Archive | April, 2011

Drew Baye Super Charged [Video]

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Exercise, The 21 Convention

 
Drew Baye’s speeches at The 21 Convention are really good [link]. His interview in The Community Tapes is IMO, even better [link]. This video however, is I think, the best ever produced of him.

It hit me during the filming just how valuable it was. Essentially, this is a video of Drew putting me through a full ‘Big 4 + Neck” workout in the spirit of Body by Science, explaining everything in superb detail for me, and you the viewer.

You then of course get to actually see me go through the workout, which was intense, to say the least (Drew is an outstanding trainer).

In short, it is a hybrid between a knowledge packed seminar style presentation, and an actual workout video, filmed in tandem with the information presented. It’s really cool and I have never seen it elsewhere to this degree and in this much detail.

Drew and I also make some important announcements at the end of this video (about the last 3 minutes if you want to skip…

What It’s Like Having Your House Robbed

By Anthony Dream Johnson in General

My father was a contractor/home builder in South West Florida for over 25 years. He made it big, and then more or less got sucked into the housing bubble, eventually losing his ass — and his home, that he once owned free and clear (at the peak of the bubble, appraised for $1.6 million fiat dollars).

I helped my family finally move out of the home they lost the other day. It was a difficult day to say the least for my family and I. Upon returning home, I walk in to see what you see in the picture above.

I was stunned when I saw it. About 1 second later it clicked that someone had broken into my home while I was away with one of my roommates. About 2 seconds after that I had the 9mm handgun I conceal carry drawn and ready to fire, knowing full well that the robbers could still be in the house, and were likely armed.

This was the second…

Acne

By Anthony Dream Johnson in General, Nutrition

I think a lot of people see me today, and in recent years, and think I have always looked the way I do now.

  • Hairy
  • Healthy
  • Lean
  • Muscular
  • Smooth hair and skin

Mostly hairy.

This is in no way representative of how I grew up though, particularly in regards to acne. Even this picture sucks though, other than in how swollen/poofy my face used to be.

Sucks because I used to have really, really, really bad acne. The kind where your entire face is covered, top to bottom.

The kind where on, numerous, numerous occasions, the girl next to you in class had to tell you “your face is bleeding”, because it would actually be bleeding and/or oozing puss.

As a teenager, this is pretty mortifying, to say the least.

As a young adult?

You tend to not give a shit what other people think, or at least, you shouldn’t. What matters is what you think.

Does this mean cast aside a strive for the ideal? For health, wellness, and physical beauty?

And in case you’re wondering, yes, I…

2 Things That Made Me Cry

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Curtis Noll

Conventional wisdom tells us that “manly men” don’t cry. And if they do, they don’t tell anyone about it. Keep it bottled up like the dark, shameful secret that it is — right?

I call bullshit — an epic load of it.

To the contrary, fully rational men are also deeply, and passionately emotional. The two are complementary, and are in no way opposed to one another, as some would claim — and as some have on this blog.

In fact, with one comes the other, and without one fades the other.

Or in the words of Nathaniel Branden.

“To think clearly, feel deeply.”

  • With shallow emotions come shallow, hollow thoughts.
  • With deep emotions come deep, clear thoughts.

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I sold my boat yesterday. The bow of it is pictured above. More pictures will be shared in a moment.

Why would I cry over a boat?

Because of the mountain of memories embedded in and with it. I have owned the boat, Beachmuscles, since I was 13 years of age, and took it all over…