Don’t Read This Unless You Have Brass Balls

The other day I revealed how I used to work in sales before becoming a full-time strength and conditioning coach.

I also mentioned my favorite sales movie Glengarry Glen Ross. It's about four real estate agents who sell unappealing land to people who don’t really want it. One of the agents is a good salesman. The other three are not.

What makes this movie my favorite?

The scene where Alec Baldwin's character, Blake, delivers the greatest sales speech ever given on screen.

Blake, who made $970,000 in salary and commissions the previous year, has been sent by the owners of the real estate company to help motivate the failing salesmen. He’s the motivational speaker from Hell, determined to either increase productivity or inspire suicide.

I can watch that scene over and over again (as in, hit the replay button on YouTube), and never get bored of it.

Anyway, it just finally dawned on me:

His speech is even *more* applicable to off-ice training.

How?

Well, allow me do a shameless paraphrase of his talk:

“Get mad, you sons of bitches, get mad!
You know what it takes to lift heavy weights?”

[Blake pulls something out of his briefcase]

“It takes brass balls to lift heavy weights.”

[He's holding two brass balls on a string, over his crotch -- he puts them away after a pause]

“Go and do likewise, gents.
The gains are out there, you pick ’em up, they’re yours.
You don’t — I have no sympathy for you.
You wanna go to the gym tonight and lift, lift, they’re yours.
If not you’re going to be shining my jock.
And you know what you’ll be saying?
Bunch of losers sitting around in a bar.
[In a mocking weak voice:]
“Oh yeah, I used to be a hockey player, it’s a tough racket.”

It’s 100% true, too.

The only way to get strong is to lift heavy weights. And it does take brass balls to do that.

So go to the gym tonight and lift, lift, until you can no more.

Do that and the gains are yours.

Here's how to start:

http://www.NextLevelHockeyTraining.com

Yunus Barisik

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Yunus Barisik

Yunus Barisik, CSCS, specializes in making hockey players strong, fast and explosive. He has trained 500+ hockey players at the junior, college and pro levels, including NHL Draft picks and World Champions. An accomplished author, Yunus has had articles published on top fitness and performance sites, including T Nation, STACK and Muscle & Strength. He also wrote Next Level Hockey Training, a comprehensive resource for ice hockey players on building athletic strength, size and power, while staying injury-free.