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It’s that time once again!!!!

Forged Challenge!

I hope you’ve been getting these challenges in on a weekly basis.

I’ve been getting some really good feedback so keep it up!

If you haven’t wrote in or still haven’t attempted any challenges yet, WHATS THE EXCUSE???

Get with it!

Ok, this challenge is pretty basic.

We’re taking two movements – deadlifts and push ups, and adding them together to get a crazy little challenge in.

Here’s how it goes:

1)      You start your deadlift at 225 and rep it out at 3 reps – Good, Fast, Explosive Form!

2)      Once you hit your 3 reps of DL’s, hit 5 push ups off of the bar.

3)      You will add 20 lbs to the bar (this is your rest period, should be roughly 30 secs NO more) and hit another 3 reps

4)      Repeat your push ups x 5 reps

5)      Keep repeating this cycle, adding 20 lbs to the bat every set.

**When you hit a wall, your form get bad and your speed and explosiveness comes to a halt and you can’t get 3 reps on the DL, hit 2 reps and increase your push ups to 10 reps.

FORM IS KING on the Deadlifts!

**When you hit a another wall and can no longer get 2 reps on the DL, hit heavy singles until you can’t go any longer  and increase your push ups to 15 reps– the final weight plus every round of 15 push ups is added to give you your score.

So for example, if I get 505 on DL for my final single and I was hitting push up reps for 3 sets prior ro that, my score would be = 505 + 15(3) = 550.

Pretty simple!

Now load up a heavy bar and get to work!

Post questions and comments!!

I hope to see big numbers!

Get Forged Strong!

Travis

PS – For more workouts and kick ass posts, make sure to go to our personal blogs!

Joe – jchizek.wordpress.com

Travis – forgedstrength.wordpress.com

Somethings all come down to mindset.

Sports, life, it don’t matter.

If you DON’T have it upstairs, you’re in a lot of trouble!

I want to start off with a little quote my old High School Football Coach used to always tell us during the season….

“Excuses are like a**holes…. Everybody has one and they don’t smell too good….”

I’ll never forget that old saying!

It’s SO true!

There are WAY TOO many EXCUSES out there!

…It’s too hot out…

…I live too far away…

…I don’t have time…

…It’s too expensive…

…This came up…

…That happened so I can’t…

You know just save it!

If you have to find excuses for reasons you’re not getting things done, then you truly don’t want it bad enough!

If you truly want to get ahead in life and succeed in whatever it is you do, you must have the NO EXCUSES mindset!

You can’t let anything or anyone stand in your way!

If you fail, get back up and try again!

Don’t find reasons to quit, you’ll NEVER win with that attitude!

What will make you a winner is never looking for EXCUSES.

FORGET ABOUT EM!

If you’re truly dedicated to a goal, and committed enough to stick through the good and the bad with whatever comes you way, you’ll be just fine!

Just never look for the easy way out – that’s using excuses.

Stay in there and fight!

Keep pushing ahead and good things will come your way!

Get Forged Strong!

Travis and Joe

PS – NO EXCUSES!

It’s that time of the week!

Forged Challenge – Round 5!

This week I’m giving you some options!

You’ll see when I get more into the details in a bit.

First off, I’ve got to tell you more about this challenge.

It’s BRUTAL.

It’s going to test you mentally and physically.

This is NOT for the weak minded!

Your strength, power, and your combination of these two qualities endurance will be put to the test.

This is a little workout inspired by Coach Ethan Reeve of Wake Forest.

It’s a density style workout in which its times and you want to do as much WORK as you can in a certain amount of TIME.

You will be doing any variation of Clean to Press’ you want for 2 reps every 30 secs for 15 mins.

With this, like I said earlier, you have options…

• clean and press w/ a heavy stone
• clean and press w/ a barbell
• clean and press w/ kettlebells
• clean and press w/ dumb bells
• clean and press w/ sandbags
• clean and press w/ a log
• clean and press w/ a keg

you see where I’m getting at?

You have many different tools you can use.

