The Golden One - November 12, 2025


Very Important When Injured!


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In this episode of the podcast I talk about how to deal with injuries and how to overcome them. I also talk about the Temple of Iron and why you need to be a modern day philosopher in order to be successful in the gym.

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00:00:00.760 What to do if you're injured?
00:00:03.200 You might ask.
00:00:04.200 Yes, I will endeavor to share some valuable insights in this video.
00:00:09.400 But first, a message from the sponsor of this video.
00:00:13.040 So I am yet again wearing the Ullr's undergarments.
00:00:17.120 So I'm nice and comfortable in this dreary autumn landscape.
00:00:23.160 It looks dreary, but it's beautiful to me because it's my land.
00:00:27.560 So yeah, anyway, this is a follow-up to the video, my latest video, when I talked a bit
00:00:33.500 about making mistakes and, you know, trying to avoid mistakes and learning from the mistakes
00:00:42.100 of others.
00:00:43.380 That was the main point of making that video, that you shouldn't have the mentality of learning
00:00:49.760 from your mistakes.
00:00:50.760 Or, well, you should, of course, try to learn from your own mistakes, but the best mindset
00:00:57.000 is to try to learn from the mistakes of others so that you don't have to pay a heavy price
00:01:02.500 for the same lesson.
00:01:04.160 So you can get the lesson for free by listening to some older guys and hopefully you can steer
00:01:13.680 well clear of many of the dangers that might otherwise haunt you.
00:01:21.000 mistakes and injuries that might haunt you.
00:01:24.000 So anyway, as I mentioned in that video, there needs to be a balance between taking risks and
00:01:32.300 being prudent and intelligent.
00:01:35.620 You will need to take risks.
00:01:36.800 So we're going to talk about the Temple of Iron because if you want to be a modern day
00:01:42.160 philosopher you have to train in the gym and you have to train MMA.
00:01:46.940 And if you combine those two experiences you have a good foundation for your philosophy.
00:01:54.140 So you can learn so much from them.
00:01:56.220 So the weights in the gym, they are your philosophy teacher.
00:02:01.160 So anyway, you can take something like a heavy squat where you actually have a real element
00:02:07.820 of danger in it when you put yourself under the bar, especially if you don't have any spotters,
00:02:13.700 no one on the sides to catch you should you fall.
00:02:17.080 So you have an element of real danger.
00:02:20.060 Now this element is actually something that is metaphysically good for you.
00:02:25.580 That you embrace that risk and you have that liminal space between not knowing will I be
00:02:33.020 able to manage it so you know that you have a bit of a lighter weight, you have the knowledge
00:02:40.300 that you can manage it and then you want to set a PR and you don't know if you will manage that.
00:02:47.420 So that's the liminal space between these two weights.
00:02:51.340 And when you, I'm just going over a little bridge here, there we are.
00:02:59.660 And then when you take that leap of faith, that will make you grow.
00:03:04.240 But you shouldn't do this without preparation, you shouldn't be foolish, you shouldn't ego 0.95
00:03:09.620 lift.
00:03:10.760 So ego lift is when you want to prove to yourself and to others that you can lift a certain weight.
00:03:20.500 This is to, I would say it's to be avoided, but I also know that you have to have a bit
00:03:26.200 of ego to progress because if you don't have any pride or ego at all, then it might be the
00:03:31.480 case that you don't go forward at all.
00:03:34.880 So what I want to say is that you should have that hunger, that yearn for taking another step
00:03:41.980 on the path to the overman.
00:03:44.340 So every day is a step towards your ideal version of yourself.
00:03:50.460 So you need to take, you know, a few small risks, but you have to limit the risks.
00:03:57.900 So really what I want to say here, excuse me if I'm rambling, I will get to the point shortly.
00:04:04.680 What I want to say is that, be intelligent, do think about your results in the long run.
00:04:14.660 And I will use an example.
00:04:16.760 So my current PR in the deadlift is 263 kilos.
00:04:23.800 Now, would you admire me more?
00:04:25.560 Would you listen to my advice more keenly had I a PR of 10 kilos more?
00:04:31.760 You probably wouldn't.
00:04:32.880 It probably doesn't care.
00:04:33.880 It doesn't, it probably doesn't matter all too much if I have, you know, 10 kilos more
00:04:39.720 or less.
00:04:41.000 It might be a big deal for me because of the momentum and the progression.
00:04:44.420 But in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter all too much.
00:04:50.260 Now, why do I say this?
00:04:52.000 Yes, it's because you might be newer in the gym.
