I love America!
Freedom of speech is a great thing.
It allows us to voice our opinions and spread knowledge.
We had an anonymous commenter who I wanted to highlight and follow up on…
Check it out!
“What a typical dumb jock attitude, as if life was so black and white…
When I was in high school I had some dumb bitch try to sell me
something by using a similar approach, she said, “In life there are
leaders and followers…”
Guess what, you are both so wrong on so many levels, but life has a way
of teaching people like you, I don’t sweat it.
By the way, I am both a leader and a lion, and even knowing that, I
passed you up as a trainer because you weren’t good enough for me. My
first impression of you was “DUMB JOCK.” Even after a few free
sessions, my opinion didn’t change.
I am a woman who does not appreciate being trained like a guy. Nor do I
need the coddling you talk about. I have issues, we all do, but your
approach was not going to work.
You can tell yourself you’re great, but the reality is, some of us live
in a gray world, where the extremes don’t work for us. Open and expand
your mind to the kinds of people that exist out here in the real world.
~Rosie
oh and BTW, I won’t be back to read any type of response… and don’t
consider that a win, you’re just not worth it.”
*Well…you know I had to write my response.
I couldn’t help it.
The world is not only black and white.
And its definitely not only gray.
It is full of an array of colors both visible and invisible.
Reflective of our training.
Its not gray and dull like the people who live in the “real world”.
We all create our own universe and whats real to me is “DUMB” to “Anonymous Rosie” who mooched a bunch of FREE outdoor training (which is only 10% of our total program) off of us without ever committing.
I’m sorry to say that I, the DUMB JOCK, agree with the DUMB BITCH who tried to sell her something. (Maybe it was some personal development CDs?)
The DUMB BITCH said there are leaders and followers.
This is true.
It is human instinct.
But to take it a step further, I will take my lesson from my 4 year old son and do both.
He follows and leads depending on the situation he is in.
The trouble is when people lead even when they are lost.
Every great leader has been a follower in the past and follows something or someone greater than themselves in the present.
I have no shame in following.
I was forced into many situations in life where I was lost.
I had no choice but to have courage and follow the hands of helpful leaders because I was in an arena that I was ignorant to.
It felt dangerous and scary.
But I abandoned fear.
Maybe this anonymous blogger was screwed over by a “DUMB JOCK”.
I don’t know.
I battled the “DUMB JOCK” stereotype with my teachers in high school.
But eventually I went on to get my degree at the University of Oregon, law clerked at an HMO firm in Wall Street, played professional sports in Canada, and came back and taught high school alongside the same teachers that were talking shit.
*As far as being trained like a girl or a guy.
That’s all a freaken myth mostly promoted by female trainers and the aerobics, pilates, and yoga market to attract ignorant and fearful “female chirpers”.
The truth is: There is no guy or girl training.
Only training!
If you don’t believe me turn on the Olympics and watch how the athletes are being trained by their coaches.
There are not guy exercises and girl exercises.
They are being trained like champions.
And all of general population training starts off in the trenches of high level athletics and trickles its way down.
And that trickle effect takes as long as 10 to 20 years to get to you.
But that’s why you have passionate DUMB JOCK trainers like myself reading, watching videos, studying, and typing away on this darn computer looking for the edge to give his LION clients.
Conclusion:
Our training is not for everyone.
It would a bad business move if it was because we cannot compete with multibillion dollar giant health clubs like 25 Hour Fatness.
80% of their chirping members quit coming within 6 weeks and forget about their monthly dues.
These companies could care less if people got results or not (which I think is morally wrong and twisted).
Do I sometimes go there to have chill workouts and look at pretty girls chirping around?
Yes I do.
But if I really want to get my ass kicked and get results, I have my coaches take me through a workout.
And I leave my Anonymous Rosie with an anonymous quote:
“The wiseman can play the fool, but the fool cannot play the wiseman…”
