Wow you’re the fucking ma!n I’ve been attempting to work up to training like this but it’s been a lot harder than I’d probably like to admit coming from my background. I thought you’d like to take a look at these ‘evolutions’ if you haven’t seen them. NOT to encourage the crossfit comparisons but they’re like an advanced crossfit workout I got from the crossfit endurance or SEALfit site (not sure who to credit). I thought it might give you some cool ideas. I’ll be keeping my eye on your site! After I get my swimming up to par and my mile time down hopefully I can follow I train in a similar fashion soon!
CrossFit can sometimes have great ideas. I mean there was one workout i would’ve loved to have sent back to myself in 1992 before basic training. It would’ve turned me into a PT god.
It was run 100m
25 push ups
run 100m
25 sit ups
run 100m
25 squat jumps
all that repeated as many times as possible in 20 minutes.
I did it once a couple of years ago and could only do it 3 times.
[quote]gregron wrote:
interesting… so you just strap a 20 pound vest on and go to work? or walk into the bank? (im sure that’d go over well) lol
I’ll have to start wearing my vest more often… rather than just at the gym
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It is a pretty radical idea because once you take the vest off for a preiod of time from wearing it daily those gains vanish. So, there that “Is it really worth it?” standpoint.
One of the kettlebell workouts i saw awhile ago was like that, pick up a kettlebell or dumbell and dont put it down for 20 minutes, doing what you would normally do.
[quote]Xen Nova wrote:
Wow you’re the fucking ma!n I’ve been attempting to work up to training like this but it’s been a lot harder than I’d probably like to admit coming from my background. I thought you’d like to take a look at these ‘evolutions’ if you haven’t seen them. NOT to encourage the crossfit comparisons but they’re like an advanced crossfit workout I got from the crossfit endurance or SEALfit site (not sure who to credit). I thought it might give you some cool ideas. I’ll be keeping my eye on your site! After I get my swimming up to par and my mile time down hopefully I can follow I train in a similar fashion soon!
And nothing to say about this…
Except, “thank you.”
So…Thank you. [/quote]
i dug that link that you attached, some good workouts in there, thanks for that. and thanks for the kind words man.
Fuzzyapple: if i thought there was some way the gains would stay i would totally try this…but if they won’t then it may not be worth the constant pressure on my spine to try…dunno.
[quote]gregron wrote:
interesting… so you just strap a 20 pound vest on and go to work? or walk into the bank? (im sure that’d go over well) lol
I’ll have to start wearing my vest more often… rather than just at the gym
[/quote]
It is a pretty radical idea because once you take the vest off for a preiod of time from wearing it daily those gains vanish. So, there that “Is it really worth it?” standpoint.[/quote]
So the strength I build from lugging around 20+ extra pounds disappears as soon as I drop the weight?
Does that mean the strength I just gained from doing bench an hour ago is completely gone since I’m not using that weight right now?
When I close my eyes… Is the rest of the room still here?
[quote]gregron wrote:
interesting… so you just strap a 20 pound vest on and go to work? or walk into the bank? (im sure that’d go over well) lol
I’ll have to start wearing my vest more often… rather than just at the gym
[/quote]
It is a pretty radical idea because once you take the vest off for a preiod of time from wearing it daily those gains vanish. So, there that “Is it really worth it?” standpoint.[/quote]
So the strength I build from lugging around 20+ extra pounds disappears as soon as I drop the weight?
Does that mean the strength I just gained from doing bench an hour ago is completely gone since I’m not using that weight right now?
When I close my eyes… Is the rest of the room still here?[/quote]
This is a good point…so i guess it must be kind of like swinging a weighted bat when on deck…
oh and Fighting Irish: Yeah man, I want to push people towards all things “Warrior” and help them prepare for a fight that may or may not come. Physically, mentally, emotionally , all of it. If a fight never comes, then prepping for one never hurts, and can only make them better.
