Navy Seal type training or Gymnastic type training

Navy Seal type training or Gymnastic type training I guess I look at training differently than the majority. I look at training as something that can be taken out of the gym and in to the real world.I want training that is going to help me survive. Today's workout's focus on training that requires a big learning curve and to me requires too much time. Progression training is what … [Read more...]

Bodyweight Training-Tough 8 – Count Bodybuilder Workout.

Years ago when I read a Navy Seal workout book and was introduced to the dreaded 8 - count bodybuilder I found a tougher than thought exercise. In the book the Seal talked about every Friday they had to do 100 non stop 8 - count body builders and he hated them so much that in the workout section he left them out stating " I left 8 - count bodybuilder out for obvious reasons" He hated them. … [Read more...]

Build Great Strength with this Old School Training Tool

I have told you before I was a weight trainer for many years before my body started to get beat up and started being less effective. Earning my living as a manual laborer and training for over 30 years my body started needing more time to recover than I spent in actual training time. But I didn't give up all old school training tools. I have some that are over 25 years old. One that I … [Read more...]

Bodyweight Training – 15 Minute Workout

Today's workout 100 step ups on 15" bench - 100 pushups feet on 15"bench - Jump rope 100 times - 10 ab wheel roll outs 3 rounds 300 of each and 30 ab wheel roll outs in 14:43  To get this time you have to get after it! There is no time to rest you go through as many times as you can in 15 minutes. Even if you can only do it 1 time you can build from there. Just get out and try … [Read more...]

Building Nontraditional Strength

  Building Nontraditional Strength I believe in building real world strength. When I train I can care less about having a six pack when it comes to abs. I don’t use traditional ab exercises, my everyday training see’s to that. I train with total function in mind very rarely do I do any ab exercise just to do them. Pretty boys that like the plank is fine, I’m not trying to build … [Read more...]

Are feeble minded people deciding your limitations?

What feeble minded people are deciding your limits? Just because a weak minded person doesn't think something can be done doesn't mean they are correct. Weak people will always try and keep you at their level of failure. People create and do great things every day, pushing physically and mentally past their limits. Things once thought … [Read more...]

Living a Physical Labor Lifestyle

Living a Physical Labor Lifestyle I grew up in a family where my mom and dad earned a living as physical labors. My dad a truck driver furniture mover my mom a packer for the moving company. Everything I grew up around was around being physical. Earning a living as a physical laborer is not easy physically or mentally yet many want to look down on the men and women that actually make the … [Read more...]

Two Secrets To Doing More Pushups

Two Secrets To Doing More Pushups Everyone that trains at some point has done or still does pushups to some degree. The problem is most people really don't work very hard at getting better at pushups. Pushups are usually done to warm up or cool down at the end of a workout. A lot of people don't give the pushup a lot of respect and for what it can and … [Read more...]

FREE Gym Membership

FREE gym membership In every city in America this country has free gym memberships available to anyone who wants them. Where can you find these free gym memberships? All you have to do is open up your front door and walk outside. The outdoors is the biggest gym of all, nature’s gym is all you need to get your body the way you want it. Creativity, imagination and the will to use nature to … [Read more...]

Bodyweight Backpack Pushups

Backpack Pushups If you’re looking for more of a challenge and want to build some serious strength when doing your pushups all you need is a sturdy backpack and some extra weight thrown inside. A weighted pack will test the toughest and strongest men. This is not an exercise for a beginner. For years and still today men all around the world use the bench press as the gauge for strength … [Read more...]