The only rule of thumb, the weight MUST be challenging.

If it’s too light, you won’t get the benefit.

The weight should be around 60-80% 1RM.

For the barbell, I just load it up to my bodyweight or 20lbs heavier.

You pick your poison and get after it like a madman or woman!

CHECK THE VIDEO…

As always, post your comments, questions, and results!

Get Forged Strong!

Travis

PS – The Forged Online Program is ROLLING!!!

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Episode 2 – How I got started…

Enjoy!

Get Forged Strong!

Travis and Joe

I sure hope you ain’t one of em!

If you are I hope I can change your ways!

Stay old school!

That’s what gets the results!

Not some B.S. contraption that makes you look absolutely ridiculous!

I’m sure there are those poor souls out there somewhere that bring their “shake weight” to the gym and hit it up hard for everyone to see thinking they are actually accelerating their results.

Please snap out of it and see the light!

If you see someone like this, please kindly tell them to stop and get with the right program!

Tell them to back in time and GO OLD SCHOOL!

Stick to the basics:

• Bodyweight Training
• Plyometrics
• Barbell Training
• Kettlebells
• Sandbags
• Dumbbells

These types of training modalities have ALWAYS worked and you don’t see any commercials selling that stuff.

The TRUTH is, there doesn’t have to be!

Stick to good ol’ fashioned hard work, sweat, and sometimes a little blood shed.

You’ll be fine!

Get Forged Strong!

Travis

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We have 1 spot remaining in our Forged Online Program.

There’s already 5 dudes KILLIN IT with our ONLINE COACHING!!!

Email theforgedathlete@gmail.com for more info and to see if you qualify.

This is plain and simple, uncut and RAW recordings of our past stories and thoughts on strength training and everything else…

Grab a Protein Shake and Enjoy!

Feel free to leave any comments or questions you may have.

This is the first of MANY of our ramblings to come…

Get Forged Strong!

Travis and Joe

Here it is!

Week 3 Forged Challenge!

I like to call this “Me and My Kettlebell”.

Keep sending in your results, questions, and comments!

Get Forged Strong!

Travis

PS – 2 Spots remain in our Online Training Program…

Fully customized Done-For-You strength training program…

Video, email, and phone coaching and support…

Today’s workout was quick and to the point.

The goal – to finish in under 30 mins and jack my heart rate up as high as possible!

To be completely honest with you, I had not planned ahead and wrote this workout before hand.

Sometimes it works out that way.

Sometimes these are the BEST workouts ever created!

This was one of those workouts!

I don’t recommend just doing whatever comes to mind all the time but it needs to be done every once in a while.

So, I got to the gym, and got straight to business.

I grabbed the jump rope and did 3 mins to get the heart rate up and the blood flow going.

Next I banged out 50 band pull a parts follow by 50 mixed reps of various styles of push ups.

I then did 30 bodyweight squats and hit 20 lunges.

I finished with some band RDL’s and then it was game time.

It didn’t take long to come up with a high intense training routine.

The equipment:  A sled loaded with heavy weight, a 80 lbs sandbag, and my own bodyweight.

The workout:  5 rounds for time of:

1A) Sled Pull x 30 yards

1B) Sled Drag x 30 yards

1C) Sandbag Sprint/Run x 80 yards

1D) Plyo Push Up x 5

1E) Kipping Pull Up/ Pull Up x 5

BRUTAL, Simple yet VERY effective!

Check out the video:

Get after it!

GET FORGED STRONG!

Travis

PS – We have accepted 4 newly dedicated dudes into our FORGED ONLINE Program thus far and we have capacity for 2 more.

This is more than just a cookie cutter workout being written up for you.

We design it based off of your personal goals, equipment access, and schedule.

We coach you online through email, phone, and video.

You will become a KILLER and FREAK!

If you want in, make sure you take action and email us at theforgedathlete@gmail.com.

If you are WEAK minded, do not apply!

If you are up for the challenge and want more than a simple ebook, take the challenge!

