A Return to Form
The Less I Knew, The Better Off I Was
My Path to Muscle and Might : Do the Dang Program As Written
By Adam Mundorf
A Return to Form
Life has a way of sweeping you along. Whether it's getting caught in the minutia of everyday life or you make mistakes, sometimes you forget what originally made you feel your best. There was a time in my life when I felt strong, confident and healthy. As Dan John says : "It worked so well, I stopped doing it." This is my return to form, I have wasted enough of my time.
The Less I Knew, The Better Off I Was
Man, sometimes only having one option is the best option. This was my origin in physical training, I had one book : Enter the Kettlebell by Pavel. That was the only book on physical training that I owned and thus it was the only thing I followed. My results were extraordinary and left me feeling fantastic. Then the problems hit : I started buying more books and began losing course. I began mixing programs like I was some sort of alchemist. I began hearing multiple opinions about different aspects of physical training and suddenly my mind was muddled with contradictions. Are weights healthy or are calisthenics better? Should I skip breakfast or skip dinner? Should I do the program minimum or the Rite of Passage?
Don't be so open-minded that your brain falls out. Pavel wrote a great article a while back : When You Don't Know What You Believe...
How I wish I could go back to being 'naive' about things. The more I think about it, the more I realize I can! All I need to do is put on my blinders and have a one book/program policy. Everything else stays on the shelf.
My Path to Muscle and Might (Maybe) : Do the Dang Programs as Written
As much as I've jumped from thing to thing over the years, I have still gleaned valuable insight into proper program progressions and what a good path forward is. If you don't like a program, don't do it. We workout to live, not live to workout. There is no magic program, the magic program is the one you will do and stay consistent with. This is my path to Muscle and Might :
- Ultimate Calisthenics Plan by Al Kavadlo
- Warrior Week 4 Completed as Ascribed
- Rite of Passage
- 1/2 Bodyweight Press
- 200 Snatches in 10 Minutes with 24kg
- Return of the Kettlebell
- Bodyweight Press with Double Kettlebells
- Long Cycle Clean and Jerk with 32kg
- Goal Dependent on Bodyweight.
- If you're 200 pounds you'll have to put up 20 reps.
- Kettlebell Axe and Turkish Get Ups
- 40 Sets of 6 h2h swings with 48kg
- Turkish Get Ups
- Simple and Sinister Style
- Quick and the Dead with Kettlebell Muscle Rotated in 12 Week Blocks
- Keep on Rotating until 32kg is Reached in Kettlebell Muscle.
- Time for Barbell Training
- Probably something StrongFirst related like Reload or Power to the People. Kettlebells possibly will be included as an accessory.
- Time for Specialization
- Gymnastics
- Ballet
- Etc
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