The Golden One - Marcus Follin - A Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body (Thoughts on Non-Lifters)
Aired: 2014-12-03
Duration: 05:18


=== Healthy Mind, Healthy Body (05:04) ===

[00:00:13]  Greetings, I got a question regarding my thoughts on non-lifters, so I thought to elaborate and as the title suggests, a healthy mind is more often than not accompanied by a healthy physique.
[00:00:30]  Now, as with all things in life, there are plenty of exceptions to the rule, which means that a lot of guys with healthy physiques have unhealthy minds and vice versa.
[00:00:42]  But in general, it is the case that people with decadent physiques more often than not have decadent mentalities and minds.
[00:00:56]  And that is also why, you know, obscene ideologies and ideas tend to accompany each other.
[00:01:06]  So for example, extreme modern feminism is often accompanied by fat acceptance.
[00:01:13]  Those two go hand in hand.
[00:01:15]  And by the same token, a lot of nationalist guys, at least in Sweden, are, you know, jacked.
[00:01:20]  Whereas the beta leftists are physically not so impressive, to say the least.
[00:01:29]  And also, in my opinion, at least, you have to train your body to be healthy in the mind.
[00:01:39]  Not training your body is the equivalent of assaulting it, like disrespecting it, distreating it.
[00:01:48]  And by exercising, I don't mean to go on a walk every day.
[00:01:51]  I mean to really push yourself several times a week at least.
[00:01:58]  So really push yourself to the fucking limits.
[00:02:01]  Then your mind can prosper.
[00:02:03]  That is my sincere thoughts and beliefs.
[00:02:05]  For me, I know full well that I would never ever have been able to make these videos, been able to study, to write decent articles, to do anything that I do if I hadn't pushed myself in the gym so that I were healthy.
[00:02:24]  If I were not in the gym training, I would not feel well.
[00:02:27]  I would be depressed like that that quickly.
[00:02:30]  I would not work properly at all.
[00:02:33]  So I mean I'm not unique, I'm not special in that regard.
[00:02:38]  Every human being, every creature need to physically exert themselves often to feel good.
[00:02:46]  And when you don't do that, your mind will not work properly.
[00:02:50]  That's just the way it is.
[00:02:53]  And it's not the case that I have anything against people who are not huge and jacked.
[00:02:58]  Like I realize that what I do now is a luxury being able to go to the gym for two hours every day.
[00:03:04]  That's a luxury.
[00:03:05]  I won't have that luxury perhaps later on when I have kids and stuff.
[00:03:10]  But everyone can get in training several times a week.
[00:03:15]  There's no question about it at all.
[00:03:17]  And the only thing that stands in the way then are excuses.
[00:03:20]  Because there is not a single guy in the world who does not want to look like Brad Pitt in Troy or Leonidas in 300.
[00:03:28]  Like there isn't.
[00:03:29]  If a guy says like, oh, I don't want to look like that.
[00:03:31]  They're fucking liars.
[00:03:33]  I realize quite quickly, I was 14 when I saw Brad Pitt in Troy.
[00:03:37]  Like, foi, that is one cool dude.
[00:03:39]  I want to look like him.
[00:03:40]  I was 17 when I saw Leonidas in 300.
[00:03:43]  Same exact thoughts.
[00:03:44]  You know, either I make up excuses as how I can't look like him or I actually train to look like him.
[00:03:52]  And now I look like him because of a mental strength that has developed through training and going to the gym.
[00:04:01]  And I'm very thankful for that.
[00:04:05]  And it's quite simple to be honest.
[00:04:07]  Like, either you make excuses or you make progress.
[00:04:10]  Now, I'm not saying that everyone can look like Leonidas, but everyone can at least try.
[00:04:16]  And in that attempt to reach it, you unlock certain mental qualities that you know perhaps the fat acceptance crowd do not come even near.
[00:04:30]  So that is basically my thought.
[00:04:32]  I don't have anything against anyone who isn't into the gym lifestyle 100, but I do not think you can be healthy in your mind if you're not healthy in the body.
[00:04:42]  And if you have, if you run five times a week to beat your record on the mile, that's also cool.
[00:04:50]  I respect that fully, because then your body will be healthy as well if you really exert yourself.
[00:04:56]  So it's more about taking care of your mind than anything else, basically.
[00:05:01]  Basically, you can look like what you want, but also I know full well that all guys want to look like Brad Pitt and Leonidas.
[00:05:08]  That's just the way it is.
[00:05:10]  And if they don't strive to do that, I know something is wrong, perhaps mental weakness.
[00:05:15]  So that is how I look upon that.