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My name is Patrick Rooney. I'm the Founder of Old School™, a site dedicated to keeping the old school spirit alive and well in a new generation. I blog and podcast about health and fitness, success, and freedom. Find us at https://OldSchoolUs.com. I'm the author of GREEK PHYSIQUE™: The Simple, Satisfying Way to Sculpt Your Body, Even if You're Old, Weak, or Broken Down. I'm also the creator of GreekYoga™ for Beginners.

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Clint Eastwood’s “The Mule” is Out (A Tale of Two Movie Reviews)

December 15, 2018

Patrick

Culture 6 Comments

I’ve always loved movies. The first movies I remember were when my older sister—for some reason—would take me along when she went to the Drive In. She was probably baby sitting and wanted to get out of the house! Drive Ins were big in Southern California in the late 60s, early 70s. The first movie I remember was Paint Your… Read the rest

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The Case for Training (Almost) Daily

October 3, 2018

Patrick

Health and Fitness 2 Comments

If it’s important, do it every day. If it’s not important, don’t do it at all.—Dan Gable, legendary wrestler and coach How often should a man or woman train? That question is asked on every training site, nearly every day. Is there an answer? Does it depend? Yes, it does depend. And good arguments could be made for many different… Read the rest

No One Else Can Understand Your Dream

August 29, 2018

Patrick

Uncategorized 6 Comments

I have a friend who’s a really smart guy. But he doesn’t understand my dream. Not completely. My “dream” is just what you see here: a blog. That’s right–“just” a blog. I’ve done various forms of writing for many years. I took an interest in short stories while in school. Grade school? High school? I don’t remember. I used to… Read the rest

Successfully Changing Your Diet Is Not Physical, and It’s Not Really Mental… It’s Spiritual–Here’s Why

August 17, 2018

Patrick

Health and Fitness 5 Comments

I came to a realization today, more clear than it has ever been. My failure to really transition my diet the way I have desired is a lack of faith. Nothing more. Now I hardly have what one would call a bad diet. If you want to talk percentages, mine may be in the top five percent of the population… Read the rest

“America Was Never That Great”–Tell That To My Dad

August 15, 2018

Patrick

Culture 5 Comments

I’ve often said that my parents were “New Deal” Democrats. Products of the Great Depression, they believed–rightly or wrongly–that Franklin D. Roosevelt “got us out of the Depression.” They voted Democrat all their lives. There was a time that a reasonable case could be made that the Democrat Party was “the Party of the little guy.” The purpose of this… Read the rest

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