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Bodybuilding after Y2K

I’m not Chicken Little. You’ll never hear me running around screaming, “The sky is falling! The sky is falling!” I do not believe that the world is going to end on midnight this December 31st. I do, however, believe that there is a good chance that many of the systems and industries we depend on for basic functions, shipping, banking, and telecommunications, will be temporarily crippled by the Y2K computer problem. Luckily for us the imminent Y2K is unlike a tornado or flood in that we have both plenty of warning and sufficient time to adequately prepare.

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

The Five P’s

Some things stick with you for life. For me, it was the “the five P’s” first taught to me in ninth grade during Marine Corps junior ROTC class by Gunnery Sergeant Jim Duggan. The Five P’s stand for, Prior Preparation Prevents Poor Performance. This simple formula kept Duggan alive through dozens of combat missions as a helicopter door gunner in Vietnam and it happens to be a formula for success in just about any undertaking you can name. A near identical motto goes: “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” What does all this have to do with bodybuilding? Just about everything. In bodybuilding, as in life, those who cruise along aimlessly, without a plan rarely accomplish anything significant.

Thursday, March 19th, 2009