Burpees for Physical and Mental Toughness I hear a lot of trainers talking about building mental toughness through training and most talk about running as their way of building mental and physical toughness. I would rather use other means of pushing myself through a little physical and mental pain. If I do run distance I run huge mountain hills or go for a run carrying a 70lb to 100lb … [Read more...]
Bodyweight Training – The 100 Pushup Philosophy
The 100 Pushup Philosophy I have always said a man that can do 100 straight pushups will almost always be in great shape. How can I say that a man that can do only 100 pushups be in great shape? The first thing is 100 straight pushups are not easy for the average man or even most weight trainers. I have been training for over 30 years and have never seen any man do 100 straight pushups … [Read more...]
“Essential Life Training”
"Train Your Body for Real Movement - Not Gym Movement Today I still stand behind my philosophy of training. Some call it performance training I call it essential life training. The days of me worrying about how I look so someone will believe the things or say or write are over. I'm no longer interested in training just to train, I train to live and function better in today's rough and … [Read more...]
Ab Training for the Misinformed!
Why does every expert chime in and tell me when I do an exercise to do it a way that the abs get more work? #1 All my workouts incorporate my core. #2 I very rarely do any ab isolation movements. #3 I do NOT care about getting a six pack. #4 Unless the man or woman telling me has a super strong core and I'm not talking about a couple of minutes of the "Plank" I don't want to hear from them. … [Read more...]
Male Ego Training
Johnny Grube as a Pro Wrestler (On left arms folded across chest wearing funny pants) Male Ego Training What is ego training for men? Look around; go into any gym open any fitness magazine and you will see what I call Ego Training. Ego Training is training that feeds the male ego but the ego is more about looks it’s about how big they look in the summer wearing a tank top and I … [Read more...]
Special forces battalion and a whoop ass workout!
A quick email to let you know what the Special Forces is doing with "Ultimate Physical Fitness in 5 Minutes" Your new book has pretty much changed the way I look at fitness, It's been kicking my ass and I love every minute of it. I've been doing workouts out of it for my entire special forces battalion and we can't get enough of it. You have pretty much designed the best work-outs I … [Read more...]
Something I hear time and time again!
Something I hear time and time again Something I hear time and time again is how this guy or that guy is charging too much for a DVD or book. Do people think it's easy to write a book and make DVD's spend the time and energy marketing and creating products just to give it away? The difference between a serious student of fitness and the never will be's are the complainers. It's the … [Read more...]
Bodyweight Training Forget The Pushups Train the Legs!
To many men worry about working the upper body to look pretty or intimidating but the real work and benefits come from hammering the legs with strength and speed and jump training. The legs are the foundation for a great athlete. Leg training builds the powerful foundation needed to excel in almost all sports and in real life for functional fitness. Training legs is brutal and is the … [Read more...]
Bodyweight training – A quick morning pick me up
Early morning workout can and will energize you for the day not to mention once it's done it's done unless you want to do one in the evening. My early morning pick me up took all of 4:00 minutes. 25 Wildman Plyo Jumpers 50 bench dips 4 rounds non stop total 100 WPJ 200 bench dips not bad for 4:00 minutes try it Toughness Builds Winners Johnny Grube … [Read more...]
Training is a priority!
The only way to build true physical fitness is to train your body to be physically fit. It seems like a no brainier, but most people want the most complicated training regime they can find. Most think by using 40 different exercises in a workout will build the ultimate body and build over the moon conditioning. Try keeping track of more than 5 different exercises as you get farther in … [Read more...]