Goin' Fishin'

I don't necessarily watch a whole lot of TV, but there are a few shows that I have to keep up with. One of those is "Deadliest Catch".



In case you don't know, "Deadliest Catch" is a show on the Discovery Channel that documents Alaskan crab fishing boats, and everything they go through in a 'season' of crab fishing.

(Oh, by the way - according to this site, fishing at sea is one of the very deadliest jobs in the world. It takes a certain kind of guts to do this sort of work...esp Alaskan crab fishing, which is done in the Bering Sea, so now massive cold weather is also an issue fishermen have to contend with.)

ANYWAY...as fans of the show will know, the newest season recently started back on the Discovery Channel.

I'm actually a little bit behind, and was watching the 1st episode of the season last night. (Thank goodness for DVR!)

The shows follows a few different crab boats, and one of them is the Northwestern. It's captain is the Norwegian, Sig Hansen.

Prior to the beginning of this season, the captains of many of these boats all gathered together to share some last-minute camaraderie and wish each other good luck. While talking, the guys eventually began discussing how they were brought up, and things they experienced in their early, formative years of fishing.

Sig Hansen talked about how a family member used to run the boat, and was always really super hard on everybody. But, he was quick to point out that it (and I'm paraphrasing here) "made a man out of you" and how it "built character."

(By the way - Sig is known for working the hell out of his guys.)

Sig said something that was just cool as all hell, and I wanted to share with y'all - it's something that I hope y'all take to heart:

"He was hard on us, but it built character. And if you don't like my character, you can kiss my ass."

Said by a true hard-ass.

The next time you get tired, and want to give up early, or worse yet - quit, take a look in the mirror, and ask yourself what kind of character YOU have.

Could you tell other people to kiss your ass if they didn't like how hard you worked?

It just might help you keep yourself in line.



Train Hard, Rest Hard, Play Hard-
Matt "Wiggy" Wiggins
http://www.workingclassfitness.com

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