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T21C Fan Drops 31 Lbs, Improves Health, Changes Life

T21C Fan Drops 31 Lbs, Improves Health, Changes Life

by on 16. Oct, 2011 in Nutrition, Reviews, The 21 Convention

24 years.

That’s how long it took me to get my shit together, health-wise. I’m still working on the other parts of my life but I feel like I’ve finally got my health under control.

I’ve always been a chubby kid, even in high school when I was a star lacrosse player, I was never really a great athlete. But I was active enough that I could get by with eating complete garbage every day.

I look at my photos from my junior and senior year in high school and you can tell I gained about 10-15lbs. Once I hit college and stopped playing sports I really took off. I went from being 5’8″ and 190lbs, steadily climbing until I just recently hit my highest weight ever of 270.

As with most gradual changes, I never really noticed it. I knew I was getting bigger and buying bigger clothes, but hell, there was nothing I could do.

I got serious about my health two years ago and started…

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The Line of Man

The Line of Man

by on 16. Oct, 2011 in Independent Thinking, The 21 Convention

It occurred to me today that I’ve run The 21 Convention not only since the age of 17 and since the Summer of 2006 — not 2007 as is commonly believed — but also, against the tide of every relevant obstruction conceivable. I have maintained it’s foundation and nurtured its momentum during this time span, in the face of every single personal battle, struggle, obstacle, and loss.

I have overcome time and again my own self-doubts, insecurities, fears, and failures.

I have triumphed over the fears, doubts, and criticisms of others — both those who care for me, are indifferent towards me, and those who posses negative emotions for me, and/or carry opposing world views.

I accepted the death of my best friend, and the greatest man I have ever known during this time.

I conquered my fears about leaving college and straying, almost violently, from the conventional path in life.

I maintained The 21 Convention in the face of every other professional endeavor that presented itself to…

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Healthcare — No Contradictions Possible, not even Complex Ones

by on 15. Oct, 2011 in Independent Thinking

 
I’ve seen a number of bloggers make the claim that because healthcare demands often sometimes involve life and death scenarios, individual life and liberty go out the window — that individual rights are negated by the fact that someone, anyone, on death’s door is willing to pay whatever is necessary to save their life or their body from permanent and significant disability.

As such, free markets — ie freedom – don’t work* in healthcare.

*It should be noted that such a thing is never mentioned so explicitly. It’s always asserted in a round-a-bout, underhanded, soft, sophisticated sort of way. Mentioning it so directly too quickly and sharply reveals the contradiction, which is painful to accept as a premise in a number of ways yet for a sole reason — contradictions are anti-reality.

Which is a more advanced argument than “greedy corporations can’t be trusted”, or the even more primitive, “greedy corporations make “too much” profit”.

All of which are contradictory nonsense, no matter how cleverly crafted, argued, and debated…

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Objectivism — Philosophy for Life on Earth

Objectivism — Philosophy for Life on Earth

by on 13. Oct, 2011 in Independent Thinking

As far as I am aware, this is the first introduction to Objectivism filmed in a long, long while. The presentation was given by none other than James Steele II at The 21 Convention 2011 of London England. After my own, it was the opening speech at the event, and perhaps the most controversial.

You can view the speech here on Youtube or here on The21Convention.com. If you enjoy the speech and find it valuable click various like buttons, tweet it, favorite the video on Youtube, etc.

Per the speech itself, I think James did an outstanding job with Rand’s philosophy. In fact I would go so far as to say that if Ayn were alive, she would be glowing with pride and admiration for a man so young to have not only discovered her philosophy, but to have come to understand it so clearly in such a short amount of time — and communicate it effectively to a new generation of bright young men,…

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The Most Selfish Political Statement in the History of Mankind

The Most Selfish Political Statement in the History of Mankind

by on 11. Oct, 2011 in Independent Thinking

“… with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, ”

  • Whose life?
  • Whose liberty?
  • Whose pursuit of happiness?
  • Whose happiness are we all pursuing?

Our fucking own.

  • Not your mother’s.
  • Not your father’s.
  • Not your girlfriend’s.
  • Not your family’s.
  • Not that of your “group”.
  • Not that of your “race”.
  • Not that of your school’s.
  • Not that of your siblings.
  • Not that of your friend’s.
  • Not that of your political party.
  • Not that of your entire mother fucking country.

You are pursuing, and have a right to pursue, your own happiness.

All rights are of the individual. All rights are absolute.

You do not “kinda sorta maybe” have this right or that right.

Your rights, are not contextual. Your rights are not a matter of opinion — majority, minority, mob, judge, legislature, or otherwise.

6.5 billion people could declare tomorrow you don’t have a right to your life and liberty.

This would not change the fact that you have a right to your life and liberty.

