By: Spencer Barrett
Unless you’ve been dead for a fucking three year period, you’ll have noticed social media is a big deal. If you’ve been involved in bodybuilding for the last three years, you’ll notice social media is a particularly huge deal in this “sport”. Most of the people involved HEAVILY, and I mean heavily in social media in this sport have barely even been training for three years let alone involved in a larger capacity than working out their fuckin’ finger muscles on a keyboard and a mouse.
You see it every day, at least I do. The hordes of non-lifelong trainees posting their plethora of fuckery about how they “killed it” at the gym, how many “sacrifices” they’re making or how many new veins they saw in the mirror. The worst is the A word. How “Alpha” they are. I cannot tell you how bad I hate seeing the memes on twitter or Facebook about how alpha someone is.
To say that seeing guys use this term bothers me is an understatement. I want to stab my dick and throw my dog across the living room every time I see that word written on a meme or a status. It’s usually a dude that takes a picture of himself in some dramatic pose, or they use a picture of a lion, they put a filter on it and then scramble a few random words around and throw in the “A” word. “I kill shit, I stack shit, I bury shit, I’M ALPHA”!
I’ve got news for you motherfucker; YOU ARE NOT ALPHA!
Being alpha is about getting shit done and being able to get the important shit done. It’s about dominating in life. Fucking life. Not the 90 minute workout you do four to five days a week. It’s not the 700 lb. deadlift or the truck sized squat. You want a list of people in this sport who are alpha? Well, it’s a short fucking list. Basically, a good rule of thumb is that if you, yourself are the one posting things on social media then you’re not alpha. You’ll be too bombarded elsewhere to have time for social media. I will give a short list of guys in this industry that could be considered alpha.
Jay Cutler. –No explanation necessary.
Jim Manion. –A very corrupt individual, but makes huge things happen and dominates.
Rob Bailey. –I personally cannot stand this man’s personality. I think he’s a drama queen and an attention whore. However what he lacks in modesty he more than makes up for it in his work ethic. He works himself half to death and has created an outstanding business from the ground up. I have too much respect for this man.
PJ Braun & Aaron Singerman –One was the creator of Blackstone Labs. The other Dave Palumbo’s right hand man. They are two men with a huge vision and an unrelenting drive to make shit happen. They both floor me with the moves they are making weekly with Prime Nutrition and Blackstone Labs. You cannot get more alpha than this.
All of these share a commonality as well, they’re physically capable. I dare not say that alpha is limited to being physically capable. Real fast, so I can spare you my ramblings, I know a guy. To say he’s alpha is an understatement. He pioneered the use of solar technology in airplane refueling carts. He’s an engineering genius. He never talks about his achievements that are a lifetime longer than any of the men I’ve just mentioned. Not to mention his salary makes every man’s salary on the above list look like chump change. Not to take away anything from those guys, but they just can’t compete in the realm that this guys on.
Do you dare to venture what they share in common with each other? Absolutely not a fucking thing. Physically he’s about 175 lbs. and he’s middle aged and not a showy individual. He prefers to be outside with an axe or hammer. He’s either cutting down a tree, building something or using the God-given brilliant mind of his in some way to create x, y or z. This is alpha! You cannot get more alpha than this.
So this will further reinforce my assertion that being alpha isn’t about how big of a fucking lion you think you are, or your squat or deadlift numbers. It’s about how you’re able to get shit done and make things happen on a scale much larger than just in the gym.
This applies to a much broader spectrum than just the bodybuilding and fitness industry. Which is so plagued by so many who cannot get shit done or make a salary larger than four figures a year sucking cock for money or doing cam sites.
I invite you all that profess yourself to be alpha, shut the fuck up. If you have to say you’re alpha the chances are you’re not. It would already show. Your name and achievements would speak for yourself. So keep stacking it, keep killing, keep taking no prisoners! Nobody gives a shit, but whatever you do stop using this “A” word. It surely does not apply to you.
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