Thursday, April 18, 2019

Dustin Poirier: Power Endurance MMA Workout and Preparation for UFC 236!

Phil Daru is an amazing strength and conditioning coach. I urge you to check out some of his videos such as this:


You can find more Phil Daru content here: https://www.darustrong.com/

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

The 7 Most Important Lifts

The 7 Most Important Lifts

https://www.t-nation.com/training/the-7-most-important-lifts

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Discipline

“The test is not a complex one: when the alarm goes off, do you get up out of bed, or do you lie there in comfort and fall back to sleep? If you have the discipline to get out of bed, you win—you pass the test. If you are mentally weak for that moment and you let that weakness keep you in bed, you fail. Though it seems small, that weakness translates to more significant decisions. But if you exercise discipline, that too translates to more substantial elements of your life.”
Jocko Willink, Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

Saturday, January 26, 2019

Balancing Life

Balancing life is like juggling
- From Ben Bergeron’s podcast “Chasing Excellence” - Episode #048 “What it means to be productive” (16:20 mark)
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Every role in your life is represented by a ball:
⚪️ Faith - glass
⚪️ Family - glass
⚪️ Health - glass
⚪️ Friendships - glass
🔴 Career - rubber
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Bergeron states:
“The goal is to juggle all five of those balls in the air at once. You realize that all those balls are made of glass, and if you drop one of them it might may be scuffed, chipped, cracked, it might be shattered. You can’t let any of those drop.”
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“Except potentially the one called ‘career’ because that one is made of rubber.”
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“There is the potential that you can’t put those glass ones back together.
But the career one:
- if you lose your job
- if you have a career shift - if your business gets sold
You can land on your feet. You can figure it out.”
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How do you relate to this perspective?

From Whiteboard Daily Instagram

Here is a GREAT book written by Ben Bergeron:

Monday, January 14, 2019

4 Tests Every Lifter Should Be Able to Pass


Got Relative Strength? Find Out Right Now.

https://www.t-nation.com/training/4-tests-every-lifter-should-be-able-to-pass

Tip: The Goblet Squat Test

If you can pass this test, move to heavy barbell squats. If not, you have some work to do first.

Before you graduate to barbell squats, you should be able to goblet squat to parallel using a dumbbell or kettlebell for 25 unbroken reps. It's a test of relative strength, which means it'll show you whether or not you're strong for your size.

https://www.t-nation.com/training/tip-the-goblet-squat-test

Saturday, January 5, 2019