I remember when I first started working out in the gym over two decades ago. I honestly had no clue as to what I was doing. Like most Iron Virgins, I found myself wondering around the gym aimlessly from machine to machine just trying to copy what the other gym members around me were doing. I couldn't do a pull-up, I was unable to do a push-up, and like most so-called "Men", I figured no one could see my legs if I kept them covered, therefore I wouldn't even attempt to do a squat. All I knew how to do was bench press and do arm curls with dumbbells (which looking back now, I really didn't know how to do either) so that's all I would do every single time I set foot in the gym. Well after a good 3 months of bench pressing and doing arms curls, all I was left with were two rounded shoulders caused by an overly developed chest and a weak under developed back, along with arms that were now bigger then my legs. I looked ridiculous! I wanted to quit the gym. And I almost did. Until I came across Arnold Schwarzenegger's Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding. The book in which started me on the path to developing my physique and later on in life, formulating my career.

People are always talking about certain books that have changed their lives for the better. Whether it be financially, spiritually, emotionally, or a combination of all three, these books have had a significant impact on these peoples' lives.

I have personally always found it to be silly to think that a book could actually change someone's life though. Sure, there can be a wealth of knowledge and information to be learned in a good book, however is that information truly "life changing"?

I was always skeptical of this myself until just the other day while I was training one of my group classes and noticed a book lying out on one of our shelving units at the gym. And this was no ordinary book. It was a book that I had read front to back, not once, not twice, but three times, and studied it page for page for an entire decade. It was a book that fascinated me. It was a book that intrigued me. It was a book that I would take everywhere with me (including both the gym and the washroom). It was a book that helped develop my body. It was a booked that help formulate my career. And then it occurred to me, that this was THE book that changed my own life......

More is most definitely not always better. I realized this the other day when I was asphyxiating myself in my own collection of crap. Whether we know it or not, we are now not only living in a world of excess, but we are living in a world that actually praises it. Many of us desire to live the life of those who seem to have it all. Whether it be wealth, fame, attractiveness, or a combination of all three. In our hearts and in our affections, we tend to praise those who live with excess.

In my opinion, when it comes to diet and exercise, there is nothing worse then unsolicited advice. I honestly can't stand when I see people who think they're health and fitness experts using their social media platforms to preach and lecture others on how to eat "properly" and how to train "efficiently" to be able to develop and transform their physiques for the better. Sure, some of this advice is actually helpful and useful. But honestly from what I can tell, the majority of this "information" is just mindless dribble and ridiculous rhetoric used to attract followers, gain likes, and/or promote an inferior service or low-grade product or device.

As it happens every so often, this analog man has grown tiresome and annoyed with this digital world and has resorted back to a world in which he knows best. A world in which experts are actually experts. A world where we respect and appreciate brains rather then butts. A world in which separates fact from fiction. A world in which Drake is not considered to be an artist. A world where girls and guys don't post photos of themselves half naked online for validation from others. A world which is simple instead of a world that has become moronic. A world that produces results, rather then a world that promises fabrications.