21. Vegan. Straight Edge. Power Lifting. Whole foods make whole dudes.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Weight of The World//Struggle
Picture perfect, statuesque, adonis complex fucking non-sense; these fragile minds obsess over marketed success. Cold and controlling, emotion fearing and “masculine,” so to “be a man,” you’re taught to hold it in instead. And we wonder why we all struggle to find comfort in our own skin. Pedals wilt while flowers bloom in an empty room with a girl, a TV screen and the distorted lies of magazines. Your self doubt is just business to them. Don’t buy what they try to sell you; don’t listen to what they fucking tell you anymore. We wonder we still struggle to find comfort in our skin. We wonder why the cycle starts all over again.
Can’t fucking stress enough how good this band is / how cool their message is. Download the split with Axis here: http://www.mediafire.com/?wc8nbxjwjx1cuv2
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May 30.
3 weeks back into lifting and the 5/3/1 training program and I can honestly say this i the strongest I have ever been. Given my squats are now “ass to the grass” with better form, I’m still not too far off from getting the 300 mark during the summer.
I’ve never stuck to something as I have to lifting. I’m constantly trying to get to the gym, and thinking about my lifts, how to eat, new routines. Its solely based on the fact that if I fail on a lift, its my fault. I can’t blame someone else, and when I do fail, I come back harder because I’m that mad within myself. With hockey and baseball I was making up for others’ mistakes and costing my team points making my own. But I was never able to cope with the fact that I let me team down, that always stuck with me. With lifting, I’m always just constantly trying to better myself, and right now I’m trying to get as many healthy whole foods into my body. Which is proving to be difficult with working full time and overtime each day, but I like the challenge. With a healthy body comes a healthy mind, and that’s really helping me right now. When you go through personal troubles or bumps in the road, its easy to just give up and stop in your tracks. But moving forward and working towards a goal holds the highest reward, and that’s what I like. I use my anger and emotions at the gym and get those out on the bar, rather than on myself. Its a big reason as to why I’m almost at peace with myself lately. I have my off days, but overall, I’m happy with who I am.
This is literally the perfect photo to sum up everything I want in the next few years.
A pickup truck with a pitbull.
The first big print run in ADL History goes to Niagara Vegan. We put these together just in time for Niagara VegFest this upcoming Saturday. Huge thank you to Jo-Anne McArthur (We Animals) for allowing photo use and to Farm Sanctuary and Cedar Row Farm Sanctuary for being awesome in general.
We think it is extremely important to do our own branding and to create entry level working groups like Niagara Vegan which can use the power of social media to connect people locally and make veganism more accessible in our community. We can’t wait to see people reading them and to hopefully get them into the hands of the curious.
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Did some heavy thinking while working today. I’m not used to evaluating my life in great deal, but having a 4 hour cut seems to be a good time to do so. I haven’t really let my emotions show for a while, and its a strange feeling have so many of them all at once. I really need to look within myself and find what I need for my own happiness.
Installing a new dishwasher with my Grandpa tonight and then going to the gym.
I wasn’t going to max out on my deadlifts today, but considering everything that’s happened today, I’m going to max out hard. ITs my 5/3/1 set of deadlifts.
Raw emotion is the best thing to use during workouts, and I have plenty today.
Rampage - Lean and Mean
“LIFTING WEIGHTS, THAT’S MY SCENE!”
Older trucks have so much more character and craftsmanship than the new ones being made currently.