Remember this when scum bag politicians that deserve…

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Congruent Exercise is on the Way…

Congruent Exercise is on the Way…

by on 10. Oct, 2011 in Exercise

I received an early version of Congruent Exercise, as mentioned in Bill DeSimone’s speech at The 21 Convention 2010 of Orlando Florida, just recently. I took some time to scan through it, and thus far, it is exactly the book I, and I think many others, are looking for — and much more. But those comments can be saved for a review. What I wanted to mention today, other than that (according to Bill) the book is in it’s last stretch to home base, completion, is that Bill is a master of his craft.

Bio-mechanics as it applies to exercise.

And not only is he a master of his craft, but he loves his work, in a way and to a degree that most people never experience. This is probably hard to discern from an exercise bio-mechanics book, but if you are a man who loves his work to a similar degree and in a similar fashion, I think you will recognize it all the same.

It’s also inspiring to note…

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Component Parts of a Committed Intimate Relationship – an Effect on Testosterone Levels?

Component Parts of a Committed Intimate Relationship – an Effect on Testosterone Levels?

by on 08. Oct, 2011 in Independent Thinking, Lifestyle Design

I recently came across a study (link) that concluded,

“The study, led by Northwestern University researchers, followed a large group of men in their 20s and found testosterone levels fell after they found partners and became fathers.”

I found this bizarre because personal experience thus far has demonstrated the diametric opposite effect, so far as I can discern.

In fact since I’ve had a girlfriend, my facial hair has not only “thickened” and become darker, I have new hair growing in places where there was none previously, and faster/longer where there was almost none previously. Specifically hair on my cheek bones, and in between my chest and (former) bottom neck hair line.

That’s right, at this rate, there soon won’t be a clean skin gap between my neck hair and chest hair – it will all be one big mesh of hair.

Excellent.

I’ve also been killing it in the gym. And while it’s difficult to attribute that entirely to higher T levels, it’s equally difficult to ignore entirely…

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The Dream Shake 2011

by on 08. Oct, 2011 in Nutrition

 
No, not a new video, sorry to get your hopes up. Just a 2 year old video of me making “The Dream Shake”.

However, I will share the new Dream Shake of 2011 today, which as you might have guessed, is insanely awesome and far improved.

TDS 2011 typically consists of,

  • Raw grass fed whole milk
or
  • Raw grass fed half and half
or
  • Coconut milk
and
  • Virgin coconut oil
  • Almond butter
  • Saigon cinnamon (delicious!)
  • 1 raw egg yolk
  • 1-2 scoops of grass fed whey protein
  • 1 banana
  • frozen berries (blue, straw, ras)
  • full fat yogurt
  • various rock and sea salts
  • raw unfiltered honey

They whey flavor varies from vanilla to strawberry to chocolate. I find vanilla easiest to mess around with where as strawberry and chocolate are more intense. I typically do not add more than 1 type of fruit to the mix. The rest of the ingredients are pretty standard for my shakes however and are always included (unless I forget or run out).

For clarification purposes, yes, when I say half and half as an ingredient, I mean making the entire shake with half and half as a…

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The Best Movie You’ve Never Seen

The Best Movie You’ve Never Seen

by on 04. Oct, 2011 in Miscellaneous, Reviews

 

By my judgement, the best movie you are likely to have never seen — and perhaps, to ever see — is The Fountainhead starring Gary Cooper as architect Howard Roark. The movie is based on the book, but does not follow it to the letter, like most book to movie adaptations. In fact Ayn Rand, who had virtually full control over the movie, was forced to change the ending of the movie because divorce was in some way “forbidden” in movies at the time.

What she changes it to though can hardly be called a sacrifice in terms of significance (i.e. she did not have to “dumb down” the story, merely make an exchange).

Interestingly enough, John Little of Body by Science fame produced “the making of” featuretee on the DVD version. (Also interesting to note, this movie is free to stream if you have an Amazon Prime account).

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All that aside, this movie is incredible if you share even the slightest, genuine admiration for man as individual, man as he ought to…

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All 21 Convention 2011 Videos Now on Sale for Download

All 21 Convention 2011 Videos Now on Sale for Download

by on 04. Oct, 2011 in The 21 Convention

DVDs are still on the way, but in the meantime, all 2011 videos from The 21 Convention are now on sale for download. The video and audio downloads are perfect for people who (A) do not want to wait for the videos to come out on Youtube, and (B) people who want to play them on mobile devices, or simply offline and when without internet.

The videos are obviously advertisement free as well, unlike on Youtube.

The prices are $9.99 per HD video or $6.99 for the Mp3 version.

You are also supporting the best convention in the world, the convention you love, when you purchase these videos.

I suggest buying speeches from your favorite speakers. They are all really good. Especially Socrates. His speech has changed my life.

Those links also have 5-10 minutes previews of each video.

– Anthony Dream Johnson

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