I hear a lot of trainers talking about building mental
toughness through training and most talk about running
as their way of building mental and physical toughness.

I would rather use other means of pushing myself
through a little physical and mental pain.

If I do run distance I run huge mountain hills or go for
a run carrying a 70lb to 100lb heavy bag on my shoulders
running hills.

I would rather pick an exercise like pushups or burpees and
go for an hour than just jog for an hour. Think doing burpees
for an hour won’t push you physically and mentally, try
it sometime.

But hear is a way to push yourself a little harder than you
might be used to, and these burpees will kick your ass!

Instead of doing regular burpees and just jumping up
jump out forward just like a broad jump, land and do
another one moving forward with every jump.

Doing them this way will change the dynamics of the
exercise. It will test you both physically and mentally
and you will not be able to do as many as you normally
can.

If you think this is easy try doing these types of burpees
for 100 yards it will kick your ass for sure.

So do burpees for distance instead of reps.

Here’s my time to beat for 400 meters of burpees 16:14
done on the Penn State outdoor track and covering
400 meter of burpees sucks!

Toughness Builds Winners

Johnny Grube

www.wildmantraining.com

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I have always said a man that can do 100 straight pushups will
almost always be in great shape. How can I say that a man that
can do only 100 pushups be in great shape?

The first thing is 100 straight pushups are not easy for the average
man or even most weight trainers. I have been training for over
30 years and have never seen any man do 100 straight pushups in
person.

I have seen 70 I have even seen 80 pushups in a row but not 100.

The reason that 100 pushups are rare is because it takes more
than just strength it also requires a total body effort to execute
the pushup while keeping the body straight throughout the
entire exercise.

But, to get the big bench almost always requires low reps and
long rest periods. Sometimes longer than 2 minutes. Building
a big bench is not getting you conditioned to do anything but
lying down and pushing a weight off your chest. And oh yeah
telling people how much you can bench.

Really, how many men do you think that go to the gym can do
many more than 50 pushups? Here’s another difference with
the pushup and the bench press. Training to bigger bench
numbers, you will push and push and push some more all in
the name to get the big bench, but the majority of people once
they get to their max number of pushups stop and think workout
over.

The Bench press requires no conditioning what so ever to get
stronger. But, there is no way you are not going to be sucking
wind working up to 100 pushups, pushups in a short period of
time become an anaerobic exercise meaning no oxygen.

No oxygen to the muscles means hard times and this is when
most will quit. Pushing a little farther will not mean injury. What
it means is you will train your mind and body to get a little
tougher and stronger.

I have seen it many times over the years; bring me a guy that
can do 100 pushups some pull-ups and sprints. A guy that
can bench press 300 lbs and works his way through the gym
doing every type of bench incline, decline, cross over’s on
machines and does curls etc.

And put these two guys in an athletic type of contest and I
can almost guarantee that the man that can do 100 pushups
will be the winner and he will also be plenty strong!

And here is something you bench press specialists won’t like
to hear. Most guys in the gym that are focused on the bench
press are functionally weak. This is not my opinion it’s a fact
focusing on the bench press works very few muscles the
pushup works many more and conditions the at the same
time. So work to 100 pushups and see what  happens.

Toughness Builds Winners

Johnny Grube

www.wildmantraining.com

Today I still stand behind my philosophy of training. Some call it
performance training I call it essential life training. The days of
me worrying about how I look so someone will believe the things
or say or write are over.

I’m no longer interested in training just to train, I train to live and
function better in today’s rough and tough world. Meaning that
unless it gets me ready for the physical and mental challenges
that life might throw at me, it will not be used.

I use a very little training equipment and most of the time I use
none or I will use what’s outdoors, and work it that way.

My most used piece of equipment is a jump rope other than
that it’s very limited and I have been able to maintain a high
level of “Conditioned Strength” and the great thing is the training
methods I use and have for years have allowed me to stay very
strong.

Yesterday I climbed a tree, did some sprints and explosive jumps
and a couple other things and I was worked.

I think different and know first hand how the body will respond
to a physical lifestyle, a lifestyle that the body will remain strong in
even if worked everyday with no rest days.

Train the body for real movement and don’t confuse yourself with
complicated training programs. The body will respond, just work
it.

Toughness Builds Winners

Johnny Grube

That is one of the problems today, and it’s people only care about weight loss
and abs. I don’t. Another funny thing is “Experts” will tell you the correct way
to do a certain exercise, my question is where are they getting their info from?

