Method for dealing with those who poo upon your best efforts
Came a question from a client during a coaching call: == “How do you deal with trolls saying your content is shyte?” === Answer: When it happens, and it does not happen all that often, it doesn’t bother me because mentally healthy people who have achieved something of note with their lives tend not to […]
How broccoli-heads torpedo your potential
If you’re frustrated because you’re training hard yet you still look broadly the same and your performance has plateaued, worry not. Or maybe worry a whole lot, depending on your take on what I am about to tell you. Here goes: Truth is, a great body is probably 12 YEARS away. Now I am not […]
Why I’m not on social media
Actually, I sort of am in that I use it to run adverts inviting people to subscribe to this email newsletter. Plus the “Outdoor Fitness: Goole” Facebook group that Jess mostly runs, but I occasionally make an appearance to post something that’s some combination of informative, entertaining, and offensive. But other than those two things, […]
How to deal with dirty words from naysayers
Behold a reply from the venerable Jess to my email about the importance of reminding yourself of what is “healthy, natural, and real” when perusing Fitness Social Media: === “I have had to remind myself of the “healthy, natural, and real” thing a few times over the last year because I didn’t look like a […]
Strange lady attempts to make Yours Baldly look stupid
“Sounds a bit dodgy meeting in a car park sorry ?” Came a comment from a lady on one of my ads who, by the looks of it, is in desperate need of my personal training services. A shame she is too childish to benefit from working with me, given her first reaction to my […]
How I deal with fitness flakes
Judging by the number of people who unsubscribe and sometimes announce their departure by voicing their displeasure like their opinion means something whenever I mention it, my “No Returners” policy is Very Unpopular Indeed. Which is kind of the point. Alas, harsh experience has told me that most people are flakes at the best of […]
Soul-sucking peril of Fitness Social Media
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the pernicious influence of social media on the hearts, minds, and souls of those who use it. Consequently I concluded the only rational response was to come off of it altogether, maintaining only my Instagram account (which has, last I checked, two followers and one post) and a […]
Definitive proof I am not as smart as I look
Sometimes, I can be very stupid. I know, it’s hard to believe that Yours Baldly is prone to profound fits of thickheadedness, but it is true. Let me tell you a story to prove the point: One winter evening in 2017, Jess and I had planned to go to the cinema (I think we were […]
How the Fitness Internet can ruin your life
Behold a true story about how the “Fitness Internet” can ruin your life: About nine years ago, I was a newly minted personal trainer, plying my trade at a rundown 24 hour gym. (There were literally holes in the weightroom floor under the mats that you would fall into if you didn’t know about them.) […]
Advice for deluded little goblins
What I am about to write mostly concerns the subject of preparing for bodybuilding competitions, but it’s worth reading even if you (like me) would rather peel your corneas from your eyeballs with a rusty spoon than watch much less compete in one of those degenerate beauty pageants. Excuse me, that was quite a mouthful […]