The Art of Manliness

[...] us on Stitcher. Special thanks to Keelan O’Hara for editing the podcast! Show Transcript! Brett McKay: Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast. Now when [...]

[...] us on Stitcher. Special thanks to Keelan O’Hara for editing the podcast! Show Transcript! Brett McKay:  Welcome to another edition of The Art of Manliness podcast. All of us know, or probably [...]

[...] exactly right. That’s a mouthful isn’t it? Brett McKay:  Yeah. Rick Hanson: Neural plasticity just means the brain changes, plasticity means [...]

[...] it at the time. I was a teenager. Now that I’ve come to study them, I know why it called to me. Brett McKay: You didn’t just let your interest stay as an interest. You actually did something as a [...]

[...] the podcast! Show Transcript Brett McKay here. Welcome to another edition of The Art of Manliness podcast. Many of you probably know who Tony Robbins is. He’s the famous motivational speaker. He [...]

[...] ! Read the Transcript Brett: Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness podcast. When you hear the word total human optimization, what does that conjure up in your head? [...]

[...] ! Show Transcript Brett: Brett McKay here, and welcome to another edition to The Art of Manliness podcast. Well, today on the show we have Brian Koppelman, and Brian is a man of many hats. He [...]

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[...] Sources: The Last Lion Trilogy by William Manchester “Painting as a Pastime” by Winston Churchill [...]

[...] , and excitement with the adult qualities of soberness, duty, and responsibility more than Winston Churchill. Thus, over the course of the next several weeks, we will be conducting a case study on [...]

[...] On Monday, we kicked off the Winston Churchill School of Adulthood with a general discussion of the way in which the master key in growing [...]

[...] When Winston Churchill left the military at age 26 to pursue a writing career and a seat in Parliament, he looked [...]

[...] in shape and to be ready to serve when the time came. They also sought to overhaul the physical training program recruits underwent during boot camp. In 1941, FM 21-20, a new physical training manual [...]

[...] way of developing the circulo-respiratory endurance and it should be included in the physical training program every day. It may take the form of drill field running, road work, wind sprints, cross [...]

[...] two or three times a week in 15 to 20 minute periods, provides a welcome change in the physical training program. However, log exercises should not be introduced until the men have become well- [...]

[...] . a. Conditioning exercises constitute the most extensively used activity in the Army physical training program. These selected exercises have a number of advantages: (1) they can be conducted [...]

[...] of Your Own Life ________________________________________ Sources: The Last Lion Trilogy by William Manchester My Early Life by Winston Churchill [...]

[...] turned to another, the very existence of which was unknown until he chose to reveal it.” –William Manchester In his leadership, Churchill was fundamentally guided by intuition. As we discussed in [...]

[...] played the kind of man I’d like to have been.” -Brett The Last Lion Trilogy by William Manchester. Quite possibly the best biography we’ve ever read. Epic in scale – about 3,000 [...]

[...] ’s affinity for the past was hardly limited to a nostalgia for the Victorian period; as William Manchester explains, his deep interest in history extended back into the mists of time and was truly [...]

If you’ve played college or high school sports or served in the military, you may have used Sorinex strength training equipment. For 30 years, Sorin [...]

West Point’s graduating class of 1915 produced some of America’s greatest military leaders including Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley. Author an [...]

I have a love/hate relationship with obstacle racing. In some ways they’re awesome because they offer a chance to get outside, do something physical [...]

What does it mean to kill for your country? How do you learn to do it? What does it feel like in the moment? And how do you feel about it when you’r [...]

[...] requires being supremely proactive. You can’t wait for your ship to come in; an awesome adulthood won’t arrive on your doorstep like a package from Amazon. Grownup life is [...]

[...] – a kind of hero’s journey – is one of the most important ways of achieving an awesome adulthood. No, it’s not narratives per se that are problematic, but ones that are overly [...]

[...] : “Why haven’t things turned out the way I had hoped?” Takeaway #1: Authoring an awesome adulthood requires taking the initiative and being intentional. It isn’t just going to [...]

[...] morning routine. Why Establishing an Evening and Morning Routine Is Important to An Awesome Adulthood One of the most important paradoxical truths to learn in adulthood is this: some rules, [...]

All his life, William Manchester writes, Churchill loved to look at maps, “as much for their utility as for their ability to stoke his imagination. [...]

Of the many “contradictions” of Churchill’s life, one of the most interesting is that while he loved high-flying adventure, and relished danger, [...]

“If ever there was a Renaissance man, he was it. In the age of the specialist, he was the antithesis, our Leonardo. As a writer he was a reporter, n [...]

Last week we kicked off the Winston Churchill School of Adulthood by talking about two central tenets of growing up well: embracing the opportunity to [...]

[...] get in shape and embody the kind of strength and fitness that would make your grandpa proud! WWII Workout Week concludes with some exercises you can do to improve your posture. While posture is an oft [...]

Photo source: IHPRA Editor’s note: This week we’re publishing excerpts from FM 21-20, an Army field manual from 1946 that includes the physical t [...]

Editor’s note: This week we’re publishing excerpts from FM 21-20, an Army field manual from 1946 that includes the physical training program used [...]

In times of war, physical fitness becomes a matter of national vigilance and honor, only to invariably become a low priority during peace. This has b [...]

[...] up to the GIs of old, you can find the FM 21-20 assessment test here. FM 20-21: War Department Field Manual, 1946 Introduction PURPOSE AND SCOPE. This manual contains ready reference data [...]

[...] workout is normally difficult, try it while wearing a 40 lb rucksack. Brutal! FM 20-21: War Department Field Manual, 1946 Conditioning Exercises EVALUATION OF CONDITIONING EXERCISES IN THE TOTAL [...]

[...]  exercises that are possible with a tree trunk as your only equipment. FM 20-21: War Department Field Manual, 1946 Log Exercises GENERAL. Log exercises are excellent activities for [...]

[...] and equipment should serve as a challenge to procure them in some manner.” FM 20-21: War Department Field Manual, 1946 The Strength Course GENERAL. The strength course is an effective method of [...]