Darin Sullivan (SULLY)

Veteran that loves Jesus, husband to an amazing wife, father to two kids & mentor. IT Business Owner.

[Darin Sullivan (SULLY) @darincsullivan]

@Kristinartz Go straight to White Plains, New York, knock on the Zuckerberg’s door and hand Edward a 9-month golf membership, a fishing boat, and a note that says ‘STAY BUSY. THE WORLD IS COUNTING ON YOU.’ He won’t know why. But WE will.

[Darin Sullivan (SULLY) @darincsullivan]

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[Darin Sullivan (SULLY) @darincsullivan]

The Navy didn’t make me tough.

It revealed what was already there …then refined it.

Fire doesn’t create strength. It burns away everything that isn’t.

Most men never find out what’s underneath.

Roosevelt called it the arena.

I’ve lived it.

The question isn’t whether you’ll face the fire.

It’s who you’ll be when you come out the other side.

[Darin Sullivan (SULLY) @darincsullivan]

Theodore Roosevelt gave us the Man in the Arena. But he also gave us this gem written about his own father:

"He combined strength and courage with gentleness, tenderness, and great unselfishness."

When I read that, I thought of my dad.

He was that. Gentle enough to make you feel safe. Strong enough to make you feel covered. Unselfish in a way that only makes sense after you're grown and realize everything he quietly gave up.

Most dads don't get speeches. They just show up. Day after day, in ways you don't fully understand until they're gone.

The man in the arena had to learn it from somewhere. I learned it from him.

Happy Father's Day to the men still in it — and to the ones we carry with us.

— Sully

[Darin Sullivan (SULLY) @darincsullivan]

You would have a more accurate statement if you would have said: “If maximal strength is your priority, lifting before cardio is generally preferred” but doing cardio first doesn’t mean you have zero idea what you’re doing.

Anyone telling you there’s only one right order for everyone, in every goal, in every context , is the one who doesn’t know what they’re doing.

The “cardio before lifting kills your gains” claim is a gym bro myth that doesn’t hold up.

There are so many benefits to doing cardio before a lifting session. Raises core body temperature, increases blood flow to muscles, lubricates joints and improves range of motion and reduces injury risk.

[Darin Sullivan (SULLY) @darincsullivan]

I have watched some people use hard circumstances as a reason to throw in the towel. Douglass had harder circumstances than any of them and used them as fuel.

He taught himself to read with stolen newspapers. It was literally illegal for him to learn.

Frederick Douglass was born a slave. No birthday. No record. Separated from his mother as an infant. When his master's wife started teaching him letters, her husband shut it down. He said reading would ruin him for slavery.

Douglass heard that and understood something. If they're working this hard to keep it from me, this is the way out.

So he traded bread to poor white kids for reading lessons. Studied discarded newspapers. Practiced letters in chalk on fences. Then he found a book called The Columbian Orator…a collection of speeches about liberty and human rights. He read it until the words were his. Then he used those same words to argue for his own freedom.

In 1838 he escaped dressed as a sailor. Borrowed papers from a free Black man, put on a uniform, boarded a train north. The whole thing took less than 24 hours. He said later the boldness of it was the only reason it worked. Hesitation would have gotten him caught.

He became one of the most powerful voices this country has ever produced.

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿𝘀.

Roosevelt said the man in the arena strives valiantly. Douglass strived from inside a system designed to keep him from striving at all. If that's not the arena, I don't know what is.

When he said there's no progress without struggle, he wasn't quoting a philosophy. He was describing the price he actually paid.

If we are honest with ourselves…we want the progress, we just don’t want the struggle that produces it. Douglass knew you don’t get to separate them.

The thing you're fighting for that keeps costing you. That cost might be the proof it's worth it.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress. 💪🙏

#ForgedInTheFire #FrederickDouglass #Struggle #TheArena #ChristianMen #Progress #Faith #NeverQuit

[Darin Sullivan (SULLY) @darincsullivan]

Here you go:

@codeofvets We see you. 🇺🇸
Life throwing everything it has at you and you still showed up.
That’s not just a workout. That’s a warrior refusing to fold.
Here’s what the military taught us that most people never learn…the fire doesn’t destroy you. It reveals you. It burns away everything that was never really you to begin with…the fear, the doubt, the identity tied to someone else…and what’s left standing?
Pure. Refined. Unbreakable.
On the other side of this fire isn’t just survival. It’s the clearest, strongest, most free version of yourself you’ve ever been. The woman and soldier who came out the other side isn’t who she was before ….she’s so much more.
You’re not just getting through this. You’re being forged by it.
Keep showing up. Keep loading the bar. Keep moving through it because what’s coming on the other side of this season is going to be extraordinary.

Refined by fire. Forged for purpose. Still standing.
#ForgedByFire #VeteransLeadTheWay #RefinedByFire #AimHigh

[Darin Sullivan (SULLY) @darincsullivan]

@DeanTTraining Thoughts on this machine?

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@eduardomenoni Fake news

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@timburchett Tim, thank you for the hard work you do and the truth you speak. You are a glimmer of hope for us patriots. If Tennessee ever stops treating you well, we would love to have you over here in Kentucky.

[Darin Sullivan (SULLY) @darincsullivan]

@RepThomasMassie We see through your BS hypocrisy. Looking forward to the end of your embarrassing representation of our State.

[Darin Sullivan (SULLY) @darincsullivan]

@Layemie001 Im not sure the juice is worth the squeeze on this project

[Darin Sullivan (SULLY) @darincsullivan]

@codeofvets Once a soldier always a soldier!

[Darin Sullivan (SULLY) @darincsullivan]

@GBraggsJr23 @ChicagoCut That looks amazing!

[Darin Sullivan (SULLY) @darincsullivan]

@PCK3RS This didn’t age well

[Darin Sullivan (SULLY) @darincsullivan]

@GBraggsJr23 How shocked are you?

[Darin Sullivan (SULLY) @darincsullivan]

@bourbonwhi55063 There is no way.

[Darin Sullivan (SULLY) @darincsullivan]

@RealBillyGunn Never been one to approach y’all out in public to respect your privacy. But good to see you at the Iron Jungle in Owensboro!

Happy Birthday!

[Darin Sullivan (SULLY) @darincsullivan]

@RBReich I do not agree with much you have said on this platform, but there is truth to this.