The standard mass unit of measure for The Alumni/True Grit. The exact mass is determined by the mass of name sake of the DTSW at the moment in time the term is used. The mass therefore fluctuates (increasing significantly nearing Chinese New Year).
This unit is often used when other forms of weight are not readily available (such as barbells or sand bags).
Another use for the DTSW is for standardized challenges.
Paddler #1: Hey man, I just PR'd on the deadlift!
Paddler #2: Oh Shit! What weight?
Paddler #1: 1.5 DTSWs.
Guy: Damn! No barbells, how am I suppose to do my squat challenge?
Paddler: No worries, Bro. I saw DTSW in the locker room. Just use him.
Guy: Hmmm, it could work. Might be tough though. Chinese New Year was 2 days ago.
Paddler: It's still a DTSW. Just do it.
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”