Comments on: The Pussification of America http://zacheven-esh.com/the-pussification-of-america-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-pussification-of-america-2 Old School Strength & Muscle Building, Underground Strength Training Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:59:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Jonesy http://zacheven-esh.com/the-pussification-of-america-2/#comment-73577 Jonesy Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:52:59 +0000 http://zacheven-esh.com/?p=1660#comment-73577 100% SOLID BEEN ON THIS FOR A WHILE GOOD JOB! YESSSSSSSSSSS 100% SOLID BEEN ON THIS FOR A WHILE GOOD JOB! YESSSSSSSSSSS

]]> By: Vincent http://zacheven-esh.com/the-pussification-of-america-2/#comment-73548 Vincent Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:46:42 +0000 http://zacheven-esh.com/?p=1660#comment-73548 This is all true !!!! People want results without work. Nothing in this world is free - that is what I teach my son. This is all true !!!!
People want results without work.
Nothing in this world is free – that is what I teach my son.

]]> By: admin http://zacheven-esh.com/the-pussification-of-america-2/#comment-73028 admin Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:25:21 +0000 http://zacheven-esh.com/?p=1660#comment-73028 @<a href="#comment-73001" rel="nofollow">Nicholas</a>: You're right, brutha, guys like us are bringing back the truth - that you gotta work for that shit, earn it and sweat for it. 4 minute abs and shortcuts exist in fantasy land. @Nicholas: You’re right, brutha, guys like us are bringing back the truth – that you gotta work for that shit, earn it and sweat for it.

4 minute abs and shortcuts exist in fantasy land.

]]> By: admin http://zacheven-esh.com/the-pussification-of-america-2/#comment-73027 admin Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:21:20 +0000 http://zacheven-esh.com/?p=1660#comment-73027 @<a href="#comment-73025" rel="nofollow">Laura</a>: Laura - I'm hoping that you would be able to tell by reading this has NOTHING to w/women, it's a "phrase" and if I TRULY wanted to relate this to women I would have mentioned so in the article. But, as you can see, I did not :) It's just a "phrase" and of course I knew some people would be offended, this is the way it goes when topics of this nature are expressed. If you have difficulty following my rant then you are perhaps not as involved as I am with seeing how people are short changing themselves with regards to success in ALL areas of life: - business - health - fitness - sports - career success - the list goes on and on, people are getting soft, both mentally and physically, and I felt the need to say something about it. Period, end of story. Thanks for writing :) @Laura: Laura – I’m hoping that you would be able to tell by reading this has NOTHING to w/women, it’s a “phrase” and if I TRULY wanted to relate this to women I would have mentioned so in the article.

But, as you can see, I did not :)

It’s just a “phrase” and of course I knew some people would be offended, this is the way it goes when topics of this nature are expressed.

If you have difficulty following my rant then you are perhaps not as involved as I am with seeing how people are short changing themselves with regards to success in ALL areas of life:

- business
- health
- fitness
- sports
- career success

- the list goes on and on, people are getting soft, both mentally and physically, and I felt the need to say something about it. Period, end of story.

Thanks for writing :)

]]> By: Laura http://zacheven-esh.com/the-pussification-of-america-2/#comment-73025 Laura Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:47:51 +0000 http://zacheven-esh.com/?p=1660#comment-73025 It's hard to follow your rant, though I might agree with it, when you call it the 'pussification' of america. I'm assuming you're insinuating that American is becoming like a vagina? Likening someone who is weak to a woman is extremely degrading. Use your words wisely. It’s hard to follow your rant, though I might agree with it, when you call it the ‘pussification’ of america. I’m assuming you’re insinuating that American is becoming like a vagina? Likening someone who is weak to a woman is extremely degrading. Use your words wisely.

]]> By: Nicholas http://zacheven-esh.com/the-pussification-of-america-2/#comment-73001 Nicholas Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:52:59 +0000 http://zacheven-esh.com/?p=1660#comment-73001 I enjoyed your article the last time it was posted and it still rings true. I remember Air Force boot camp. At the end of the 30th day of training, one of the requirements was a 1.5 mile under 35 minutes. Yes, you read that right. An entire 35 minutes to run far less than two miles. (Really wish I had become a Marine instead.) As a nation we have allowed the mediocre and the lackadaisical to set the pace. We live in an era of the excuse. Don't give anyone the appearance of fitness, you must be doing steroids. Here, eat, you can afford it. Discipline and consistency are words of the past. Now it has become give in, succumb to your urges. Get abs in four minutes while you inhale your favorite junk foods. I once visited a gym where deadlifts were outlawed, squat racks were non-existent, and heavy lifting was banned. Intimidates and scares the hell out of the other members - not allowed. But, boy, they had the most modern sit down equipment, complete with TV's, small personal fans installed to keep you from sweating, magazines to read while you have a leisure, stress free workout. Until the pendulum swings in the other direction, weakness will only drive the will to exert one's self further down in darkness, while the strong willed, disciplined individuals become a faint memory and a small minority, still holding on to what made civilization great in the first place. I enjoyed your article the last time it was posted and it still rings true. I remember Air Force boot camp. At the end of the 30th day of training, one of the requirements was a 1.5 mile under 35 minutes. Yes, you read that right. An entire 35 minutes to run far less than two miles. (Really wish I had become a Marine instead.) As a nation we have allowed the mediocre and the lackadaisical to set the pace.

