Posts Tagged ‘strength training’

The TRX is getting more and more hype and publicity these days.  I must agree that this is a must have tool in your strength gaining and muscle building arsenal.

If you don’t already know, the TRX is a suspension based training system that focuses on functional core and bodyweight training.  The beauty of this piece of equipment is that you can take it virtually anywhere and it has 100’s of uses.   Use it at home, in the park, at the gym, or any where you can anchor it. 

 Joe and I have been using this tool for years!  Its amazing for really jacking up your bodyweight workouts to a whole new level.  I also use is to push and pull the prowler around as well.  Very versatile!  Here is a video we made of a couple of our recent workouts with the TRX.  This is part one.  Stay tuned for part 2 coming soon. 

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So, you want to know how to build up endurance, massive strength, and crazy power all from one piece of equipment? The prowler is what you need. Hands down one of the best pieces of strength equipment available! would have invested in an “actual” real prowler but they are not cheap! My pops is handy with welding and works well with steal and metal, so I went the cheap route and had my dad weld me up a few “homemade” prowlers.

These two sleds are mean! They demand respect! You can’t just come off of the street and push these bad boys around. No Way! I need to be completely honest, I’ve done sled work before– pushing, pulling, and sprinting, but never have I actually done work with a prowler before but It is what it says it is… Its WORK!!!Prowlers will crush you! Joe and I decided to call our boys the“power tanks”. These babies are going to be crushing athletes leftand right! Just another weapon in our arsenal to get athletes andinsane fitness enthusiast into the best shape of their lives! I can’twait to break these bad boys in some more!

Joe and I decided to get a little crazy and do a superset with thetanks. We started out with some power rows and pulled those babies for about 60 feet or so, then just pushed the tankback to end the set. We loaded the front of the tank with a 70lb sandbag to add a little “flair”. BRUTAL!!! That’s all Ihave to say about that!Stay tuned for more “power tank” action in the future! In the mean time, Stay Forged Strong!!! -Trainer Trav

Over the weekend big Trav and I decided to go out in the nice weather and crush a few exercises for some needed recovery. Our workouts were to the point and aggressive, but not too intense to where we were falling down over our knees and puking our guts out. That’s not what we were trying to do. As an athlete make sure you guys are paying attention to what you body is trying to tell you. If something hurts or your tired it’s a really good idea to hold back on the hard core and give yourself some rest. By doing this your next workouts for the following week will be awesome. Remember this guys, we’re not trying to break our selves down by doing too much. More is not always better.  Yea you want to break your muscles down, but you also want them to repair and grow. Too much intensity in workouts will lead to over training and eventually exhaustion. For any athlete this is not good, especially if we are trying to build tanks for men. A good light workout consisting of jump ropes, bands, and your own body weight is good for keeping your mind on the right track.

Below I’ll be posting a vid on what I’m talking about. If you bad asses have any questions on this stuff drop us a comment our two and we will be sure to get back with ya. Oh yea and remember after your workouts  get some proper fuel for recovery. Anything with carbs and protein will be good to get you recovered. I will go into the specifics of this later. If this is done properly you will be ready to break records and see big time results.

Joe is right on the money, too much will do you in, not get you better.  I once read somewhere that its a matter of 1% intense training and workouts with 99% recovery = 100% RESULTS!  Trust me on this one, recovery, all though sometimes you feel you don’t need it, is absolutely critical!  No doubt about it!  When I was in high school I always thought “more was better”.  Boy was I wrong.  I got strong over the years but I wish I could go back with what I know now about how important rest and recovery days are and I would’ve seen some crazier results for sure! 

During the summer I was lifting 5 days a week and doing plyos 4 days per week and also adding sprint and agility work to boot!  Then add in the construction job I did with my pops during the day, I had way too much work and too little recovery.  I’m surprised I never got hurt.  I guess its the crazy freak genetics I have  

The point Joe and I are trying to make is to make sure your getting rest and recovery days in.  These days are critical and are a must.  Light calisthenics, work with the mini band, and foam rolling are the best tools I use for recovery days.   So remember, if your coming off of a crazy heavy or intense training day and your sore and your body is tired, give it a rest.  Listen to your body.  If your feeling strong push your limits!  If your feeling tired and weak, let yourself rest.  That’s what gets you strong!  So let your body recover and you’ll see it grow and get strong as all heck!  I promise.  If you have any cool and unique rest and recovery day ideas, share em.  We would like to know.   Till next time, stay Forged Strong

Coach T and Coach Joe

Sometimes things don’t go your way. Your athletic endeavors, school, job, relationship, or any other aspect of life in

general just don’t come out as you would’ve hoped. It happens to us all. You can be the best in your sport or on the

bottom of your sport. It doesn’t matter. Things just go wrong sometimes. Things can go even more wrong than just

wrong. You know what I talking about. Just when you think everything that could possibly of gone wrong, something

else is nailing you in the side of your head you didn’t even think about. Now I’m not trying to be negative. That’s the

last thing I want to do. What I’m trying to get at is I use the weight room as my excuse to forget about the things that

go wrong in my life. Let me explain a little further into detail…

 

Not everyone lives a fairy-tail life. Things happen. The important thing is, is how you recover from the negative

things that happen in life to get yourself back onto your feet. When I was growing up, sports and fitness kept me out of

trouble. Along with sports and fitness came the weight room. I made this place a second home to me. There were

neighbor kids that I grew up with up until the 6th grade or so that I was pretty tight with that fell off in the wrong

direction. When I was old enough to play football and get more serious about wrestling, those sports gave me the

direction I needed to keep me out of trouble. There were a lot of ways to get into trouble where I grew up. It wasn’t

the Bronx or anything but drugs and other things were around. My friends that I mentioned earlier, they didn’t do

athletics or anything fitness wise that would have brought them into the weight room. They didn’t even graduate high

school. There were a lot of things negative going for them and when it came down to picking their selves up, instead of

having fitness or athletics or lifting weights to carry them through the bad times, they chose drugs or other means.

 

I’m not saying lifting weights or athletics are the cure to all people’s problems, I’m saying lifting weights, and athletics

are a dang good alternative and they sure do help! There were times when my parents or girlfriend would piss me off

so bad, instead of going out and drinking, doing drugs, or something else stupid, I’d take it out on the weights. It felt

good! When I get into the workout, my mind goes into a whole other dimension. I get to release all the stress and

frustration out on the iron! It’s a little crazy at times. I probably had some of my best workouts ever when I was upset

or stressed out. Anger can do a lot to a weight room, no doubt. But it worked. Maybe it didn’t solve all of my

problems , but it got rid of the stress I had at the time, put me in a better position to handle my problems and

probably most importantly, got me stronger both physically and mentally. Instead of regretting doing some drugs or

getting smashed to forget about something bad, I actually gained something in return. STRENGTH. So just remember

when your times are tough and things are going bad, there’s always somewhere to turn that’ll give you something in

return. That’s the weight room. What or where ever your’s may be – your garage, your high school, YMCA, some

small dungeon in the center of the earth, commercial gym. Just know that this is a place that doesn’t care about your

problems or successes. The only thing it cares about is what you give it. So use this to your advantage. Find more

excuses to make it into the weight room. Who knows how strong you’ll get. In the meantime, stay Forged Strong!