"You better start right now. Don't wait till the game is called on account of darkness." Speech by Gary Cooper’s character calling for people to get involved and engage each other, Meet John Doe (1941)
Author: Gregory R. Taper
Certified Personal Trainer, Lifetime Student
Physical Culture: Frank Zane and Arnold Schwarzenegger
"Physical Culture is the pursuit of the improvement of the self - not a vain quest to fulfill an external perception. Begin the dialogue with your body, build the connection between body and mind, and seek out those physical activities that bring you joy, enlightenment and success and you’ve found Physical Culture."
You know what no woman should make time for? Talking shit to herself. Negative Self Talk and Beliefs, Body Image, Health of the Body and the Mind
"That body of yours? It may be the only one you get in this lifetime, so own it, love it, embrace it."
Posing Mastery: Appreciating the Art of Body Sculpting Posing – Vince Gironda
"The idea behind bodybuilding posing is to create effect and illusion. Your posing should be approached like a PERFORMANCE. Be dramatic, heroic, even slightly arrogant in some of your side and three-quarter poses. Tilting the chin up creates better lighting for the face and the upper tie-in of the TOP of your body. For instance, on a three-quarter shot, the head looks up at a slight tilt and then over the shoulder – DRAMATICALLY – and it SLENDERIZES THE Sternocleido Mastoids of the neck to make your shoulders appear broader..." Vince Gironda
The Power of Vulnerability and Blame
“Blame doesn't empower you. It keeps you stuck in a place you don't want to be because you don't want to make the temporary, but painful decision, to be responsible for the outcome of your own life's happiness.” Shannon L. Alder
Physical Culture: Deanna Panting
"Physical Culture is the pursuit of the improvement of the self - not a vain quest to fulfill an external perception. Begin the dialogue with your body, build the connection between body and mind, and seek out those physical activities that bring you joy, enlightenment and success and you’ve found Physical Culture."
Deschooling Society, Unschooling, How Children Fail, How Children Learn, Unlearning and Relearning, What is Education?, and Visit the Library
“You wasted $150,000 on an education you coulda got for a buck fifty in late charges at the public library.” Will Hunting
The Truth, Misconceptions, and Faulty Beliefs and Accusations of Sugar, Sucrose, Fructose, Glucose, and Increasing the Metabolic Rate
"When we talk about increasing the metabolic rate, and the benefits it produces, we are comparing the rate of metabolism in the presence of thyroid, sugar, salt, and adequate protein to the "normal" diet, containing smaller amounts of those "stimulating" substances..." Raymond Peat, PhD
