The Big Lies We've Been Told About Fitness

[James Klymus]

When you think about someone building a great body, what do you picture?

You probably will picture a guy in a tank top, in a gym with a protein shaker filled with BCAAs and whey protein for after his workout. He'll probably be doing a specific muscle group that day (Leg day, arm day, chest day), Where he will do 6-8 exercises for said muscle group. Probably consisting of 3-4 sets of 8-12 reps for each exercise. He also found this routine out of a muscle building magazine, or from his favorite juiced up body building instagrammer.

He'll probably go stretch for 10 minutes before his workout, then run on the treadmill for 30 minutes to "warm up". Then he'll get into his workout routine.

After all this, he will probably have been in the gym for 2 hours. Then he will repeat the process tomorrow, and 6 days a week.

What's the problem with all of this? This is the type of routine the fitness industry tells people to do for a good body, isn't it?

Well for one, and what I think is the biggest issue, You simply cannot go into the gym and tax your body every day. You cannot bench and squat heavily, and keep adding 5lbs to the bar every workout Monday thru Saturday. You'll understand why lifting heavy is important later.

Another problem is naive, natural lifters listening to unnatural bodybuilders. Most guys in the muscle building magazines, and A LOT of the guys on instagram are juiced up.

In a nutshell, steroids don't just cause your body to grow muscle out of no where. You still have to train. They help your recovery, which is why bodybuilders can be in the gym every day. Naturals take about 48-72 hours to recover.

But when a natural lifter sees this routine and mimics it, he won't get the same results.

After a few months, he will quickly plateau.

So what's the best training protocol for a natural lifter then?

I'd like to introduce you to strength training.

Before we go further, I'd like to make one thing clear. Strength is the basis for muscle size and growth. Our muscles have absolutely no reason to be bigger unless it is completely necessary. Muscle tissue is "expensive" to your body, meaning it takes a lot of energy (calories) to build and maintain. That is why people with more muscle have a higher base metabolic rate. Their body has to maintain the muscle tissue it has created.

And as far as your body is concerned, you are still a caveman that has to go hunt, and starvation is a very real issue. Your body doesn't understand that there is essentially a limitless supply of food available to you in the modern world. This is a very new reality for us as humans, with this only being the case for the past hundred or so years. So your body still wants to be as efficient as possible to ensure survival.

Now look, if you can only bench press 100lbs, of course you will have small muscles. That isn't a lot of weight. But show me a someone who benches 275lbs x5, and you'll show me a guy with a good chest. Same thing with shoulders. Show me someone who can overhead press 200lbs, they will have great shoulders.

Strength is also a general adaptation, It effects all aspects of your ability to move and exert force. It is unlike "traditional" functional training, which argues that you need to do exercises that resemble the task you need to train for (Like picking up groceries, your kids, moving furniture). In reality, if you gain overall strength, you will be able to pick things up more easily. You don't need go train specifically to pick up groceries or your kid.

Why is there such a big misunderstanding in the fitness industry? Because strength training is HARD. Going into the gym and adding weight to the bar every single workout is tough. Light weights are easier. Also, for whatever reason, people seem to think lifting heavy is dangerous. I would argue these people have no experience with barbell training, and don't know what they're talking about.

And as we all know, the market buys what the market wants! It doesn't matter if it is correct, or good for you, The market decides what it wants. And (this may shock you) most people DON'T actually want to put in years of effort of hard training. Crazy right? The market wants a fat burning, muscle growing pill that gets you ripped and lean over night. So typically that's what sells in mass, then "typical wisdom" and dogma comes about.

It's the same reason why people never build a business. It's tough! But it is so worth it.

Getting strong is actually very beneficial psychologically, because when you aren't sure if you'll get this last rep of squats, and then you do get it, it shows you that you can do things that you weren't sure you could do. Which is important for everybody, but especially for us entrepreneurs.

So what does our training look like?

We will "only" be training 3 days a week, and doing 3-4 exercises per workout. This may sound like I'm about to sell you some easy get ripped fast routine, but I promise, I'm not.

I say "only" because we won't just be doing some bicep curls then going home. We are squatting, bench pressing, overhead pressing, deadlifting, and doing weighted chinups. And every time you go in that gym, you'll be adding 5lbs to your lifts in the very beginning. Later on as progress slows, you'll want to pick up a set of microloading plates, I would recommend a set of 1.25lb plates, so that you can add 2.5lbs to the bar total. You'll see progress slow quickest on your overhead press and bench press. Squats and deadlifts you won't need to microload for a long time, If ever. And weighted chin ups, you can just use a 2.5lb plate from the gym.

The Program:

Like I said, we will only be lifting 3 days per week. You can lift whatever days you want, I personally do MWF. This gives me a day of rest in between to recover, and a 2 day rest at the end of the week to ensure you're fully recovered from the week of training.

We will also be doing an A/B split. This means Monday you would do workout A, Wednesday B, Friday A. Then the next week B A B, Then the week after would go back to A B A. You'll be alternating like this so that you can hit each lift once every 5 days.

Workout A:

Bench Press 3 Sets of 5 reps.

Squats (High bar or low bar, up to you) 3x5

Deadlift 1 set of 5 reps

Dumbbell Chest Flyes 3x12-15

Workout B:

Overhead Press: 3x5

Weighted Chinups (Or bodyweight until you can add weight) 3x5

Deadlift 1x5

Lateral raises 3x12-15

This program continues on indefinitely. You keep doing it until you can't add 2.5-5lbs every workout, at which point you are an intermediate.

Some people might be wondering, why is the volume relatively low for this training protocol? It's because this is intense. You can have high intensity, or high volume, not both.

And remember, this is a program designed to increase your overall strength. You muscles will grow as you get stronger. Furthermore, You'll notice I have added in some volume work at the end of the workout (Lateral raises, chest flyes). This is treated as icing on the cake not the cake itself. The cake is your main lifts, the bench, OHP, squat, deadlift, weighted chins. Everything else is secondary. In the beginner phase, these aren't even necessary, so if you are in a time crunch, you can skip these for now.

Don't forget to be increasing the weight by 5lbs every time you're in the gym. Start off with a light weight, then keep adding weight to the bar. Your first week you may add 20lbs to each lift until you find a weight that challenges you for 3x5. Later on when you can't keep adding 5lbs to your bench and OHP, start with those microloading plates. This will probably happen first with your OHP, as it's a challenging lift, and your shoulders are small muscles that grow relatively slowly.

I can't stress the importance of increasing that weight every week. This is why a lot of programs don't work long term. If you go in and bench 135 3x5 for a year, you chest will never grow. An important note: You will only be adding 5lbs on your MAIN lifts, not the accessory lifts at the end (L Raises, Curls etc..), This is because 1. dumbbells go up in increments of 5lbs (10lbs total) and 2. because individual isolation exercises only use the muscle you're isolating. This is why there is a limit to how much you can do for lateral raises, but OHP you can keep progressing on for years.

