My Father’s Workout Routine

This weekend Colleen and I hosted a small party, in our
new house, and invited our closest friends and family.

As usual, my parents were the last to show up (it’s true
when they say “blacks and hispanics are always late!“).

Anyway, when I introduced my dad to some friends they
were confused at why he looked and behaved so young.
They thought that he might have been my older brother
or something… but not my father!

Here is a picture… he’s wearing a fake gold-tooth and my
cowboy hat (he’s always joking around or saying something
weird).

For an “old-dude” he is in pretty good shape. You can
tell just by looking at the size of his arms and the glow
of his skin.

He trains pretty much like I do.

He uses a barbell and power rack that is situated in a guest
bedroom in his house to do squats, deadlifts and presses.

He also does a lot of dips and chin ups.

Most workouts he finishes with a light jog-walk interval
on his treadmill.

He does this about 3 times per week.

Besides eating only the best food he can get, drinking
about a gallon of water a day, and taking a few vitamin
supplements…

He doesn’t do anything magical!

But this simple workout and meal plan keeps him fit and
strong enough to replace the entire roof of his house, by
himself… at almost 65 years old!

(Yes, he did replace the roof on his house a few months
ago… and didn’t even ask for my help!)

This week my “old friends” John Rowley and his partner
Steve Holman are releasing their “Old School – New Body”
workout routine.

The program is really designed for older dudes who realize
that training like a young maniac doesn’t get you the same
results it once did.

The workouts are shorter and focus more on the core lifts,
etc that my father uses to stay strong and youthful.

The website is a little hypey, and he throws in a TON of
extra stuff that you might not need… but the bottom line is
that the workouts and lifestyle plan is solid.

You can check it out here:
http://www.hulsestrength.com/old-school

You’ll see that even his wife is pretty hot for an “old bird”

Grow Stronger,
Elliott Hulse

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Testosterone Shots

When you have school aged children one of the first
things that you lose is your weekends.

It seems like every freakin’ weekend I am at some kids
birthday party singing the latest ridiculous rendition of
“Happy Birthday”.

And at every one of these lazy backyard bashes there
are five or six other dads either holding a beer and
checking scores on their iPhone, or trying to pass time
with fruitless conversation.

Like this one dude who came up to me last time and
asked “Hey man, do you workout?”

I told him “Nah, I just have great genetics.”

He continued, “Yea, my doctor told me that I have low
testosterone… so he gave me these hormone shots to take
twice a week.”

I asked him what it was called, he said “I think it’s called
sip-in-ate or cypo-nate… something like that.”

I thought to myself, “Yea dude, in my niche we call that
JUICE. It’s steroids brah!

The only difference is that your doctor gave you a
prescription for it, which makes it legal, and you’re not
using it to get stronger…. you’re using it to patch up the
gaping holes in you dysfunctional lifestyle.”

My wife was at the party, so I had to be nice.

I just smiled and said, “That’s cool.”

Look, I have nothing against “hormone replacement
therapy” for men.

But, lets get a few things straight first…

Regardless of what you call it… it’s steroids.

And just because your doctor gave it to you doesn’t change
the fact that you are “on the juice”, so any positive results
you see in your body is fabricated.

Finally, and most importantly… if you’re eating shitty food,
not sleeping enough, stressed out at work, your kids are
disrespectful and you’ve got $40,000 in credit card debt,
then “Low T” is a symptom, NOT THE CAUSE of your
ugly, sick, fat body!

And in my (not so humble) opinion… you’re better off getting
your family and finances straightened out, while employing at
least two of these 101 Natural Ways To Increase Testosterone
before crying to your doctor about your “flabby muscle and
soft penis syndrome.”

But hey… that’s just me.

Grow Stronger,
Elliott Hulse

PS – For most people I’ve met… you don’t really need “101
ways” to increase natural anabolic hormone production.

It usually only takes ONE:

http://www.hulsestrength.com/low-t

I am going to die… YOU need to take over!

When I was a kid my father would say some of the most,
seemingly ridiculous things to me and my brothers.

Often, after a teacher called him at work or I was suspended
from school, he would sit me down at the kitchen table and
lecture me for up to FOUR HOURS!

One of the craziest things that he would often repeat during
his furious, passionate and animated rants was…

“You NEED to be better than me!”

“You NEED to be smarter than me!”

“You NEED to be stronger than me!”

At the time I couldn’t understand why this man was so
adamant and forceful about ME becoming better than him.

Why would someone force another person to be smarter and
stronger than themselves?

What my father understood, and what I now see as an adult
raising four children of my own, is the pure and simple truth
that I AM GOING TO DIE!

Yep, my time playing this “game of life” is going to come to
an end.

And guess what… so is yours.

You might only be twenty-years-old right now, but in the
blink of an eye you are going to be thirty-four (like me),
then sixty-five (like my dad) and finally six-feet-under
(like every single person who walks the earth).

And when you’re dead and gone… the only thing that will
be left are the people that YOU helped to grow stronger.

All of your money, cars, degrees and distinctions will
eventually become trash.

But the strength that you work to build in other people
will continue to grow for generations! In this way, you
become immortal.

We live in a competitive world… a place where “dog-eat-dog”
is the law of the land.

But as you’re climbing up, growing stronger and making a
place for yourself… look around and ask:

Who are YOU going to make better than yourself?

Who are YOU going to make smarter than yourself?

Who are YOU going to make stronger than yourself?

Immortalize your strength by strengthening others.

Grow Stronger (than me!),
Elliott Hulse

PS – I live on… by sharing these messages with you.

Cookie-Cutter Muscle Building Workout

When I first began my career as a personal trainer I would
drive a 45 minute commute to the gym I was working at.

During this long commute I would listen to an audio program
by Brian Tracy titled “The Luck Factor”.

It was through these CDs that I first encountered many of the
“success principles” that I live by and teach today.

I listend to these CDs at least 100 times. I listened to it so
much that I would find myself repeating ideas and phrases
contained in it… in my sleep!

One idea that I memorized was, “You’ve got to imitate before
you can innovate.”

This basically means that when you begin any endeavor it is
best to patiently observe, follow and imitate those who have
more experience than we have in the particular area of interest.

(Like I was doing with Brian Tracy)

Only when we have fully absorbed everything that this person
or system has to offer should we give ourselves permission to
begin creating.

This why is it always best to choose ONE “cookie-cutter” muscle
building or strength training system and FOLLOW it for several
months, perhaps years, before trying another one or creating our
own.

If we are too quick to swap programs or to try and create our
own, we will never EXPERIENCE the, often unseen, power
latent in the program.

Give it time. Give it your patience… and more importantly
give the coach or the program all of your trust for the moment.

Once you understand the program “inside and out” then it will
be natural for you to begin tweaking, manipulating or re-creating
something new for yourself.

Mastery in every area of your life begins with an earnest period
of apprenticeship.

FOLLOW the best before you BECOME the best.

Grow Stronger,
Elliott Hulse