Going to Jail

I was thinking about a close friend today. Sorry to write about you man, but at least I was thinking about you…hope all is well with the family. Anyway, he spent some time in jail and I was thinking about it and how I’d prepare for such a situation. Especially here in the Philippines where they just toss you in and sort it out later…perhaps years later.

I’ve had other friends that ended up in jail over the years but for them it was different because they were not able to make bail and went in from day one. This friend was a little different because he made bail and ended up with about 3 months to prepare. Before you get on your high horse and start saying it’ll never happen to you, just think about that for a second. We’ve all made mistakes over the years, but really, for the most part we just got lucky. Remember Tequila Sunrise? “we were both sharing a joint on the beach that day…Carlos went to jail and I went home”. Or something like that. The point is, we’ve all done dumb shit in our lives, and just got away with it.

Anyway, back to my friend. I think he was smart in the way he went about it. He was a state wrestling champ and he was already used to scrapping on the street/bars…whatever…check. He just ran some heavy steroid cycles, double downed on his training and walked through the gate sweating testosterone and strength. FYI: I've never done streoids and I'm not say'n it's a good idea, but I probably would in this situation, that's all.

Any rational person would do the same thing in my opinion; you’d program your shit to maximize your time and peak right before you go in. That’s a given…but what would you train? I think it’s easier to say what you wouldn’t do. You would not waste energy on anything that did not make you crazy strong and you sure as hell wouldn’t worry about your abs.

Yeah you can use the can, but you have to pee sitting down...abs boy.

If it were me, all of my training would be barbell and bodyweight based. Fuck training for appearance, fuck high endurance…I want to be all go, now! Really…have you ever been in a street fight that lasted more than a minute or two in your life? Heavy squats, heavy pushing and heavy pulling; supplemented with high rep chins, pushups, handstand presses, jumps and burpees. I’d eat like a horse to fuel my training and let the chips fall wherever. Fuck long runs in the park, fuck leg extensions, cable cross overs, preacher curls and fad diets…just give me a barbell, a steak and a huge plate of rice. The end result might not look “pretty”, but you’d be functional as hell (and) you’d be in better shape than 99.9% of the people walking the planet.

So why am I writing this? I’m really just trying to make a point, but if you are reading this because you are actually facing a prison term, just e-mail me and we can go over some programming.

Back to my point…My aforementioned friend told me once that he felt sorry for a coworker, because he was small and weak. Now this guy was a top producer in our industry and making money hand over fist, but my friend made a good point; that’s great, but how can this guy protect his family? Really, that’s our main function as men…yeah we earn money to put food on the table and so on, but it really boils down to protecting our loved ones. You can buy a gun for protection I guess, but what are you going to do when you don’t have it with you? You should be prepared for the worst case scenario in my opinion.

So when you think about your training, ask yourself this question. What if I was going to jail in 3 months, 6 months, whatever? You’ll be in one of the most inhospitable environments on earth…how would you train to survive…to dominate? That’s how you should be training most of the time in my opinion. Training to be a fucking tank!

 "Be a man...guns are for pussies"