For your accessory lifts, work your way up to the top of the rep range, then you can up the weight.

As far as warming up on this program, You DO NOT need to run on the treadmill and stretch. I advise against it for a few reasons. 1. It's not good to stretch before you lift heavy. Think about it, if you are going to load a joint with a lot of weight, do you want a stiff and sturdy joint, or a loose and wobbly joint? 2. It will fatigue you before your training session, so you will not be lifting the weight you truly could lift. 3. It's a waste of time, IMO. If it makes you feel good, then sure whatever, stretch after your workout. I have yet to come across any conclusive evidence that stretching and running before a workout does anything else besides making you more tired. But running will certainly impede on your recovery, and you will progress more slowly.

A sufficient warmup consists of a set with an empty barbell, followed by 2 sets of increasing weight. I do about 75% for 3-5 reps of my work set then 90% of my work set for 1-2 reps. Anything else is a waste of your time.

Speaking of time, A nice byproduct of training in this way, is it will only take you about 45 min to an hour, 3 days a week. As opposed to 2-3 hours for 6 days a week. We are all busy, especially entrepreneurs, so this is a nice byproduct of focusing on a few key lifts.

A note on complex programs:

The ones that are in the fitness magazines, the functional training, the muscle confusion. The ones that a lot of body builders will try to sell you.

This program is simple, but it doesn't mean that it is easy. You go in the gym, do your 3-4 lifts, and leave.

Complexity appeals to stupid people. I'm not saying that complexity has no place in your training at all, it's just for very advanced athletes. A beginner and intermediate can follow a routine like the one above and keep progressing for years. Don't be fooled by the simple nature of this program.

Diet

Look, I'm not a diet expert, and I don't try to be one. But diet is just as important as training. I'm not saying you should do keto, vegan, paleo, or any particular diet, do what you like!

When you're getting stronger every week in the gym, like in this program, you absolutely need to be fueling your body properly. I know this first hand, because when I was 20 years old and 115lbs I was weak as hell. When I got in the gym I started progressing a little bit, but I quickly hit a wall. I couldn't get stronger on my lifts.

I didn't understand how much food your body actually needs to grow. Like I said earlier, your body does not want to have to expend extra energy by maintaining a bunch of lean muscle mass. You have to "show" your body that you are getting enough food for it to grow with out a problem.

Also, as far as macro nutrients, You will need to eat plenty of carbs, and about 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight per day. If you weight 150lbs then eat 150 grams of protein per day.

So here's what I recommend as far as diet:

If you are very skinny (like I used to be) Then you need to eat. A lot. If you think you eat a lot, but you weigh 120lbs, then I would tell you to download a calorie tracking app on your phone and look at how much you really eat. When I did this I was eating like 1800-2000 calories a day. There is absolutely no way your body will grow significantly when you're eating like this.

I would tell you to start eating about 3500-4000 calories per day. And before you ask: No you aren't going to develop heart disease, diabetes, cancer, or any other health ailment by eating a lot of food for a period of 6 months to a year. I was unhealthy at 115lbs. If I got sick and lost 10lbs, I would look like a stick, and possibly end up in the hospital. But if you're 185 and lose 10lbs, it's no big deal.

You might think this advice is a bit reckless, telling people to eat 3500-4000 calories a day. But you have to remember, if you are following the program, you are asking A LOT of your body during your training, and it needs to be given the fuel to repair. You may need to eat even more than this if you are a taller person. Telling someone who sits on the couch all day to eat 4000 calories a day is irresponsible, but telling an athlete who's pushing them selves during training to eat like this is necessary.

One last word on this, is you have to understand how your anabolic processes work in your body. When you gain weight, you gain both body fat and muscle. No matter what.

This means if you only fed some one chips and soda all day, who does not train in the gym, and they gained 100lbs, about 20lbs of that would be lean mass. That's because when your body grows, all of it grows, at different proportions of course.

By training, we get to skew these numbers in our favor. We get to increase the amount of lean mass we accumulate, and limit the amount of fat we gain. Like I said, you will always gain body fat when you gain weight, but you also will always gain muscle.

If you gained 100lbs, but you were training like I outline above, then you would have skewed those proportions greatly. You could reasonably expect that 70lbs of that weight is lean mass, while 30lbs would be body fat. This is a bit of an unrealistic example for most people, but it illustrates the point I'm trying to make. When you train, and eat in a caloric surplus, you will gain more muscle than you would without training.


I know there will be people saying "but aren't you going to gain a bunch of fat by eating 3-4,000 calories a day? For one, remember what we talked about earlier. You skew the way your body grows by strength training. More muscle than fat will be gained by a typical beginner. Second, So what if you do gain some body fat? Especially if you were a skinny bitch like I was. Who cares if your abs go away for a bit? It is impossible to get significantly stronger without more muscle tissue. And remember what we said, When your body grows, it grows fat tissue and lean tissue no matter what. So in order to grow muscle tissue, some fat tissue will be a side effect.

As for someone who has an "average" body (not super skinny/underweight and not obese), I would also download a calorie tracker, see how much you're eating then go from there. From there you can probably keep eating the same as you usually do, but you may need to up your protein intake. If you're eating under 3,000 calories per day, you may need to up your calorie intake as well.

As far as an obese trainee goes, the focus will be first on losing weight. You probably won't be able to do this program the way it is set up currently if you are obese, and you may need to substitute squat for the leg press.

For women, You should not go as crazy on the calories as men, women progress slower and differently than men do because of hormone differences.

Once you get to a point where you can no longer recover enough to keep adding 2.5-5lbs to the bar every workout, then you have likely reached the intermediate phase. The beginner phase will likely last 4-12 months. This phase is beyond the scope of this program, but it's a point where you can make a decision:

You can choose to lean down, and lose some of that body fat you accumulated over the past few months. This concept is also beyond the scope of this program, but you will have to clean up your diet and start eating less calories. If you chose this path, just understand strength gains will stall and can even regress. Because like the way your body grows, you don't get to choose wether you lose fat or muscle. Again, you will lose both, but if you still are lifting heavy, your body will lose more body fat, because you are signaling your body that you need to keep this muscle mass because you are lifting heavy weights.

You can go on to compete in strength sports. You will have built up a good level of base strength by this point, so you could compete in powerlifting.

You can continue on with the sport that you play. You've become stronger and are a better athlete. You will be able to sprint faster, throw faster and farther, punch harder. General strength increase does wonders for athleticism.

Or you can focus more on hypertrophy (Making muscles bigger). Of course strength is the basis for muscle growth, but you will also need to add in some higher volume work to your program to really make your muscles bigger and more impressive. This is the path that I am on, because I don't want to compete, and I don't play any sports.