We live in an era of the excuse. Don’t give anyone the appearance of fitness, you must be doing steroids. Here, eat, you can afford it. Discipline and consistency are words of the past. Now it has become give in, succumb to your urges. Get abs in four minutes while you inhale your favorite junk foods.

I once visited a gym where deadlifts were outlawed, squat racks were non-existent, and heavy lifting was banned. Intimidates and scares the hell out of the other members – not allowed. But, boy, they had the most modern sit down equipment, complete with TV’s, small personal fans installed to keep you from sweating, magazines to read while you have a leisure, stress free workout.

Until the pendulum swings in the other direction, weakness will only drive the will to exert one’s self further down in darkness, while the strong willed, disciplined individuals become a faint memory and a small minority, still holding on to what made civilization great in the first place.

]]> By: Marc http://zacheven-esh.com/the-pussification-of-america-2/#comment-72839 Marc Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:03:26 +0000 http://zacheven-esh.com/?p=1660#comment-72839 I totally agree with 90% of what your saying. I just wish you had not mentioned the army as an alternative to the laziness of our kids. I find guys like you who are passionate about good health and hard work are what our youngsters need. I'm sure the army has a way of making large groups of people follow discipline and yes probably, while keeping them in relatively good physical health. But it's certainly not the place to encourage how to handle adversity, accountability, responsibility and especially not decision making skills. Most of them learn to follow, not to lead. So, while strengthening the body the army is weakening the critical mind. If we wan't our children to make a real difference in the future, yes they need to learn hard work and the unlimited benefits of a real effort mentally and physically but they also have to be thought self motivation and leadership. That's how all your teachings will become contagious Zach. By the way, i didn't know you were Romanian, i love that country. peace ! I totally agree with 90% of what your saying. I just wish you had not mentioned the army as an alternative to the laziness of our kids. I find guys like you who are passionate about good health and hard work are what our youngsters need. I’m sure the army has a way of making large groups of people follow discipline and yes probably, while keeping them in relatively good physical health. But it’s certainly not the place to encourage how to handle adversity, accountability, responsibility and especially not decision making skills. Most of them learn to follow, not to lead. So, while strengthening the body the army is weakening the critical mind. If we wan’t our children to make a real difference in the future, yes they need to learn hard work and the unlimited benefits of a real effort mentally and physically but they also have to be thought self motivation and leadership. That’s how all your teachings will become contagious Zach.

By the way, i didn’t know you were Romanian, i love that country.

peace !

]]> By: Pencilneck http://zacheven-esh.com/the-pussification-of-america-2/#comment-72710 Pencilneck Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:02:29 +0000 http://zacheven-esh.com/?p=1660#comment-72710 I and some others are trying to start a web-based exercise program based on bodyweight and kettlebell training. I decided to contact the local Army recruiter to see whether he'd be willing to recommend our site to kids who wanted to enlist, but were worried about their ability to handle the physical training. I was in the Army from '85 to '80, and we got to talking about the changes in kids and in the Army. He informed me that drill sergeants were not allowed to yell at trainees, and could punish them with no more than 10 pushups nowadays! Heaven help us..... Keep on ranting, Zach! Some of us are listening, and doing our part to spread the word. I and some others are trying to start a web-based exercise program based on bodyweight and kettlebell training. I decided to contact the local Army recruiter to see whether he’d be willing to recommend our site to kids who wanted to enlist, but were worried about their ability to handle the physical training. I was in the Army from ’85 to ’80, and we got to talking about the changes in kids and in the Army. He informed me that drill sergeants were not allowed to yell at trainees, and could punish them with no more than 10 pushups nowadays! Heaven help us…..
Keep on ranting, Zach! Some of us are listening, and doing our part to spread the word.

