Archive | August, 2011

8/30/11 High Intensity Workout of the Week

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Exercise

No pictures, no video, just basic discussion of my most recent workout. Click the links for video/product fun.

8/30/11

  • Wall sit: 110lbs x 2/54 seconds
  • horizontal leg press: 390/107 seconds  41 reps
  • Nautilus chest press: 220lbs/44 seconds  11 reps
  • Nautilus pullover: 210/53 seconds  11 reps
  • curls: 35×2/NA  7 reps
  • single arm tricep press: 25lb  L=9  R=8  (reps)
  • single leg heel raise: 75lb  L=11 R =11 (reps)
  • mae forearm curls: 25lb, to failure each arm
  • Heavy grip work
  • lower back flex

 

Point 1: I have a bad left knee. For a while I was doing a wall sit followed by reverse lunges. This worked well for a time, but eventually my knee did not agree — post workout. Strange “creaks and cracks” occurred — time to call it quits. So far as I could tell that effect stemmed from the lunges, not the wall sit.

My suspicion proved correct: I maintained the wall sit and now use the best leg press I have access to — which is basically a pile of junk, but it works for…

Paying Homage to the ARX Fit Omni

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Exercise

For reasons I can’t fully explain, I feel inclined to honor this machine, which the picture above does in a very basic sense. And what machine is that?

The ARX Fit Omni machine, unveiled for the first time ever at The 21 Convention 2011 of Orlando Florida.

Obviously, I think highly of this machine. But it’s much more than that. This machine I think is a sort of last stand against a world of irrationality and widespread stupidity.

A “last stand” because this machine, along with the medical/commercial CZT line, are a representation of the best and highest in what it is to be an American in spirit, if not in birth as well.

  • creativity
  • innovation
  • independence
  • reason
  • revolution…

In an industry flooded with imbeciles like Jilian Michaels, Tony Horton, beach balls, “cardio classes”, ZUMBA, and shake weights — we also have this.

We have a giant leap forward in exercise technology not seen since the likes of Arthur Jones. And we don’t just have a physical product of man’s mind…

The Psychology of Entrepreneurship

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Independent Thinking, Wealth

One of the best speeches ever given at The 21 Convention, and the first ever on entrepreneurship.

Eat it Rick Smith.

The Psychology of Entrepreneurship 2.0 coming soon, filmed in Orlando Florida.

– Anthony Dream Johnson

Why DragonBall Z is so Amazing

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Independent Thinking

I’m quite sure there is discussion elsewhere of more depth than what I am about to go into, largely thanks to James Steele and his find of Anime and Philosophy (which I have not yet read). Never the less, I have my own ideas about why the anime series Dragonball Z is so incredible, so amazing, and so inspiring to many of us.

My ideas can be reduced to two fundamental points about the series.

1. The series in it’s entirety is a relentless display, depiction, and expression of the hero in man’s soul. Time and again, virtually every character of significance in the series goes through the greatest of trials, pushes past his pre-conceived limits, and reaches ever greater depths of his own potential.

The characters consistently face odds that at face value, appear insane to even consider fighting against. Yet, throughout the entire series, the fighters choose, when no other options are presented to them, life in the face of death.

They choose…

My Experience Meeting the Greatest Man Living: Ron Paul

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Meeting Cool People

I had seen Ron Paul speak in person once previously, at the 2010 Florida Liberty Summit. I however, missed the opportunity to meet him on the Saturday of that event.

Not so in 2011. I made damn sure I would be present at the event, no matter the cost, as well as the “liberty breakfast” where attendees would have a chance to meet Ron, take pictures, get autographs, etc.

Indeed, I got a chance to meet Ron, briefly speak with him, take a few pictures, get his signature, and invite him to The 21 Convention 2012 of Austin Texas (via his chief campaign manager seen in the background of the above photo).

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So what was is like meeting the greatest man living?

It was unforgettable to say the least. Ron Paul, by my judgement, is the greatest man alive. He is the embodiment of  the hero in man’s soul. He is, a living legend. There is no one else alive I cared more to meet and shake hands with — the…

Friction is his Fuel: Why Ron Paul Will Win the Presidency

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Independent Thinking

 
So far as I can discern, most TDL readers, if not virtually all of you, support Ron Paul in one form or another. Many of you support him, I think, as much as I do — fully and completely (in spite of certain views that many of us do not agree with at all).

