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“Just walk away” by Samuel Frauenstein

On April 15, 2012 / Blog, Exercise, faith, Gratitude, Health, Inspiration, Leadership, Physical, Spiritual / Leave a comment

Just walk away History is a funny thing, for me anyway, It’s a constant reminder of how I failed. What I did wrong, and whom I disappointed. It visits me at night, when I am most vulnerable. Then the mocking words, I heard when I was young, rings as loud as thunder. History never reminds me of the good. I like that, because who wants their great achievements to be past? I was a small kid at school, hell, up to 6 years ago… I was still small. I got tired of being beaten up and pushed around. I got

“Threshold” by Samuel Frauenstein

On March 30, 2012 / Blog, Exercise, faith, Gratitude, Health, Inspiration, Physical, Spiritual / Leave a comment

“Threshold” by Samuel Frauenstein Threshold: “The point at which a physiological or psychological effect begins to be produced.” It’s a quiet day. No one is clamoring for the moment and I decide to read… Maybe a book, maybe a magazine, maybe it doesn’t even matter. All I do is stare at the pages as my mind drifts. I wander through my thoughts, never letting myself stay focused on one thing for too long. Slowly, as if from a great distance, a word begins to come into focus. As I strain to make out the outline of the letters so I

Just for Today by Samuel Frauenstein

On March 17, 2012 / Blog, Exercise, faith, Gratitude, Health, Inspiration, Leadership, Physical, Spiritual / Leave a comment

Just for Today Strongman, life, everything we do, we do with an eye on the future. I am busy prepping for Nationals, granted the doctors still cant believe I’m walking. I managed to get through that by trusting in God and living for today. If I had to worry about being back tomorrow, or the next month, the pressure would have destroyed any fight I had in me. Our entire life is lived for tomorrow. Problem is… tomorrow never comes. It is with this attitude of tomorrow were most dreams and goals lie shattered. In this moonlit graveyard called “future”

Let me rust ~ by Samuel Frauenstein

On February 10, 2012 / Blog, faith, Gratitude, Inspiration, Physical, Spiritual / Leave a comment

I’ve never been one to run between rain drops. I always figured that we all need to get a little wet from time to time. The world is made of dust and water, diamonds and rocks. It is wonderfully ridiculous and supremely sublime, all at once. This life… It’s everything and it’s nothing at the same time. It’s beautiful and disgusting and that’s okay. It’s messy, it’s nasty and lowdown, and that’s okay too. It’s all okay. It’s okay because all these elements have a distinct and necessary purpose in this realm, in this world, and in our lives. You

Road works ahead by Samuel Frauenstein

On January 18, 2012 / Blog, Exercise, Health, Inspiration, Physical, Spiritual / Leave a comment

Road works ahead by Samuel Frauenstein Time is a system used to measure events. A system we use that dictates our life. Its a system that measure a concept we never seem to have enough of, but that we are happy to waste. Its a system that teaches us the toughest lessons in life. Its a system that can heal you, or for those doing it, break you Training last night, between the cold steel and warm air, I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror. I saw something I have never seen before. I saw fear. Not fear

The “in” Between ~ By Samuel Frauenstein

On December 12, 2011 / Blog, Exercise, Health, Inspiration, Physical, Spiritual / Leave a comment

The “in” Between ~ By Samuel Frauenstein What happens when you run outta road? What happens when you look down to change gears and there just ain’t any left? Questions like these take me back to a time when I was a kid. My old man took me for a drive to talk about life and what it means to become a man. He pulled the car into a cemetery, turned off the ignition and we just sat there for a while. Not saying a single word. I didn’t know what to expect, then he said:”We are all the same.

Change ~ by Samuel Frauenstein

On November 28, 2011 / Blog, Exercise, Health, Inspiration, Physical, Spiritual / Leave a comment

I have this jar at home that I use to keep spare change in. The silver and bronze crap that’s always rattling in my pocket. I’ve been doing that for years man. A couple of cents here and there. On it’s own you can’t do anything with it. So I started saving it up. After a year I still didn’t have anything worth writing home about. So I stopped collecting. I mean, what’s the point, it’s not like it’s gonna amount to anything. It’s just too little, the denominations just aren’t big enough. Humans are creatures of habit… Creatures, hmmm,

The Shoreline by Samuel Frauenstein

On November 19, 2011 / Blog, Inspiration, Physical, Spiritual / 1 Comment

Fear is a sickness… It will gather in the soul of any man that engages it. It is something we all live with. Hell, fear reminds me I am alive. Without it we could not achieve, we would not be able to. Fear comes in many forms. Courage, as a man once said is not absence of fear… In fact it is the willingness to continue in the face of fear. It is not reckless abandon, it is calculated risks. Any fool can jump into the water head first, not many can finish the swim to the other end. For

Lifers and Tourists by Samuel Frauenstein

On November 14, 2011 / Blog, Exercise, Health, Inspiration, Physical, Spiritual / 1 Comment

Lifers and Tourists To Jin – the love of my life Being South African it would only be apt for me to write my first blog here on something near and dear to me. I’m currently recovering from an injury, an injury that threatened my career as a strongman, but I’m a lifer – so I’ll be back stronger and hungrier. Africa is well known for its animals. From the great prides of lions through to the antelope and even the smallest of ants. They all have their place in the sun. They manage to keep a balance between themselves.

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