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It’s not that complicated! – K.I.S.S. Training for Real Results
Keep it simple stupid! You’ve heard that saying a million times before, right?
Well, your training is no different. I’m here to tell you it’s really not that complicated.
Every time you turn around there is a new ebook, manual, fitness dvd, training system, etc,. etc, etc. Hell, any time I want to find out the latest fitness fad all I have to do is click the little blue button on my DirecTv remote and voila, there are nearly two dozen infomercial channels!
4 minutes a day using only a screw driver and this pulley and you too can have abs of steel. Insanity, kettleworx, P140X, they are everywhere. You get my drift. The fitness world has become so inundated with junk, it’s hard to see the forest for the trees!
I had a new client come the other day. He wanted to get stronger and gain some weight. He told me he had been training pretty hard for a while but just wasn’t getting the results he wanted. He handed me his workout logs from his local country club gym and I was shocked! He said he had been working with a trainer, if that’s what he called himself.
This man’s sheets were filled with cable this and ball that. I told him to promptly throw those things away because they weren’t going to help! I told him it wasn’t this complicated. What do you mean, he says? Well for the sake of time, here’s the short answer. This is all you need to do to get real results! Here is what I told him:
Squat
Deadlift
Pushups
Pullups
Pressing
Heavy Rowing
Climb Rope
Dips
Sprint
Jump
Take this list and it’s variations and get to work. It’s all you really need. These are the nuts and bolts to any successful training program. No fancy equipment, no craziness, no insanity, just good ol’ fashion blood, sweat, and tears!
Master these movements and your results will sky rocket!
Just K.I.S.S.
Bodyweight Brutality and a Challenge
One of the biggest problem areas I see with young athletes and adults alike is a lack of strength with bodyweight movements.
This shouldn’t be surprising actually, since laziness and weakness is engineered into nearly every single piece of “fitness” equipment today. Lay here, sit here, stand here. What ever happened to using the ultimate machine, your body?
I see athletes and adults that can’t do 10 proper pushups and even a single pullup. It drives me insane.
You simply cannot expect to perform at your best if you are not able to move and control your body in space effectively whether you’re a competitive athlete or just a weekend warrior.
If you really want to get strong practice your pushups, pullups, squats, and lunges. A good barometer of where you are on the bodyweight strength meter is being able to perform at least 25 pushups, 5-10 pullups, 50 squats, and 50 lunges. If you can’t hit these numbers, get to crankin’!
My session today finished with a brutal bodyweight challenge. Check it out below.
Get Strong(er) Wk 3 – Day 3
1 – Hang Snatch 5×4
2 – Bench Press 5×4
3a – Thick Rope Recline Rows 100 reps
3b – Pushups 100 reps
Here is the challenge.
Perform 100 reps each of the rows and pushups in as few sets as possible and let me know your results.
Today I finished in 6 rounds.
I need to be stronger than that.
I’m determined to improve.
Crush the bodyweight movements and you’ll be crazy strong, pack on slabs of rugged muscle, and increase your on field/court performance no matter what sport you choose.
Keep killin’ it out there.
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