Lazy Gym Instructor

A week ago, I asked a gym instructor for advice on doing the deadlift. He was so lazy that he came up with 3 innovative excuses to avoid getting out of his seat. Excuse #1: "I don't use the machines here, so you'll probably be more familiar with them than me." Excuse #2: "Why don't you show me how you would do it without actually lifting the barbell?" Excuse #3: "I want to talk with the other gym regulars instead." What a disgrace to other fitness instructors.

By the way, I just realized that I have written on this blog for 1 year. What a milestone. Perhaps what's more remarkable was that I averaged 11 posts a month in the beginning... and now it's around 2. As for the TV show 24, I already finished watching seasons 1-5 and 8.

New Brother Blog

As you can see, I'm tired of hearing/saying "sister" blog all the time. Just why does it have to be so feminine? Anyways, this bilateral blog will publish my Toastmasters speeches. So if you're interested in that, you can click here. I just thought that it'll be better to have 2 side-by-side blogs instead of cramming everything into 1. Somehow, 2 seems more powerful than 1. For now, there isn't much to see over there, but I will soon add on more stuff, so stay tuned.

Taking The Plunge

Almost three months of blogging and I still haven't went anywhere, with women or anything. But I have realized two important things: always have a positive mental attitude (PMA) and use the low threshold approach (LTA). What's LTA? The LTA states that you should never compare today's performance regarding women with yesterday's performance. In fact, you should state an easily achievable goal. For example, if you talked with 3 random women yesterday, don't push yourself to talk with 5 today. Not only is it too much stress, but more importantly, you'll feel bad if you can't achieve the threshold. This will lower your PMA, which will directly lower your success or confidence with women. So, whenever you approach women, don't expect anything good to come out of it, always stay positive, and be ready to take the plunge, like marines who jump out of the V-22 Osprey (pictured).