The Enthusiasm Spasm

P.T.’s – did your ‘People Upstairs’ gobble up ‘The One Minute Manager’ and ‘The Enthusiastic Employee’ with a knife and fork? Gyms seem to think they sell enthusiasm. Selling enthusiasm is what you do when you have no idea how to ‘grow’ motivation. Motivation comes in two types. There’s the outwardly focused, reward-based kind (extrinsic), … Continue reading →

The Gym Devil’s Contract – Don’t Fail Dale! (Carnegie: Part #2 )

What kind of gym membership deal will a Dale Carnegie sales-wannabe sell you? That depends on what you’re buying…you see,  “A barber lathers a man before he shaves him” (Dale Carnegie, How To Win Friends And Influence People). (See Part #1 at      https://savingboofheads.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/the-devils-contract-dont-fail-dale-carnegie-part-1/ Be assured, though, that a contract with that gym’s  direct … Continue reading →

The Devil’s Contract…Don’t Fail Dale! (Carnegie): Part #1

If the Devil had Robert Johnson at a crossroads, then the average punter who wanders in to a ‘globo gym’ foyer ain’t got a chance. They’ll be walking away in forty minutes at one end of an extreme. If that extreme is high with excitement on their new purchase…hell, they’ve ‘inhaled’. Surely, it will bring … Continue reading →

Don’t Screw The Crew

Don’t screw the crew. Enough said. On this one, personal trainers can be the biggest boofheads of the lot. Sometimes we boofheads need saving alright – from venereal disease. From the unemployment queue. Ahhh, the DAILY hotbed of scandal that is tucked under the front desk of a gym.  Believe me – instead of  those … Continue reading →

Boofheads vs. Boxheads: Crossfit

There are two sides facing each other across the dancefloor, like they’re in an Eastwood western. Who is the Good? Who is the Bad? And though both sides strive for physical bests…exactly where does it get Ugly? ‘Crossfit bashing’ is one sport I never understood before tonight. But this is an engagement party hosted by … Continue reading →

The Boofhead Sandwich

The problem with saving boofheads is, they survive to lift another day. The fool in the singlet you save today, may well wind up the fool in a company-coloured shirt tomorrow. Lifters can become so enchanted with their gym, that they want to work and train at the same place. This, my friends, is where … Continue reading →

Lift heavy stuff. Put it down. Repeat.

Personal training…it’s not just about being a boofhead. It’s about the gym floor, where you’re caring for your own kind. The boofhead community. Those who take on the danger of self-sculpting every day. By lifting very heavy things, directly over very fragile things – like faces. Heroes are everywhere in the land of heavy stuff. … Continue reading →