Category Archives: Training Ideas

Short Workouts Tip #1

By admin | Published: March 1, 2010

In our recent survey one of the big questions was, “What is the roadblock keeping you from getting super strength/endurance?” Almost fifty percent of the huge response we got said they just didn’t have enough time. So here we’ll start tips on getting lots of results very fast, with a very limited training time. Realize you [...]

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Grip Conditioning Workout

By admin | Published: February 24, 2010

Here’s a cool one that’s a version of grip training mixed with conditioning that I’ve been experimenting with. 100 plate/stair rows 150 bottoms up kettlebell cleans 200 pushups 150 one arm D-handle deadlifts 100 pinch grip deadlifts You can do this by finishing each of the exercises individually or by going in a circuit or a mix of both. I [...]

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How Do I Get Started in Super Strength and Endurance?

By admin | Published: February 22, 2010

I was reading through some of the responses to our recent survey regarding how to best get the right training info to all you out there and a few of the comments/questions struck me. This is one of them. The gentleman asked basically, “I have lots of info on training but how do [...]

Also posted in Conditioning Exercise, Program Design, Super Strength | Tagged Cardio, Different Kinds, Expressions, Feats, Fit, General Knowledge, Gentleman, Interplay, Kettlebell, Many People, Mountai, Strength Endurance, Strongman, Survey | Leave a comment

The Point of Diminishing Returns

By admin | Published: February 8, 2010

I had a strength coach in college who first started talking to me about, “a point of diminishing returns.” At the time I heavily disagreed with him. In fact for the most part I still do. His premise was that after a player could squat 500lbs or so (really talking about Linemen in football), [...]

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Not Resolutions… But Resoluteness Part 3

By admin | Published: January 29, 2010

Well maybe one more shot on this topic… The state of resoluteness I believe requires organizing your mind and then your life. It isn’t the frantic drop everything and do “this” notion. That won’t last. It’s the careful consideration of the things that are really important to you and the idea that no [...]

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Survival Training, How to do it all

By admin | Published: January 12, 2010

So how can we train all the physical abilities mentioned in the last couple of posts in an effective manner and still have a real life? Can it be done? Absolutely! Just make sure you get reality training with good tools that cover a lot of ground at once. Here’s a sample schedule: 1) Once a [...]

Also posted in Ab Strength, Challenge Workouts, Conditioning Exercise, Mental Training, Program Design, Super Strength, Workouts | Tagged Agility, Crawl Hill, Fighting Style, Good Tools, Heavy Lift, Length Of Time, Obstacle, Opponent, Physical Abilities, Physical Barriers, Punches, Sandbag, Squat Thrust, Stamina, Strength Endurance, Survival Training, Unpredictability, Work Exercise, Workout, Workouts | 1 Comment

Could You Survive?

By admin | Published: January 5, 2010

If you mention the word, “survival” in fitness training you often run the risk of coming off like a nut. Yet the reality is that your physical training, whatever your goals or sport, ought to be building a body capable of use in a real world emergency. Now depending on your goals it [...]

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Take one thing as far as you can

By admin | Published: December 23, 2009

In exercise there has always been a debate on using just a few exercises and pushing them very hard so that you are strong all over or using the widest variety possible and hoping that will make you overall strong. The difference between just getting a huge power squat versus a good squat, as [...]

Also posted in Program Design, Squats, Super Strength | Tagged Assistance Training, Avoiding Redundancy, Balanced Approach, Barbell, Bench Press, Body Functions, Decline, Dumbbell, Exercises, Front Squats, Gain Perspective, Leg Press, Lunge, Main Stream, Muscle Gain, Pistol, Shot Gun, Specific Training, Trains, Vertical Plane | 1 Comment

Sandbag Conditioning for MMA

By admin | Published: December 3, 2009

Here’s a little clip of a sandbag conditioning routine that we use with some of our fighters. The main focus is the use of the sandbag, but with some pretty unique exercises. Sandbags are some of the greatest training tools in almost any sport but they especially apply to fighting. Almost nothing else [...]

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Over Analysis

By admin | Published: November 25, 2009

Yesterday I spoke to you about thinking about your progress and your weaknesses and whether or not your training is addressing those weaknesses and how it’s effecting your progress. I also spoke to you about balance and its need in training. When I tell people to think about their training I’m always careful to follow it [...]