And it attracts people who want to do something with all of that muscle other than shave it, oil it and cover it with a pair of posing trunks…
[quote]Alpha wrote:
oh and Fighting Irish: Yeah man, I want to push people towards all things “Warrior” and help them prepare for a fight that may or may not come. Physically, mentally, emotionally , all of it. If a fight never comes, then prepping for one never hurts, and can only make them better.
And it attracts people who want to do something with all of that muscle other than shave it, oil it and cover it with a pair of posing trunks… [/quote]
I very much agree. I have always thought that having a good deal of muscle but not having some of these “Warrior skills” as we might call them is similar to what Americans used to do back in the revolution to fool the British from a distance- set up massive logs to look like cannons. While it might look intimidating, an actual gun, even if smaller, that could shoot would be of much more use.
The only thing that you might want to include in there, if you have not already, is reading of classic books. Read, say, a chapter a day of Sun Tzus “Art of War” or Musashi’s “Book of Five Rings.” Intersperse that with books like Sam Sheridan’s “A Fighter’s Heart” or “A Fighter’s Mind.” Just a suggestion.
[quote]Alpha wrote:
oh and Fighting Irish: Yeah man, I want to push people towards all things “Warrior” and help them prepare for a fight that may or may not come. Physically, mentally, emotionally , all of it. If a fight never comes, then prepping for one never hurts, and can only make them better.
And it attracts people who want to do something with all of that muscle other than shave it, oil it and cover it with a pair of posing trunks… [/quote]
I very much agree. I have always thought that having a good deal of muscle but not having some of these “Warrior skills” as we might call them is similar to what Americans used to do back in the revolution to fool the British from a distance- set up massive logs to look like cannons. While it might look intimidating, an actual gun, even if smaller, that could shoot would be of much more use.
The only thing that you might want to include in there, if you have not already, is reading of classic books. Read, say, a chapter a day of Sun Tzus “Art of War” or Musashi’s “Book of Five Rings.” Intersperse that with books like Sam Sheridan’s “A Fighter’s Heart” or “A Fighter’s Mind.” Just a suggestion.[/quote]
Terrific idea brother! I will DEFINITELY start that ASAP!
[quote]Oleena wrote:
Ironically, Alpha actually seems to be an alpha!
Am I the only one who finds that at least a little amusing?[/quote]
Isn’t irony supposed to be more like his name being “Whimpy” but he’s actually alpha?[/quote]
Well, given that everyone on the interwebz likes to exaggerate their stats about nearly every facet of their lives, it is contrary to what one might expect when they find someone who is actually just as badass as their name suggests.
Hey, man… as long as it’s better than Akuma’s “desserts is stressed backwards” gem, I’m willing to let it slide.
Terrific idea brother! I will DEFINITELY start that ASAP! [/quote]
Glad you like it!
Some books you may want to include that I’ve found value in are:
Meditations on Violence by Rory Miller
Little Black Book of Violence by Lawrence Kane and Kris Wilder
In Search of the Warrior Spirit by Richard Strozzi-Heckler
Street E & E by Marc Macyoung
And basically anything that comes out of Paladin Press. They’re excellent.
Terrific idea brother! I will DEFINITELY start that ASAP! [/quote]
Glad you like it!
Some books you may want to include that I’ve found value in are:
Meditations on Violence by Rory Miller
Little Black Book of Violence by Lawrence Kane and Kris Wilder
In Search of the Warrior Spirit by Richard Strozzi-Heckler
Street E & E by Marc Macyoung
And basically anything that comes out of Paladin Press. They’re excellent.[/quote]
Also some great reads man, if you (or anyone else) thinks of any others that go along with the vein, please add them to this! I would really appreciate it!
I am thinking about writing some of my own “Warrior Athlete” programs. How do you go about writing your programs? I notice that you are influenced by SEALfit and MilitaryAthlete.
How random are these workouts and how much are they focused on progression?
Also, how often do you foam roll/stretch? Do you do it on off days too?
