Culture Stack. Gym, Music, Books, Gaming etc.
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In this episode I talk about how I create a culture stack in the gym, books, music, TV, movies and gaming to get me in the "Viking Mode" which is when I'm in my culture stack. This is a concept I have been working on for a long time and I wanted to share it with you all.
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Today I want to introduce you to my concept of culture stack as it were and
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this is something I do to enjoy life more basically and find motivation in
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self-improvement in the gym, in the temple of glory, in the temple of Thor.
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So basically what I do is if we look at the gym, books, music, TV series, films and gaming
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if we look at those things and try to connect those with each other.
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So right now my culture stack is in all actuality from the end of Rome until the Viking Age
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so when the Germanic tribes are beginning to move that's my culture stack right now.
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So we've got the North Atlantic culture kind of thing so with Britain, Ireland, Scotland, the Norse lands etc.
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Listening now to Ensiferum and you know Viking kind of music, Amon Amart,
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Now you all know I usually listen to metal either way but it you know creates that extra feel to it.
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So there is the music part of it and if we switch to books I've bought two new books right now.
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Viking voices, they're in Ireland as well so I will utilize that before I go to Ireland next time which will be in a few weeks.
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And then obviously Bernard Cornwell has come out with a new book.
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If you haven't read Bernard Cornwell's books on Uthred, do so.
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Bernard Cornwell and yeah a really great author, I love him.
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So yeah that's the book advice I have right there.
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And for everyone it's like oh it's not that historical accurate.
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Well like nothing is, you take it for what it is, you don't have to watch it.
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But for me I enjoy it either way even though like it isn't the most historical accurate.
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And then with the gaming part obviously we got Attila which I'm more or less obsessed with right now.
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You've seen all the Let's Plays if you haven't already.
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And then Mount and Blade also to get that immersive feel.
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Like in Viking mode like with, in that kind of setting.
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And then when I go to the gym I'll be like fwoah, I'm a great Varyngian guard.
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I'm a fucking guardian of Asgard, I'm a Viking warrior.
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And then also I've switched my training a bit now as well.
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I'm gonna try to train strongman at least once a week.
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Because that's, you know, Nordic Scandinavian kind of Northern European feel to it.
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During the summer I'll probably switch back to my culture stack that is the ancient world.
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Which basically means that I'll be copying more.
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You know, watch Troy read some of those books for example.
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Like this is an example of a book if I'm in that cultural mode.
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Then you can watch like Spartacus and stuff like that.
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So basically my point with a culture stack is that you take different things.
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Put them together to get in the mode of things.
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For me spring time has always been like fucking go time.
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And also actually with that, with this time period.
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And then during the summer it's more like the Hellenic world.
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And always have that motivation in the gym.
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So now I'm fucking pumped up to train strong man.
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And put them together and create the motivation in life and in gym.
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It becomes fucking, you know, great fun as fuck.
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So that's a motivational thing I use right there.
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That cultural stack is what I'm about right now.
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