ARNOLD RULES FROM TWITTER: YOU SHOULD . . .

The Arnold Rules are an encouraging list of what to do for a better life.

If a better life sounds like something you’d like to try, something you’d like to model by example, Arnold is here to help.

Could Arnold be a better man, a better person?

He’s trying. Maybe you could try, too?

In Arnold’s words:

-You should mostly eat food you know is healthy, there is no magic food.

No magic food, no magic weight loss, no magic bowel movement.

Lean in on vegetables, chicken, and fish, and give it time.

Patience is the magic.

You can’t sue the gym because you don’t train hard enough for the results you want.

But you can show up and keep making a difference.

It may not make much difference to you, but if you are regular, people notice.

Eventually it all sinks in. You look different in some places, and you set an accidental example for others.

 

-You should also occasionally let yourself eat delicious food you know isn’t healthy. Otherwise what’s the point?

 

Yesterday I had my yearly chicken sandwich from Carl’s Jr.

I was in Safeway picking a few things up for my wife and avoiding the deli and the pizza sticks, poppers, and fried burritos I sometimes get when the lines look long at checkout.

Snacks?

I made it out clean, but tried to remember if I’d had my yearly Carl’s Jr. It’s right there on the way out of the parking lot.

Deep fried chicken breast on a bun with pickles.

I got the gut-guilt right after I finished driving up Hwy 99.

Then I saw the Arnold Rules and relaxed.

One little chicken sandwich doesn’t mean the sky is falling.

Later I had some birthday cake for dessert. Thanks, Kelly.

 

Eat, Lift, Repeat For Arnold Rules

-You should be training with some kind of resistance (your bodyweight works), no matter your age

 

TRX is a strap system for body weight workouts.

I’ve got one hanging off the pull-up bar on my squat rack.

I use it for squats instead of the rack, which is also a bench press station.

The squats come in between bench sets.

One of my new moves is leaning back and crossing my arms in front to target the inner-chest and build that line between pecs.

 

-You should do something to get your heart going and get a schvitz a few times a week

 

A good schvitz means a good sweat, which can be a problem for the ‘icky sweat’ crowd.

A sauna is the answer to a good schvitz.

With no sauna, try this:

Take a good, hot, shower to start.

Then dry off and pull on your tightest t-shirt, then a plush vest.

To finish, put on a hoodie, then a parka.

Check for pants and shoes before heading out the door.

It might be ‘icky sweat’ but you won’t funk-out because you’re wearing clean gear after a shower.

Take a walk for half and hour in that rig and you’ll start percolating.

If you see anyone you know, tell them you’re ‘making weight.’ Hey, Mark.

 

You Make The Magic With Commitment

-You should know there isn’t a magic pill, a hack, or a diet and most of that crap people put in their lists is just meant to confuse you so you pay them to figure it out for you with whatever they are selling

 

We’ve seen the fat burner pill, the muscle builder pill, the weight loss pill.

Where’s there’s a way, there is a pill.

Which ones have you tried? Did they work?

Consistent effort is the key.

Yet there’s still people who wonder, “Why do you think it’s important to exercise as much as you do?”

It makes me wonder who they think they’re talking to.

My maladies are no secret, but they are a motivation since it was a tumor.

Do I really need to get a schvitz regularly?

Yes, and so do you.

Look, life throws things at you and sometimes it’s unexpected.

You need to be in some kind of shape to take the hit and keep going.

 

-You should also know my daily newsletter is free, is allergic to bullshit, and includes weekly workouts, the latest health and fitness news, and motivation from me.

 

I like Arnold. What he said about his father? I liked that, too. The video after Jan6?

That, too.

Boomerpdx isn’t a daily newsletter, daily podcast, or a reminder email you can’t unsubscribe to.

Boomerpdx is a daily blogpost intended to shine a light where I think it’s needed.

And that brings up yet another question: Why should you care about this blog? Why should you join, then find a way to make a donation, to contribute a comment?

Read a few posts and you’ll have your answer. 

 

When Life Becomes More Urgent

-Don’t worry, if you paid one of those people to tell you jumping in cold water or taking 29 pills every morning will get you fit, I’ll still be here in three months when you decide it’s time to try something that works.

The only trick I know is that you have to work, it hasn’t changed in 76 years and it won’t change.

 

Young people, younger than baby boomers, will get this in a few years:

Our days a numbered, some with a big number, some with a small number.

If we get older, like Arnold, the number is automatically smaller.

Get older like me? I’ve got more years behind me than in front.

Does that worry me? No.

Should it? No, because I value things everyday.

I value the family I do see and the family I don’t see.

I value my town, my county, my state, my region, my country.

Why?

Because I’ve lived in other places and traveled to even more.

Do I follow some Bro who gets up at five in the morning, jumps into an ice bath, dries off with a Trump towel and makes $35K a month and wants you to buy their plan so you can make $35,000 a month?

No. Instead, I get up a five in the morning searching for a meaningful topic for my readers’ benefit.

And my benefit. That’s when Dave Rules intersect with Arnold Rules.

You know the old saying? No benefit for the writer means no benefit for the reader.

Are you feeling it? Let me know.