If you need a gym to train your options are limited. If you can't find a way to train where ever you are, your training program is weak and limited! In the video I am using a 50 lb cinder block I found and it can be an ass kicking tool and don't be fooled by the light weight. In the video I did a quick 100 reps on my way to 1,035 in 30 minutes, smashing 855 I did last … [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...]
Brutal Manual Labor Workout
In the video I am using a hand truck a 120 lb heavy bag, a 40 lb weight vest 10 lb ankle weights that is 180 extra pounds I am dragging up and down a pretty steep 60 yard hill. I did the hill 10 times and it was very tough and it was the first time I done this in training. But I had to drag the heavy bag while wearing the weighted vest and ankle weights about 600 total yards just to get to … [Read more...]
A 35 lb Rock picked up and pressed 807 times!
I like to take one day a week in my training and do what I call a "Mental Toughness Day" I feel most people that train don't push themselves enough. Of course every single person that trains will tell you they work hard! They know what it's like to push hard. The more and more I talk to the average muscle head and listen to his training workouts and with my years of being in the gym, most … [Read more...]
Bodyweight Training 100 8 – Count Bodybuilders a Tough test
8 count body builders is one exercise that the Navy Seals and other military use to get men in to great shape fast. A simple movement with massive benefits. I read in one book that the author pointed out on Friday was 100 8-count body builder day, and they had to do 100 every Friday. When I read this I just started back with bodyweight training and had just given up the traditional … [Read more...]
Manual Labor keeps a Man Strong!
Never seen before Johnny Grube at work! It's one thing to go to the gym and talk shit it's another to lift things all day long 8 to 12 hours a day 5 days a week. In the video at 165lbs throwing a 175lb cylinder on my shoulder and walking across about 10" of slippery snow. Try grabbing something with no grip, smooth solid and very awkward and shoulder it and walk it over uneven type of … [Read more...]
A Short Manual Labor Background.
A lot of people seem to be trying to figure out what type of work I do. Well here it is. I started working at 12 working for contractors cleaning up and breaking rock, worked with roofers ripping off roofs and carrying shingles. Moved furniture on and off through my life as a second job. Some where right about me working at UPS. But, when I was 17 years old I went to work for a freight … [Read more...]
Over training bullshit! Part 1
Really, over training? When someone gets injured the first thing most people think is they are over training. I do believe people need to rest but the majority really think by treadmill training or kettle bell swinging or doing hundreds of pushups they are over training. All the years I have been training and it's over 30 years my injuries always come from doing something stupid. It wasn't … [Read more...]