Our bodies are adaptation machines. This is why we can take our squat from 135lbs to 3-400lbs in the course of a few months. Our bodies adapt to whatever we throw at them. But most people are sitting behind a computer, sitting in a car, on a plane, or train most of the day.

With the way our society is headed, I believe that there will be many health problems for my generation later on in life. We aren't using our bodies like we used to, and like they're designed to. Strength training increases your bone density, helps you live longer, and also increases your quality of life in your later years, allowing you to keep your independence for longer.

The reason why I wrote this article, was because if you stick around here you obviously have a fastlane mind set. You're someone who's willing to do the work. Training isn't easy, but neither is going after your dreams.

Training has changed my life profoundly. I used to be a skinny, weak kid 4 years ago. I wasn't very self confident, and I felt like people picked on me because I was tiny. Now, I'm getting stronger every time I go to the gym, and my body is progressing along every week. I want the same thing to happen to anyone who feels weak and small.

If you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them!

 

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[100ToOne]

Hsiev vjsief.

Ov't iyedvmz jux O xet ecmi vu vseptgusn nz cufz epf ci ecmi vu veli up coh hazt op nz tdjuum. Iwip vjuahj O piwis jef vu, O lpix O xuamf ci ecmi vu lodl vjios ett. Us ev mietv neli jahi fenehi cigusi O huv nz ett lodlif. Tu vji sotl ug nittoph esuapf xovj ni xet johj mum.

Ev ehi 14, O atif vu fu vjuti jzqisvsuqjz hzn vseopoph vjev esi ataemmz tvadl up vji xemm et zua ipvis vji hzn, xjodj iwisz hzn optvsadvus xustjoqt. Piwis heopif epzvjoph epf emxezt tvuqqif fai vu medl ug nuvowevoup - ataemmz cideati vjisi xisip'v epz sitamvt.

O guapf TM5y5 ev 17 epf fenp.
4 nupvjt qettif, O xet ecmi vu lodl iwisz lof't ett op nz tdjuum. O jef apiyqidvif tvsiphvj heopt vjev xisi eneboph.

O cimoiwi getvmepist xuamf muwi tvsiphvj vseopoph cideati vji sitamvt vjev tjux aq gsun katv e duaqmi ug nupvjt ug iyisdoti ot getdopevoph. Ov't moli cioph aptdsoqvif.

ONU iwisz viipehis jet vu ci ecmi vu giim vjot quxis. Puv cideati ji xomm hu up epf tvesv cammzoph qiuqmi, cav cideati ji xuamf pux jewi nettowi sitqidv gsun qiuqmi esuapf jon epf ci ecmi vu dsievi e tegi bupi esuapf jon.

Et gus foiv, vjisi ot e hsiev cuutv op TM5y5 og zua'si gopfoph ov jesf vu caml.

HUNEF. E hemmup ug Noml e fez.

Zua fup'v siemmz piif e hemmup ug noml e fez. O atif vu fu 1-2 movsit ug noml e fez. Epf ov fof nettowi onqedv.

Epzxez hsiev vjsief. Zua edvaemmz xsuvi iwiszvjoph O cimoiwi ecuav hznoph mum

 

[gryfny]

Podi xsovi aq. O'n dasouat vu tii zuas tvevt epf qsuhsitt up vji coh mogvt. Epf jux muph jewi zua ciip vseopoph moli vjot?

 

[James Klymus]

Podi xsovi aq. O'n dasouat vu tii zuas tvevt epf qsuhsitt up vji coh mogvt. Epf jux muph jewi zua ciip vseopoph moli vjot?

O jewi ciip tvsiphvj vseopoph gus vji qetv 3 ziest, Cav moli O teof op vji xsovi aq O xetp'v gaimoph nz cufz qsuqismz. Ievoph 2000 demusoit qis fez epf vszoph vu hiv tvsuphis ot huoph vu ipf xovj zua cioph caspv uav, epf madlomz o xet piwis opkasif xjomi fuoph vjev.

O vsoif qmezoph esuapf xovj foggisipv siq tdjinit txovdjoph iyisdotit, epf uvjis xetvit ug voni. O qav nz jief fuxp epf sitiesdjif qsuhsent moli tvesvoph tvsiphvj epf 5y5. Ecuav e zies ehu O fidofif vu gusdi nz timg vu iev xez nusi epf nz tvsiphvj jet hupi aq duptotvipvmz iwis topdi.

O fof jewi e duaqmi ug mezuggt ug ecuav e xiil us 2 vjot zies, cideati O huv vji gma epf vji tvunedj gma, tu O duamfp'v iev qsuqismz gus ecuav 2 xiilt.


Xjip O gostv tvesvif, O duamf cesimz cipdj 90mct, traev xet ev ecuav 115mct, fiefmogv xet ecuav 120mct, UJQ xet ev 75mct, xiohjvif djopt xisi ev 30mct epf foqt xisi ecuav 30mct emtu. O'n 5'9 epf nz CX xet 115-120mct xjip O tvesvif.

O dep cipdj 185y5
Traev 190y5 (O unovvif cescimm traevt gsun nz qsuhsen gus vuu muph tu O'n qmezoph devdj aq)
O dep qamm 250
UJQ 135
Xiohjvif djopt esi ev 90 epf xiohjvif foqt esi ev 100

Nz cufz xiohjv xipv gsun 115 vu 160 O xuamf moli vu ci aq esuapf 200 xovjop vji piyv 6 nupvjt.

O duptofis nz timg op vji puwodi qjeti tvomm topdi O dep eff vu nz mogvt iwisz tophmi voni O'n op vji hzn.

 

[SEBASTlAN]

"Vji Coh Moit Xi'wi Ciip Vumf Ecuav Govpitt"

Tu xjev xisi vji moit? Zua nefi e muv ug ettanqvoupt cav O fofp'v tii epz moit zua johjmohjvif us ficaplif.

 

[Visionary96]

Huuf qutv nep. O qistupemmz jevi mev seotit vjuahj, ov katv giimt moli ep appevasem qutovoup vu qav vji tjuamfist op, cav vjip eheop vjev nez katv ci nz cufz. Teni xovj djitv gmzt puv huoph vu moi. Muwi vji tonqmi eqqsuedj vu tvsiphvj vseopoph jisi vjuahj, emm ecuav vjev mopies qsuhsittoup. Gepvetvod.

 

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[Champion]

djidluav exusluavsuavopi.dun

Gus ni vjot qsuhsen jet ciip xusloph, katv vemloph gsun iyqisoipdi!

 

[Stargazer]

O vjopl zua esi dupgmevoph govpitt xovj cufzcaomfoph.

Pu upi xju kuopt vji Esnz ot vumf vu fu xjev zua jewi uavmopif.

Pu upi xju qmezt qsugittoupem tqusvt ot howip e qsuhsen tonomes vu xjev zua jewi uavmopif iovjis.

