tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post1919649653614754335..comments2024-03-28T03:31:42.278-07:00Comments on Chiron: The Farm Boy WorkoutRoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-41764302047905407562016-12-13T21:25:57.541-08:002016-12-13T21:25:57.541-08:00Ha! This reminds me of one of those life learning ...Ha! This reminds me of one of those life learning moments I had in the Army. I was competing in a Battalion level grappling competition. Back before they started trying to make it like the UFC with weight categories and such. My first opponent of the day was some support guy. He came out in his little wrestling tights and was a hulking brute who looked like he lived in the gym. I was sure I was about to be killed. Instead as soon as we clenched, I realized he was all fake squishy "creatine" muscle. He may be a beast in the gym, but I threw him down and quickly choked him out. The next guy I will never forget. Sgt Ragland from my Company. He was an older (for the army) redneck kinda guy from some Ranch or farm in Arizona. For fun and extra money he would go "hay bailing" and ride bulls and such. He was wiry and maybe weighed 160 soaking wet. I thought I was going to mop the floor with him. As soon as he grabbed me, I realized I made a horrible mistake. He was freakishly strong. Like an old gnarled tree root. He thrashed me like a Rottweiler with a kitten. Afterwards I asked him how he got so freaking strong. He just sort of looked at me and spit his chew and made some comment about growing up working instead of "Going to some pansy ass gym." That was my first 'Ah ha' moment about functional strength vs gym strength. Good article! Jaden Michaelhttp://www.wannabeacop.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-59770989650205404802016-07-01T08:11:28.312-07:002016-07-01T08:11:28.312-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Charles Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13812618556413423872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-17793135568132738642016-06-21T02:03:22.937-07:002016-06-21T02:03:22.937-07:00Phillip, Where in Sweden are you? I'm up in Um...Phillip, Where in Sweden are you? I'm up in UmeƄ...Tobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04938768710653543901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-84451012695399401482016-06-20T10:32:32.512-07:002016-06-20T10:32:32.512-07:00Philip- I'll be back in the UK (Swindon) Septe...Philip- I'll be back in the UK (Swindon) September 23-25, leaving from there for Denmark and Germany.Roryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-11089167120427516932016-06-20T10:10:51.768-07:002016-06-20T10:10:51.768-07:00Toby - That's such a bummer for me. Ive been i...Toby - That's such a bummer for me. Ive been in the UK the whole winter but now Im back in Sweden during the summer =/ ...any more dates? Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15848826626748137203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-33398008364060720482016-06-20T02:32:23.435-07:002016-06-20T02:32:23.435-07:00Phillip - Rory is in the UK next week, from Saturd...Phillip - Rory is in the UK next week, from Saturday 25th JuneTobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04938768710653543901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-87563090156326371112016-06-18T14:42:26.407-07:002016-06-18T14:42:26.407-07:00Science vs. Experience thoughts
Rest days leads t...Science vs. Experience thoughts<br /><br />Rest days leads to bigger/greater/more efficient growth per workout/labor time.<br /><br />Ranch work had many more labor times, which as pointed out, could not be avoided. Even though less efficient, more labor overall.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17842123561228608863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-16469012066870298352016-06-18T09:09:02.608-07:002016-06-18T09:09:02.608-07:00Hey Rory,
Sorry for going off topic here, but I c...Hey Rory,<br /><br />Sorry for going off topic here, but I could'nt seem to find an email to ask you this question... Will you be in London, UK or even Sweden in the near future? I've just started reading your books and watched your DVDs and have become very interested in the field of Self-defense. Also, Is there a schedule on the net when and where you do seminars? <br /><br />Thank you!<br /><br />/Philip aka Big SwedeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15848826626748137203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-3616606457808358242016-06-18T01:57:41.741-07:002016-06-18T01:57:41.741-07:00I grew up on a farm and we didn't have much mo...I grew up on a farm and we didn't have much money, my chores were brining logs up from the woods for sawing and splitting, stacking and then bringing in to burn, filling the coal scuttles for the stove that was the main source of heat in the winter.Shifting hay bales, feeding the cattle on christmas morning... When we needed stone for a building project, you walk down to the stream and carry it back... clearing paths in the woods, doing fences... miis it and the place it hapened<br />The European Historical Combat Guildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425115205496881300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-85504312805915407162016-06-17T17:22:37.918-07:002016-06-17T17:22:37.918-07:00Now that I'm older, I'm envious of people ...Now that I'm older, I'm envious of people who had that experience when they were younger; the type of work that builds character. My father and his father did ranch work like that in addition to migrant field work. My father wanted to spare me to have to go through that. Sometimes I wonder if I would have been better for it. Toughest job I ever had was unloading 18 wheelers all day for a warehouse in sweltering 100 degree south Texas heat. After I recently moved houses and unloaded a 26ft uhaul full of appliances, furniture, boxes and such, I was actually feeling nostalgic about that job. In fact I was just talking to my father yesterday about how I miss that type of work; that there was something about hard manual labor in which-in spite of the exhaustion at the end of the day-there was always a concrete sense of accomplishment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05187757774861215441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-86514056400693517322016-06-17T17:06:18.266-07:002016-06-17T17:06:18.266-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05187757774861215441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-26385178997748642462016-06-17T11:41:18.301-07:002016-06-17T11:41:18.301-07:00He also comments "Cows don't give milk, y...He also comments "Cows don't give milk, you have to take it from them."Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16639369830460933196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-69566522125381854942016-06-17T11:34:56.079-07:002016-06-17T11:34:56.079-07:00My dad has meat hooks for hands; comes from "...My dad has meat hooks for hands; comes from "squeezing tits and shoveling shit" on a dairy farm until he left for college at 18. I never farmed full time, but spent summers on my cousins hog farm; Dad suggested the way to manhood was to pick up a baby pig and carry it around the barn 3 times. Do that every day until the pig reached 200 pounds and I'd be a "man". At about 25 pounds I realized 200 pounds of kicking, biting, pissing, shitting, squealing pig might was going to take more "man" than I could hope to be. Still a pretty good workout though...<br /><br />Today I can still do a days work, but it takes me a week to finish and a week to recover...Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16639369830460933196noreply@blogger.com