Because they said it couldn't be done

May God bless you and continue to extend His mercy to you today as everyday.

You know there are just some people who have a pioneer spirit about them. They’ve existed in every time period and type of endeavor throughout the world. It’s the guy who is willing to go farther, to believe he can do what people say cannot be done. These people, no matter what their endeavor, but especially if they thrive in the physical training realm, are our kindred spirits. Something about these people makes them unafraid. Unafraid to explore new territories, unafraid to try the things that no one believes is possible. It even makes them the kind of guy that thrives on doing what people believe can’t be done. He thrives on a challenge.

There’s a great deal to learn from these men, because they are almost always invariably a leader in their field. If it doesn’t challenge you when someone says something can’t be done, then you don’t have the right attitude. Look for the place in yourself where you begin to accept a challenge in not a juvenile way that children and teenagers do, but in a way that opens up your mind to the possibility of new freedom. When your mind is bursting with enthusiasm and built out of the same steel that your melding your body from, then you’re ready to take on the world. To be the best you can be, regardless of anyone’s expectations. Embrace the hardness of challenge, because there-in lies the opportunity for greatness.

I got the header of this newsletter from a friend of mine I spoke to the other day. Brian Strickland. More than likely you’ll be seeing some articles and maybe more from him on our site very soon. Brian is a WPO Lightweight Powerlifter. That means professional powerlifter ranking him somewhere in the top five in the world at 165lbs. When I was at the gym the other day talking to him I watched him squat 720lbs and I also heard that last weekend he benched 475lbs. Put that together with about a 600lb deadlift After the training session we were discussing a few things and we came around to the idea of being an all-around athlete.

Brian said, “You know, that’s why I do some of the things that I do. I competed in a powerlifting contest and a bodybuilding contest within two weeks of each other. I’m guest lifting at the APF Senior Nationals this weekend and next weekend I’m going to compete in a NAGA Submission Grappling tournament, because everybody told me it couldn’t be done, that you can’t do two opposite sports in a short time period…. Well they were wrong.”

By the way I first met Brian a few years ago when he was training to and competing in a couple of strongman contests back when amateur strongman in the US was still pretty new. People said he couldn’t do that either. That he was too small and that he’d have to be crazy. Wrong again.

That’s the spirit we all need. Living proof that there are no rules. That you can do whatever you have the heart and mind to believe you can do. By the way, Brian is lifetime drugfree. Do you know why Brian has been able to do all of those things? Why the other guys who are unbelievable at the things they do are able to perform in a way that seems super-human? Because regardless whether or not someone else has come before them and blazed a trail to the top of their game they have unwavering belief. They crush self-doubt like an empty Coke can. They’re willing to get out of the mold that everybody else uses and be the one who works hard enough to fulfill their own self-directed destiny.

In your own life, in whatever area it is, you must destroy all doubt that you will succeed. How do you destroy that doubt? A step at a time. You build a track record of success. You guard your mind. Create a willingness to do what it takes to succeed and a taste for difficulty. Learn from the successes and failures of others and go beyond them. Find new ways and personal ways to be the best at what you want to be.

Men like Brian and the others on this site are crucial to the development of physical culture. Because they’ve proven that whatever “it” is it can be done. Whatever you want, if you follow these insights, you can achieve.

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