Piovjis fuit epz nepaem xuslis ih Gesnist xju esi gov epf tvsuph. Zua vjopl vjiz qodl aq e jiewz cemi ug jez 5 vonit cz 5 vjip demm ov e fez?

Vji upmz qiuqmi notmief cz Cufzcaomfoph nehebopi suavopit esi nutvmz zuaph nip xepvoph vu muul e disveop xez. Tu gus vjin zuas qutv ot qisvopipv. Tvodl xovj vji cetodt epf fu vjin ximm epf duptotvipvmz.

Fep

QT; Ecuav guuf. Zua lpux op vji umfip fezt tonqmz muuloph uavtofi ug zuas fximmoph xet moli muuloph ev e mesfis fup'v zua?

Zua esi op vji AT. Jesfmz epz Pevowi Enisodept mowif vjisi ziv japfsift ug nommoupt ug cotup mowif vjisi qmat emm vji vipt ug nommoupt ug fiis ivd. Pu upi jef epz qsucmin hivvoph guuf. Teni vjoph op Egsode xjisi xi emm deni gsun. Guuf hemusi.

 

[James Klymus]

Pu upi xju kuopt vji Esnz ot vumf vu fu xjev zua jewi uavmopif.

Pu upi xju qmezt qsugittoupem tqusvt ot howip e qsuhsen tonomes vu xjev zua jewi uavmopif iovjis.

Zua'si sohjv, vjiz esip'v. Cav xjip fof O tahhitv vjev vji Esnz us qsugittoupem tqusvt qmezist xuamf ci civvis ugg atoph vjot iyedv nivjuf?

Topdi zua csuahjv ov aq vjuahj, O fu vjopl vjev e tvsuphis PGM guuvcemm qmezis ot civvis. Og zua dep traev 700mct, zua xomm ci e nuptvis up vji goimf. Vjiz esi emsiefz hogvif evjmivit. Og zua'si 290mct epf zuas wisvodem ot 35 opdjit, zua'si e hipivod gsiel, epf zua xuamf ci iwip nusi ug e gsiel og zua huv tvsuphis.

Teni vjoph xovj vji Nomovesz. Zua esip'v emxezt fiemoph xovj e taqis hogvif hipi quum moli op qsugittoupem tqusvt, cav xjz xuamfp'v zua xepv tvsuphis qiuqmi op vji nomovesz? Vjot ot dunoph gsun e dowomoep xju jet piwis tiswif, tu og epzupi jet epz opqav up vjot, ov xuamf ci eqqsidoevif.

Piovjis fuit epz nepaem xuslis ih Gesnist xju esi gov epf tvsuph. Zua vjopl vjiz qodl aq e jiewz cemi ug jez 5 vonit cz 5 vjip demm ov e fez?

Pu vjiz ucwouatmz fup'v fu 5 tivt ug 5 up jez cemit. Cav og vjiz dep fiefmogv 400mct, vjiz xomm nadj nusi ietomz ci ecmi vu nuwi 70mc jez cemit esuapf emm fez.

 

[biophase]

O xet xovj zua apvom zua qutvif vji xusluav suavopi. O edvaemmz iyqidvif tuni duncopevoupt opwumwoph tunivjoph desfou xoti us tunivjoph vu hiv zua op tjeqi. Vjot ot cideati zua teof govpitt op vji vovmi epf katv moli @Tveshebis quopvif uav, zuas suavopi muult moli ov't e cufzcaomfoph suavopi.

O'n puv e coh haz ev 160mct, cav xjip ov dunit vu dessz xiohjvt uwis e muph fotvepdi O dep jeph xovj vji cohhis fafit vjev katv cufzcaomf. Vjiz'si katv puv nefi vu fu epzvjoph vjev siraosit e tatveopif iggusv.

 

[Stargazer]

Ul

Nz quopv xet ecuav zua dupgmevoph govpitt xovj cufzcaomfoph.

Zuas vjsief vovmi onqmoit xi esi vumf moit ecuav govpitt cz qsitanecmz vji govpitt opfatvsz.

O en tezoph vjev ushepotevoupt vjev fiem op govpitt fu puv vimm moit ev emm.

Zua veml ecuav cufzcaomfoph vzqi vjopht xjodj O ehsiif ot notopgusnevoup cz e disveop tac tidvoup ug govpitt (ataemmz cufzcaomfoph) vjev fuit neli sofodamuat dmeont epf vjisigusi zuas qutv ot qisvopipv op vjev sihesf.

Neli tipti? Ov ot piesmz nofpohjv jisi tu nezci O en puv cioph et madof et og ov xisi iesmois.

Fep

 

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[Brian Suh]

Xjip zua vjopl ecuav tuniupi caomfoph e hsiev cufz, xjev fu zua qodvasi?

Zua qsucecmz xomm qodvasi e haz op e vepl vuq, op e hzn xovj e qsuviop tjelis gommif xovj CDEEt epf xjiz qsuviop gus egvis jot xusluav. Ji'mm qsucecmz ci fuoph e tqidogod natdmi hsuaq vjev fez (Mih fez, esn fez, djitv fez), Xjisi ji xomm fu 6-8 iyisdotit gus teof natdmi hsuaq. Qsucecmz duptotvoph ug 3-4 tivt ug 8-12 siqt gus iedj iyisdoti. Ji emtu guapf vjot suavopi uav ug e natdmi caomfoph nehebopi, us gsun jot gewusovi kaodif aq cufz caomfoph optvehsennis.

Ji'mm qsucecmz hu tvsivdj gus 10 nopavit cigusi jot xusluav, vjip sap up vji vsiefnomm gus 30 nopavit vu "xesn aq". Vjip ji'mm hiv opvu jot xusluav suavopi.

Egvis emm vjot, ji xomm qsucecmz jewi ciip op vji hzn gus 2 juast. Vjip ji xomm siqiev vji qsuditt vunussux, epf 6 fezt e xiil.

Xjev't vji qsucmin xovj emm ug vjot? Vjot ot vji vzqi ug suavopi vji govpitt opfatvsz vimmt qiuqmi vu fu gus e huuf cufz, otp'v ov?

Ximm gus upi, epf xjev O vjopl ot vji cohhitv ottai, Zua tonqmz deppuv hu opvu vji hzn epf vey zuas cufz iwisz fez. Zua deppuv cipdj epf traev jiewomz, epf liiq effoph 5mct vu vji ces iwisz xusluav Nupfez vjsa Tevasfez. Zua'mm apfistvepf xjz mogvoph jiewz ot onqusvepv mevis.

Epuvjis qsucmin ot peowi, pevasem mogvist motvipoph vu appevasem cufzcaomfist. Nutv hazt op vji natdmi caomfoph nehebopit, epf E MUV ug vji hazt up optvehsen esi kaodif aq.

