Coffee's still hot, Gus is asleep under the table, and I'm sitting here trying to write something honest instead of something inspiring. So before I suffer through today's Dolphins game, here's my Sunday thoughts. Here's the truth about last week: I skipped a lift session. Not injury, not a schedule collision, just tired and I talked myself out of it. Next session I made it back, lighter weight, shorter workout, but I showed up. That's the whole story. No transformation, no breakthrough, just a guy who missed one day and didn't miss two. Sixty-three years old and I still have days where the couch wins the argument. The difference now versus my racing years is I don't let one missed session turn into a missed month. I used to think consistency meant never missing. Turns out it just means coming back sooner than you want to. Kim asked me this morning what I was working on. I told her a post about doing nothing special. She said that's most of what actually works. She's right more than I like admitting. A few housekeeping notes. This week is our anniversary and I'll be traveling for a few days, so I might not be as active in here as usual. Bear with me. Also, mark it down: the next two Mondays I'm doing Substack Live, and starting October 12th at 7 PM Eastern, the weekly Q&A meet-up moves here to Skool. So here's my Sunday question for this group: what did you skip this week, and did you get back to it? Not looking for perfect weeks. Looking for real ones.

OK everyone - I am trying something new I have a couple of Substack Lives scheduled on the calendar, but after that, starting 10/12, I will start hosting a live Q&A webinar here on Skool every Monday at 7PM EST. Let's see if we can start building something here

Per your advice I am adding creatine to my daily supplement routine. Bought these gummies from Walmart. They are horrible and already all stuck together inside. What is the easier, better path?

I have sent the introduction for the book currently being written to the two people who agreed to pre-read it @David Oaks and @JoAnna Ramirez If you would like to be included, please let me know. This is the first ROUGH outline, so be kind :-)

Today's my birthday. Sixty-three years old, and I'm celebrating the way I like best, with a book launch. Put It Down is now out everywhere. Paperback, Kindle, all of it. Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IngramSpark, and pretty much every major retailer that sells books. If your local shop doesn't have it on the shelf, they can order it through IngramSpark, same as anything else. This one's about the weight we carry that has nothing to do with a barbell. Grudges. Resentment. The stuff you keep hauling around long after the person who handed it to you has forgotten they did. I wrote it because I got tired of watching people, myself included some days, stay strong in the gym and weak everywhere else that actually matters. Kim already read it twice and told me the ending needed more Gus. She's not wrong, but the book's done, so Gus will have to settle for the dedication. If you've been meaning to grab a copy, today's as good a day as any. I'd take it as a gift. Get it here: https://www.amazon.com/Put-Down-Stress-Resentment-Weight-ebook/dp/B0HDSSV4N5