00:04:56.700 You might desperately want a PR of, say, 200 kilos because it's a nice even number, sort
00:05:04.360 of a milestone.
00:05:04.960 So you might want to be, you know, you want to reach that milestone and you might be so
00:05:12.780 impatient to reach that milestone.
00:05:15.300 So you take a risk and then you snap your back.
00:05:18.060 You're going to Snap City, like the old meme.
00:05:22.220 It was an old meme back in the day.
00:05:24.200 Snap City was like when you, was when you did a lift with a poor technique so that you would
00:05:31.240 snap something in your back.
00:05:32.540 So it's not worth it because you might reach, you will reach that goal sooner or later with
00:05:39.860 some more patience anyway.
00:05:41.780 So don't be hasty.
00:05:43.240 Don't be hasty.
00:05:43.980 You will get there eventually.
00:05:46.080 It might just be a bit of time.
00:05:48.780 So I know this myself.
00:05:50.400 I wasn't necessarily the most patient young man myself.
00:05:56.860 And I'm fortunate that I didn't hurt myself. 0.96
00:05:59.340 I never did anything, you know, reckless or stupid. 0.93
00:06:03.600 Sometimes maybe the technique wasn't the best. 0.99
00:06:07.500 I've seen worse technique though.
00:06:08.640 So anyway, my point is that it's better to have a good technique and your progression,
00:06:18.000 it might wait a bit.
00:06:19.540 Your PR that you really, really want.
00:06:22.460 I understand it.
00:06:23.540 I've been there myself.
00:06:24.360 It will have to wait a bit so that you know that you can perform a lift with a good technique
00:06:31.620 so that you don't jeopardize your long-term health.
00:06:34.700 Because if you snap something in your shoulder, in your back, then yeah, then it might be goodbye
00:06:41.520 to heavy training for a long time.
00:06:43.260 And I would also say the following that if you do train at the gym
00:06:46.980 and you see someone, a younger guy, he might have a really bad technique.
00:06:53.520 You can do him a favor by, you know, politely telling him that, you know, maybe he doesn't have a super straight back
00:07:02.900 when he does deadlifts or whatever it might be.
00:07:05.420 Of course, it depends on the gym as well and depends on many factors, but you can do someone a favor by pointing that out.
00:07:13.420 I've had this happen to myself and I've said it to others as well.
00:07:16.560 And I appreciate it when some guys told me, you know, you're back here on the fifth rep on the deadlift.
00:07:24.780 It looks a bit not super good.
00:07:27.900 And only like last year, an older powerlifter, he said to me, you know, this is good.
00:07:35.760 This is a good lift.
00:07:37.260 I wouldn't push it any further.
00:07:39.240 And I said, okay, that's a good insight.
00:07:40.940 Thanks for telling me.
00:07:42.040 It's always good to have a second opinion on your form.
00:07:45.200 So stay within the realm of not getting injured.
00:07:50.640 So I believe I've made my point.
00:07:52.800 It's just I want to repeat myself a bit because it truly breaks my heart to see guys getting injured in this way.
00:08:01.420 And especially when we're talking about, you know, a lot of weights, it comes with a risk.
00:08:06.480 It comes with a risk.
00:08:08.180 Same thing if we're talking about fighting.
00:08:10.400 If you do want to participate in some sort of fight, MMA fight or Thai boxing fight or whatever,
00:08:18.920 a good coach will tell you if you're not ready.
00:08:23.620 Then he will say to you, you know what, for your own well-being, you need to train more.
00:08:29.560 I personally get quite angry when I see guys going up in the ring and they start, you know, to flinch back big time when they start getting hit.
00:08:39.320 And you see that who let him go up in the ring because he's not ready.
00:08:44.860 He will only injure himself and that will be not only a blow, you know, to his physical well-being but also to his mental well-being.
00:08:54.200 He might have had, you know, a good momentum otherwise but now he might be completely demoralized
00:08:59.160 because someone who should have had his back did not tell him that now is not the time.
00:09:06.640 So it's good to have older guys looking out for you saying that you are not ready.
00:09:13.720 And you shouldn't take this as an insult or anything like that.
00:09:18.100 You should take it as a sign of that your coach then he cares about you, that he doesn't want you to get injured,
00:09:24.160 that you need to train a bit more.
00:09:26.060 And that doesn't make you a bad fighter, it doesn't make you a, you know, low thumos or anything like that.
00:09:31.780 It simply means that you will need to train more.
00:09:34.880 So nothing strange with it.
00:09:36.740 Same thing if you're doing some powerlifting meet and you talk to someone, a coach for example,
00:09:43.280 and he says, I wouldn't risk this particular weight.