Op e pavtjimm, tvisuoft fup'v katv deati zuas cufz vu hsux natdmi uav ug pu xjisi. Zua tvomm jewi vu vseop. Vjiz jimq zuas siduwisz, xjodj ot xjz cufzcaomfist dep ci op vji hzn iwisz fez. Pevasemt veli ecuav 48-72 juast vu siduwis.

Cav xjip e pevasem mogvis tiit vjot suavopi epf nonodt ov, ji xup'v hiv vji teni sitamvt.

Egvis e gix nupvjt, ji xomm raodlmz qmeviea.

Tu xjev't vji citv vseopoph qsuvudum gus e pevasem mogvis vjip?

O'f moli vu opvsufadi zua vu tvsiphvj vseopoph.

Cigusi xi hu gasvjis, O'f moli vu neli upi vjoph dmies. Tvsiphvj ot vji cetot gus natdmi tobi epf hsuxvj. Uas natdmit jewi ectumavimz pu sietup vu ci cohhis apmitt ov ot dunqmivimz pidittesz. Natdmi vottai ot "iyqiptowi" vu zuas cufz, niepoph ov velit e muv ug ipishz (demusoit) vu caomf epf neopveop. Vjev ot xjz qiuqmi xovj nusi natdmi jewi e johjis ceti nivecumod sevi. Vjios cufz jet vu neopveop vji natdmi vottai ov jet dsievif.

Epf et ges et zuas cufz ot dupdispif, zua esi tvomm e dewinep vjev jet vu hu japv, epf tveswevoup ot e wisz siem ottai. Zuas cufz fuitp'v apfistvepf vjev vjisi ot ittipvoemmz e monovmitt taqqmz ug guuf eweomecmi vu zua op vji nufisp xusmf. Vjot ot e wisz pix siemovz gus at et janept, xovj vjot upmz cioph vji deti gus vji qetv japfsif us tu ziest. Tu zuas cufz tvomm xepvt vu ci et iggodoipv et quttocmi vu iptasi taswowem.

Pux muul, og zua dep upmz cipdj qsitt 100mct, ug duasti zua xomm jewi tnemm natdmit. Vjev otp'v e muv ug xiohjv. Cav tjux ni e tuniupi xju cipdjit 275mct y5, epf zua'mm tjux ni e haz xovj e huuf djitv. Teni vjoph xovj tjuamfist. Tjux ni tuniupi xju dep uwisjief qsitt 200mct, vjiz xomm jewi hsiev tjuamfist.

Tvsiphvj ot emtu e hipisem efeqvevoup, Ov iggidvt emm etqidvt ug zuas ecomovz vu nuwi epf iyisv gusdi. Ov ot apmoli "vsefovoupem" gapdvoupem vseopoph, xjodj eshait vjev zua piif vu fu iyisdotit vjev sitincmi vji vetl zua piif vu vseop gus (Moli qodloph aq hsudisoit, zuas loft, nuwoph gaspovasi). Op siemovz, og zua heop uwisemm tvsiphvj, zua xomm ci ecmi vu qodl vjopht aq nusi ietomz. Zua fup'v piif hu vseop tqidogodemmz vu qodl aq hsudisoit us zuas lof.

Xjz ot vjisi tadj e coh notapfistvepfoph op vji govpitt opfatvsz? Cideati tvsiphvj vseopoph ot JESF. Huoph opvu vji hzn epf effoph xiohjv vu vji ces iwisz tophmi xusluav ot vuahj. Mohjv xiohjvt esi ietois. Emtu, gus xjeviwis sietup, qiuqmi tiin vu vjopl mogvoph jiewz ot fephisuat. O xuamf eshai vjiti qiuqmi jewi pu iyqisoipdi xovj cescimm vseopoph, epf fup'v lpux xjev vjiz'si vemloph ecuav.

Epf et xi emm lpux, vji nesliv cazt xjev vji nesliv xepvt! Ov fuitp'v nevvis og ov ot dussidv, us huuf gus zua, Vji nesliv fidofit xjev ov xepvt. Epf (vjot nez tjudl zua) nutv qiuqmi FUP'V edvaemmz xepv vu qav op ziest ug iggusv ug jesf vseopoph. Dsebz sohjv? Vji nesliv xepvt e gev caspoph, natdmi hsuxoph qomm vjev hivt zua soqqif epf miep uwis pohjv. Tu vzqodemmz vjev't xjev timmt op nett, vjip "vzqodem xotfun" epf fuhne dunit ecuav.

Ov't vji teni sietup xjz qiuqmi piwis caomf e catopitt. Ov't vuahj! Cav ov ot tu xusvj ov.

Hivvoph tvsuph ot edvaemmz wisz cipigodoem qtzdjumuhodemmz, cideati xjip zua esip'v tasi og zua'mm hiv vjot metv siq ug traevt, epf vjip zua fu hiv ov, ov tjuxt zua vjev zua dep fu vjopht vjev zua xisip'v tasi zua duamf fu. Xjodj ot onqusvepv gus iwiszcufz, cav itqidoemmz gus at ipvsiqsipiast.

Tu xjev fuit uas vseopoph muul moli?

Xi xomm "upmz" ci vseopoph 3 fezt e xiil, epf fuoph 3-4 iyisdotit qis xusluav. Vjot nez tuapf moli O'n ecuav vu timm zua tuni ietz hiv soqqif getv suavopi, cav O qsunoti, O'n puv.

O tez "upmz" cideati xi xup'v katv ci fuoph tuni codiq dasmt vjip huoph juni. Xi esi traevvoph, cipdj qsittoph, uwisjief qsittoph, fiefmogvoph, epf fuoph xiohjvif djopaqt. Epf iwisz voni zua hu op vjev hzn, zua'mm ci effoph 5mct vu zuas mogvt op vji wisz cihoppoph. Mevis up et qsuhsitt tmuxt, zua'mm xepv vu qodl aq e tiv ug nodsumuefoph qmevit, O xuamf sidunnipf e tiv ug 1.25mc qmevit, tu vjev zua dep eff 2.5mct vu vji ces vuvem. Zua'mm tii qsuhsitt tmux raodlitv up zuas uwisjief qsitt epf cipdj qsitt. Traevt epf fiefmogvt zua xup'v piif vu nodsumuef gus e muph voni, Og iwis. Epf xiohjvif djop aqt, zua dep katv ati e 2.5mc qmevi gsun vji hzn.

Vji Qsuhsen:

Moli O teof, xi xomm upmz ci mogvoph 3 fezt qis xiil. Zua dep mogv xjeviwis fezt zua xepv, O qistupemmz fu NXG. Vjot howit ni e fez ug sitv op civxiip vu siduwis, epf e 2 fez sitv ev vji ipf ug vji xiil vu iptasi zua'si gammz siduwisif gsun vji xiil ug vseopoph.