We will then send you a questionnaire and follow up with a phone call to screen you to make sure you are a right fit for this program.

Go-Getter’s ONLY!

Email – theforgedathlete@gmail.com

In this world, there are DO’ers and WANT’ers…

Do’ers of course go out and get whatever it is done while the
WANT’ers just sit around and wait and make excuses for why they are
not getting to where they want to be.

Don’t be a WANT’er!

Go out and be like NIKE – JUST DO IT!

With that being said…

If you haven’t sent in your results from the first challenge, TOO
BAD,  we don’t want them…

The deadline was Friday.

Get it done this week….

I’ve received a few results thus far and I’m impressed.

If you are one of those that send in your result, congrats and keep
the hard work up!

You’ll definitely  start seeing some major changes take place…

Ok, on for this weeks challenge.

I like to call this “Carry and Push”

This is what you need:

• Heavy Farmers Handles  OR Heavy Kettlebells OR Dumbbells  (preferably 80lbs or more…) if no -  get two large paint buckets and fill them with rocks or sand
• Stop Watch or Clock

Ok, what you will do it start the timer, you have 15 mins.

Set two cones or two markers 25 yards apart from each other.

You will pick up the heavy dumbbells, farmer handles or what ever
it is you are using.

Farmer walk what ever it is you have for 25 yards.

Once you get 25 yards, drop the objects and crank out 10 solid
chest to ground push ups OR some explosive plyo push ups.

Once you finish those, pick up the heavy objects you are farmer
walking and walk back to the start and crank out another set of
plyo or regular push ups.

Repeat this for 15 mins.

Quick note – when you starting to fatigue on your plyo push ups, go
to regular push ups.

You MUST get 10 push ups and each marker.  if you get tired and can
only get 5 at a time, break them up into set.

Each time you go down and back, you mark down a point.

Get as many points as you can in 15 mins…

I look forward to your results!

Due by this Friday…

I’m starting something new with all of our Forged Athlete readers.

I want to get more of you involved in some of the various workouts we do here at The Forged Athlete on
a regular basis.

I will warn you, these are NOT easy!

Theses workout are not for regular people looking to get “fit”.

Leave that shit for the p90x crowd….

We at The Forged Athlete demand 110% more out of ourselves and our
athletes and so if you want to partake in these weekly
“challenges”, make sure you are one of us and not one of them…

Like I’ve said before, we are a special and RARE BREED of people.

I don’t compete in any athletics any longer but I will ALWAYS have
the mind of a competitor.

I compete in the game of life….  Everyday I strive to get
STRONGER, more POWERFUL, and as LEAN, and MEAN as possible!

If you compete in sports or not, you need to have the mind of a
COMPETITOR…

Otherwise, why do it???

Ok, with that being said, I’m going to start a weekly challenge.

The rules:  Challenge must be completed by not later than Friday of
the next week.

I will be sending out a challenge every Sunday to your email, and
the next Friday, you’re numbers are DUE!

If you don’t turn them in, you are OUT!

What’s the prize???  PRIDE – we will post your results on our
website.  Send in your pics and videos if you have them, we would
prefer videos and pics!!!

Week #1 Forged Challenge

Complete as many rounds as possible in 20 mins…

1A) BW pull ups x 5 (mix variations every set)

1B) Explosive clapping push up x 8 (hands must touch chest)

1C) Jumping Lunges x 8/leg

1D) BW Squats x 20 (Ass to the Grass!!!)

1E) Farmer Walks x 50 yards (grab a weight at least heavier than 60
lbs NO LIGHTER)

1F) Sled Drag x 25 yards Forwards then 25 yards backwards
***IF NO SLED  (Get ONE ASAP!!!!)   ==>  Bear Crawls for 50 yards

Record the number of COMPLETE rounds you do.

***For the round to be considered complete,  you must get through ALL
6 exercises.

You have till Friday the 25th to send in your numbers!!!

I look forward to some really strong reports!

Get Forged Strong!

Travis

PS – Email to send in RESULTS and for questions ==> theforgedathlete@gmail.com