00:09:47.560 Then you say, okay, you probably know best, I should listen to you.
00:09:51.180 So he says that from a position of caring about you.
00:09:54.200 All right, that was enough cardio for me.
00:09:56.780 I've now seated myself on a nice tree.
00:10:02.140 So a good cardio whilst talking.
00:10:04.980 No, I'm joking.
00:10:05.720 It doesn't count as cardio.
00:10:07.140 I need to do more cardio actually.
00:10:09.140 But anyway, what to do if you get injured, you might ask.
00:10:12.280 So this is where we come to the stage that a mistake has been made because you shouldn't become injured.
00:10:19.060 That's the first thing.
00:10:20.040 But, you know, bad things can always happen.
00:10:22.560 After all, if we're talking about heavy lifting in the gym, we're talking about martial arts,
00:10:28.740 there is always an element of risk.
00:10:31.240 Like, so that's something to keep in mind as well, that if something happens, it's not super unexpected either.
00:10:37.760 Like, you should try to avoid as much as possible, but it can happen and then you need to make the best out of a bad situation.
00:10:45.140 So, simply put, you want to continue to progress in something.
00:10:51.120 And this is more about your mental well-being and to keep a high thumos attitude to life.
00:10:56.520 So that if you're used to having a good momentum, you're going forward and then you suddenly come to a stop.
00:11:02.900 That's not good at all for your mental well-being.
00:11:06.940 So you need to have that constant tension going forward.
00:11:10.720 If you don't have that, if you stop on your path to become better, then, yeah, you might have a depression knocking on the door.
00:11:19.020 So you've probably seen this as well.
00:11:20.940 You have a guy who's really high thumos.
00:11:23.680 He goes to the gym or he goes to train whatever.
00:11:26.480 Then he gets injured.
00:11:27.420 He stops, you know, he stops having that positive mindset and then he spirals down.
00:11:32.900 It's very common and it's not super complicated why it happens.
00:11:37.260 Because if you don't have that forward momentum, you slow down and then you get drawn down in a dark pit, so to speak.
00:11:45.520 So what you need to do as soon as possible if you get injured, you need to find another path to go forward on.
00:11:53.300 So I mentioned in the last video that I recommended a friend to try to meditate a bit more, to do some more breathing exercises.
00:12:01.300 Because that's another path he can go forward on and then eventually he has, you know, been excited for, you know, the progression on that path.
00:12:10.020 And then he is well in his body.
00:12:12.060 He can continue with the powerlifting.
00:12:14.080 So that's something good.
00:12:15.360 It's a good way to approach it.
00:12:17.520 And it can be anything really.
00:12:18.940 You can take up painting or calligraphy or whatever it is.
00:12:22.120 As long as you get a little victory each day.
00:12:25.660 So then you might ask, this isn't, you know, part of my overall plan.
00:12:30.720 If you, if your plan is to be, you know, if you want to be a pro MMA fighter or if you want to be a powerlifter or whatever.
00:12:37.760 And then I'm talking here about calligraphy.
00:12:39.940 You say it's not really relevant to my journey.
00:12:41.800 But the last thing you want to do is to feel bad mentally.
00:12:46.660 Because then that will also slow down your recovery.
00:12:50.240 Life is quite cruel in that way that when you sort of give up life, Mother Nature will not make it easier for you.
00:12:58.320 But if you still have a good mentality, then you will speed up your recovery.
00:13:03.020 So we can talk about the placebo effect.
00:13:05.580 That's the most powerful supplement, by the way.
00:13:08.500 The supplement that is the most powerful is the one you believe in.
00:13:11.880 So it could be a complete placebo.
00:13:14.000 It can still do wonders for you.
00:13:15.800 So that's the power of the, of the mind.
00:13:18.380 So keep that in mind as well.
00:13:19.920 That if you have a good attitude, a good mindset, if you're enthusiastic about life, if you're keen on life, keen on whatever.
00:13:27.640 Then you will be back on track in, um, a lot sooner.
00:13:31.620 And then also it's more fun to live that way also.
00:13:33.800 So if you're listening to this and you have become injured, you can't train or you can't do
00:13:38.160 something that you would otherwise really like to do.
00:13:41.460 Do some calligraphy.
00:13:42.920 It's nice.
00:13:43.720 We all want to be cultured gentlemen.
00:13:46.500 So we might as well, you know, train there.
00:13:48.420 And then you can post some nice calligraphy instead of posting physique until you're better.
00:13:52.260 And then you can start training.
