(If You Must)
đ Kettlebell MAXIMORUM
đ âTHE GIANTâ
đ âThe King-Sized Killerâ
All the programs I design are designed to be âstandaloneâ and create a specific outcome.
Unless otherwise stated, which is (a) rare, and (b) usually contained in a FAQ in the program itself or a series of follow up emails.
(Same thing w/ other program designers I know.)
For example:
My newest program, Kettlebell MAXIMORUM, is designed to be the âultimateâ kettlebell program.
Itâs designed to develop maximum strength, power, strength endurance, and power endurance. As a result, it builds muscle and strips off body fat as a result.
Or at least keeps you from gaining body fat from accumulating (worst case scenario).
You donât need to do anything nor should you want to, because itâs that physically challenging.
Which brings me to my second point:
Challenging.
Many times, and Iâm not saying this is the case with you, NAME, but many guys donât challenge themselves when they train.
They:
[1] Arenât fully present - distracted by their phones - emails, YouTube, podcasts, whateverâŚ
[2] Focus on quantity instead of quality - so they do a âbunch of workâ but miss the forest for the trees so to speak.
For example - they try to do as many reps as possible, but they donât care about the quality of the rep, and as a result, they arenât working nearly as much as they think they are.
Theyâre not challenging themselves to do the RIGHT work.
Case in point:
As Iâm writing this, Iâm watching my son go through the strength and conditioning portion of gymnastics practice. He knows Iâm here, and keeps looking up at me to see if Iâm watching him. I am.
He was just doing pull ups, but he wasnât even getting his chin over the bar, which I know he can do, because Iâve shown him how to do it.
So, when he looked up at me after doing a set, I put my hand across my throat, and he nodded his head, because he knew exactly what I was talking about.
Next set?
Chin over the bar, touching high on the throat.
Those last couple of inches seem like a small thing, but they make a BIG difference in the amount of work you actually do, and therefore the results you get in return.
Another case in point:
When I work with people oneâon-one on their technique.
Everyone is always shocked at how much work theyâre doing when we add in the correct cues.
Most of the time they use muscles they didnât even know they had, or at least didnât know they were supposed to use.
And the volume of work - the total number of reps they do?
Usually 30 to 50% less.
But theyâre MUCH HIGHER QUALITY reps.
This make sense?
So, if you feel like you need to âmixâ programs, make sure youâve got the details of your technique dialed in first.
Then, because youâre actually doing more of the ârightâ work, youâll most likely change your mind.
[3] Using the wrong starting weight
All my programs use specific loads.
Theyâre usually some variation of a RM - Rep Max.
Problem is, sometimes - many times - people ignore this.
How do I know?
Simple - I get emails asking me what weight they should use.
Some guys use the right load. Some guys just âwing itâ and use what they have, and the load isnât challenging enough.
So, make sure youâre using the prescribed load(s).
[4] Finally, thereâs RECOVERY.
I talk about recovery more than Iâd like.
But thatâs because many of us over 40 still think that weâre in our late teens or early 20s.
In other words, thatâs our view of ourselves, even though the mirror and our performance says otherwise.
And itâs important to acknowledge this, because 20 to 30 years of âlife stressâ adds up - like compounding interest - only in reverse.
And that means we canât perform at the same levels and our bodies take longer to recover from our workouts.
So, yeah, maybe you used to train 6 days a week when you were 19 or 20 or 21âŚ
But at 41⌠51⌠or older?
Probably not going to happen without the proverbial wheels eventually falling off the bus.
So, if you need to do âextra,â do complimentary work - mobility, stretching, walking, extra sleep, etc.
âSEQUENTIALâ MIXING
There are some programs that you CAN mix - sequentially - that is, one after another.
Two that immediately come to mind are âTHE GIANTâ and âThe King-Sized Killerâ (KSK).
Hereâs a review from âJamesPTAâ about how he did it and his results:
The long and the short of it is, you can simply alternate 4 week blocks of âTHE GIANTâ with 3 week blocks of KSK.
At The End of The DayâŚ
If youâre doing something, but youâre not seeing the results youâre expecting from that something, then itâs not working, whether you like it or not.
Hopefully this clears this whole âmixing programsâ thing up for you.
Stay Strong,
Geoff
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