Sharp Savage Fitness

There’s really no reason to be anxious before a fight, a game, or a competition. The outcome is already decided before you step out on to that mat, field, court, etc. The end result is only a reflection of the time and effort you’ve put in V.S. the blood, sweat, and tears of your opponent. Luck has no place here. Talent is bu****it. Victory will be captured by the contender who has suffered more, endured the longest, and sacrificed the most. If that hurts your feelings, work fu***ng harder. It’s a long ride.

We came to f**k s**t up

We came to party

Most people don’t put enough emphasis on rowing, or just pulling in general. Pressing is important and should NEVER be ignored. However, I’d argue that pulling is more important. I could take an individual and drastically increase their performance in the squat and the deadlift without ever looking at their press. The same cannot be said for their pull. Your pulling proficiency will directly affect your squat and hip-hinge. Life is constantly working to pull us into kyphosis (head forward, shoulders rounded forward/internally rotated). If we fail to counter this in our training, our shoulders will go to hell and the forward weight shift will, over time, wear on our knees and back. You should be at least at a 1:1 push/pull strength ratio. If your push overpowers your pull, try to incorporate more pulling exercises at a 1.5/2:1 ratio to pushing exercises.

GRIND:
verb
1. To perform repetitive tasks over and over in order to obtain a goal.

Roughin’ it

Sunday couch rolls with Axeson Jaxson 🤙

To the underdog:
If you’re looking to overcome the odds, you need a ghost.
You aren’t special. You aren’t deserving. You’re attempting to remove a mountain. You’re going up against an adversary that is more talented than you are. They’ve had more opportunities than you. They’ve put more time in than you. They’re bigger and stronger. They’re more technical. They’re better. The only way you’re ever going to beat them is to outwork them. I’m not talking about the contest. By then, the outcome has already been decided. You have to outwork them every single fu***ng day. That seemingly invincible opponent must haunt you every fu***ng day. A day you take off is a day they get better and you’re playing catch-up so you can’t afford any fu***ng vacations right now. And although they seem insurmountable, they aren’t you. Your X-factor is your WILL. Your essence. Embrace your ghost. Embellish your ghost and be driven by it. Every time you get hit keep sticking your nose in further. Over and over and over and over until you get the opportunity to start hitting back. And when you do, run through that motherf**kers face over and over and over and over again. Will makes men giants. Embrace being the nail until you become the hammer.

When it comes to strength training, the most important paradigm shift occurs when you stop viewing progress solely as adding weight to the bar but rather the degree of quality of the movement. This is the key to true strength and longevity. If you continue throwing weight on the bar while sacrificing integrity, you’ll end up sacrificing your health and resilience. Regardless of how much weight your moving, compensation highlights and reinforces imbalance. This is weakness, not strength. One of the biggest favors you can do for yourself is to start viewing progress as optimizing coordination, refining technique, increasing range of motion, improving stability, and most importantly enhancing control. It can be difficult to keep all of this in mind and even more so when it means taking weight off of the bar. Play the long game and you’ll win in the end.

When you find “the one,” you’ll know. It sounds cliché and I myself used to roll my eyes at the phrase, but it’s as true as the sunset. There’s is no perfect person, but there IS a person who is perfect for you. When you find her, you will know without a doubt that there is no potential alternate script that doesn’t end with you both together. She will be everything you ever prayed for and amazingly more. Though I believe we are capable of surviving anything life will not make sense without her, nor any lifetime before or after. So whatever you do, don’t settle. Never settle. Put the work in to make yourself worthy of your perfect person and never stop. And when you are in search, remain a skeptic and draw hard boundaries. “The one” will be doing the same and when the time is right you will find her. People will say this is bu****it. Those people are cynical as****es. Don’t listen to them unless you want what they believe. I’m here to tell you, she is out there. She’s going to be perfect and she’s going to knock your fu***ng socks off. Prepare yourself for her.

🎂Happy Birthday Lily Baby 🥂
You are the color in my world and the love of my life. I’m so excited to be a part of all the growth and adventure 25 has in store for you. I love you!