]]> By: itchy http://zacheven-esh.com/the-pussification-of-america-2/#comment-72579 itchy Sat, 15 Oct 2011 19:50:56 +0000 http://zacheven-esh.com/?p=1660#comment-72579 It's quite the same here in Germany. Sports in School mostly suck - because even the fattest and slowest "athletes" can get quite good marks. There were guys und girls in my class in 2009 who ran the 5k in much over 30 minutes and clearly couldn't do a single pull-up (we also never had to - "yeah lets do a circle: 5 push ups, rest, 5 lunges, rest, 10 sit-ups, rest,....") and still got average marks. After school i began training with my federal states law enforcement agency. And it's also the same here. In a period of half a year we had 3x90min of different sports per week. Which meant: 90 min of self defense training & boxing (which was hard but okay), 90 min of either idiotic circletraining ("i don't know what to do today, lets fuck up our trainees or bore them to hell") or swimming, or 90 minutes of running with the "the slower you run the more you run"-method. All in all i have to say: there is no "physical culture" here in germany. In school all the guys were talking shit about how much to bench and how much to curl, the girls all talking shit about being vegetarian and the benefits of sitting on an ergometer on lowest setting while reading a book. Here in the law enforcement agency its not much different. We have sport-teachers here, that are proven marathoners or triathlethes, who don't know shit, but they studied "sports and physical training" and are therefore qualified to train all of us - not. In our weight room at our barracks here, there are tons of useless equipment. literally: few machines, many cable-turrets, several benches, lots of dumbbells and curl equipment and no (yes! not a single!) squat rack or anything like that. And so you can see the young and old officers benching and curling like there is no tomorrow, doing lat pulls for fun and in between some sit-ups. Nobody cares about squatting, because there is a leg press. No one cares about pull-ups, because there is the lat-pulldown and so on. It sucks. And those are the reasons i train underground style. I love bodyweight-training and currently i'm going from pr to pr. Today i tested myself and did 250 bodyweight-squats in a row - because fuck you you sucking bench&curl bodybuilders. i rely on a mix of bodyweight training "convict conditioning" style with crossfit and underground strength style workouts and i love it. I will close now: you Americans are not the only people who have to deal with the pussification. Greetings from germany :) It’s quite the same here in Germany.

Sports in School mostly suck – because even the fattest and slowest “athletes” can get quite good marks.
There were guys und girls in my class in 2009 who ran the 5k in much over 30 minutes and clearly couldn’t do a single pull-up (we also never had to – “yeah lets do a circle: 5 push ups, rest, 5 lunges, rest, 10 sit-ups, rest,….”) and still got average marks.

After school i began training with my federal states law enforcement agency. And it’s also the same here.
In a period of half a year we had 3x90min of different sports per week.
Which meant: 90 min of self defense training & boxing (which was hard but okay), 90 min of either idiotic circletraining (“i don’t know what to do today, lets fuck up our trainees or bore them to hell”) or swimming, or 90 minutes of running with the “the slower you run the more you run”-method.

All in all i have to say: there is no “physical culture” here in germany.
In school all the guys were talking shit about how much to bench and how much to curl, the girls all talking shit about being vegetarian and the benefits of sitting on an ergometer on lowest setting while reading a book.
Here in the law enforcement agency its not much different.
We have sport-teachers here, that are proven marathoners or triathlethes, who don’t know shit, but they studied “sports and physical training” and are therefore qualified to train all of us – not.

In our weight room at our barracks here, there are tons of useless equipment.
literally: few machines, many cable-turrets, several benches, lots of dumbbells and curl equipment and no (yes! not a single!) squat rack or anything like that.

And so you can see the young and old officers benching and curling like there is no tomorrow, doing lat pulls for fun and in between some sit-ups.

Nobody cares about squatting, because there is a leg press. No one cares about pull-ups, because there is the lat-pulldown and so on.

It sucks.

And those are the reasons i train underground style.
I love bodyweight-training and currently i’m going from pr to pr.
Today i tested myself and did 250 bodyweight-squats in a row – because fuck you you sucking bench&curl bodybuilders.

i rely on a mix of bodyweight training “convict conditioning” style with crossfit and underground strength style workouts and i love it.

I will close now:
you Americans are not the only people who have to deal with the pussification.

Greetings from germany :)

]]> By: adrian http://zacheven-esh.com/the-pussification-of-america-2/#comment-72464 adrian Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:52:51 +0000 http://zacheven-esh.com/?p=1660#comment-72464 its starting to get like that over here (uk) so i have just brought a copy of your ebook and so i will man up and train at home its starting to get like that over here (uk) so i have just brought a copy of your ebook and so i will man up and train at home

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