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The Silverback Fitness Theory
The Silverback Fitness Theory
The Silverback Fitness Theory is the understanding that becoming my best self is a matter of recognizing that my mind, body, and time are the only things that I truly own from cradle to grave and that the best way to reach full realization is to use 4 pillars in order to optimize those three possessions. These 4 pillars are as follows:
Education — "What can I learn from this?"
We approaches the gym – and life – with the eyes of a child; always learning, always questioning, always looking for the answer. No one way of training is beneath us. We seek to benefit from all methods self-discipline to increase our arsenal of knowledge and therefore optimize our mind-body connection.
Visualization — "Imagine what I can become"
We take acquired knowledge and visualize how our health and overall self is positively affected by application of what we've learned. We meditate over what our best version will look like - how much stronger, faster, more conditioned we can become if we combine education with desire to see our vision fully realized.
Adaptation — "I will go over, under, around, and through."
We adapt to perceived obstacles that impact our goal of reaching the best version of himself. "Perceived" because many obstacles are also opportunities to strengthen our character and we embrace this thought since we want to be the best selves in the gym, on the field, in the family, in the congregation, in financial matters, with our friends – in all things.
Controlled Aggression — "LIFT!"
"Train insane or remain the same" sounds like a temper tantrum to us. We move with purpose and focus. Any negative emotions – such as anger – is minimized with visualization. We channel our emotion so that our energy in any exercise is laser focused to increase our personal growth and discipline.
The ordinary see us as dumb, shortsighted, rigid, and or angry but we realize that they're just trying to project their own reflection on to us. We the Silverback concern ourselves only with the things that separate the extraordinary from the ordinary — the extra.
There's Levels To This
There's Levels To This
I believe that there are 4 basic levels of fitness. I sum these levels up like this.
The newbie
The gym rat
The Beast
The Silverback
Anyone who's gone to a gym or fitness center has seen or has been each of these.
The Newbie is the one who shows up on New Year's Day or because they experienced some trauma that pushes them to at least go to the gym and try in some way to feel some sense of control, strength, power, self-esteem, etc. - just something that will instill in them a sense of change in their life's direction.
The Gym Rat is the graduated newbie. They stuck with a routine and conversed with as many people as possible to become more experienced. They know what each piece of equipment in the gym is meant for, know how many sets should be in a workout, know the best exercises to do for any given body part, knows... so much and will talk at nauseum to anyone about how much they know. And they become the "gym bro" to the newbie because they want so badly to teach somebody about all that they know. For the newbie, 85% of what the gym rat says is worth listening to.
The Beast is the one who shifts the orbital force of the gym when he comes in. Their presence is near impossible to ignore and even those who try to ignore the beast's presence can't because when they come to the gym something amazing is about to happen or at least the failed attempt will still be a story worth telling. Whereas the gym rat will grunt and yell at the 4 plate deadlift, the beast will be felt more often than heard. A 6+ plate bench press will rattle loudly with each rep, a 10+ plate deadlift will shake the ground. A 4+ plate squat seems laughable to the onlookers until they realize that the beast is doing pause reps – literally pausing at the eccentric phase for a few seconds but makes it look like he's meditating as though he was trained by Shaolin monks.
The Silverback is the ascended athlete. The Silverback experienced all the levels of fitness development and personal growth. His shape, size, demeanor, and aura suggests that he has delved in to many forms of exercise. He has, throughout the cycles and iterations of his personal growth, received powerlifting medals, bodybuilding trophies, Tough Mudder bibs, personal trainer certificates, etc. The silverback is a verified, validated, victorious well of knowledge but only shares with those who seek it and only shares what they can handle at the time. The silverback has learned over years of lifting, running, journaling, that the most valuable things he possesses are his body, his mind, and his time; and, he will only focus on the things that allows him to optimize those possessions. The newbie hopes to be silverback someday. The gym rat knows to shut up and ask questions of the silverback. The beast nods in honor to the silverback. And all three are grateful that the silverback is calm, cool, and collected the majority of the time because they know that the silverback is abundant in strength, knowledge, and insight. And everyone knows better than to mess with an uncaged silverback.
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