OYS #1

Age 33 Stats 190 5’7 bf 29% using BMI. Wife 35 together 3 years (February) married for 2 years (come July) 1 kid

Read (many before committing to this sub): wild at heart (Eldridge) boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud, 12 rules for life, Basic Economics by Sowell, 10 biggest civil war blunders, 10 books every conservative must read, total money makeover, 13 things mentally strong parents don’t do, 1984, 20,000 leagues under the sea, 20th century European philosophy, 60 seconds and your hires, the 9 types of Leadership, the abolition of man, the great divorce, (both by CS Lewis, Act of War, After virtue, all it takes is guts, America’s great depression by Rothbard, America’s secret war, Americans at DDay, American Spartans, Anna Karenina, Anti Fragile, applied economics, the art of war, Beyond Band of Brothers, black Rednecks and white liberals, brave new world, bury my heart at wounded knee, capital volumes 1 and 2 by Marx, the case for Easter by strobel, ethnic America, everday millionaires, the Iliad, a peoples history of the United States, the rape of Nanking, saving your marriage before it starts, the screw tape letters, war and peace, NMMNG, (planning on going back to do the excercises,) after finishing my current book and finding a safe support group

Reading the art of being by Fromme.

Lifting day 1 chest and tris incline bench press (flat benches weren’t available and I was impatient) once I say plus the bar for that exercise I’m not going to keep typing that out 30 pounds plus the bar for 12 reps, 40-10 50-7 Alternating arms dumbell chest press 30-7, 25-10, 25-9 Single arm dumbell chest press I only recorded my weaker arm, 20-12, 25-9, 25-7 Incline dumbell fly 30(total weight)-7 20-12, 30-12, Assisted dips, 4,5, 5, Alternating arms cable front grip 50-12, 60-8, 60-7, Dumbell single arm overhead tricep ext, 20-4, 15-6, 10-12 Close grip smith machine chest press 10-12, 20-9, 20-10

Day 2 back and bis Assisted pull-ups 4, 5, 5 Alternating arms bent over dumbell row 20-12, 25-8, 25-6 Single arm seated cable row 25-12, 40-9, 40-7 Modified lat pull down reverse grip focusing on biceps 55-12, 70-12, 85-5 Alternating arms dumbell preacher curl 25-4, 20-4, 15-6 Single arm dumbell as many reps I can do up to 12 for each position halfway up then from half way up to full curl then full curls recorded only my lowest rep 10-5, 10-2, 5-5 I’m currently on day 3 so the rest of the exercises won’t have stats but here’s whT I do know hack squat 70-8, 45 pound bar over head press 5 reps, trap bar using a weight straight bar 60-7 Day 3 Legs and Shoulders Hex Bar squat Walking lunges Glute kicks Lateral shoulder raise alternating arms Alternating arms db trap raise Shoulder press using a hammer strength “machine”

Day 4 Chest and Back Incline dumbell press alternating arms Single arm incline dumbell fly Dumbell pullover Using bench in supine position Alternating arms hammer strength lat pull down Single arm standing cable lat pull down Wide grip seated cable row

Day 5 bis and tris Dumbell half half and full curl alternating arms for each rep Single arm dumbbell preacher curl Seated incline dual arm dumbell curl Supine tricep ext alternating arms using dumbells Single arm superset tricep cable pull down both overhand and underhand grip

Day 6 Lega and Shoulders 2 Hack squat Seated calf raise Lunge pose Single leg squat/lunge using bench dumbells in both hands Seated hamstring curl Barbell overhead press Trap pull using straight curl bar Alternating lateral shoulder raise Alt arm delt raises using dumbell keeping elbow at a 90 degree angle

I forget the format so I’m going to use SWOT

Strengths im intelligent, I’m a Marine who’s Time of Service has ended, I’m involved my Church’s Music Ministry, I try and standup for what I think is right (tho sometimes I fail) I have a good job that I got back in June of last year which doubled my personal (as opposed to household income)

Weaknesses: I let myself get fat and out shape and wear clothes that hide it, recovering white knight (no I did not white knight my wife) working on being a recovering nice guy, porn addict on day 3 without it, I have no frame other than the Bible and God, I’m working on losing black and white thinking. And also how to say in my head I’m these are my morals and these are the worlds morals and it’s only my job to hold to my morals despite what the world does. Another struggle I have is learning to love my wife in a sacrificial way which according to my beliefs scripture in the KJV Bible calls me to do while not being a complete door matt. In other words loving from the love I have from God vs loving to get which isn’t love at all. I don’t have a good group of guy friends I did when I was going to Bible study well kinda but we never hung out outside of that. My best man is def an Alpha and while I can definitely learn framing from him we just haven’t hung out much since my wedding he also doesn’t have the same core values I do.

Opportunities: grow in my faith, my career, my fitness, being a better father and husband. Actively paying off debt I chose to inherit. Buying a house in the next two years. Having a second child. And ABL always be learning

Threats: still caring about others people opinions, divorce, while not likely always a possibility and something that I don’t have complete control over. I can only control me

Other podcasts I find helpful Jocko Willink, ask NT wright, the art of manliness, Jordan Peterson, Joe Rogan to an extent but listening less and less, mindpump and undaunted