In my life if the body isn’t ready for quick, explosive full body movements I
won’t be working long. Train your body slow and in one position will cause
problems when you actually do anything that requires any fast movements.

“Train your body for real movement not gym movement”

Toughness Builds Winners

Johnny Grube

www.wildmantraining.com

Cross fit is and has been popping up all over
the place. Is this just another exercise craze?
Cross fit athletes are amazing and the cross fit
games are also awesome.

When I first started training many years ago pushups,
pull-ups tree climbing, rope climbing, sprints and weight
lifting were the activities I excelled at.

Then I got sucked into the being big theory is better way
of thinking and bulking up and lost my athletic ability for
many years until I seen the light.

If cross fit would have been around at the time I was
young and dumb cross fit would have been my choice
it combines my two favorite things strength and speed.

The one thing I would change now would be “The Snatch
and “The Power Clean” and not because they are not great
exercises but because of the complex nature of the
exercises.

I actually had some training in the old days from a former
Olympic style lifter the problem is these lifts are very
dangerous exercises if you’re not given proper instruction
and it isn’t  given in a few classes.

Most people think the power clean is some kind of explosive
reverse curl they only use the upper body to generate the
power and it’s the legs with drop under the weight catching it
and standing up with it makes it “The Clean”

The snatch is a different animal. Tough and complex and
should only be practiced by someone who has experience.

Cross Fit great stuff with great results just take care
of the body and it will take care of you.

Toughness Builds Winners

Johnny Grube

www.wildmantraining.com

Johnny Grube as a  Pro Wrestler  (On left arms folded across chest wearing funny pants)

Male Ego Training

 What is ego training for men? Look around; go into any
gym open any fitness magazine and you will see what
I call Ego Training. Ego Training is training that feeds the
male ego but the ego is more about looks it’s about how
big they look in the summer wearing a tank top and I know
because it took me a long time many years to shake this
type of Ego Training and I can honestly say that I never
realized it until I decided to shake the extra mass and
live more lean and athletic.

It wasn’t easy going from 240 lbs to 155 lbs considering
I intentional put almost 100 lbs after high school through
massive amounts of food and spending massive amounts
of money on weight gain, food and supplements.

Training heavy with weights and at 240 lbs I was massive at
5’7” shaved head and goat tee people wouldn’t even walk on
the same side of the street as me.

This look fed my Ego, but what people didn’t know as big
and strong I was I was lacking a lot in the way of real health
and fitness.

Other than walking down the street and scaring woman and
children I was limited to what I could do. I could lift and move
almost anything as long as it wasn’t for long periods of time.

I always felt tired and really never had energy and my body
was always sore and I had a lot of injuries and the injuries
usually came for lifting as much as possible whenever possible
and that was to feed my Ego.

Years later after a 85lb weight loss and at 155lbs I’m considered
small and if you try and explain why you decided to get leaner and
healthier most men don’t understand. I still have an ego but now
it’s not how big my arms are or how much I can lift it’s how athletic
I am and how my body can and will respond to any situation I need
it in, I know it won’t let me down.

I always thought I would grow old being a garage gorilla training heavy
throwing around the rusted iron but it just wouldn’t work long term with
a physical labor lifestyle I look to the future and how will I be able to get
around and the years of pounding heavy weights to me wasn’t worth it.

So I’ll stick with what I call “Conditioned Strength” strength for real situations,
strength that will save your life.

Toughness Builds Winners

Johnny Grube

Your new book has pretty much changed the way I look at
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You have pretty much designed the best work-outs I have
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I do believe in the quick get it done get on with life
workouts.

Ready for this? And I want you to give it a try and beat
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5 Prisoner Squat Thrusts – 10 Star Jumpers. repeat for
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I also have set another world record 50 dips on chains
in 46.25 seconds almost 1 dip a minute on chains.

 True story, I go to get my D.O.T (department of transportation)
physical they have to be renewed every two years. The physical
is eye exam, hernia, blood pressure, pulse, hearing, breathing
and balance.

The woman doctor is older and comes in pulls my shirt up and
see’s what see thinks is a scar from surgery, I tell her it’s a stretch
mark.

I than tell her that I was 240 lbs at one time, I told her I lost 85lbs,

She asked how many years. I told her about 5 months and she was
pretty amazed.

