To maintain impeccable order and hygiene of your body and environment, one must live in a disciplined, upright and self-respecting manner.  Much like being divine…

 

Perfect cleanliness is unattainable.  Phobias shall not be fostered and even a fool knows any degree of cleanliness will not make you an actual god.

Optimal cleanliness is attainable, shall be pursued, and elevates us towards godliness in both our labors for it and by the fruits that it bears.

 

When you attain optimal cleanliness, you and your environment take on a glow.

The glow of cleanliness creates certain energies, results, and reactions…

 

A clean and orderly environment begets peace, productivity, and pride.

A clean and orderly appearance begets respect, confidence, and health.

 

How do we achieve optimal cleanliness, and how do we sustain it to become next to godly?

Mastery of cleanliness requires systematic standards of minimalism and hygiene.

Behold the simple and immutable laws of cleanliness:

 

Laws of Environmental Cleanliness:

1)  ALWAYS CLEAN AS YOU GO.

2)  THOU SHALT BE ORGANIZED WITH A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING, AND EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE.

3)  HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED, YET NOTHING YOU DON’T.

>Be extremely deliberate about what ye choose to acquire by asking:

• Is it truly needed, or can ye do without it? Sleep on it if necessary.
• Will it simplify and enrich thou life, or ultimately complicate and dilute it?
• Is it cheap, quality, or luxury? Quality delivers the most value and prevents waste.

>Be extremely deliberate about what ye choose to keep:

• If ye haven’t used it in 6 month and don’t have specific definitive plans to use it, get rid of it.
• Do ye harbor too many spoons, pots and pans, pens and pencils, socks, clothes, books,  souvenirs, old receipts and papers, electronics and gadgets, anything and everything in excess of necessity… GET. IT. GONE!

 

Laws of Physical Cleanliness:

1)  KEEP A CLEAN AND SOBER BRAIN.

>Adherence to all other cleanliness laws begins to slip when one is numbed or in a stupor.

2)  MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING AT ALL TIMES:

>Fresh haircut

>Orderly beard

>Trimmed bodily hair

>Flossed and brushed teeth

>Trimmed finger and toe nails that show no whites

3)  CLOTHING SHALT BE SIMPLE, QUALITY, FASHIONABLE IN FITMENT, AND APPROPRIATE FOR THE OCCASION.

 

Clean up your act and you will look, feel, perform and attract- SUPERNATURAL.

Reason #1)  Pure joy

As much as I love lifting weights, training on the Thai bag is right there neck and neck.  I throw a good music playlist on along with a round timer and just absolutely go to war on the thing.  For me, “going light” on the bag seems to be impossible despite vowing on many occasions prior to a bag workout that I was just going to go easy because I probably should’ve been resting that day.  You can unleash violently but it’s also fun to drill new strikes, footwork, and other techniques and I even like to move and strike in rhythm with the music at times, like a cobra dancing and biting.  If you love the feeling of putting in some pure and simple, steady hard work when you train and the feeling of accomplishment at the end of that kind of workout, you’ll love the Thai bag.

Reason #2)  Develops neglected aspects of fitness

Flexibility, core strength, coordination, body hardening, conditioning and explosiveness; the Thai bag will bring them all up dramatically.  Furthermore, with consistent long term practice incorporating good technique, you can definitely become very capable in a self-defense situation and being “hard to kill” is part of fitness.  Yes, I get it- the bag doesn’t hit back, but it’s a staple in training for every type of professional fighting for a reason and it is something far better than nothing in this regard.  Find a sparring partner if you want to get some live action, but the bag is always there day or night.

Getting started:

1)  Get a Thai bag.  This is the one I currently use and it’s been great (Click to view on Amazon):

2)  Get a mount.  This company makes the best I’ve found:

PROmountings products on Amazon with different styles available to suit your needs

3)  Get long hand wraps and quality gloves:

Click here for 180 inch 4 star and up wraps on Amazon

Click here for 4 star and up gloves on Amazon

4)  Get a round timer.  This is the app I currently use:

http://www.intervaltimer.com/

5)  A good goal to work up to is (5) five minute rounds with 1 minute rest between rounds.  Start how you need to, which could be as simple as 5 one minute rounds with 1 minute rest if your conditioning is beginner level.

6)  Treat the bag like a live opponent!  You should always be either moving your feet, moving your body and head, throwing strikes and combinations, keeping up defense or any of these in combination simultaneously.  Don’t just stand there flat footed throwing one-off power punches.

7)  Consistently train all your weapons; fists, elbows, knees, shins, and feet.  Throw them all!

The following is the personal opinion of a renegade and is not medical advice, consult your physician, blah blah blah…

1)  Convenience

Crack them.  Slam them.  Done.

If you’re busy or don’t typically enjoy the tedium of cooking early in the morning, raw eggs offer an incredibly easy way to kick your day off right with premium caliber nutrition.  Breakfast is done in a flash and you’ll find the raw nutrition sustains you far into the day.  I usually take down ten every morning.  With the organic, cage and soy free eggs I opt for, breakfast amounts to about $3.75 and takes all of two minutes including preparation, consumption, and cleanup.

2)  Nutrition

You may experience a rush of clean and steady energy when you drink raw eggs.  That’s the flood of perfect nutrition hitting your blood!  Fat, protein, cholesterol, vitamins and minerals- the egg has it all.

The heat of cooking generally denatures nutrients, so obtaining raw animal nutrition is smart.  Some studies claim greater protein absorption from cooked eggs.  Even if true, I believe the difference is marginal and the absorption of fats and vitamins is still greater when raw.  Furthermore I also eat plenty of cooked eggs and get protein in abundance from other sources.

What about contamination?

There are potential pitfalls with respect to contamination, but a careful examination of the facts and statistics will reveal you are highly unlikely to contract anything from raw eggs.  An egg is hermetically sealed by its own shell, so the primary risk of contamination is from the exterior of the shell.  If you’re really concerned about it, you can wash the eggs.  I personally don’t, and I drink the occasional shell shard without a care.  Do your research and draw your own conclusions.

What about the texture and taste?

You get used to it.