Re-watched a great flick this weekend.
Re-watched a great flick this weekend.
I remember the first time I saw it my jaws dropped to the floor during the crazy fight scenes.
The Matrix.
A big underlying theme of that movie is making a CHOICE.
If you pay close attention you’ll see it in multiple scenes but the most popular is “red pill” scene.
This is when the main character (Neo for any of you whipper snappers who haven’t actually seen it) is given the choice between swallowing down a red pill or blue pill. If he takes the red pill he will be shown the truth (reality as he knows it doesn’t exist… it’s all a lie). If he takes the blue pill, he lives on in blissful ignorance, thinking he’s free while he’s actually being used up as energy for the machines that have enslaved humans.
So he went for the red pill.
Gets ejected from the ‘illusion’ world and sees reality for what it is.
Well, guess what?
Every day you have a similar choice.
Take the red pill or the blue pill.
I make you this offer every time I mention A Spartan Rises.
When you stubbornly refuse to subscribe, you are chokin down the BLUE pill. You go on unaware the power of the Spartan simplicity and strength approach to training. How building a ripped Spartan-like physique doesn’t require hours and hours of cardio or time in the gym (when you’re doing the right things). And how it can bring you a calm, warrior-state peace of mind you’ll never find pursuing long cardio, giant-sets, or the latest fitness fad.
Then, there’s the red pill.
That’s what A Spartan Rises is.
Only a few swallow it.
Hey, deep down, most guys are scared of work, change and the inevitable success that follows.
(It’s a huge problem in society).
Now, I don’t know the future.
And I didn’t send this today to tell you how it’ll end.
I’m writing to tell you how it begins.
I’m going to offer A Spartan Rises and a few will begin the journey. When that happens, I’m going to show them what all the blue-pill fitness wizards don’t want them to see.
A world where others look up to you and wonder what is your ‘secret’? (plus a few will flat-out envy you)
A world without endless fitness gimmicks or complicated workouts controlling your life.
A world… where you are moving forward every day, powered by purpose.
Where you go from there…
…is a choice I leave to you…
Never Retreat & Never Surrender,
Ryan Masters
The Spartan Doctore
Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist