Incoming!

Welcome to BHIP, on ramp cohort # who knows what. I lost count. This is that fun transitional period where we start making new friends and welcome in new people. So take a minute and introduce yourself to someone new this week.

As always, this is a reminder as to what we're about. STRENGTH. That's it. Pretty simple. Our aim is to increase an individual's work capacity and general physical preparedness with gains in strength. Those gains in strength then trickle down into other aspects of life, which along with proper, performance-oriented nutrition will result in some pretty cool things. Many have experienced it, but it takes focus and commitment.

If your goals are anything other than strength then you may have a hard time with this. You will not reap the same psychological reward as a strength fiend will and as such may find your motivation dwindling fairly quickly. So it may behoove you to start thinking about your strength(s) and addressing them. Turn your weaknesses into strengths; make your strengths enviable; and just be strong in general. No one has ever been deemed "too strong", so there's no reason to stop.

I encourage all new people and even the veterans to go through the blog archives and read some of the older posts. Check out the links. This will give you a pretty good idea as to what we're all about. It's just exercise, but there's a little more method in our madness.

Here's an interesting read: Beer makes men smarter: study.

*Note: no wonder this study was done in Chicago. The Loop is like Disneyland for alcoholics. Entertaining "study" nonetheless.