A Story About Abs

When I was a mere mortal I believed that I could not ever get abs. Back then I hadn’t been blessed by wisdom from the Allfather. Since I always had a good layer of fat on my stomach I just assumed that it would be there forever. I did not realise the simple truth of calories in vs calories out. I was trapped in a blasphemous mindset.
In 2011 I tried a cut during the summer. It was unsuccessful and I felt that I had transformed into a skeleton if anything. So I made the decision to not go any further. Even though I wanted abs so bad I realised that the price would be to high to continue that time.
That autumn however, I made severe gains (both physical and mental) and also decided to approach training and nutrition in a different manner. Though I still got some bro-science in the mix of knowledge I felt prepared to acquire glory the following spring.
In March 2012 I commenced what I thought would be the most epic cut ever, I was on the road to finally reaching that tantalizing goal.
I got sick within a week then I got sick again two weeks later. It felt as thought the Gods themselves reached down and punched me in the stomach then the face. I was indeed quite close to give up to be perfectly honest. However I did not, I persisted, though the cut was not something I enjoyed one bit. In fact it was rather unpleasant to say the least. My mindset was one of obsession, I would look in the mirror everyday and became distraught when I didn’t notice any difference from the day before. I had an eating day on Saturdays and that was the only thing I looked forward to.
And then a fateful summer day I was in the Temple and looked in the mirror with my shirt off and saw that I had reached my goal, I cried in the car on the way back.

Fast forward to February 2015. I have tweaked my diet slightly and wake up to having definition on the stomach and visible abs are just a few weeks away, without any significant effort. Quite interesting if you think about it.
My point here is that the first time is incredibly much harder than the coming times (it gets easier for everytime). However, learn to relish the pain and frustration in the first attempt, it will grant you valuable lessons.

Lastly, to give some practical advice. Do not dwell upon it too much. Give it time. Do not constantly think about cravings and hunger. Eat a lot of protein and vegetables to deal with the hunger and occupy your mind with other things to stave of cravings.
A good mental technique is to replace one natural desire (hunger) with another (sex), ie imagining a seductive fair maiden. Another technique, although not as powerful but still viable is to replace the mental image of what you are craving, with a mental image of yourself looking mean and lean.

I will make videos about this in the coming time!
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLatsbrah

David DeAngelo Quote regarding Feminists

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David DeAngelo confirmed true friend 🙂
From his “Attraction Isn’t A Choice”. A very solid read that I can recommend.
He has a very good point here. I too am all for empowerment of women. Alas for me this means the same opportunities, such as the same right to education and the participation in life. In some nations women are hindered from participating in education and sports. This is because weak men fear strong women. A strong man relishes the thought of a strong woman, as a strong woman will be more capable of taking the best care of her man as possible, and vice versa. Many feminists, however, would mould men into becoming as feminine as possible and making women as unfeminine as possible, destroying the unique strengths of both genders. A man will always be better at being a man and a woman will always be better at being a woman, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
Both men and women can be excellent scientists or authors for example. However, when politicians talk about “a feminist foreign defence policy” you know that something is horribly wrong.
It becomes all the more wrong when they also degrade the role of the mother, which has been holy in most cultures throughout history (for very good reasons).
Trying to change the natural ways of men and women to suit a degenerate ideology must be stopped at all cost.

Women, dare to be women and let men be men!

Sunday Summary

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The above photo is from my man Frank Lee’s new studio here in Uppsala. The Abelian Bull and I went there to check it out, and we took some pictures also. I made sure to bring my video camera for some material for a coming video where I will talk a bit about things to keep in mind when getting shot (or indeed what to think about as a photographer). Even though it wasn’t really a proper photo-shoot per se (since I am not my ultimate shape at the moment) it will be a bit like behind the scenes.
That video will be up later in the week.
In other news I have now my Books and Reading page up: http://narcissus.se/books-and-reading/
As I might have mentioned before I am so humbled by the fact that guys ask me about what kind of books I recommend instead of what supplements I use. This is exactly in the direction I want to take this. If you who are reading this right now aren’t already into the habit of reading, I can only implore you to start doing so, it is so rewarding!
Yet again regarding the picture above, I am actually looking about the same size as Alex, if not even bigger. This is a bit of an illusion as I spread my back whereas he doesn’t. In reality he is much more massive than this picture shows.
Furthermore regarding the picture, Alex trained Kung Fu in his youth and I Thaiboxing, hence the stances.
slideshow_1Moreover we took this picture for our friend Infinite Elgintensity who was kind enough to send me one of the triforce hoodies. It is extremely comfortable and are available here: http://infiniteelgintensity.com/
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Lastly I have bought a Rode microphone for my video camera that I will utilize when I am talking and filming away from my glorious and beloved computer. When I am at my computer (regular videos and voiceovers, and also let’s plays as of now) I am using the Blue Yeti, which is incredibly good.
And also, to mention something about my training the past week I did a personal best in clean and pushpress, ie I took 120 kg from the ground and got it over my head. This will also be shown in an epic video coming later in the week! Other than that I squatted heavier than I have done in a while (since I am being mindful of my back). I did a single on 190 kg followed by a single at 200 kg and then dropped the weights for higher reps.