G O A T s (greatest of all time)

Greetings, KABOOMERs.

Oh, the G O A T  is old and gnarly… and brimming full of fight . . . 

No, I didn’t select this blog title because of my college mascot (Navy’s Bill the Goat).

My First G O A T:

Like many others, I moan the recent passing of major leaguer Henry “Hank” Aaron into the eternal Field of Dreams.  This gent and baseball Hall of Famer excelled, year after year, in those days of higher pitching mounds, and before the prevalence of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) that benefitted more recent sluggers like Sammy Sosa, Alex Rodriguez, Mark McGwire, and Barry Bonds.  And, Henry Aaron surpassed the Home Run numbers of Babe Ruth while coping with too many death threats because of his skin color. God rest ye – Hank – as my Greatest of All Time hitter in America’s past time.

G O A T #2 – Tom Brady.  I’ve only rooted for “TB12” three times in his unworldly G O A T football career:

1. His rookie year upset of “The Greatest Show on Turf” – those St. Louis Rams in a Super Bowl win almost 20 years ago.
2. His veteran upset win in a later Super Bowl vs the Pete Carroll-led Seattle Seahawks. Why? My University of Southern California pride was damaged when Heisman trophies were removed from USC trophy rooms for NCAA misdemeanors when Carroll was the Trojans Head Coach.
3. Yesterday’s exciting game WIN vs. the home team Green Bay Packers and “All State’s” Aaron Rodgers in the NFC Championship game. TB12 wasn’t perfect, throwing 3 interceptions in 3-straight second-half possessions. Yet TB12 is leading the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to Super Bowl LIV.  Just Win, Baby, as Al Davis used to say…

Here is my chilly Foxborough Fist Bump with a larger than life Tom Brady:

As a long time liker/disliker of Mr. Brady – I call your attention to the SUSTAINED PEAK PERFORMANCE mantra in this image.

Sustained

Peak

Performance.

Here is one more – Argentina’s Lionel Messi – for sustained peak performance in our world’s most popular sport (futbol):

Lady KABOOMERs – contact me for my list of GREATESTs of your gender. In the Wayback time machine- I’d offer Babe Didrickson Zaharias as a bellwether GREAT.  But wait, there are more!

For both Mars and Venus types – Why not refocus YOUR developed and persisting habits on YOU in 2021?

When your physical bank is robust – you can and will maintain a fitness age that is lower than your calendar age.

And please remember – you can slow down subversive senescence and sarcopenia – like Henry Aaron and Tom Brady, and your own Greatest of All Time (GOAT) heroes.

Be your own youthful, gnarly goat that is brimming full of youthful fight!

Kaboom,

Koach Dave