Cowboy's Switch the Darkside

Oh boy, you have got your hands full
Haha yes I do but he seems eager to learn.. we will see if he sticks with it. I had him following me on Sheiko just way lighter weight and think the volume will kill him. Thinking I will run Sheiko alone during the day, and then he can come over that night I will put him on 5x5 for now
 
Haha yes I do but he seems eager to learn.. we will see if he sticks with it. I had him following me on Sheiko just way lighter weight and think the volume will kill him. Thinking I will run Sheiko alone during the day, and then he can come over that night I will put him on 5x5 for now
Yea something like starting strength a basic LP is probably better for a guy at that level
 
Don't they have strength req's for firefighting? I get low numbers but thats really low
Yeah they do but as a junior he gets a pass, and has to work on it. He doesnt get to do much as he is only 16, and He is a good kid, always helps out when I need a hand so kinda took him under my wing.
 
Yea something like starting strength a basic LP is probably better for a guy at that level
For sure, I am not sure he will stick with it, hoping I am wrong. Told him its more than just lifting. Started getting him to look at his nutrition being the biggest factor and the first thing to master. He has some weight to drop so keeping the cardio up, eating proper and lifting a few days a week will get him headrd down then right path. Trying to steer him away from OTC supplements right now but if he insists keep to protein, creatine.

I dont know what it is, two things maybe.
1. He is a good kid, lives with his dad and is the oldest and seems like he needs a big brother.
2. A do over for me as I think I could have been a better father to my son? He ended up as a heroin, meth, junkie.
 
I dont know what it is, two things maybe.

2. A do over for me as I think I could have been a better father to my son? He ended up as a heroin, meth, junkie.

Please do not put that on yourself. While i personally do not know you, chances are it wasn't your parenting that lead your son down that path. Took my dad some years to realize that. Seen my dad cry twice in my life. Once when his father died when i was young, the second time was after my first rehab. I had gone back to using and he hadn't seen me in a couple months. He knew immediately i was using again, we had a convo that ended in him crying saying it was his fault he could have done better as a father. Which wasnt the case BY ANY MEANS. I just liked getting high and had a bunch of internal stuff i had to work through which had absolutely nothing to do with how i was raised.
 
Please do not put that on yourself. While i personally do not know you, chances are it wasn't your parenting that lead your son down that path. Took my dad some years to realize that. Seen my dad cry twice in my life. Once when his father died when i was young, the second time was after my first rehab. I had gone back to using and he hadn't seen me in a couple months. He knew immediately i was using again, we had a convo that ended in him crying saying it was his fault he could have done better as a father. Which wasnt the case BY ANY MEANS. I just liked getting high and had a bunch of internal stuff i had to work through which had absolutely nothing to do with how i was raised.
Thanks brother, I know you are 100% right, but it will always be in the back of a father's mind what he could have done differently.

My kid was using at 12, selling by 15 and doing Fed time as soon as he turned 18, 3 years he got. When he got parole he had to live with us and we gave him the chance. First year was great, second year he started back down the path to drugs. As soon as he was off parole back to hardcore using, we had to kick him out. He spent the next couple years high and homeless. On a positive note now, he has been in treatment for the last 3 months, its a 2 year program and they are working with him to become a treatment counselor with them when he completes the full 2 yrs.
 
Haha 95lbs, at 240

I'm honestly blown away by stuff like this. It seems like weakness that severe would be detrimental to your daily life. Like you could literally fall and not be able to get up. Or get stuck in a car because the door is too heavy to open.

Also I was a horrible kid too nothing to do with how I was raised. Horrible till I was about 30 really. Got high, sold drugs, didn't work for almost my entire 20's, rehab, prison, etc.
 
'm honestly blown away by stuff like this. It seems like weakness that severe would be detrimental to your daily life. Like you could literally fall and not be able to get up. Or get stuck in a car because the door is too heavy to open.

Yeah I dont get it, I bet he can lift more than he does albeit not much more lol... see what he does over the coming weeks and I will push him. I am still not sure he willnstick with it but time will tell.
 
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