SATURDAY’S CLASS IS MOVING BACK TO 9:30 STARTING TODAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH.
We’re changing the gym name from Crossfit Syosset to LTS, “Longevity Through Strength” so you’ll start to see shit changing over, sloowwwwwly.
I used A.I. to write this email on the importance of Strength training in regards to Longevity.
I had to correct some of A.I.’s wording.
Let me know which you like more, the words out of my mouth or A.I.’s
Everybody suddenly wants to live forever. (Not everyone, but go ahead)
Apparently the secret is a cold plunge, red light therapy, some mushroom powder (If anyone knows where I can score some real mushrooms, don’t be shy), six supplements you’ve never heard of, a $400 sleep tracker and a guy on Instagram explaining your mitochondria while standing shirtless in a sauna (Sleep trackers are a waste, they’re just taking advantage of people who don’t sleep well cause they eat shit all day and night).
Maybe some of that stuff helps. I’m not against anything that legitimately improves your health.
But I do find it funny that people will spend thousands of dollars trying to “optimize longevity” while they can’t carry two heavy grocery bags from the car without their back hurting (This is actually true, and a shame, and proves my point above).
Here’s a revolutionary longevity strategy (It’s not really revolutionary, it’s just common sense. Unfortunately, people want to take the easy way out, which is why it makes it easy for these companies to rape everyone through dumbass “longevity products”):
Get strong. (DOY!)
Maintain muscle. (Hello!)
Move your body. (Movement, what a revolutionary idea)
Eat decent food. (This means stop eating all that fuckin processed shit!)
Do it consistently. (Consistency, Imagine!)
Not very sexy, I know.
Unfortunately, nobody can charge you $2,000 for that secret because we’ve known it forever. (That’s right, we’ve known it forever. They just repackage it and sell it as something stupid to people)
As you age, strength becomes less about how much weight you can put on a bar and more about how capable you remain. (This is tough to accept)
Can you get off the floor? (Walk around knocking people over and see if they can get up off the floor, I guarantee 70% of the people will struggle to get up, fuckin shame what these big food companies did to the country)
Can you climb stairs without struggling? (Climb the stairs, I don’t think I’ve ever passed anyone on the stairs inside a building if there is an elevator available, EVER!)
Can you carry something heavy? (Farmers carry)
Can you catch yourself if you lose your balance? (Single Leg Deadlifts, Single Leg Squats, Single leg Touchdowns, etc …)
Can you play with your grandchildren? (Play, do kids play anymore?)
Can you continue doing the things you enjoy without needing somebody else’s help? (Needing help to exist is a terrible feeling, don’t get there, EVER!)
That’s longevity.
I couldn’t care less if you live to 95 if you’re physically falling apart at 65. (65 is pushing it, seems like people who don’t eat well and train are falling apart in their 50’s)
The goal shouldn’t simply be to add years to your life. The goal should be to make sure you’re actually capable of living during those years. (STRENGTH TRAIN!!!!!!!)
Muscle matters. Strength matters. Mobility matters. Cardiovascular fitness matters. (THIS IS WHY WE ARE BECOMING A GYM FOCUSED ON LONGEVITY AND NOT AESTHETICS, ALTHOUGH AESTHETICS WIL ALWAYS BE IMPORTANT)
And none of them are built by watching podcasts about longevity. (STOP WITH THE FUCKIN PODCASTS, IT’S SO FUCKIN SIMPLE, EAT WELL AND LIFT!)
They’re built by training.(RIGHT ON!)
Week after week. Month after month. Year after year. (CONSISTENCY!)
There is no magic exercise and there is no magic supplement that’s going to undo decades of inactivity. (DESPITE OF WHAT YOU WANT TO BELIEVE OR WHAT THESE SOCIAL MEDIA PEOPLE ARE TELLING YOU, THERE’S NO WAY AROUND IT, YOU NEED TO EAT WELL AND LIFT, PERIOD!)
You don’t suddenly become weak because you got old. (RIGHT, AGE IS A SILLY CONCEPT CREATED BY COMPANIES TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF YOU BECAUSE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO BUY BIRTHDAY GIFTS AND THROW BIRTHDAY PARTIES, ANOTHER SCAM)
A lot of people get old because they spent decades allowing themselves to become weak. (WEAKNESS IS DEATH)
So before you worry about the newest longevity supplement, ask yourself a much simpler question: (WHY AM I WEAK AND OUT OF SHAPE)
Am I stronger this year than I was last year? (IF YOU’RE NOT TRAINING CONSISTENTLY, ABSOLUTELY NOT!)
Because your ability to keep doing things for yourself as you age may be one of the most important measurements of health there is. (YOUR INABILITY TO KEEP DOING THINGS FOR YOURSELF WILL BE YOUR DOWNFALL)
Forget trying to live forever.(ESPECIALLY IF YOU CAN’T TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, IT’S NOT WORTH IT)
Train so you can actually live while you’re here. (DYING AIN’T LIVING, IF YOU CAN’T WALK WITHOUT GASPING FOR AIR, YOU’RE DYING)
Longevity Through Strength.
LOVE, ME