I became a widow last year when my son was just 11 years old.
So this means I am an evil single mother.
Now, first and foremost, that is not what we mean with evil single mother.
The definition of an evil single mother is someone who has actively gone for a man who they know will not stick around to raise the children.
So a widow is not an evil single mother, it's just a tragedy and these sort of things can happen to anyone.
So whenever we talk about single mothers, it's a problem when it's an active choice, but this obviously is not an active choice, so you should not refer to yourself as such.
Anyway, going forward with the question, could you please give some advice for single mothers wanting to raise boys to become valiant knights, etc., etc.
Excellent question.
And the answer I would give is to put your son in as many environments where there is positive masculine role models.
If you have male relatives, make them spend time with them as much as possible.
And this does not need to be the most elaborate thing ever.
It can just be going with his uncle to the hardware store to buy some wood or build something or go out in the forest to do something.
Because the thing with positive masculine role models in these sort of situations is not that he sits down and have a talk and tells him all the secrets about life.
It's just a younger man or a younger boy, 11 years in this case, just looking at an older man, seeing how things are done.
And you do this best by just observing, not by actually talking.
So if they are building something, they're constructing a whatever it might be, he will look upon the older man, seeing how he hammers the nail down the wood, for example, or cutting wood, whatever.
These are just examples.
It can be something to do with motors, it can be something to do with weapons.
The point is that he actively learns from the older man.
And if he doesn't have any older male relatives where he can do really mundane, regular stuff with, I suggest that you put him in some sort of.
Might be a bit too early if it's only 11 years old right now, but when the time comes, at least get him to train at some sort of place, maybe a boxing gym, maybe an MMA gym where there is a a good trainer, and then you can actually talk to him and say, you know what my son is in need of, a positive male role model who can be as obviously not a father, but at least give some sort of motivation for him to partake in.
And yet again, a good aspect of the an older male role model is for someone to strive to make proud.
So if he has a coach, then that he works harder to make proud.
Kind of get the same sort of yet again not the same thing, but a similar enough thing to get the young boy to push himself.
So anyway, obviously not an optimal scenario, but I salute you for wanting to make the best out of it, and the primary advice for me would just be to get him to spend time with older males just doing regular things.
It doesn't have to be the most epic thing in the world, but it just be regular things.
So he sees how men act with each other and how men act when they're doing things.
So I hope that could be of some help, at least.
Next question, Golden Lion in your ground wisdom, you have previously recommended TRT for older men and also stated that you would likely get on TRT when your beard of wisdom starts displaying grey hairs.
Is this still your plan?
Yes, most definitely, it is so.
The plan is to.
Whenever I get older I mean in 10 years, 15 years and I notice that my testosterone is declining and I'm, and I will obviously make a test then and see if the levels of testosterone actually has declined then you can take TRT to help with intensity and energy and everything like that.
And I do also recommend for all older men or for all men, by the way, who have a low testosterone to get TRT.
Females they get all the help in the world if they have a problem with their hormones.
Men do not get it, because the power stability of the current zeitgeist, the current narrative, stipulates that testosterone is something bad.
I obviously know better because I'm the blessed chosen by the gods of wisdom, so I have another opinion on this and I say that testosterone is intensity and energy, it's not aggression.
And that's usually what people say, like oh, testosterone will make you aggressive, and and this and that it can make you more aggressive if you perceive an injustice.
But in my view, that is only good.
So if you see someone harassing an old lady, if you have high testosterone, it will make you react more intensely, and in my view that is only good.
So anyway, point being, females get all the help in the world if they have problems hormonally speaking, and I would obviously want the same for men.
So if a man has low testosterone and is suffering from it, by all means yes, he should go to the doctor and get that from the doctor.
No question about that at all.
Next question, what are your thoughts on the recent development where a mosque in Vekhua has been granted permission to shout out the Muslim cult of prayer through speakers up to 112 Tezabel?
To be honest, I think that is good, because that will get people to realize that Sweden is heading in the wrong direction.
The issue is when the problems are hidden from the mainstream.
Now, when the problems are being brought to light, people will react, so reacting by voting for the right alternatives etc.
And start talking about the problems openly.
So I view that as only positive in a metapolitical sense.
Next question.
Greetings.
What are your thoughts on Ildo Portal and the movement community as a whole?
I haven't partaken nearly as much as I would want to in the teachings of Ildo Portal.
I know Conor McGregor has worked a bit with him and I know he's popular with chiropractors etc and obviously I all know and attainment of enlightenment is great in my view and if I can partake in it it's a luxury for me so I'm all for it.
I'm all for you know developing a better understanding of the human body.
I think that's absolutely awesome.
So yeah yet again like one of these things that I have on my to read up on list so I'm positive to it.
Then obviously there is a limit to everything.
I don't think you should only focus on mobility training but it can be a good complement for your strength training or martial arts training etc.
Glorious elf has your weight training program changed over the years or do you still focus on heavy compound lifts, heavy weights, low reps etc?
Basically what they do is yeah, the same thing as always.
On the basic heavy compound movements I go hard and heavy, and then on the lighter bodybuilding, like complementary exercises so face pulls or triceps pushdowns, etc.
I go high reps.
So low reps on the heavier movements and high reps on the lighter movements, and so it's kind of like a mix between powerlifting and bodybuilding, where the heavy work is powerlifting inspired and the complementary work is bodybuilding inspired.
Then obviously I mix it up every once in a while because all sessions aren't good sessions either.
So it depends but to answer the question yes the philosophy is still the same because you know the science is the science so I've stuck to the general principles of it.
Next question also a training related one.
Glorious Lion how do you feel about calisthenics and the gains associated?
Pros and cons versus the Temple of Iron.
Now I like calisthenics but I don't put it as an opposite to the Temple of Iron.
I put it as an integral part.
So chins for example is a very good exercise and if you have been with me for quite some time you see that I always put some chins into my training videos and that's because it's such a great exercise but it cannot replace the heavy lifting in the Temple of Iron.
Now obviously you can make it heavy.
You can put weights on when you do the chins for example and chins is also good because you can train it basically anywhere and everywhere.
But to answer the question, calisthenics is in my view at least not something you should use as an alternative for the Temple of Iron.
You should do the both of them.
So for me personally if I don't have access to a temple I but if there is a possibility to just do chins and dips for example I definitely go with that but I would never replace the heavy lifting in the temple with just calisthenics.
But to answer the question calisthenics yeah I have a positive view on it and I think if you can master your body weight it's an absolutely great way to to get a good control of your body.
And also it's easily accessible to just do some chins here and there and incorporate it into your everyday life like that.
So yes a good compliment but you should do the other exercises as well.
So that was the questions for this week, or technically speaking, it was last week, so there will be another QA later on in the week as well.
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