The Golden One - February 23, 2015


Culture Stack. Gym, Music, Books, Gaming etc.

Topics
culture stack cultural stack
Hosted by
Marcus Follin
Mentioned
Bernard Cornwell Ensiferum Allfather Attila Blade
Total War Attila. Geats Chapter 2 Deadlifts of Glory

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4 minutes

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849

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80

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14

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3

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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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00:00:00.000 Greetings you proud sons of the old father.
00:00:07.000 Today I want to introduce you to my concept of culture stack as it were and
00:00:14.000 this is something I do to enjoy life more basically and find motivation in
00:00:18.000 self-improvement in the gym, in the temple of glory, in the temple of Thor.
00:00:23.000 So basically what I do is if we look at the gym, books, music, TV series, films and gaming
00:00:33.000 if we look at those things and try to connect those with each other.
00:00:37.000 So right now my culture stack is in all actuality from the end of Rome until the Viking Age
00:00:44.000 so when the Germanic tribes are beginning to move that's my culture stack right now.
00:00:48.000 So we've got the North Atlantic culture kind of thing so with Britain, Ireland, Scotland, the Norse lands etc.
00:00:56.000 So we can begin with music.
00:00:59.000 Listening now to Ensiferum and you know Viking kind of music, Amon Amart,
00:01:04.000 Croatian for that Irish feel, stuff like that.
00:01:07.000 Now you all know I usually listen to metal either way but it you know creates that extra feel to it.
00:01:14.000 So there is the music part of it and if we switch to books I've bought two new books right now.
00:01:22.000 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.
00:01:30.000 And then obviously Bernard Cornwell has come out with a new book.
00:01:35.000 If you haven't read Bernard Cornwell's books on Uthred, do so.
00:01:39.000 Highly recommend it, book advice for the day.
00:01:41.000 Bernard Cornwell and yeah a really great author, I love him.
00:01:45.000 No homo. 1.00
00:01:46.000 So yeah that's the book advice I have right there.
00:01:49.000 Now I've read loads over that time as well.
00:01:52.000 And then we can go to the TV series.
00:01:54.000 We have Vikings just started a new season.
00:01:58.000 And for everyone it's like oh it's not that historical accurate.
00:02:00.000 Well like nothing is, you take it for what it is, you don't have to watch it.
00:02:04.000 But for me I enjoy it either way even though like it isn't the most historical accurate.
00:02:09.000 And then with the gaming part obviously we got Attila which I'm more or less obsessed with right now.
00:02:14.000 You've seen all the Let's Plays if you haven't already.
00:02:17.000 Check them out, I'll link them below.
00:02:19.000 And then Mount and Blade also to get that immersive feel.
00:02:22.000 So I get, so I'm in that mode all the time.
00:02:24.000 Like in Viking mode like with, in that kind of setting.
00:02:29.000 And then when I go to the gym I'll be like fwoah, I'm a great Varyngian guard. 0.93
00:02:34.000 I'm a fucking guardian of Asgard, I'm a Viking warrior. 0.92
00:02:37.000 And then also I've switched my training a bit now as well. 0.98
00:02:40.000 Now is not the time for me to be shredded.
00:02:42.000 I'm gonna focus a bit more on strongman.
00:02:44.000 I'm gonna try to train strongman at least once a week.
00:02:48.000 Because that's, you know, Nordic Scandinavian kind of Northern European feel to it.
00:02:53.000 So I'm gonna go with that for a while.
00:02:55.000 And then another culture stack as it were.
00:02:58.000 During the summer I'll probably switch back to my culture stack that is the ancient world.
00:03:02.000 Like the Hellenic world. 0.96
00:03:04.000 And start to emulate those ideals.
00:03:06.000 Train more aesthetically.
00:03:08.000 Which basically means that I'll be copying more.
00:03:11.000 And try to be lean.
00:03:13.000 And try to get in that kind of mode.
00:03:16.000 You know, watch Troy read some of those books for example.
00:03:20.000 Like this is an example of a book if I'm in that cultural mode.
00:03:24.000 And then also Rome as well.
00:03:26.000 Then you can watch like Spartacus and stuff like that.
00:03:29.000 So basically my point with a culture stack is that you take different things.
00:03:35.000 Put them together to get in the mode of things.
00:03:38.000 Now as it is spring. 0.98
00:03:40.000 For me spring time has always been like fucking go time. 0.97
00:03:44.000 And also actually with that, with this time period. 0.98
00:03:48.000 So.
00:03:49.000 And then during the summer it's more like the Hellenic world. 0.74
00:03:52.000 So I'm trying to create a culture stack.
00:03:54.000 To motivate myself.
00:03:55.000 To you know, make life more fun.
00:03:57.000 And always have that motivation in the gym. 0.95
00:04:00.000 So now I'm fucking pumped up to train strong man. 0.95
00:04:03.000 And to get strong. 1.00
00:04:04.000 And you know, be a brutal fucking beast. 1.00
00:04:07.000 And then when summer comes. 1.00
00:04:09.000 I'm thinking about four.
00:04:11.000 I'm gonna look like Achilles now.
00:04:13.000 So basically to conclude.
00:04:14.000 I take different cultural things.
00:04:16.000 Like books, music, films, TV series, gaming.
00:04:22.000 And put them together and create the motivation in life and in gym. 0.99
00:04:26.000 It becomes fucking, you know, great fun as fuck. 0.99
00:04:29.000 Like at least for me. 1.00
00:04:30.000 So that's a motivational thing I use right there.
00:04:34.000 So right now, glory to the Allfather.
00:04:36.000 That cultural stack is what I'm about right now.
00:04:39.000 So I just wanted to share that with you all.
00:04:41.000 If you like the video, please leave a comment or a like.
00:04:45.000 Means the world to me.
00:04:47.000 And who am I?
00:04:49.000 I'm the Lion of the North XXO.
00:04:51.000 Boom.