Then she goes on to tell me she has high blood pressure is a
diabetic and is overweight and had some other issues. Did I tell
you this is my doctor!

So now my doctor is asking me for advice. Why wasn’t I signing
my own medical certificate? So for 15 minutes I am giving health
and fitness advice to doctor and the staff.

I thought this was a good story about the medical profession and
just wanted to share it with you thinking you might enjoy it.

This was not made up this was real and happened a couple of
days ago.

Toughness Builds Winners

Johnny Grube

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Something I hear time and time again is how this guy
or that guy is charging too much for a DVD or book.

Do people think it’s easy to write a book and make
DVD’s spend the time and energy marketing and
creating products just to give it away?

The difference between a serious student of fitness
and the never will be’s are the complainers. It’s the men
and women that complain about the price of a product.

Like they say, people will always find the money to buy
the things they want, but not the things they need. I have
spent thousands and thousands of dollars over the years
on books, courses, DVDs and will continue to spend and
continue my education.

A golfer will climb the highest mountain to find a way to
take a stroke off his game women will spend whatever it
takes to take two pounds off but most men will complain if
they think something like a book or DVD  is to expensive
well what is expensive?

My opinion on people that only want FREE really never do
anything with FREE Because FREE is usually undervalued.

Hell we are given at birth the miracle of life, a body and
mind, and we take them for granted. Hell even poor people
find money to buy things that are important to them, usually
cigarettes and alcohol.

How many times do you eat out a week?

How many $ 5.00 cups of coffee do you drink?

How many useless supplements do you buy?

But it comes down to what’s important and what really
matters. Money to me is no object on buying things that
excite me not all are great but I have found that very few
products are bad but I will tell you that almost every
product I have bought has given me a new idea or a different
way of doing something meaning I have learned something from
just about of everything.

If you love it and it’s part of you, you will find a way to
get what you want. But like I said I choose to spend my
money on products to learn and I even buy products that I
might not agree with but I guarantee that I will always
learn something.

So become a student. Learn from the people that are creating
products that could change your life. Life is a search to get
better in anything is to keep learning and buying.

Toughness Builds Winners

Johnny Grube

www.wildmantraining.com

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Here’s a workout that you can try

Jump rope 100 times – 10 explosive wildman jumps(wide stance
squat down, touch the ground with your finger tips and
jump exploding forward touching the ground and jumping as
fast as possible) jog back repeat as fast as possible
for 10 rounds.

Try to do each round in 1 minute each it’s a challenge.

This will work the entire body.

Leg training builds the powerful foundation needed to excel in almost all sports
and in real life for functional fitness. Training legs is brutal and is the reason
the upper body is trained more than the lower body.

How tough is leg training? Ever throw up doing bench presses? I never did as
a matter of fact I threw up only one time in my life during training and it wasn’t
from sprints or calisthenics it was after a set of 20 rep squats.

Leg training builds testosterone and really accelerates fat burning.  Years ago
I was a upper body trainer thinking training legs would make me slower, I was
wrong. However, training with heavy squats, dead lifts and power cleans never
equaled speed it actually seem to slow me down my legs actually felt heavier
from the slow training.

The reason I was slower is because the squat, dead lift are traditionally slow
moving exercise’s.  The power clean is a speed exercise if done correctly but
most trainers do not do it correctly it looks more like an explosive reverse
curl.

It wasn’t until I started training with explosive bodyweight movements and
speed training and dropped the slow strength training that my body started to
become athletic again and my legs felt lighter.

This goes against all research but switching from slow training to more
speed and explosive training my body aches started to go away and
even knee pain and I had three knee surgeries.

Short explosive training is not dangerous it’s the slow training that
injures people. How can that be? In real life, in sports and any functional
fitness the body always moves in an explosive manner. We never think
about movement until we train with weight any other time me just
react.

Train slow, and your body will get used to it and when your body needs
explosive movement you will get hurt.

Try this leg workout all you need is small bench I use a 12″ stool and a jump rope.

Jump rope 50 times – jump up and down on the bench 10 times touching the ground
with your finger tips each rep. This forces you to squat lower using more legs than
your back.

Jump rope 50 times – 10 jumps for 20 rounds non stop. total jumping rope 1,000
times and 200 box jumps go for 20 minutes.

Toughness Builds Winners

Johnny Grube

www.wildmantraining.com

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