Arnold Classic Europe happened in Madrid over the weekend. I'm not going to go into where everyone placed. Go to Flex Magazines Website to find out. I will touch on a couple things.
1: Shawn Rhoden is proof is not where you start, but where you finish. The guy we saw at the Arnold and the Flex Pro is not the same guy. Whatever he and Chris Aceto are doing is working, and he needs to keep doing it. I think he is the closet we currently have to Flex Wheeler. I know there a lot of others who aren't or wont give him that title, but I will. He still needs more time at the championship level, because now he's the hunted and not the hunter. I think he'll handle that role reversal well.
2: Roelly Winklaar in third is not a placing I agree with. He was smaller and softer. He needs the rest until next year. He has to find a way to keep the muscle he has without burning it off. He tries to get three percent better but comes back 20 percent worse. Sometimes it helps to just diet your ass off and go in as is. Don;t change anything. Chris Cormier did it a couple times and he's won plenty of pro shows including the Night of Champions (remember that show)
3: Toney Freeman at his worst, in a show like this, is NEVER a fifth place bodybuilder. He was no lower than second and made a push for first. Yes I'm looking at pictures, but those are some damn good pictures then. I don't know why he finished that low, but hopefully he keeps going until he's 50. I'm serious. I enjoy seeing him onstage.
Felix Baumgartner
The man basically jumped from space. What kind of thinking does that take? A special one. Is he a bit off? Quite possibly. But he sat down, saw something he wanted to break, and went after it. It wasn't overnight either. Time was spent planning, practicing and thinking about it. He may have burned a few relationships, but you know what? The people who see you have a goal will be with you no matter what. He was probably told "no, you're stupid" or "Why do you want to do that".
I guarantee those same people are in bars and at home while he accomplished history.
Blaze a trail. You have a dream that will leave you broke (initially, because profit is good) but only you can see it, go after it. We all die, just smash that shit.
Disclaimer: have a back up plan. May take you on a different path but will get you to your goal if you stick with it.
I mean lets really think about it. Half of you all worry about stuff you have no control over (I see you and your negative political timelines. You all humor me, and not in a good way). Imagine if you put the same energy into chasing something significant?
Training:
Just kind of going through the motions and grabbing great ones where I can. It will be like that until after this election when I pick things back up. I'm still trying to get my volume up and put muscle on. I'm excited for whats to come, but thats thinking too far forward. I need to handle now.
Later...........
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