The Plague of Strength Bodyweight Blitz is an all-new set of programs based on my own training, that are designed to improve your physique and strength by addressing the weaknesses we have all created by ignoring calisthenics, with the addition of the methods of old school wrestlers and those I’ve used in the past.
Every jacked human being prior to 1950 used calisthenics to help develop and maintain their physiques- it was the side of broccoli that enhanced the nutritional value of their proverbial steak and potatoes dinner. They would start every workout with a vigorous gymnastic warmup of one sort or another, then would move to kettlebells and dumbbells before finishing with barbell work. We’re talking about people who are still big and muscular by today’s standards, but in that shape when people were scrawny, half-starved, and weak as hell.
I know it’s common to think that your great-grandpa was badass, but it’s statistically likely he was a weakling- 56% of everyone drafted for WWI was rejected as unfit for service!
While they were on line at the butcher, you might see your 5’5″ 124lb grandpa standing next to bulging men like the Great Gama, George Hackenschmidt, and Ivan Poddubny and jacked women like Minerva, Sandwina, and Luisita Leers- massively musclebound people who loved doing calisthenics and walking long distances while flexing their beautifully peaked natty af arms.
Yet when we look at the training of these old school people, we ignore the non-weight stuff as non-essential for some reason. And then we wonder why our physiques suck by comparison.
The answer isn’t diet (there was no such thing as dieting in those days, and their food was horrific), and it’s certainly not genetics (none of those people had a myostatin deficiency, and there is no such thing as “insert ethnicity genetics” because that’s a goddamned cultural-linguistic group, not a species).
Perhaps it’s time to examine the bodyweight workout option- not only does it make training while travelling easy (and remember, those old-school lifters had to travel by steamship or train for weeks at a time to reach meets, during which time they had no access to weights)- but it is an essential part of our training that we’ve all neglected.
Drawing upon the training of modern special forces athletes, the training methods of old time strongmen, and the historical methods of both the Indians and the ancient Greeks, this 24 page ebook contains:
- Introduction
- Warming Up
- A Important Note on Walking, Jogging, and Stretching
- Zero-Equipment Beginner Bodyweight Workout
- Zero- and Minimal-Equipment Intermediate/Advanced Bodyweight Workouts
- Maximizing Your Pullup/Dip Game
- If You Cannot Do a Pullup and/or Dip, Do This
- Option 1: A Day of Pullups/Dips
- Option 2: The Burst
- Option 3: The Goal
- The Ancient Greek Method
- The Indian Method
- The Dand
- The Baithak
- Playing Cards
- There is a Benefit to Laying Off the Heavy Training for a While to Focus on Getting Healthy
- How to Determine the Number of Reps Per Set
It’s time to limber the fuck up and remember we’re supposed to be athletes! Weightlifting used to be called “heavy gymnastics”, so let’s fucking act like it!
And did I mention this gives you a bunch of new options for training while travelling?🔥🔥🔥
