I learned this one the hard way. When I first got into lifting weights at the age of seventeen, I wanted to get strong and I wanted to get big. Sound familiar? So, this lead to me lifting 5 sets of 5 reps for about 5 years. It is what dudes in magazines did so it must work. I got kind of strong and kind of big, but also spent about three of those years lifting the same weights. It wasn’t until after I learned about strength training through my education with Opex Fitness that

Lifting at Kachalka in Kyiv, Ukraine

The last 5 or 6 days were shit. I had the flu, and in the middle I had a travel day moving from Osaka to Sapporo. Ugh, it was miserable, chills, fever, etc. At one point I also accidentally took 3 immodium instead of 3 painkillers, so ya. Killin’ it. When I am super sick, I am always reminded of a theory of evil that is tossed around in the philosophical world which postulates that without pain, suffering and evil, we wouldn’t be able to recognize pleasure, joy, or peace. I