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 Primal Baseball Blog

Welcome to the Primal Blog. Our goal is to give you simple, actionable, and easy-to-digest information weekly. We will share our quotes of the week, journal prompts of the week, visualization prompts of the week, meals of the week, and much more. Thanks for following along. Be sure to follow us on Instagram and Twitter @primalbsbl. Tune into our podcast "The Man in the Arena" on Apple Podcasts. 

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Book Quote of the Week

Book: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman

Quote:

"We treat our plans as though they are a lasso, thrown from the present around the future, in order to bring it under our command. But all a plan is- all it could ever possibly be- is a present-moment statement of intent. It's an expression of your current thoughts about how you'd ideally like to deploy your modest influence over the future. The future, of course, is under no obligation to comply." (Burkeman 123)

Personal Analysis:

 Many times we believe just because we think a plan out in our head, or have a vision of a path in our head, the world will allow those events to happen in perfect chronological order. We are never in full command of the world, as much as we wish we could be, things will arise. Events we could not have possibly planned for will throw us away from our imagined route. Oftentimes, you will be thrown from your outline, an injury, a loss, family, or friends, will all pop up and you will need to adjust and adapt. Although our plans may not go accordingly, this does not mean we can't reach the final destination. There are multiple courses of action to reach the outcome, we just have to reroute, reset, and find another way.

Meal/Recipe of the Week

Honey Mustard Wings with Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients:

 Chicken Wings, Olive Oil, Maple Syrup, Honey, Dijon Mustard, Whole Grain Mustard, Sweet Potatoes

Recipe:

Preheat the Oven to 380 degrees. Slice sweet potatoes, and add preferred spices. Place sweet potatoes on a baking sheet and drizzle olive oil on. Place in oven.

Season wings with preferred spices. Put wings in the oven on a baking sheet for 12 minutes. 

As the wings are cooking, get a mixing bowl and add 2 tablespoons of honey, 1 tablespoon of maple syrup, 1 tablespoon of each mustard, and 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Add salt to taste.

At 12 minutes, flip the wings and put them in for another 5-10 minutes. Check on sweet potatoes and cook to preferred softness. The longer you leave them in, the more tender they will become.

Take out wings, and toss Wings in sauce.

Serve and enjoy.

Everybody loves wings, and honey mustard is a great addition for a little kick. Add maple syrup for an added aftertaste. If you are looking to gain mass, using sweet potatoes as a fuel source is a great option. You can play around with this dish as much as you'd like. Chicken is a great meat for those looking to lean out. Depending on your goals, you can mix and match this dish, adding other vegetables or adding sour cream, etc., that will tailor towards your goals.

Journal and Visualization Prompt of the Week

Journal Prompt:

What are 2 things you can remove from your life that will allow you to become more productive?

Visualization Prompt:

Visualize your ideal home. Visualize yourself there, with your future family. Visualize what is in your backyard, and what it looks like. What it sounds like. Visualize yourself working backward to where you are now. The steps that it took to get to that space. Visualize yourself working, and slowly moving the needle closer and closer to that dream. Visualize what it takes.

Baseball Thought/Key of the Week

Lab Rats vs. Gamer

With pitching facilities being constructed all across the country it can be forgotten that we play baseball outside, with many external factors and stimuli affecting performance. Luckily, many facilities understand this and take measures to prepare their players for the conditions they will face on the game mound. While mechanics and technology play a large role in pitching development, so do athleticism and competition. We are able to grow both at the same time, and we can have a balance of both in order to develop as a player and person. When we only acquire one of the two skill sets, we can falter when in the game. If we only understand how to throw hard and move well, when stressful situations arrive, we can become overwhelmed and lose our patterns. On the flip side, if we only know how to compete, and do not know how to throw hard and move well, we can be beaten simply due to our lack of skill. It takes both sides to become a well-rounded athlete, pitcher, and human. The two personality types are complimentary of one another, dive too far to either side of the spectrum and we miss out on the benefits of the other. 

Song of the Week

real things by mike.