Hello Dreadful lads. It's time again for 60 Days of Dread.

This year, our posts will focus on mindset for our areas of improvement. To the extent that we have original content this year, it will be aimed toward this.

For example, our Week 1 post is traditionally on lifting. You can review past years' posts on how to lift effectively. What we want to discuss this year is why to lift. The obvious answer is "to get stronger." There are less obvious answers too.

If you lift well and lift consistently you will indeed get stronger. You will look better. You will feel better about yourself. You may even get to the point that you get women throwing IOI's at you. But none of these things are the why, and they should not underpin your mindset. Vanity and hedonism are for the weak-minded, just the siren-song of ego; those things Iisted are benefits, yes, but not reasons.

Your mindset for lifting should instead be linked to your identity as a man. You lift because your body is made for it. You lift because it shows commitment to your own well-being. You lift for the clarity of mind and commitment to process that it affords you. You lift to become a fully actualized man.

So, by all means put yourself on a program. Get as big as you can, I dare you. But when you're grunting out a set and you're just sure you will die when you're through - remember why you're there, and you just may smile through your pain.

For reporting goals and progress this year, put in OYS each week. Include a #60DoD tag so I and other interested readers can find it. Remember that this is your challenge to yourself to improve how you operate. Your mindset for that should be to own it fully and execute it as a promise to yourself. Those who make outstanding progress (as judged by mods) will again get 60 DoD flair. Recall that prior year posts are on the side bar. If you're new to 60 DoD you should read those. Now get to work.