purchase two.
How to do it
Essentially the basic idea is to ‘cheat’ as much as you can. You can do this by first grabbing the dumbbell, using your body to swing it into position, then using your abs, back, muscle, and shoulder to press it upwards. And the goal is a ‘one rep max‘:
The maximum weight dumbbell you can overhead press once.
This workout should be great in working out your legs, shoulder, back, and abs.
Why not just do it the ‘proper’ way?
Technically the proper way to do a shoulder press is to do it while seated, or even while standing. But I find it to be far more interesting, fun, and dynamic when you can actually use the momentum of your body to do it.
And also in some ways, you are probably less prone to injury. Why? You can stabilize your whole body better when you’re standing with just one dumbbell, and utilize more of your body-strength and focus to press it up.
MUSCLE MOTIVATION
Why build your body?
Your own body as a work of art!
My Muscle Philosophy:
Treat your body as sculpture.
This is not my body
The first thing:
I don’t see my body as belonging to me. I look at my body like it belongs to someone else.
When I look at the Lamborghini of someone else, I admire it. When I see the muscles and physiques of anyone else, I admire it. Then I had the epiphany:
Why not transform my own body into a Lambo, and admire my own body instead?
The logic
The great logic:
- It is far cheaper to get buff than to buy a Lambo.
- The human body is the apex beauty. This means your personal goal in life should be to beautify your own personal body to the maximum (without plastic surgery, steroids, etc).
- Ultimate democratic approach: Genetics doesn’t matter. Sex doesn’t matter. Racial ethnicity doesn’t matter. Anyone can both add muscle mass and subtract fat.
- It doesn’t cost much to get ripped. Just intermittent fast [no breakfast, no lunch], one big ass meal a day, and mostly a ‘ketogenic’ diet.
- Your body is always with you. Why not beautify your body to inspire yourself?
The joy of sculpting your own body
To sculpt your own body is insanely fun. Why? You can see the change over time!
Once again, the goal is simple:
Never stop adding muscle mass, and never stop reducing body fat, or keeping it low (around 10%).
Muscle and your body is highly practical.
The more muscle you have, the more energy you got. The more power you got to make art-work, and live with gratitude, joy, and hyper-vigor.
Strengthen on, and flex on!
ERIC
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