Every now and again my carefully curated social media timelines get invaded. Some mainstream influencer slop manages to sneak in and corrupt my usual diet of puppy/cat memes, BJJ content, and the usual dark humor that goes into our most sacred group chats that will never see the light of day. Oh, and open fire BBQ reels. You know, normal guy shit. Anyways, I saw some dweeb on one of those gotcha style podcasts that pretends they're having a reasonable debate. And he was talking about "Going Dutch" on dates. It was so cringe inducing I had to take a lap around the house to shake it off. But it coincided with the temperature dropping and fall starting to arrive this past week. Which means I got to break out (arguably) my favorite kitchen "appliance"/tool/dish/gift from God. The Dutch Oven. Truly a wondrous device. There's a scientific explanation for why it works so well at everything we use it for. Whether it's baking sourdough. Brewing up the greatest chili you've ever tasted. Or somehow turning a giant chunk of meat into a savory, delicious, melt-in-your-mouth flavor bomb. Which is what I did this past weekend making barbacoa. All summer my stepdad kept asking what made the Dutch oven special when I hyped it up. "I've never had one, what makes it different from other pots?" "I don't know, it's infused with West India Trading magic or some shit, I never asked. It just works. Trust me." Friday I went down to the butcher and picked up a decent sized chuck roast. Saturday morning it got seasoned, seared, added some bone broth and more spices, then let it braise for the next 8 hours at a beautiful low simmer. Damn near needed a strainer to get it out of the pot because every grab with tongs was falling apart. The freshly cooked corn tortillas had more structural integrity that the beef. All due to the Dutch oven. Truly a miracle for cooking, and absolutely a must for fall. Anyways, I'm adding it to The Recipes this month, along with a few more gems.

Hey family! Haven't posted in a minute but I'm still grinding and pushing. Good workout this morning! Warm up: Mobility stretches and 100 push-ups (1 set of 40 and 2 sets of 30) Workout (w 20 lbs kettlebell) -Turkish get ups w(2 each side) then 20 push-ups -2 sets of 10 reps kettlebell swings then 10 push-ups after each set -2 sets of 10 kettebell cleans(10 reps both arms each set)then 10 push-ups after each set -2 sets of 10 single rack squats(10 reps both arms each set) the 10 push-ups after each set. -2 set of 10 kettlebell push press.(10 reps both arms each set) the 10 push-ups after each set. -2 sets of 10 kettlebell clean, squat, to press( 10 reps both arms each set) after first set, 10 push-ups and finished with 20 push-ups after the second set. Good workout, good sweat. Still fairly new to kettlebells so give me a good chance to work on each movement.

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We're heading into the end of summer, and it's time to look ahead towards the end of year. Personally the summer has been super eventful, between moving across the country on short notice, having both a Muay Thai fight and BJJ competition in under 2 months, training the Muscle Mentorship guys, taking care of some family business, and managing to squeeze in my own lifting. As things are slowing down a bit I'll be back on the content creation wagon again, with more emails, posts, and videos coming soon. Recently though I had a realization that I wanted to share with you that's core to what makes the training we do here work so well; the concept of a Workout Stack. Guys who have followed me for a long time, and especially those who have worked with my 1-on-1 know, I preach doing the most important things consistently well. Savage excellence at the basics. And that's how we build programs. Hit only the most necessary things, frequently and consistently. We don't do workout splits like Upper/Lower or Push/Pull/Legs. We use Workout Stacks. It's a checklist of the most important things we need to do each day/training session. Laser-like focus on getting those things done and block out all of the noise of everything else that doesn't accelerate us towards the goal. Just like you have a stack of supplements you take, we have workout stacks to focus on the biggest ROI exercises. This keeps things simple and easy to stay consistent on so you can enjoy the rest of your life outside of training. Because that's what we're doing this for, after all. Anyways, I'll be re-opening spots for working with me 1-on-1 next month, keep an eye out for that. If you want details and to get on the waitlist ahead of time, shoot me a DM. And comment below with what your top priority is for the rest of this year. Doesn't have to be fitness related, just the most important thing you're working on between now and January.