The Old Man & Thoreau Offer Conditioning Advice by Mark Hatmaker

Photo Time: 7:28 this morning

Age: 59 years & 81 days.

“Time: If not aware of its inestimable value, sell it to the highest bidder for cash, and always be cheated. No one but a fool ever sold more of his time than he had to.”

Today’s Unleaded Training Time: 21:52

· That was Unleaded Whole Hog: Shoulders, Biceps & Triceps

· The Breakdown: 17 minutes for Biceps & Triceps, 4:52 for Shoulders.

· If travelling, on vacation, or in a time crunch I would switch to The Aristotle Maintenance Program and have been done in 9 minutes total.

“It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants, what are you industrious about?”

· MORE is not better.

· HARDER is not better.

· VOLUME is not better.

· STRICT SPECIFIC ADHERENCE to Old School Physical Culturist Wisdom is Better.

“The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.” Journal entry, 1842

· When one is able to wrap their head around the fact that progress, gains, and results are possible with minimal time commitment it is easier to face that “task.”

· In fact, it changes from “task” to fun as one realizes the training times will never vary more than 20 seconds + or – from the constricted specifications.

· Unleaded Conditioning Whole Hog uses a 3-Day Rotation.

· Day 1: Warrior Abs/Unleaded Thighs/Hips 21:52

· Day 2: Unleaded Back & Chest 24:09

· Day 3: Unleaded Shoulders and Unleaded Armed & Dangerous 21:52

· Using The Aristotle each day drops to an 18-Minute Day for a Whole-On Approach

“The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.”-Walden “Economy”1854

· Sub-30-minute time expenditures to give maximum reward for effort…

· Leaves the day wide open for your additional pursuits.

· In my case, Rough n Tumble Combat Skill development, books, guitars, grillin’, livin’, lovin’.

· What will you do with all that extra time on your hands once you grasp the wisdom of the get in, get ‘er done, get out Unleaded Way?

For more on the method see Armed & Dangerous.

Resources for Livin’ the Warrior Life

The Black Box Store

The Rough ‘n’ Tumble Raconteur Podcast

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