Life tests us. How we react to these tests and tough times will determine the kind of men we are to become, the kind of people we’ll be remembered as. Our actions, not our thoughts, will show our sons and daughters how to grow up to be good people. Ray Lewis didn’t have an easy life, […]
The 10 Most Inspirational Songs
How did Rourke not win best actor for his role in the Wrestler?! We all have a reason why, we just have to find and identify the best reason, and hold it close to our hearts and minds on a daily basis. The difference between the most successful people in the world and those that aren’t […]
Why ‘Be Legendary’?
Muhammad Ali. Joe Frazier. Legendary. The status of being Legendary is reserved for a select few that are revered for what they have accomplished, the men or women that they have become, and what they have given other human beings. The list of true Legends isn’t long. And it’s one of the few words that hasn’t lost […]
Are You A Fighter?
Fighters aren’t born. Fighters are created. A fighter is created out of circumstance. He’s moulded from his ability to rise from the depths of despair. Chiselled from hardship and spawned from his ability to, no, his desire to push forward and never relent. A fighter isn’t only found in the ring, or in the cage. […]
Fight Training: 24’s
What set’s a Legendary fighter apart from a good fighter, or even the average guy? It’s not necessarily more talent, although it helps. It ain’t a head start in life, that’s for sure. It’s a combination of hunger and a will to succeed, as well as some Legendary training. Even in fictional character’s like Rocky, it was […]
7 Ways to Be Happy
Life is one big pursuit of happiness. If what you’re doing now isn’t in that pursuit in some form or another, you’re headed down the wrong path. Almost everything we do is either in that pursuit, or is done because it makes us happy in the present. We get up early and work hard because […]
Leave Your Mark
I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was. ~ Muhammad Ali Want to leave your mark? To be great? Act as if. Here are 5 ways, and things you can do to leave your mark on every area of your life. 1. Dont do anything half-assed. I recently read an […]
How to Have Consistency in Your Training
When you sign up to my site, I send you an email – as well as a host of free ebooks and awesome programs – where I ask you two questions: 1. What’s your biggest goal? 2. “What’s your biggest obstacle?” Knowing the answers to those 2 questions help me understand what most people struggle […]
10 Things Successful People Did to Become Successful
Braddock. The internet and our book shelves are packed with information about ‘what successful people do’. But what about what they did? What’d they do when they weren’t successful that brought them to their current stature? Sure, we can learn a lot from successful people. But I think we can learn a hell of a lot more […]
How to Make Every Workout Legendary
Mediocrity is useless. There’s no point to it and yet that’s what we aim for in so many areas of our lives. Our training is no different. Some of that has to do with how we approach our training. But a lot of it has to do with the lack of understand just how important 1 […]
A Lesson In Manhood
As I write this I have Sam Cooke’s A Change is Gonna Come playing on my computer. I’m tired. I’ve had a rough day, but somehow there’s an understanding that all things considered, it was a good day. And life is good as well. This article will probably show up a week or so after I’ve […]
My 9 Daily Practices
You don’t have time to be both happy and mediocre. ~ Seth Godin So, what are you doing everyday to make your life a happier, and more extraordinary one? Here’s an idea of some simple things that I do pretty much every day. They’re things or practices that help me focus, inspire me, give me energy, […]
The Meaning of Life
It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist, not in talk and meditation, but […]
We Are Exactly Where We’re Supposed to Be
My Mom – top – with her brothers and sisters arriving in Canada. In her early twenties living through the heart of the Second World War in Italy. She’s scared. Left to take care of her young children while her husband is off in Siberia fighting as a part of the Alpini (Italian Special Forces). She […]
What to Drink and When to Drink It
There are certain times in our days when our bodies react to certain foods. For example, having fats upon rising and before bed result in increased testosterone levels. While carbs and lean proteins before and after a workout help us build and repair the muscle tissue we’ve broken down during our workouts. This is no […]