WOLF OF BLOOD AND IRON

someone snapped a photo of me walking to the squat rack.

I want to update this thing regularly but im honestly not sure of what to write about most of the time. Need to create a better plan and layout for posts so they stay frequent. This blog is like the platform for a bigger plan i have in the works. Im looking to eventually take off into a strength and conditioning business when i graduate college. Im torn between a career S&C or nursing school. Im applying for nursing school in the fall and have almost all the pre-reqs met to apply. So based on how well I do with the interviews and tests ill take it from there. Ideally though BMF is my little strongman fetus that I want to grow into a strong and healthy "adult" business or company. Till then im kinda just floating around and whipping up people who want to get big, strong, and smell like bacon.

end of boring life talk. lets talk muscle mass and hard shit.

I am Kid Rock right now because "SOMEBODY'S GOTTA FEEL THIS! i stumbled upon this by accident last week and have watched it four times since then. Its a 20 min Vice documentary on Icelandic strongmen. I was completely oblivious to this shit and i have no idea how! I'm like most dudes who watched these competitions on ESPN at random times growing up but never really looked into it. Who knew that one tiny country of 300,000 people could give us so many vikings?! These guys fucking rule and that gym they train at is called "The Nest of Giants"!? fucking primal. scope that huge ass sign on the wall that says NO PUSSIES! I am willing to bet my entire paycheck that these men have never heard the word cross-fit or elliptical. also, would travel to that country just to tail gate/pre-game in the parking lot. full on grilling meat, playing corn hole, yelling "WOO" and "YEAH BABY" while drinking energy drinks and listening to Bolt Thrower out of the trunk of a energy efficient euro rental car.

This gem should be standard watching for all power lifters, meat heads, and guys with muscle. its called "Power Unlimited" It is a 2 hour long documentary on the history of power lifting. simply incredible what these guys were doing. no neon colors, no expensive gym accessories, just raw lifting. this is a time where your pre-workout drink was a line of PCP and watching rape porn. very inspiring. great segments on some of the all time greats including the original bad boy of weight lifting Lee Moran. It also talks about some of the women who came up during this time. Surprisingly it was really cool to see the female side of this sport. If you don't watch the whole thing at least spend 5 minutes and watch from the 9:40 mark the footage and story unfold of Moran squatting 1,003lbs. its insane! i mean you get the back story on it and you are just blown away. i wont spoil it but its fucking cool.

In my never ending quest to bring danger and aggression back into the gym i give you Coroner - Masked Jackal. This track and video kill. If lifting weights were put into music it would sound a lot like this. We need to take back the weight room from these bullshit fitness chains and fruity neon road vest wearing fruit loops. Dubstep and deep house trance music does not belong in the weight room. You shouldn't walk into a gym and feel like you are shopping for clothes. You should be mildly offended at the lack of sanitation. There should be more 45lb plates than fans, hand sanitizing stations, and *gulp* treadmills. (it physically pains me to say that) HARD ROCK should be bumping from the speakers. guys should be yelling and playing air guitar when they are not on the rack. Do you think the founding fathers of weightlifting were listening to culture club or KC & The Sunshine band when they were about to PR?! fuck no. HEAVY METAL and HEAVY LIFTING.

Even though i declared that only heavy metal belongs in the weigh troom i would be an ass hat to not include this Grammy worthy country song from 1985 called "Pump Iron" by Bob Couch. This is why the internet was invented. for shit like this. The music video is so working class alpha that it makes my balls hurt. This guy was like 30 years ahead of his time. the take away after watching this video is your family and chores are trivial. Nothing matters except working out. Disregard everything that is not a weight bench or source of protein and acquire muscles. Its simply a work of art. Believe it or not I am friends with this guy. I promoted his video on Facebook and every forum for so long he actually got in touch with me to say thank you. He wound up getting a huge spike in views and briefly gained a little resurgence. He even wrote me a letter when I was in Afghanistan and is a huge supporter of the military. Hes older now and obviously not in the same shape but hes still a beast and is a nice dude. we speak every few months. Id like to think i am his internet agent.  Bob Couch for President.

BONUS CONTENT: Chapel "Satans Rock-n-Roll" one of my favorite bands and their whole album is a huge pick me up when its lift day. fast, hard, and evil. Its like the bastard child of Motorhead and jail sentence. highly recommended.

stay grim.