From weight training to bodyweight training

Let’s see, started lifting at around 12 and the first time I every lifted
put 110lbs over my head. In 7^th grade bench pressed 200lbs on
schools universal gym. In 9^th grade at about 145lbs dead lifting
400lbs, would do dips with 110 – 120lbs of weight hanging from
a belt would do wide grip pull-ups with 80lbs.

In 12^th grade at around 145lbs bench pressed 330lbs. Couldn’t gain
weight went on a brutal eating plan taking in almost 10,000 calories
a day drinking up to 2 gallons of whole milk, weight gains of all kinds
and all kinds of supplements along with a pound or two of pasta.
Got big fast got stretch marks in inner thighs under the arms and
on my stomach. Built 18 ½ arms and a 21” neck.

At around 220lbs I was benching close to 400lbs, deep squatted 600lbs
bent rows with 315lbs, would squat 315lbs for 20 reps and dead lift
365lb for 20 reps, do 700lb shrugs and had a 1,200 lb hip belt lift.

Never wore belts, never wrapped my knees or elbows or wore a
bench shirt!

Could shoulder 300lb roll of flooring and walk with it as well as shoulder
a concrete parking block and press 220lb piece of think pipe a couple of
times. And my body was in recovery mode an awful lot decided to switch
to a more natural way of training the way the fittest men most have never
heard of train.  

Like doing 4,300 pushups or 4,600 bench dips, carrying a 80lb heavy bag
for one mile doing 4,500 step ups non stop or swimming for 1 hour non
stop, doing 1,000 star jumps in 50 minutes, 600 8 count body builders in
1 hour or 1,000 burpees in 1 hour.

Doing hundreds and thousands of reps of bodyweight exercises has changed
my life.

Toughness Builds Winners

Johnny Grube