New age philosopher. Documenting my process of developing the human animal๐ฆ | Strength and movement educator. Building @monkesportsng๐ฆ๐.
Lagos, Nigeria
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Physical fortification 101 : Basic human movement patterns and how we train them. ( bookmark and build your program around them)
A squat pattern (barbell squats, hack squats, pendulum squats, belt squats, Zercher squats, front squats, split squats, goblet squats, leg press, lunges)
A hinge pattern (conventional deadlifts, Romanian deadlifts, hyperextensions, good mornings, stiff-legged deadlifts, trap bar deadlifts, kettlebell swings)
A horizontal press (barbell bench press, dumbbell bench press, incline/decline press, push-ups, machine chest press, floor press)
A vertical press (barbell overhead press, dumbbell shoulder press, push press, landmine press, handstand push-ups, machine shoulder press)
A horizontal pull (barbell rows, dumbbell rows, seated cable rows, chest-supported rows, inverted rows, T-bar rows)
A vertical pull (pull-ups, chin-ups, lat pulldowns, neutral-grip pulldowns, straight-arm pulldowns)
A carry / loaded carry pattern (farmerโs walks, suitcase carries, yoke walks, overhead carries)
A core / anti-rotation / anti-extension pattern (planks, ab wheel rollouts, Pallof presses, hanging leg raises, cable woodchops, dead bugs, bird dogs)
These are the foundational movement patterns my training and coaching system is built around.
Knowledge is good, but implementation is a different ballgame. Thatโs where programming and coaching comes in.
For 1-1 coaching and personalized programming, Dm to book a consultation ๐ฉ ( Consultation fee~ #10000)
Stronger is betterโ Get stronger ๐ฆ
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Before Hollywood, I was living in a van in Hawaii and waiting tables at Bubba Gump Shrimp Company. One day, the incredible Rae Dawn Chong walked into the restaurant, and naturally, I went up to her table and said, โHey, youโre a movie star! What are you doing here?โ
She asked if I could act, and I said, โFuck yeah, put me in your movie!โ
She asked for my phone number. The only problem was I didnโt have one. So I gave her my buddy Mikeโs number instead. A couple days later, Mike casually mentions, โOh, by the way, someone called you.โ ARE YOU KIDDING ME, MIKE?!
I called her back, and sure enough, she was serious. I drove over to pick up the script, went back to Mikeโs house, and read all 120 pages three times in a row. First script Iโd ever read. My character's name was Devon, and I remember thinking, โSweet! I could totally play a Devon!โ
I showed up to the audition with every line and inflection mapped out in pencil. Rae told me I could act and offered me the part. I asked if we were shooting in Hawaii. Nope. Los Angeles.
I had about $60 to my name, a bag of clothes, and some rollerblades.
Then Rae told me they'd fly me out. And I remember thinking right then and there, my life just changed forever. I'm going to be an actor.
That little movie was Cursed Part 3, a low-budget horror comedy that opened the door to Hollywood for me.
I'll forever be grateful to Rae for taking a chance on a kid working at a shrimp restaurant. Everybody starts somewhere, and this is where it all began for me.
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On the bright side, I respect babes that announce they are selling it than those who try to sneak the billing in.
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The first time I came to Ghana was in 1995. I was 5 years old and I stayed at a hotel in Dzorwulu that no longer exists called Secaps Hotel.
It's been 31 years in and out of Ghana since then and I now even have a Ghanaian passport. In all this time, "Ghanaians hate Nigerians" has been such a popular internet phenomenon, but I have never seen it in real life. I don waka this country from Elubo to Takoradi. I've been to more places in Ghana than most Ghanaians, and the fact that I am Nigerian has never at any point put me in danger or ruined anything for me.
The closest thing to discrimination that has ever happened to me was one time in 2023 when I was in Accra for a few weeks and I needed to rent a car, but the rental agency I found on Jiji wouldn't rent to me because the identity document I submitted was Nigerian. And even then, I simply moved on to the next agency and I rented a car immediately ๐คท๐ฟโโ๏ธ
Some people are spending a lot of energy trying to force one weird beef that does not exist in real life. The other day I went to Madina market to fix my phone screen and I literally could not distinguish between "Nigerian" and "Ghanaian" because those guys all speak this mix of Igbo and Twi and you legit cannot tell who is who until they speak English and you hear their accent.
"Nigeria vs Ghana" is a very interesting internet phenomenon, and I'd like to witness it in real life one day. It's been 3 decades and I'm still looking for it ๐คท๐ฟโโ๏ธ
And another thing, @DavidHundeyin has made me (us) aware of the West's plan to divide Africans and turns us against each other. Because this sudden noise about Ghanians hating Nigerians and Nigerians hating Ghanians is news to me.
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Rent and invest the bulk.
With โฆ200m you can put most of it into solid money market funds or T-bills currently yielding around 18 to 21%. That alone can generate โฆ36m to โฆ40m a year, more than enough to cover a very comfortable rent, while your capital stays liquid and keeps compounding.
Building locks the money up, exposes you to construction delays and cost overruns, and usually delivers lower net returns than the fixed income options available right now. You can always build later with a bigger pot.
