Today is St. Patrick’s Day. Green, Shamrocks, Parades, Parties, Leprechauns, Celebrations, and Green Beer!

Kiss me, I’m Irish!

That has become the phrase of the day! And St. Patrick’s day has become an international day of celebration of…

Well, I have no idea other than it is a really good excuse to get a bunch of people to party and drink green beer.

Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t really need an excuse to drink beer, but I always find it fascinating how people rally around a good beer drinking event.

• Super Bowl
• St. Patrick’s Day
• 4th of July
• Summer weekends at the lake
• Anytime at the beach
• And my personal favorite – New Year’s Eve

Kiss off, I’m Ironish!

What got me thinking about this is several friends wanted us to head to the Irish Pub tonight. It may be a factor of being 40-ish, but in my mind it is Monday.

Monday as in Work in the morning. Monday as in Workout EARLY in the morning. Monday as in CHEST DAY! Can’t possibly miss that!

Their immediate reaction to my objections were “You don’t have to workout in the morning, come drink with us!”

And to that, I respond “Kiss off, I’m Ironish!” I know, I know, but 40ish humor is only meant to amuse myself.

Why can’t my non-iron friends, your non-iron friends, and everyone else snarfing down potatoes and beer tonight rally behind lifting some heavy A$$ weight? Or any iron at all for that matter?

I don’t get it. The buzz I get from lifting lasts all day, has zero, scratch that, NEGATIVE calories and I don’t have a massive hangover to boot.

Don’t let that dumbbell fool you

I did a bit of research and did you know that Patrick was known for driving all the snakes from Ireland – a symbolic driving out of paganism. You knew that? But, did you know there were never any snakes in Ireland… surrounding water is too cold for them to migrate so no need to be impressed or scared.

Just like my friends and their avoidance of pushing iron. Did you know that some people are known for pushing all the iron and that they come across as scary? Yes, you knew that, too? But did you know that it isn’t true?

Some people will never see iron and yet they still believe iron is snaky scary… it isn’t – so no need to be scared or impressed by people who lift iron.

You may have excuses not to work out, but iron can’t be one of them. It won’t bite.

Find someone to help you tame that snake. All you have to gain is muscle. And a massive bicep when you do go to curl that pint of green beer! A pint and a pump!

This post was inspired by a couple of tweets from @SkinnyChimp, @MensFitness and @BodyBuildingcom and they are included below:

Follow a diet? Eat clean? Varies ? Depends? What do you ? #skinnychimp

— Skinny Chimp (@SkinnyChimp) March 17, 2014

Get in the mood for Saint Patrick's Day with a low-fat and protein-rich version of this traditional Irish food. http://t.co/4gNfhiCHre

— Men's Fitness (@MensFitness) March 17, 2014

Happy St. Patrick's Day! pic.twitter.com/FZ33uJBD7o

— Bodybuilding.com (@Bodybuildingcom) March 17, 2014

So are you afraid of a little iron? No? So what inspires you? Comment below and share some inspiration!