5 Bullet Friday! – Secret Time

Hey guys!

If you guys aren’t taking a daily multi-vitamin, stop reading this email and go to your closest drug store. Multi-vitamins help to make sure our body is getting all the nutrients it needs to function at 100%. There is virtually no diet available that will help your body get everything it needs every 24 hours so a multi-vitamin helps cover your butt. There are specific ones for men and women, athletes, certain diets/lifestyles, just make sure you find one that suits you, and take it daily!

Not yet legal/widely available in the U.S., adult stem cells may be a huge part of the future of medicine. Stem cells are basically the building blocks for embryos in the mother’s womb. They are cells that are not yet coded as a brain cell, white blood cell, anything; they’re a blank slate. Research is showing because they are so malleable they can be used in a TON of different ways to help the human body. I have a torn labrum in my right shoulder. If I go get stem cell therapy (stem cell injections into my labrum) there’s a good chance the stem cells would repair the tear/damage without surgery. A lot of UFC fighters and other athletes have gone out of the country to pursue such treatments. The most common place world-class athletes have to gone to is the Stem Cell Institute in Panama. If you have an injury that requires surgery, don’t want to get surgery, and you have some money; contact the Stem Cell Institute and set up a consultation. Seriously, these guys are world-class doctors that work with world-class athletes, if my shoulder gets worse in the next 10 years I’m going to look into it before surgery.

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In Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist a young man goes to visit the wisest man alive. He lives in a baller palace. When the young man meets him in his great hall he asks him “What is the key to happiness?” The wisest man alive gives him a spoon with a few drops of oil in it. He tells him to take a lap around his palace and grounds then come back, but do not spill a single drop. He walks around the palace and grounds paying very close attention to the spoon, not spilling a drop. When he returns the wise man asks him “What do you think of my palace?  The beautiful architecture, the tapestries, the landscaping of the gardens?” The young man responds “I was paying attention to the spoon.” He tells him to take another lap around and observe all the wonders then return. When he does the young man is thoroughly impressed with everything he sees. He tells the wisest man about how awesome everything is. The wise man asks him where the oil from the spoon has gone. He says he lost it along the way. The wisest man alive replies “The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never forget the drops of oil in the spoon.”

I’ve been big into active recovery lately, and a massage ball is one of my new favorite toys. You can pick one of these up at Walmart for under $10, and they’re well worth it. I know if I ever need a massage I carry most of my tension in and around my shoulders/shoulder blades and these things work absolute wonders specifically for that area. After I take a hot shower I’ll roll around on the floor with my massage ball for 5-10 minutes before bed and work out all the knots and tension I have around my shoulder blades. This helps relieve stress, break up lactic acid from workouts, and makes falling asleep when I get into bed even easier. They’re even helpful for your legs or chest after a workout.  Wherever you’re tight or tension, a 5-10 minute massage ball session before bed can do wonders.  Pick one up!

If you’re looking for something funny to watch on Netflix this weekend, look no further. Bert Kreischer’s stand up special Secret Time is absolutely hilarious. He tells great stories like the time he stayed out until 4 am the night before a 7:30 am parent-teacher conference. He woke up, chugged a pot of coffee, and ran out the door. Once he got there he took a sip of his Diet Coke only to realize he actually grabbed a Coors Light out of the fridge. If you have Netflix check it out, it’s great.