THE LEGEND?
THE LEGEND?
Bitten by a tick that had accidentally received a dose of radioactive spirochetes, I acquired the agility and proportionate strength of... Frickin’ Lyme Disease!!!
Lyme sucks. I thought treating Lyme was like having a mole removed. Nooope, not like that at all. It’s real bad. For me...
- The First “Herx” hit me like a lightning bolt
- The Fatigue was ‘remarkable’
- I felt like I was legitimately dying
- I might have…
QUICK FLASHBACK
My Dad, GBOTHAr (Guh-Both-Are) is a tough dude.
When he was around 70, he was working on a gutter and FELL OFF THE LADDER. So when he called to tell me how lucky he was that he didn't break anything (he did tho…), I asked him if maybe climbing ladders was out of the question. He informs me, despite being 70 and just sustaining a significant injury, that he is in fact on the way to the hardware store now to get a new ladder.
…BACK TO LYME…
I studied everything I could about it, from diet and exercise, to "new age" healing. I was not a believer, but Stephen Harrod Buhner and his Lyme Protocol worked wonders for me.
- Check out his book "Healing Lyme"
THE HYPOTHESIS
My research suggested a plan to combat the disease. Heat + Oxygen...
- Studies implied that Lyme bacteria were "averse" to Heat and Oxygen (because it kills them).
- I hypothesized that by working out intensely, I would create a hot oxygenated environment that would kill my Lyme bacteria (EUREKA!).
- All I had to do was workout harder and faster than the bacteria could reproduce, and keep doing that until they were gone (mostly).
Unfortunately, killing Lyme bacteria has one serious downside…
When the bacteria die off, they release toxin.
When you kill a bunch of them, you get a bunch of toxin all at once.
My plan was to “intentionally” poison myself every day by killing the bacteria with a high intensity workout routine. And eventually, the amount of poison would be less because there would be less poisonous things to kill.
So it would get easier...hypothetically
THE WORKOUTS
I didn't know how to work out. I knew ~generally~ from being in competitive sports. But I have to “know” these things. I’m very type A in that way.
I became a certified Personal Trainer (a real one) and learned how to workout effectively. I then studied to become a Youth Fitness Specialist and most recently passed my test to be a Sports Performance Specialist.
My personal workouts are influenced by:
Kalos - meaning beauty, and Sthenos - meaning strength, Calisthenics are ideal for maximizing oxygen and heat as they challenge the large muscle groups. The key, was to organize the exercises in the most efficient and effective manner; targeting muscle groups to overload, and varying sets to work different muscle groups while others recover.
THE WORKOUTS →THE ABACUS
Then, I built…THE ABACUS.
WHY? Because the Greeks didn't have calculators (ba-dump tsss)
I had to know. How much work am I actually doing? Am I improving? Was there a fitness metric that made some damn sense?
Nope. The Heart Rate Truthers have great marketing, but they can't tell how fit you are or how much work you did. Don't let them fool you.
THE ABACUS tracks the exact work YOUR muscles perform during each GOYAADi workout. I have tested the crap out of it. It scores very accurately. I’m not done patting myself on the back for this. All you have to do is select your workout and enter 6 numbers. Mass. Acceleration. Distance. You’re welcome…
THE ABACUS →THE MISSION
Gyms cost money. Trainers cost money. Apps want your credit card before you've done a single push up. I think that's backwards.
No gym required. No subscription required. No experience required. If you have a floor and 17 minutes, you have everything you need.
That's the mission. The rest is up to you.