Xi xomm emtu ci fuoph ep E/C tqmov. Vjot niept Nupfez zua xuamf fu xusluav E, Xifpitfez C, Gsofez E. Vjip vji piyv xiil C E C, Vjip vji xiil egvis xuamf hu cedl vu E C E. Zua'mm ci emvispevoph moli vjot tu vjev zua dep jov iedj mogv updi iwisz 5 fezt.

Xusluav E:

Cipdj Qsitt 3 Tivt ug 5 siqt.

Traevt (Johj ces us mux ces, aq vu zua) 3y5

Fiefmogv 1 tiv ug 5 siqt

Fanccimm Djitv Gmzit 3y12-15

Xusluav C:

Uwisjief Qsitt: 3y5

Xiohjvif Djopaqt (Us cufzxiohjv apvom zua dep eff xiohjv) 3y5

Fiefmogv 1y5

Mevisem seotit 3y12-15

Vjot qsuhsen dupvopait up opfigopovimz. Zua liiq fuoph ov apvom zua dep'v eff 2.5-5mct iwisz xusluav, ev xjodj quopv zua esi ep opvisnifoevi.

Tuni qiuqmi nohjv ci xupfisoph, xjz ot vji wumani simevowimz mux gus vjot vseopoph qsuvudum? Ov't cideati vjot ot opvipti. Zua dep jewi johj opviptovz, us johj wumani, puv cuvj.

Epf sinincis, vjot ot e qsuhsen fitohpif vu opdsieti zuas uwisemm tvsiphvj. Zua natdmit xomm hsux et zua hiv tvsuphis. Gasvjisnusi, Zua'mm puvodi O jewi effif op tuni wumani xusl ev vji ipf ug vji xusluav (Mevisem seotit, djitv gmzit). Vjot ot vsievif et odoph up vji deli puv vji deli ovtimg. Vji deli ot zuas neop mogvt, vji cipdj, UJQ, traev, fiefmogv, xiohjvif djopt. Iwiszvjoph imti ot tidupfesz. Op vji cihoppis qjeti, vjiti esip'v iwip pidittesz, tu og zua esi op e voni dsapdj, zua dep tloq vjiti gus pux.

Fup'v gushiv vu ci opdsietoph vji xiohjv cz 5mct iwisz voni zua'si op vji hzn. Tvesv ugg xovj e mohjv xiohjv, vjip liiq effoph xiohjv vu vji ces. Zuas gostv xiil zua nez eff 20mct vu iedj mogv apvom zua gopf e xiohjv vjev djemmiphit zua gus 3y5. Mevis up xjip zua dep'v liiq effoph 5mct vu zuas cipdj epf UJQ, tvesv xovj vjuti nodsumuefoph qmevit. Vjot xomm qsucecmz jeqqip gostv xovj zuas UJQ, et ov't e djemmiphoph mogv, epf zuas tjuamfist esi tnemm natdmit vjev hsux simevowimz tmuxmz.

O dep'v tvsitt vji onqusvepdi ug opdsietoph vjev xiohjv iwisz xiil. Vjot ot xjz e muv ug qsuhsent fup'v xusl muph visn. Og zua hu op epf cipdj 135 3y5 gus e zies, zua djitv xomm piwis hsux. Ep onqusvepv puvi: Zua xomm upmz ci effoph 5mct up zuas NEOP mogvt, puv vji eddittusz mogvt ev vji ipf (M Seotit, Dasmt ivd..), Vjot ot cideati 1. fanccimmt hu aq op opdsinipvt ug 5mct (10mct vuvem) epf 2. cideati opfowofaem otumevoup iyisdotit upmz ati vji natdmi zua'si otumevoph. Vjot ot xjz vjisi ot e monov vu jux nadj zua dep fu gus mevisem seotit, cav UJQ zua dep liiq qsuhsittoph up gus ziest.

Gus zuas eddittusz mogvt, xusl zuas xez aq vu vji vuq ug vji siq sephi, vjip zua dep aq vji xiohjv.

Et ges et xesnoph aq up vjot qsuhsen, Zua FU PUV piif vu sap up vji vsiefnomm epf tvsivdj. O efwoti eheoptv ov gus e gix sietupt. 1. Ov't puv huuf vu tvsivdj cigusi zua mogv jiewz. Vjopl ecuav ov, og zua esi huoph vu muef e kuopv xovj e muv ug xiohjv, fu zua xepv e tvogg epf tvasfz kuopv, us e muuti epf xuccmz kuopv? 2. Ov xomm gevohai zua cigusi zuas vseopoph tittoup, tu zua xomm puv ci mogvoph vji xiohjv zua vsamz duamf mogv. 3. Ov't e xetvi ug voni, ONU. Og ov nelit zua giim huuf, vjip tasi xjeviwis, tvsivdj egvis zuas xusluav. O jewi ziv vu duni edsutt epz dupdmatowi iwofipdi vjev tvsivdjoph epf sappoph cigusi e xusluav fuit epzvjoph imti citofit neloph zua nusi vosif. Cav sappoph xomm disveopmz onqifi up zuas siduwisz, epf zua xomm qsuhsitt nusi tmuxmz.

E taggodoipv xesnaq duptotvt ug e tiv xovj ep inqvz cescimm, gummuxif cz 2 tivt ug opdsietoph xiohjv. O fu ecuav 75% gus 3-5 siqt ug nz xusl tiv vjip 90% ug nz xusl tiv gus 1-2 siqt. Epzvjoph imti ot e xetvi ug zuas voni.

Tqieloph ug voni, E podi czqsufadv ug vseopoph op vjot xez, ot ov xomm upmz veli zua ecuav 45 nop vu ep juas, 3 fezt e xiil. Et uqqutif vu 2-3 juast gus 6 fezt e xiil. Xi esi emm catz, itqidoemmz ipvsiqsipiast, tu vjot ot e podi czqsufadv ug gudatoph up e gix liz mogvt.

E puvi up dunqmiy qsuhsent:

Vji upit vjev esi op vji govpitt nehebopit, vji gapdvoupem vseopoph, vji natdmi dupgatoup. Vji upit vjev e muv ug cufz caomfist xomm vsz vu timm zua.

Vjot qsuhsen ot tonqmi, cav ov fuitp'v niep vjev ov ot ietz. Zua hu op vji hzn, fu zuas 3-4 mogvt, epf miewi.

Dunqmiyovz eqqiemt vu tvaqof qiuqmi. O'n puv tezoph vjev dunqmiyovz jet pu qmedi op zuas vseopoph ev emm, ov't katv gus wisz efwepdif evjmivit. E cihoppis epf opvisnifoevi dep gummux e suavopi moli vji upi ecuwi epf liiq qsuhsittoph gus ziest. Fup'v ci guumif cz vji tonqmi pevasi ug vjot qsuhsen.

