Even the Dalai Lama understands the benefits of a well-executed clean and jerk.

If you’ve come here looking for our usual Monday Demotivators, maybe you need to rethink things a bit and pick up a copy of Getting Things Done, or just improve your approach to living in general with some Krishnamurti or Dalai Lama. If it’s a little early in the week to be talking about spiritual fitness, that’s okay. All the great masters say you should start with physical well-being anyway. So for the ladies, we have the inspiring Mariko Takahashi’s Fitness Video. If poodles can do it, so can you. For the guys, we have Bas Rutten’s Street Defense Tips. He’ll have you head-butting your way to health and happiness in no time. And for those of you that are such lard-butts that you refuse to leave your chair, and whose idea of weightlifting is to heft another danish to your mouth, don’t worry. There’s Chair Dancing Around the World, which eases you into the idea of actually exerting yourself gently, with (I wish I were joking) paper plates. So c’mon, get motivated! If this little 8-year old punk can get himself airtime on CNN, surely you can get at least get motivated enough to “Clean and Jerk” some paper plates.