I started listening to Sapiens: A Brief History of Human kind and was struck at the significance of dogs in human history. I realized that dogs really are man’s best friend, and only animal that has evolved alongside us since the hunter gatherer period. Its incredible!

Reflection

Otto (pictured above) is my first dog. I feel like having a dog isn’t for everybody, but having humans is for every dog. I’ve found such satisfaction in my relationship with him. We really mutually benefit each other. Dogs are so malleable, they really pick up on so much of what you do and how you want them to behave. There is some learning required from you as the human, and moments to stop and think critically about what it is you want from them. But, once you train something only a handful of times, dogs learn it, they understand us. What an incredible relationship us monkeys created with these wolves.

What a thing to learn your wife is pregnant. Its kind of anti-climactic. I imagine the birth is a bigger deal, but similarly just a moment that comes and goes. This will be our first, and we are very excited! I suggested to my wife that we take time each evening before bed to start listening to a books together, and she thought that was a swell idea. So, we started listening to The Power of Showing Up, a book I saw suggested on Reddit. Interested to see what sorts of things we learn together and any discussions / differing ideas we have when it comes to child rearing.

I think the most important thing about resistance training is providing your body the opportunity to adapt to a wide range of resistances. So, I’m rotating on a monthly basis between three kinds of over-arching frameworks: the 3 by 5, high-rep burnouts, and a traditional 8-12 rep 3 set exercises.