Training in the Shadows
When I started Wrestling I had no ideas and nothing to look forward too...I needed Wrestling as a way of self preservation aka self defense.
At 51 years old there's a lot of "Used to Be's" and "Could have beens'"........
A lot of my old training partners have given up on life and resemble a bag of milk or a bowling pin.
When I started Wrestling you just had to be good enough for the neighborhood or as good as the other schools around you.. You competed against the local schools or the competitions you could drive to. In the New England area we had what was called the Bay State Games so you could wrestle year round. I was never a great wrestler but I was a tough night out when my mind was right due to my conditioning and physical strength.
Nowadays you gotta compete with the BEST in the World on YOUTUBE!!!!
You're expected to be as good and look as good as the guys on Instagram....Students wanna know why you're not as good as that school in Belgium or have as many students as that school in Ohio...
Students think that the highlight reel of that school in California should be every night here! There are so many teaching combatives/self defense via social media with huge subscriber numbers yet many have no real world validity or experience...
But they sure know how to market themselves and work the alogorytham.
Thank you YOUTUBE, INSTAGRAM and REELS for making us look less of a Coach due to those mesmerizing videos you guys post capturing that moment in time when you looked and performed so perfectly. That moment in time you are at the top of your game...
Or my favorite!!!
Acting like you found or created an NEW MOVE or RARE SUBMISSION...Sorry we were doing that crap in 1992.... and as for CROSSFIT type stuff... LOL... WE WERE CROSSFIT BEFORE CROSSFIT WAS COOL.. SORRY THAT'S THE TRUTH.
Nowadays everyone's competition is a click away on various social media platforms...
My advice is to just DO YOU as best as you can.. Stop thinking that a coach in Australia (using a filter) is your direct competition. If you continue to listen to this media shit you will kill yourself trying to out do these other people... Stay focused..
Some key words:
Train, Learn, Discipline, Consistency, Work Ethic, Patience, Humility &
DONT BE A DIRTBAG!!!
I hope this sheds light that just because a Coach may not have a huge platform doesn't mean that he doesn't have a proven track record/resume while training daily in the shadows.
-Coach Machine out.
I'm All Season
When it comes to my training.
I stay ready, I don't have to get ready.
I train to be a f'n weapon and look good all year round. I don't have an in season, I'm all season.
The way I train is self-inflicted pain.
No it doesn't feel good. I want to get better by pushing myself, testing this engine.
I want to look good all year round. If this is too intense for you then go hang out at Planet Fitness where you can feel comfortable.
I'm not a bodybuilder or a power-lifter.
I want to be a weapon & I don't need a warm up.
100 pull-ups, yep, all day. Push-ups, Dips yep,.all of them.
I'm never satisfied. I want to push for more and thus I look in shape, I speak the shape. Stay ready. I don't have to get in shape. I keep going.
The fun is in the building phase, daily training, indomitable will, discipline and consistency. We are not the same.
I smell different, no odor here, I ooze testosterone and confidence.
Period.
-Machine
I love training
I love training, I love it.
I love being strong, being in shape, feeling good, feel like a man and not some simp weak beta boy.
I personally do better mentally when I have a physical goal. When I don't,
I find myself wandering.
I am the standard, my baseline is 100 push-ups, 20 pull-ups anywhere anytime.
You think you have strength?
You think you have endurance?
Let's see if you can combine the two.
Conditioning & Strength, not just for one rep, not two, not 3 reps. Get used to doing 20, 30 and more. I'm enduringly strong.
You want to look lean all year round?
Endurance training with implements of strength.
100 reps of body-weight, but 100 reps with 100 lbs on the dip belt.
That's the philosophy I'm looking for.
You can do all the one rep maxes that makes you feel good...good job on your ego. But, you can't deny 100.
Average never expects victory
Average never expects victory they demand acceptance.
I find the average boring.
I train harder than anybody else I've ever met, I wasn't always like this. This video gives a short glimpse from my dark beginnings to now.
I don't train to look the way I do, it is a byproduct of how I train, I train to absolutely demolish the demons and dark passenger trying to get a hold of me while fighting to keep Father Time at bay the best I can.
Machine out.