Rise Again From The Struggle

Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard times. It's a cycle that needs to be broken. Weak men lack discipline with their emotions and actions. They jump to violence when someone offends them or hurts their feelings. They can't take feedback. They act through feelings and emotions and not logic and reason. Strong men use violence...

The systemic inflammation excess carbs creates is real. I was reminded this week why I cut them out. My joints and my feet hurt so much this week! But I also knew that was a risk. I understood I would need to work through the pain, even if that meant slowing down a little and being okay with lower quality workouts this week. That also gave me the chance to see how quickly I could reset and to be r...

Losing weight is simple. Everyone knows what to do. Most just refuse to do it. It's easier to complain and blame it on your habits and feelings anyway. Or, you can man up and just do what needs to be done. Make better choices. Fix your habits. Stop putting garbage into your body and justifying it like it's an Olympic sport. How are you going to lead others when you can't even lead yourself? Take o...

Not all workouts will be the best. Sometimes, the goal needs to be to finish. It might be ugly, sore, tired, or broken. Finish anyway. This applies in other areas, too. When you're implementing a new diet, not all days will be pretty. You will struggle on certain days. You'll fall off track from time to time. It's not going to be perfect. Keep going anyway. The line and commitment need to be 100%...

If you want to be anything other than average, you need to remove the term balance from your vocabulary. If you want to be successful in your goals, you need to be functionally unbalanced. Yes, that means you might push some people away. That means you will be misunderstood. But if you're trying to be above average, you don't need average people to understand your choices. Those same people won't...

An obesity doctor is telling people that fixing diet and exercise won't help with the obesity epidemic. This is a major reason people are so confused. Just because someone has a title or a degree doesn't mean they are always correct, and you should listen to them about anything and everything. Most people will fix their obesity with a proper diet. Exercise is great for health and muscle developmen...

You can learn so much while working with like-minded people. I'm in France for a workshop with my workout group, and I've learned so much from not only the coaches but the other students, too. It's easy to get stuck in this mindset that only the experts can teach you something. I've talked about this a lot. But there's so much nuance to things. Different feelings or sensations the experts can't ex...

We have this tendency to become self-conscious and think people are looking at us and judging us. They aren't. And if they do, it's only temporary until the next person they see. The reality is that most people are too busy thinking about their own insecurities to worry about you. Some will watch in amazement. Others will not give a shit. Don't allow the possible opinion of a stranger to dictate w...

High iron levels might be keeping you fat? I've never heard this one until today. I'm not saying he's wrong by any stretch here, either. I'm just saying I've never heard of this before, and I find it interesting. This could be something to look into if you're having issues losing those pounds. No excuses!

Winners quit all the time. It's a huge myth that they don't quit. They don't quit on a goal they absolutely want to achieve. There's a huge difference there. They also don't hesitate to change that goal if they start down a path and realize it's not what they wanted. Winners pivot quickly and don't look back to wonder if they lost out. The question you need to ask before you quit, however, is, are...

Over 45,000 steps in really less than two days while being in the air for over 10 hours with another 2 hour car ride to the resort. How? I didn't sit around doing what everyone else was doing. I just walked around the airports and enjoyed the fact I was able to do that. And when I got to the resort? I got after it and explored the area. Why else would I come ask this way if not to soak in the expe...

You can find a way. Once you get past the need to be liked or looked at, you can get something in. No excuses!

Somebody will definitely play victim on this one and tell me how this isn't always true. Before you do, I didn't say always. I will say I've witnessed both sides. My dad and my aunt were both diagnosed with lung cancer at the same time. One accepted her fate, and the other fought like hell. My aunt died in months, and my dad lived for a few more years. Ironically, listening to doctors about nutrit...

Want to learn to eat better? You CAN retrain your pallet to do that. It just takes time and intention. No excuses! Kevin Brewer Rise Again From The Struggle

You might disagree, but you fully control your weight in the kitchen. You want to lose weight? Eat less and pay attention to what you eat. You want to gain weight and/or muscle? Eat more and make sure you eat enough protein and fats to maintain your hormone levels. It really is that simple as a concept. The nuances can get difficult, I get that. The exact foods may vary person to person. But the c...

Look, I get it. A lot of people don't know how to program a gym workout. Neither do I 🤣 I'm not interested in lifting like a body builder anymore. I did that in Afghanistan, but now I have different goals. I want to be ready to do just about any physical challenge someone wants to do at any time. So I train a lot of different things. I'm still getting stronger. I have a body I'm proud of. I'm ver...

Being an adult didn't used to mean low energy and the inability to enjoy life. That's what you get when you stop living and eating like God intended. I played a lot of sports and did a ton of active things as a kid. Yet I couldn't work as hard and as long as my dad. He smoked like a chimney and drank like a fish, yet I couldn't keep up with him still. So, if you don't have energy as an adult, it's...

Telling you to drink water instead of eating to see if the sensation goes away isn't the worst advice. But it's often misleading and doesn't get to the root of the problem. Your body has very clear thirst signals, so it's not that. It's just your mind tapping into survival instincts of finding food when bored. The water fulfilled the task of finding something, so your brain marked that as a win. T...

You know what to do. You just won't do it. That's because you keep negotiating with that weakest part of yourself. Flip the script and start working with the strong part of you. The badass buried deep down, hiding in the shadows. Let that fu**er come out to play 😂 No excuses!

You're stuck in this loop thinking your past is the rule you're supposed to live by. It's not. It's simply I tool to learn from. Sometimes the message is what not to do, be, or say. Other times it's exactly what you should continue doing. Not as a rule, but because it proved to be the right move. No excuses!

When your thought patterns are filtered through fear and sorrow first, then everything else is interpreted as those things. You will constantly perceive everything as a slight. Everything will be an attack. Everything will be worth being afraid of. Fixing your thought patterns frees you up to truly work on the rest of the goals you keep putting off once you move beyond the fear, the world becomes...

Yep, I'm calling you out, men! Start living for those who need you or who might need you in the future. Don't but into the false narrative that you're not needed. You are. Don't be a liability. Be an asset. Lose the weight. Take back control over your health. Rebuild your body (or build it for the first time). Strengthen your mindset. Become the man the world needs you to be, not the one they pret...

My memory was jogged after hearing a little bit about this new study. The one I know about was dealing with adopted families, and the results overwhelmingly showed what were deemed genetic diseases were, in fact, linked to habits and not genes. Our bodies are built and primed to heal itself and survive. We create an environment for that to fail with our habits. Obesity, the big C, and many other t...

This will surely piss a few people off 🤣. Listen, I don't hate science. I think they do great things in certain areas. Nutrition is not one of them. They continue to be wrong, and when they change their own narrative, they rarely say they were wrong before. Instead, they say now they have better data. Nope, they have different funding and a population tired of being sick after following and trust...

An uncomfortable truth. You are the product of your habits. Good, bad, or indifferent. Yes, being poor, overweight, sick, and sad are all results of broken or unproductive habits and thought patterns. Being rich, healthy, in shape, and happy are the results of productive habits and thought patterns. If you're an adult, you have the ability to change any of these results at any time. But most will...