Todd Marinovich: The Sins Of Our Fathers

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The sins of our fathers Todd Marvin grew up on the Balboa Peninsula of Newport Beach, California. His father, Marv Marinovich, an openly abusive parent, had been a lineman and a captain for the University of Southern California (USC) Trojans during the 1962 national championship season, and played in the 1963 Rose Bowl. After harming his own National Football League lineman career by overtraining and focusing too much on weight and bulk, Marv later opened his own athletic research center and applied the techniques to his young son Todd, introducing athletic training before Todd Marinovich could leave the crib and continuing it throughout his childhood and adolescence. Marv saw an opportunity to use techniques, focusing on speed and flexibility, Todd was fed only fresh vegetables, fruits, and raw milk. Marv Marinovich commented "Some guys think the most important thing in life is their jobs, the stock market, whatever. To me, it was my kids”. Todd had a very successful high school career, becoming the first freshman to start a …show more content…

Our shadow is apart of us no mater how hard some of us try to deny it, and just suppressing it will only multiply its effects when the shadow inevitably breaks threw to our social behavior. We all need to have a relief valve for our shadow, whether it’s going to the gym and physically letting out some emotion or writing down our inner thoughts just so they are not constantly running around in our head and building pressure. The current culture wants us to hide our shadow and stay in the acceptable norms of our society, those who don’t are considered outcast or unstable, like children that don’t fit in at school and need medication or the adult that says everything that’s on there mind. Maybe these people are just showing more of their shadow and living balanced life for

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