Part of my training is riding my mountain bike. Hold on, I don't get dolled up wearing the bike shorts, bike shirts, clip on shoes or a helmet! I go old school gym shorts, sneakers, sleeveless shirt and wear a bandana on my head. I don't ride the trails or even go off road I find the nastiest steepest hills in my area and hit them with vengeance. I can tell you I have NEVER seen anyone not … [Read more...]
“Conditioned Strength” Makes A Weak Man Strong and A Strong Man Weak
Here is a workout that will test some physical and mental toughness it's very leg intensive and don't think jumping rope is a rest, all it does is make it harder to jump as the legs get tired: Jump rope 50 times - Do 10 step ups on a 15"bench holding a 50 lb plate for 50 non stop rounds when done you will have done 500 step ups holding a 50 lb plate and have jumped rope 2,500 times I have … [Read more...]
Don’t Be Gym and Mirror Strong!
The bullshit going around in today's sick and weak society is that being ripped and lean is the way to total fitness, guess what? Not all ripped sculpted physiques are of fit men, ever see a crack head? There was a time real tough men were built strong, fit and not so ripped. The ripped body was a product of I feel in the 1980's when bodybuilding magazines hit the selves. The problem is most … [Read more...]
The Jump Rope is a Serious Athletic Building Training Tool
One thing I am glad I decided to learn when I switched from heavy weight training and putting on tons of weight was to learn how to jump rope. Jumping rope was done by a lot of athletes from boxers to wrestlers to football players and when I switched to bodyweight training and wanted to lose 80 lbs I changed the way I trained and the way I ate. One thing I started to do was practice jumping … [Read more...]
The Difference between Squat Thrusts and the 4 Count Burpee
Decided to do a blog to show what a squat thrust is and what a 4 count burpee or what I call a military squat thrust is. As you can see in the video below is the actual "Squat thrust" The video below shows the 4 count burpee a.k.a military squat thrust. Try them both, both will give you a great workout, if you can handle lots of reps. These are not exercises that … [Read more...]
The 8 Count Body Builder a Brutal Version
The 8 Count Body Builder is an exercise that people will hate to do. It combines a full body movement requiring a physical and mental toughness. I hear in comments how certain people in the military did these and that they hated them, some say they loved them. The problem I have is if people love them how come people talk more about the new gymnastic way of training or the use of more one … [Read more...]
Bodyweight Training – Build Punch Proof Abs with the Old School Ab Wheel
Many years ago in the early 80's I seen WWF Champ Bob Backlund demonstrate the old school ab wheel. Never thought much of it until high school. One day an old janitor named Mr Mealy made his way in the weight room, he was in his middle 60's short and stocky. He grabbed a 60lb barbell laid it on the floor and did a standing roll out using the 60 lb barbell. At the time we were all very … [Read more...]
Complicated Bodyweight Routines are a waste of time!
INSANE 1 minute workout - can you survive it? Is the name of this video For years I have talked about the benefits of basic, simple high rep training for all around real world physical fitness. I also have talked on the benefits of keeping each workout to 1 to 3 different exercises. Most experts who write books or train people feel the need to have people do 10 or more exercises in a … [Read more...]
How Do You Build Physical And Mental Toughness?
I am a big fan of mental and physical toughness. Every man will tell you they are physically and mentally tough but their lifestyle contradicts their belief. I have heard people comment on the high rep training that I do, and how boring it seems. They are right; it is boring and downright physically and mentally painful. My question is how do you build toughness? You don't build … [Read more...]
Every Day is Another Day to Build Toughness
Every day is another day to build toughness, physical and mental pain build toughness. Mental and physical toughness is also built through adversity, most people use adversity as a chance to play the victim card. People that cant handle adversity, and play the victim card are the weakest of people. But you can train physical and mental toughness that will help in all areas of life by … [Read more...]