Ross Edgley, the 'fittest' man alive?

[Born Hunter 17,909]

7 minutes ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

@BORNHUNTERive just finished the goggins book last month , impressive , Mans an absolute monster 

I’m sure Goggins wasn’t wired up right. Phenomenal the way he changed his mindset and life.

But Nims Dai is the new kid in the block. Unstoppable force!

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,969]

5 minutes ago, Born Hunter said:

I’m sure Goggins wasn’t wired up right. Phenomenal the way he changed his mindset and life.

But Nims Dai is the new kid in the block. Unstoppable force!

But does he’ have a “mirror of accountability “

[Francie 6,368]

There's a man here in derry who done 10 ironmans in 10 ten days last year for charity,now that's fit.

[VOON 1,317]

5 minutes ago, Francie said:

There's a man here in derry who done 10 ironmans in 10 ten days last year for charity,now that's fit.

Tough going for one…..

[Francie 6,368]

1 hour ago, VOON said:

Tough going for one…..

Too right voon mans a legend

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,969]

On 15/04/2020 at 17:32, W. Katchum said:

Google him or sit in corner an be quiet he ex navy seal ultra runner that is mentally out of this world like the guy bh posted about in this thread these guys believe humans are capable of such more an achieve things we couldn’t dream of

I knew someone had mentioned goggins ….

Built a mirror of accountability the other week , feel like a f***ing monster after 10 days already

[shaaark 11,376]

53 minutes ago, W. Katchum said:

Fcuk that I’m too old for that caper now

You not training anymore, katch?

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,969]

18 hours ago, McVey said:

It's much better to accept that you'll never put the time and effort in to getting super fit.

I'm not bothered, the chassis still looks in decent nick even if the engine needs a remap.

What’s the point in doing anything then ? 
 

why not push yourself to be as good as you can possibly be at something ? To be taken out of your comfort zone to see how you can adapt and push through ? 
 

Suppose it’s all about what you want to achieve 

[Born Hunter 17,909]

3 minutes ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

What’s the point in doing anything then ? 
 

why not push yourself to be as good as you can possibly be at something ? To be taken out of your comfort zone to see how you can adapt and push through ? 
 

Suppose it’s all about what you want to achieve 

I can only take so much of these super extreme achiever influencer types. I recognise their excellence but they tend to be a bit too much for me. Edgley seems less so.

But you’re bang on, a ‘growth mentality’ is so fundamental and transferrable. There’s factors in life which you cannot control and factors you can, people with a growth mentality focus on the ones they can and consequently make a difference to their situation. Victims focus on the ones they can’t.

Training should be as much about self discovery as tangible aesthetic/performance achievements. There’s huge value in that imo.

[socks 32,253]

I don’t know if he’s been mentioned but up there as there as one of the fittest men alive has to be the Gurkha Nimsdai Purja … watch the docu/film 14 peaks the man’s a machine. 

[mackem 29,522]

10 minutes ago, W. Katchum said:

That’s a cracking mentality but it’s draining I need a break from it, still do bits an bats to tick over but going full throttle all time is a hard one to keep up

I honestly used to be super fit, gym all the time, when I ran my lungs and cardio just worked to perfection, nowadays I have a f****d knee, a little middle aged spread and theres some old geezer in the bathroom mirror every morning,time is our enemy. 

[Born Hunter 17,909]

8 minutes ago, W. Katchum said:

That’s a cracking mentality but it’s draining I need a break from it, still do bits an bats to tick over but going full throttle all time is a hard one to keep up

That’s what puts me off the extremist types. They don’t recognise simple human traits as anything other than poor discipline. Imo it’s wrong and damaging. There’s a few different more enlightened strategies of dealing with exactly what you refer to. A common one which is more for physical recovery but is equally for mental recovery is incorporating ‘deload weeks’.

But one I liked the sound of in theory was from a instagram account I really rate called buildingtheelite. Is a special operations training page which is very scientifically driven in their thinking. They encourage 6 week programs where over that period you focus on developing one thing and simply maintain everything else.

Theres tons of other strategies. It sounds very much like you’re mentally fatigued ‘in a rut’ with your training. Very easy to sit in that state for month or years tbh.

[Born Hunter 17,909]

1 minute ago, socks said:

I don’t know if he’s been mentioned but up there as there as one of the fittest men alive has to be the Gurkha Nimsdai Purja … watch the docu/film 14 peaks the man’s a machine. 

He’s not human!

[TOMO 28,567]

Yeh seen Ross do a few things over the years...fit fella for sure

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,969]

51 minutes ago, McVey said:

All good if you're intent on doing that sort of thing, not so easy in practice.

The only person you need to answer to and make excuses to is yourself . 
“ I’ll train tomorrow “ 

“it’s Saturday , I’ll start running Monday “ 

since 4th Jan I’ve lived a harder routine than I have done most of my life , I’m up at half five , I’m into bed at midnight . 

1 hour a day physical / body 

1 hour a day mental / mind 

1 hour a day development/ soul 

wether that’s through study , stretching or just learning how to cope. You need those hours to grow . 
 

three things I have learned massively are 

1 ) you can never replace time , it is precious , use those secs to your benefit 

2 ) learn a mantra and stick to it . My personal one is written on a post it note on my shaving mirror .” What is dead may never die , but rises again harder and stronger “ I’ve mentioned before , I’ve been in a pit , I will never allow myself to have that happen again to me or my family again . seeing that phrase invokes a memory of how it felt and how much better I am now for it . 
 

3) routine . Routine is crucial . If you shy away as you find it “ hard “ you will never experience the feeling of victory when that thing becomes normal . Nothing is hard , it’s just new. I can do things now at this exact time that I couldn’t even contemplate this time last year . You need to grow and move with the world , as it doesn’t stay still for you