Work for today:
Easy Strength for Fat Loss day 9:
Leg Raises
WGPU
Press
TBDL
Swings
30mins run
5 Likes
There is a book on Easy Strength that describes the basic program. The video below is where i got the fat loss version from, although i believe itās also covered in his book āAttemptsā
Thanks, will check it out
1 Like
Easy Strength for Fat Loss day 10:
Leg Raises
Press
WGPU
TBDL
swings
30mins walk
5 Likes
Work for today:
2 hours bouldering. I am not good at this, itās been a few years. Massive forearm pump.
7 Likes
You are gonna hurt in all types of places tommorow!
1 Like
Iām 35, i always hurt in strange places.
5 Likes
Update on the āhurting in strange placesā thing: tried to do an Easy Strength session this morning and didnāt have the grip strength to do 3/5 exercises. Will need at least an extra recovery day. Should have got up earlier and run instead.
3 Likes
Got round to watching the video, will probably order the book as well as it occurred to me Iāve never actually read a Dan John book which I feel I should remedy.
How have you found the program 2 weeks in? The closeted bodybuilder in me is screaming āwhat about chest and arm work!!ā but think I will give it a run anyway once Iāve finished SVR training in a couple of weeks as I planned to revert back to fat loss
1 Like
Iām enjoying the program because itās pretty perfect for what i want now, which is a way to maintain basic strength while i lose weight, and without any real stress associated. Life itself is pretty stressful right now, so the fact that the sessions are never hard means it becomes like washing up or brushing your teeth, itās just another job to tick off the list in a day. In terms of strength gains, the pressing and deadlifting seem to be increasing from the work load. Pull ups probably are too. The walks are great for mental health, whether they help lose fat for someone whoās already getting their 10k steps a day, iām not sure.
In terms of buying the book, it may help with buy in for the program and the methods, because itās really, really difficult to persuade yourself that 3 easy sets everyday is going to do much for strength levels. I found it probably Dans least enjoyable read though, if iām honest. It will be interesting to see how you go. Do you have a log on here?
Edit: also worth noting that i donāt have an inner bodybuilder, so your mileage may vary here.
1 Like
Work for today:
Easy Strength for Fat Loss day 11:
Leg Raises
Pull Ups
Press
TBDL
swings
Front Squat ladders (Every 30s on the 30s for 15mins):
2-3-5 @ 60kg
30mins walk
Notes:
- Grip is still absolutely fried, had to strap up for deadlifts, pull ups and swings. Have you ever tried to use straps for swings? Ridiculous.
- This front squat ladder turned into a bad idea really fucking quick, struggled to make it through that. Thats still 100 front squats in 15mins though, so iāll take that. Fucking awful, donāt try this at home kids.
- Also spent the whole time loving the new Ghost album because apparently iām just a traitor to all things metal. Iām ok with that, this stuff is good.
10 Likes
Iām starting a new job in a couple of weeks in addition to having some stressful domestic things going on so this is an appeal.
I can sort of get the logic behind it after doing 5/3/1 for a year
1 Like
This makes me think you did a good shoulder workout and walked around in a tank top like you were carrying carpets, showing off you boulder shoulders for 2 hoursā¦ LOL
3 Likes
@simo74 I wish mate, no tank tops in good old blighty. No shoulders either
@aholding88 iām really happy i chose to do this, fits perfectly with where i am right now and is also helping to make a few other bits clearer to. It occured to me during todays workout that the only lift i get any kind of emotional response out of now is the press, all the other lifts are just tools. Looking back on the last year or so, iāve always found time to press. Iāve frequently found excuses not to do anything else. Even within the workout itself, i have to hold myself back from pushing harder on the press and force myself in to doing the required work everywhere else. Seriously guys, try something totally different, you learn things about yourself.
Work for today:
Easy Strength for Fat Loss day 12:
Pull ups
Press
Leg Raises
TBDL
Swings
30mins walk
Notes:
- Pushed press higher again today. Having to hold myself back here. Itās so easy, and it works so well.
3 Likes
this made me smile
this made me laugh
1 Like
Got the book arriving today, do you do same exercises day in day out? What press you using?
1 Like
I use the same exercises everyday day, and have all the equipment set out, loaded up and ready to go.
I do:
Wide Grip pull ups (6 singles, because i am fat and weak)
3 x 3 TBDL
3 x 3 Press
3 x 25 swings
1 x 10 Leg Raises on the power tower.
This, but day 13.
Edit:
- I think i should be adding some band pull aparts to this daily work. Shoulders are starting to āfeelā imbalanced.
6 Likes
so my wife ran this for a while. And only stopped as āshe was adding weight to the bar too oftenā. She was genuinely scared of becoming a world champion weight lifter. We moved from easy weight to easy weight to easy weight and over the course of 12 weeks she looked back and the progress was great. It freaked her out that she was now āa strong womenā.
1 Like
I will say, you probably need to be fairly invested in the lifts youāre doing for this to work. I donāt imagine iāll get a great gain on deadlifts because i just donāt care enough about them to add weight when needed.