{"id":18,"date":"2008-06-05T09:02:13","date_gmt":"2008-06-05T13:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/?p=18"},"modified":"2009-03-19T17:08:05","modified_gmt":"2009-03-19T21:08:05","slug":"surprising-bipolar-lesson-from-an-odd-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/surprising-bipolar-lesson-from-an-odd-person\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprising Bipolar Lesson from an odd person"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I hope you are doing well.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I wanted to tell you about my friend who does strongman competitions and the GREAT bipolar lesson you can take away.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What are strongman competitions*?<\/span><\/p>\n

A typical strongman competition consists of six events. The first three events are used to qualify eight finalists for the last three events. There are about fifteen different events established so far.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The promoter of a particular competition chooses from among these. Many of these events are adopted from traditional, centuries old contests like Scottish Highland Games and the Basque contests in Spain. Variations of regular power lifts are used to test pure strength.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Some of the most common events are:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Farmer’s Walk, Car Walk, Loading, McGlashen Stones Truck Pulling, Log-Press \/ Stone-Press, Hercules Hold, Stone Lift, Log Throw \/ Caber toss, Weight throw, Tug of War, Pole Pushing, Crucifix <\/span>and Car Rolling<\/span><\/p>\n

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About 2.5 years ago my friend decided he wanted to compete in these.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I was kind of strange to me. The events are <\/span>really odd. Something I would not be into. <\/span>I used to power lift years ago but not any longer. I only body build non-competitively.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Anyway, so my friend signed up for his first contest.<\/span><\/p>\n

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His entire family went, including me.<\/span><\/p>\n

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So we went there and my friend who is SUPER strong, I mean really strong, went through the entire competition.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Guess what happened?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Take a wild guess! Then scroll down for the rest of the story….<\/span><\/p>\n

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He got destroyed. He didn’t do well at all. Despite being really strong and a good athlete he got destroyed!<\/span><\/p>\n

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It was amazing. I couldn’t believe it myself.<\/span><\/p>\n

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He was really bummed out. I immediately saw the problem because of my consulting background and my background with mental health, especially bipolar disorder.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Guess what he didn’t have that you need for bipolar disorder in order to manage it?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Take a guess and then scroll..<\/span><\/p>\n

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He didn’t have a system. That was the problem. I noticed the people who won had systems. What kind of systems?<\/span><\/p>\n

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How to get there and what time (most go there the day before, my friend got there the day of the event…hmmm) What to eat before the competition What to drink and eat during the competition Ways to keep cool How to conserve your energy for all the events<\/span><\/p>\n

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People had special coolers, food, special seats, tents, cooling devices, supplements, special food and drinks.<\/span><\/p>\n

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You could tell that the people who won had a plan and a system. It was kind of amazing.\u00a0 <\/span>My friend didn’t pick up on this.<\/span><\/p>\n

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NOTE-They also had great technique. To be a successful person in these competitions requires some amount of strength but way more technique.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Usually the smaller guys beat the bigger guys because they had better technique. Some smaller guys made winning look effortless.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Anyway, so I told my friend to ask everyone lots of questions about what they did.<\/span><\/p>\n

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He did.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fast forward 2.5 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Over this past weekend, my friend did EXTREMELY well. He is on track to be a major champion.<\/span><\/p>\n

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He has come a long way. He did very well. He took <\/span>3rd<\/sup>, which is incredible, and just missed 2nd. <\/span>I asked him, “What was the key?”<\/span><\/p>\n

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He said, “I remember 2 years ago you told me about systems and that’s what made the difference. I now have a system to win. I know how to eat, what to do and when to do it.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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When he told me that, I immediately thought of bipolar disorder.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In my courses\/systems below:<\/span><\/p>\n

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SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?<\/span><\/p>\n

Visit:<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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SUPPORTING A CHILD\/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?<\/span><\/p>\n

Visit:<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?<\/span><\/p>\n

Visit:<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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I talk over and over again about the importance of systems.<\/span><\/p>\n

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They are super important. Something that you Can’t just fly by the seat of your pants and do well helping a loved one with bipolar disorder or managing the disorder yourself. I don’t believe this is the case at all.<\/span><\/p>\n

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YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED A SYSTEM AND A PLAN<\/span><\/p>\n

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It’s important to note that you will have like a master plan and sub-plans that go along to <\/span>helping you with your master plan. <\/span>For example if you are a super, your master plan is to help your loved one become stable, productive and be able to work.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Your sub-plan may be, getting your loved one into the “5 percenter club,” finding a job your loved one can do from home and also making sure your loved one takes his\/her medication.\u00a0 <\/span>You will have 3 plans that lead to your 3 objectives that make up your master plan.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Make sense? I hope so.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hey I have to take off now, catch you tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n

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FIND OUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT ME<\/span><\/p>\n

Visit: http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/testimonials<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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David Oliver is the author of the shocking guide \u201cBipolar Disorder\u2014The REAL Silent Killer.\u201d Click Here<\/span><\/a><\/strong> to get FREE Information<\/strong> sent via email on how and why bipolar disorder kills.<\/p>\n

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Hi,<\/p>\n

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How’s it going?<\/p>\n

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I hope you are doing well.<\/p>\n

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I wanted to tell you about my friend who does strongman competitions and the GREAT bipolar lesson you can take away.<\/p>\n

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What are strongman competitions*?<\/p>\n

A typical strongman competition consists of six events. The first three events are used to qualify eight finalists for the last three events.<\/p>\n

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