00:13:54.180 Then of course we can talk about, you know, truly brutal stuff such as being disabled. 1.00
00:13:58.760 Um, and I'm not gonna, you know, sit here and say that everything is fine and you can still, you know, live as you did before because of course you can't.
00:14:07.200 But you can still make the best out of a bad situation.
00:14:09.820 So one of my favorite authors, Julius Evola, which, you know, I enjoy reading his insights.
00:14:15.100 I've soon read all of his books.
00:14:17.020 Uh, I don't agree with him on many of his political takes, but the magico-mystical takes I enjoy greatly.
00:14:23.700 And I say I don't agree with his political takes because he was quite blackpilled when it came to engage politically.
00:14:29.240 And of course for me, I encourage you to engage politically.
00:14:33.040 Anyway, he got injured.
00:14:34.840 He got disabled.
00:14:36.040 He went out into, um, during a bomb raid, uh, in Austria.
00:14:40.420 So he went out to just tempt fate, which maybe not the most intelligent thing to do, but, but, you know, I'm not gonna say anything about it because he was a great mystic and thinker and author.
00:14:50.500 Um, and he wrote many of his finest books when he was in a wheelchair.
00:14:55.180 So if you are in a wheelchair, I'm not gonna comment too much about it because I don't have any experience, but I'm saying that you can still contribute greatly even though you are disabled.
00:15:06.020 So look at Julius Evola, for example.
00:15:07.980 Um, disabled still managed to produce some really thought-provoking texts and, uh, great works that we can enjoy today.
00:15:16.780 So if you are disabled, and again, I know this is easy for me to say, but you can still try to, you know, appreciate that you have eyesight, you have, you know, working hands, a working mind.
00:15:27.180 You can read, you can write, you can contribute in a positive way.
00:15:31.060 So anyway, the point there is that you can often, at least, you can find a way to progress in something.
00:15:38.200 You can engage in art or you can delve deep into some, some interest you have.
00:15:44.020 You can read books, you can do all of these things, you can continue to get better at something at least.
00:15:49.340 And now, it depends on how injured you are, uh, I can only paint with a very broad brush here, but what I want to say is that the main thing, find something that you can go a path.
00:16:02.160 Find a path that you can begin walking and then you will feel better.
00:16:07.960 Now, on a similar note, it's very important that your motivation comes from within, so that you don't rely on necessarily the approval of others.
00:16:20.000 Now, don't get me wrong, it can be nice to get the approval of others, but the, the sense of accomplishment, it needs to come from within.
00:16:28.160 The motivation, it needs to come from within, that you enjoy every step of the journey.
00:16:32.620 Because if you don't have that mindset, and if you rely on positive reinforcement from others, then, you know, you sort of, you will stand still the minute that motivation disappears.
00:16:45.200 So, to yet again use the example of the injured powerlifting who does calligraphy now for the coming months.
00:16:54.020 Because if you lift for, you know, maybe you wanted to go to the gym in the first place to, uh, to look good for the ladies, which is, you know, a perfectly fine reason to do it. 0.92
00:17:07.440 But, when you outsource your motivation, when you outsource your inner sense of accomplishment, of thumos, then, yeah, it can be taken away from you. 0.76
00:17:19.580 So, if you instead have an inner sense of the path of the overman, that you continuously take one step that no one really needs to know about it.
00:17:29.840 No one needs to know what your ideal of yourself is, as long as you know it, as long as you gain a sense of accomplishment when you've taken one step.
00:17:40.880 So, instead of impressing others with a big lift in the gym, you impress yourself with a fine stroke of the pen, a fine stroke of the calligraphy pen,
00:17:52.340 so that you get the sense of accomplishment, so that you are happy with your performance.
00:17:57.480 So, I'm not sure if this sounds reasonable, I'm not sure if this makes sense, but think about it.
00:18:04.820 Think about it, and you will be in a better situation, especially if you are injured or in a bad situation.
00:18:13.320 So, as long as you have a strong central core, motivation comes from within, the sense of achievement comes from within,
00:18:21.240 then it's easier for you to be happy and to feel accomplished.
00:18:26.380 And, again, when you are happy, you will be healthier.
00:18:30.860 If you're unhappy, you will be unhealthy.
00:18:33.240 It's just how cruel life can be sometimes, that life or Mother Nature or the gods, they look at your momentum, and they bless the momentum.
00:18:42.300 And if you lose momentum, you will slowly sink.
00:18:45.280 So, you need to find a different momentum to build up, and then you will be happy, and then you will heal yourself quicker.
00:18:51.700 So, yeah, something to keep in mind.
00:18:54.340 Anyway, I hope that was somewhat insightful.
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