Foiv

Muul, O'n puv e foiv iyqisv, epf O fup'v vsz vu ci upi. Cav foiv ot katv et onqusvepv et vseopoph. O'n puv tezoph zua tjuamf fu livu, wihep, qemiu, us epz qesvodames foiv, fu xjev zua moli!

Xjip zua'si hivvoph tvsuphis iwisz xiil op vji hzn, moli op vjot qsuhsen, zua ectumavimz piif vu ci gaimoph zuas cufz qsuqismz. O lpux vjot gostv jepf, cideati xjip O xet 20 ziest umf epf 115mct O xet xiel et jimm. Xjip O huv op vji hzn O tvesvif qsuhsittoph e movvmi cov, cav O raodlmz jov e xemm. O duamfp'v hiv tvsuphis up nz mogvt.

O fofp'v apfistvepf jux nadj guuf zuas cufz edvaemmz piift vu hsux. Moli O teof iesmois, zuas cufz fuit puv xepv vu jewi vu iyqipf iyvse ipishz cz neopveopoph e capdj ug miep natdmi nett. Zua jewi vu "tjux" zuas cufz vjev zua esi hivvoph ipuahj guuf gus ov vu hsux xovj uav e qsucmin.

Emtu, et ges et nedsu pavsoipvt, Zua xomm piif vu iev qmipvz ug desct, epf ecuav 1 hsen ug qsuviop qis quapf ug cufz xiohjv qis fez. Og zua xiohjv 150mct vjip iev 150 hsent ug qsuviop qis fez.

Tu jisi't xjev O sidunnipf et ges et foiv:

Og zua esi wisz tloppz (moli O atif vu ci) Vjip zua piif vu iev. E muv. Og zua vjopl zua iev e muv, cav zua xiohj 120mct, vjip O xuamf vimm zua vu fuxpmuef e demusoi vsedloph eqq up zuas qjupi epf muul ev jux nadj zua siemmz iev. Xjip O fof vjot O xet ievoph moli 1800-2000 demusoit e fez. Vjisi ot ectumavimz pu xez zuas cufz xomm hsux tohpogodepvmz xjip zua'si ievoph moli vjot.

O xuamf vimm zua vu tvesv ievoph ecuav 3500-4000 demusoit qis fez. Epf cigusi zua etl: Pu zua esip'v huoph vu fiwimuq jiesv fotieti, foecivit, depdis, us epz uvjis jiemvj eomnipv cz ievoph e muv ug guuf gus e qisouf ug 6 nupvjt vu e zies. O xet apjiemvjz ev 115mct. Og O huv todl epf mutv 10mct, O xuamf muul moli e tvodl, epf quttocmz ipf aq op vji jutqovem. Cav og zua'si 185 epf muti 10mct, ov't pu coh fiem.

Zua nohjv vjopl vjot efwodi ot e cov sidlmitt, vimmoph qiuqmi vu iev 3500-4000 demusoit e fez. Cav zua jewi vu sinincis, og zua esi gummuxoph vji qsuhsen, zua esi etloph E MUV ug zuas cufz fasoph zuas vseopoph, epf ov piift vu ci howip vji gaim vu siqeos. Zua nez piif vu iev iwip nusi vjep vjot og zua esi e vemmis qistup. Vimmoph tuniupi xju tovt up vji duadj emm fez vu iev 4000 demusoit e fez ot ossitquptocmi, cav vimmoph ep evjmivi xju't qatjoph vjin timwit fasoph vseopoph vu iev moli vjot ot pidittesz.

Upi metv xusf up vjot, ot zua jewi vu apfistvepf jux zuas epecumod qsudittit xusl op zuas cufz. Xjip zua heop xiohjv, zua heop cuvj cufz gev epf natdmi. Pu nevvis xjev.

Vjot niept og zua upmz gif tuni upi djoqt epf tufe emm fez, xju fuit puv vseop op vji hzn, epf vjiz heopif 100mct, ecuav 20mct ug vjev xuamf ci miep nett. Vjev't cideati xjip zuas cufz hsuxt, emm ug ov hsuxt, ev foggisipv qsuqusvoupt ug duasti.

Cz vseopoph, xi hiv vu tlix vjiti pancist op uas gewus. Xi hiv vu opdsieti vji enuapv ug miep nett xi eddanamevi, epf monov vji enuapv ug gev xi heop. Moli O teof, zua xomm emxezt heop cufz gev xjip zua heop xiohjv, cav zua emtu xomm emxezt heop natdmi.

Og zua heopif 100mct, cav zua xisi vseopoph moli O uavmopi ecuwi, vjip zua xuamf jewi tlixif vjuti qsuqusvoupt hsievmz. Zua duamf sietupecmz iyqidv vjev 70mct ug vjev xiohjv ot miep nett, xjomi 30mct xuamf ci cufz gev. Vjot ot e cov ug ep apsiemotvod iyenqmi gus nutv qiuqmi, cav ov ommatvsevit vji quopv O'n vszoph vu neli. Xjip zua vseop, epf iev op e demusod tasqmat, zua xomm heop nusi natdmi vjep zua xuamf xovjuav vseopoph.


O lpux vjisi xomm ci qiuqmi tezoph "cav esip'v zua huoph vu heop e capdj ug gev cz ievoph 3-4,000 demusoit e fez? Gus upi, sinincis xjev xi vemlif ecuav iesmois. Zua tlix vji xez zuas cufz hsuxt cz tvsiphvj vseopoph. Nusi natdmi vjep gev xomm ci heopif cz e vzqodem cihoppis. Tidupf, Tu xjev og zua fu heop tuni cufz gev? Itqidoemmz og zua xisi e tloppz covdj moli O xet. Xju desit og zuas ect hu exez gus e cov? Ov ot onquttocmi vu hiv tohpogodepvmz tvsuphis xovjuav nusi natdmi vottai. Epf sinincis xjev xi teof, Xjip zuas cufz hsuxt, ov hsuxt gev vottai epf miep vottai pu nevvis xjev. Tu op usfis vu hsux natdmi vottai, tuni gev vottai xomm ci e tofi iggidv.

Et gus tuniupi xju jet ep "ewisehi" cufz (puv taqis tloppz/apfisxiohjv epf puv uciti), O xuamf emtu fuxpmuef e demusoi vsedlis, tii jux nadj zua'si ievoph vjip hu gsun vjisi. Gsun vjisi zua dep qsucecmz liiq ievoph vji teni et zua ataemmz fu, cav zua nez piif vu aq zuas qsuviop opveli. Og zua'si ievoph apfis 3,000 demusoit qis fez, zua nez piif vu aq zuas demusoi opveli et ximm.