Fully and completely because his pros heavily, HEAVILY, outweigh his cons.

Not everyone is as certain as I am about his win in the coming election. Hell, many are still curious to see whether or not he will claim the republican nomination.

Yet, I have stated time and again that while there are no guarantees, his success is not only “possible”, but imminent.

Why is this? Why do I hold this with such certainty?

Well, it took some time for me to understand, and even more time to articulate — and now it’s time to share what I have learned.

The reason Ron Paul already has this in the bag.

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That reason is this: Ron Paul, like myself, uses friction as a fuel,…

Vitamin D and Skewed Statistics

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Lifestyle Design, Nutrition

 
Dr. John Cannell makes an excellent point that I have thought a lot about as of late — that 99.9999% of statistics are based on populations fucked 10 ways to sunday.

He makes the point of Vitamin D deficiency, but of course, it goes way beyond that. The general population is not just severely deficient in Vitamin D, but deficient in … probably more vitamins, minerals, and other essential nutrients than any of us care to count.

Not only that, but they are busy actively avoiding foods that have the nutrients they are deficient in, AND, adding insult to injury, they are scarfing down substances that can hardly be called food, that are in turn, only further destroying their health.

People run for the hills from egg yolks, butter, and red meat — and hold on to bread, sugar, soy, and RAPESEED (canola) oil like its their last supper.

This is of course, ridiculous, if not insane, and is 100% downright harmful.

But, point being, like John makes, this is skewing statistics out the wazoo on every disease…

Love — No Contradictions Possible

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Independent Thinking

I made the color scheme of this blog black and white long ago. While it has always attracted a polarization of the topics discussed, this seems to have increased as time has passed, resulting in a quality of comments that  are increasingly rational on one end, and increasingly irrational on the other. Readers of this blog, more and more, are getting it, or not getting it at all.

And I am pleased to see it.

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Eva, a recent commenter on this blog, left some counterfeit gems of wisdom that I am now going to selectively rip apart for the lies that they are.

Here is the full comment (link)

Love means different things to different people. I’m sorry to hear that your entire purpose in life is this selfish concept that you have defined for yourself according to some book you have read. The video does not refer to romantic love, but love in general. There is nothing wrong with selfish love, to each their…

Declarationism — The Gold Standard of American Politics

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Independent Thinking

 
Building off of my original post on Declarationism, the above video effectively condenses the original post down into a 5 minute video, which states that any and all parts of the constitution of the united American States, are only valid (meaning legal), when filter-able through the Declaration of Independence.

Specifically,

… that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men.

Declarationism, as a political and legal philosophy, I hold as a truth above all men, institutions, and other political philosophies. Why?

Because it’s right.

And I know it.

Declarationism is the gold standard of American politics. End of sentence.

– Anthony Dream Johnson

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A short article I found on Declarationism.

As a “strict constructionist,” Alan Keyes believes the Constitution should be interpreted and applied as written — not as distorted by dictatorial courts or self-serving special interests.

But he goes a step further, to ensure true understanding of the intent of the Founders: he believes that interpreting the Constitution accurately requires the additional perspective of the Declaration of Independence — the “self-evident” truths of which the Constitution…

Come Meet Ron Paul and I in Orlando Florida August 20th

By Anthony Dream Johnson in Meeting Cool People, Miscellaneous

Ron Paul will be speaking and attending the Florida Liberty Summit 2011 this coming weekend, August 19th-21st. I went to this event last year and had a great time, barring a few speakers who by my judgement, were not fully consistent in their support of life and liberty, unlike Ron Paul and the majority of other speakers at the event, who are fully consistent in such views.

In all cases, the event is well worth $60 to attend, Friday is free to attend, and you can have breakfast with Ron Paul Saturday morning for an additional $35.

For some reason this is advertised very poorly, and most people, myself included last year, do not understand this. In light of missing this aspect of the event last year, I am highly aware of it, and will be at the breakfast for the entire time, both to meet Ron Paul, and formally invite him to The 21 Convention 2012 of Austin Texas, as well as his son Rand Paul.

While there will…