So, I tried to do the whole vlogging thing, but honestly that wasn’t for me either. However, I have continued to post my training videos from time to time on my youtube channel. I am continuing to do my monthly podcast Not So Average. In fact I just hit episode 8 and it’s with Lion Fight 23 combatant Stan “The Giant Killer” Mancebo. Check it below.
It’s been a while since I’ve used my wordpress site.
Honestly just haven’t buckled downed and committed to the whole blogging thing yet. So I’ll give this a whirl one more time.
Not So Average Podcast – Ep 2 Farron Tarr
Hey guys my first new episode for my podcast is out. Please check it out either on sound cloud or on iTunes. Please like, share and comment. Help me out with that 5 star rating and a review it helps!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/farron-tarr/id955866956?i=329864393&mt=2
What’s in my bag
Light Sparring Session with Jason
Not So Average Ep 1 – Sylvie Von Duuglas Ittu
This is the pilot episode for the podcast I’m going to start. I’m currently waiting for my soundcloud application for the beta podcast program. But for now check out this episode. It’s a relaunch of an episode I’ve done previously on an older podcast.
Motivation from Rest/Recovery Days
Why I chose to not become a fighter
Don’t give up
I love my job
There were many times I was unsure of my future and to be honest I still am. But Muay Thai has really built the fighter in me and has made that lifestyle applicable to the rest of my life outside the ring. I’ve stated this many times now, I’m not a fighter and I don’t want to be. I learned this the hard way. But living the lifestyle of one and training among them has showed me success is all about not quitting. Really we’re all fighters. We’re fighting something. It’s your choice to be a warrior and suck it up when you’re feeling the least capable. I’ve heard it on the Muay Thai Guy podcast during an interview where someone stated it best. When I step in that ring it isn’t the opponent that I’m facing, it’s me. It’s always me. That person is just there trying to stop me. What’s great about that is that your opponent is in the same predicament as you.
There’s that saying that you don’t start counting the reps until you’re tired. Well this is applicable to life outside the ring. Anytime I’ve felt like quitting, I’ve felt near my breaking point, I’ve wanted to just walk away, I find that little reserve that I didn’t know I had. I dig deep and push forward. I push forward knowing that I might just be walking to defeat. But you’ll never know the truth until you’ve pushed passed it anyway. And if you fail, it isn’t the worst thing in the world. You’re still alive, you’re still capable of picking yourself back up and trying again. It’s exactly the same has wanting to take a break for a breather just when you think you can’t bang out 20 more reps of whatever you find yourself doing 40. Just fucking do it. You’re a badass and you can. I don’t care who you are. But you’re always capable.
So my outside of the ring example is my career. Ultimately the main reason I don’t compete. My college transcripts aren’t great, they’re below average. And when I saw them recently they conjured up some memories of the really difficult times I had during college. I wanted to quit so many times. I was ridiculously close to dropping below the needed GPA for my BSc. in Computer Engineering. But somehow, I still decided to push through it. I got 2.13 where I needed 2.0 to get my BSc. Funny thing I thought things were going to be pretty easy after that. Nope. I was still fighting. Fighting with the idea that I wasn’t in the industry that I actually wanted to be in. Fighting with the fact that do I even deserve to be in the industry, Fighting with the fact that I don’t even know what it is my goal in life is. But I still pushed through, I dug deep and found myself. I fight every demon that tells me I can’t. I figured out my life’s goal and I’ve fought my ass off to landed my dream job as a software engineer. What’s next? Well I’m going to continue fighting and hopefully work my way to work for NASA. I’m not done and I’ll never be done.
Michael Greyfox 