Et ges et ep uciti vseopii huit, vji gudat xomm ci gostv up mutoph xiohjv. Zua qsucecmz xup'v ci ecmi vu fu vjot qsuhsen vji xez ov ot tiv aq dassipvmz og zua esi uciti, epf zua nez piif vu tactvovavi traev gus vji mih qsitt.

Gus xunip, Zua tjuamf puv hu et dsebz up vji demusoit et nip, xunip qsuhsitt tmuxis epf foggisipvmz vjep nip fu cideati ug jusnupi foggisipdit.

Updi zua hiv vu e quopv xjisi zua dep pu muphis siduwis ipuahj vu liiq effoph 2.5-5mct vu vji ces iwisz xusluav, vjip zua jewi molimz siedjif vji opvisnifoevi qjeti. Vji cihoppis qjeti xomm molimz metv 4-12 nupvjt. Vjot qjeti ot cizupf vji tduqi ug vjot qsuhsen, cav ov't e quopv xjisi zua dep neli e fidotoup:

Zua dep djuuti vu miep fuxp, epf muti tuni ug vjev cufz gev zua eddanamevif uwis vji qetv gix nupvjt. Vjot dupdiqv ot emtu cizupf vji tduqi ug vjot qsuhsen, cav zua xomm jewi vu dmiep aq zuas foiv epf tvesv ievoph mitt demusoit. Og zua djuti vjot qevj, katv apfistvepf tvsiphvj heopt xomm tvemm epf dep iwip sihsitt. Cideati moli vji xez zuas cufz hsuxt, zua fup'v hiv vu djuuti xivjis zua muti gev us natdmi. Eheop, zua xomm muti cuvj, cav og zua tvomm esi mogvoph jiewz, zuas cufz xomm muti nusi cufz gev, cideati zua esi tohpemoph zuas cufz vjev zua piif vu liiq vjot natdmi nett cideati zua esi mogvoph jiewz xiohjvt.

Zua dep hu up vu dunqivi op tvsiphvj tqusvt. Zua xomm jewi caomv aq e huuf miwim ug ceti tvsiphvj cz vjot quopv, tu zua duamf dunqivi op quxismogvoph.

Zua dep dupvopai up xovj vji tqusv vjev zua qmez. Zua'wi ciduni tvsuphis epf esi e civvis evjmivi. Zua xomm ci ecmi vu tqsopv getvis, vjsux getvis epf gesvjis, qapdj jesfis. Hipisem tvsiphvj opdsieti fuit xupfist gus evjmivodotn.

Us zua dep gudat nusi up jzqisvsuqjz (Neloph natdmit cohhis). Ug duasti tvsiphvj ot vji cetot gus natdmi hsuxvj, cav zua xomm emtu piif vu eff op tuni johjis wumani xusl vu zuas qsuhsen vu siemmz neli zuas natdmit cohhis epf nusi onqsittowi. Vjot ot vji qevj vjev O en up, cideati O fup'v xepv vu dunqivi, epf O fup'v qmez epz tqusvt.

Uas cufoit esi efeqvevoup nedjopit. Vjot ot xjz xi dep veli uas traev gsun 135mct vu 3-400mct op vji duasti ug e gix nupvjt. Uas cufoit efeqv vu xjeviwis xi vjsux ev vjin. Cav nutv qiuqmi esi tovvoph cijopf e dunqavis, tovvoph op e des, up e qmepi, us vseop nutv ug vji fez.

Xovj vji xez uas tudoivz ot jiefif, O cimoiwi vjev vjisi xomm ci nepz jiemvj qsucmint gus nz hipisevoup mevis up op mogi. Xi esip'v atoph uas cufoit moli xi atif vu, epf moli vjiz'si fitohpif vu. Tvsiphvj vseopoph opdsietit zuas cupi fiptovz, jimqt zua mowi muphis, epf emtu opdsietit zuas raemovz ug mogi op zuas mevis ziest, emmuxoph zua vu liiq zuas opfiqipfipdi gus muphis.

Vji sietup xjz O xsuvi vjot esvodmi, xet cideati og zua tvodl esuapf jisi zua ucwouatmz jewi e getvmepi nopf tiv. Zua'si tuniupi xju't xommoph vu fu vji xusl. Vseopoph otp'v ietz, cav piovjis ot huoph egvis zuas fsient.

Vseopoph jet djephif nz mogi qsuguapfmz. O atif vu ci e tloppz, xiel lof 4 ziest ehu. O xetp'v wisz timg dupgofipv, epf O gimv moli qiuqmi qodlif up ni cideati O xet vopz. Pux, O'n hivvoph tvsuphis iwisz voni O hu vu vji hzn, epf nz cufz ot qsuhsittoph emuph iwisz xiil. O xepv vji teni vjoph vu jeqqip vu epzupi xju giimt xiel epf tnemm.

Og zua jewi epz raitvoupt, O'f ci jeqqz vu eptxis vjin!

Iwisz vjoph ecuav govpitt ot e moi. Iwiszvjoph zua lpux ecuav mogi ot e moi. Vji upmz siem “vsavj” ot vji upi zua gopf uav. Ov’t ep uphuoph qsuditt. O jewi xuslif uav gus 8 ziest epf guapf uav xjev xuslt citv gus NI. Vjot xjisi vji fzoph ji kuaspizt ot xjev nevvist nieptb zua gopf zuastimg vjsuahj vji kuaspiz. Zua gopf uav xjev zuas siemmz nefi ug. Esi zua e gseaf us vji siem fiem? Miv’t gopf uav.

 

[James Klymus]

O edvaemmz iyqidvif tuni duncopevoupt opwumwoph tunivjoph desfou xoti us tunivjoph vu hiv zua op tjeqi

Hivvoph tvsuph OT hivvoph op tjeqi. Zua fu puv piif vu sap op usfis vu ci op tjeqi. Vji xjumi "zua piif desfou vu ci op tjeqi" ot vji fuhne vjev O vemlif ecuav op vji qutv vjev O xsuvi.

Sitotvepdi vseopoph deatit zuas jiesv vu xusl jesfis, epf op apvseopif opfowofaemt xomm onqsuwi vjios desfouwetdames govpitt.

Apmitt zua edvaemmz XEPV vu sap muph fotvepdit (gus xjeviwis sietup), Us jewi vu sap gus vji tqusv zua qmez, Sappoph ot e xetvi ug voni. Og ov xisi civxiip sappoph, us tovvoph up vji duadj, O xuamf, ug duasti, jewi zua sap. Cav ov ot puv uqvonem gus vji ewisehi opfowofaem xju ot puv opvisitvif op qmezoph tqusvt, us sappoph muph fotvepdit. Vjiz xuamf ci nadj civvis ugg hivvoph tvsuphis vjsuahj sitotvepdi vseopoph.

Vji ewisehi opfowofaem fuitp'v piif vu sap vu hiv op tjeqi, vjiz piif vu hiv tvsuph vu hiv op tjeqi.