Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD) #558

general warm up (15 minutes) rotation push ups x 20 reps kettlebell V presses x 10 reps recline rope climbs x 5 windshield wiper squats x 15 reps specific warm up (5 minutes) kettlebell complex  strength (3 rounds) one round = 1 hand swings x 15/15 reps + 1 hand cleans x 12/12 reps +Continue reading “Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD) #558”

Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD) #389

general warm up (10 minutes) kettlebell figure 8’s to hold x 30 reps dive bomber push ups x 15 reps double dumbbell push press x 10 reps one-legged hops x 100 feet specific warm up (5 minutes) hand over hand sled pulls set up and light practice strength (20 minutes) hand over hand sled pullsContinue reading “Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD) #389”

Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD)

general warm up (10 minutes) Americanas x 50 reps Adex club 1 hand halos x 20/20 reps strict weight plate front raises x 15 reps tin mans x 100 feet Adex mace barbarian split squats x 15/15 reps specific warm up (5 minutes) bench press set up and light practice strength (20 minutes ) benchContinue reading “Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD)”

Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD)

general warm up (10 minutes) Adex club side cleans x 30 reps Adex club front clean/squat/pull over x 20 reps resistance band archer pulls x 30/30 reps medicine ball chest passes x 10 reps specific warm up (5 minutes) sled push set up and light practice strength (20 minutes) heavy sled push x 50 feetContinue reading “Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD)”

Simple strength circuit

Combining basic strength-building exercises is a good alternative for circuit training. We did one at our Iron Brotherhood Mens Weightlifting Club yesterday.

16 Tabata intervals

Tabata intervals–bodyweight/Airdyne bike/dumbbell/rower http://cavestrong.net from Frank DiMeo on Vimeo.

Cats and dogmas

In case you are wondering, this has nothing to do with cats, but a lot to do with dogmas. I just liked the catchy title! So let’s briefly define dogma as quoted from Vocabulary.com “Dogma means the doctrine of belief in a religion or a political system. The literal meaning of dogma in ancient GreekContinue reading “Cats and dogmas”

Never be a slave to the opinions of others in training or in life

There are many parallels between how you train and how you live your life. Most of the people I respect as mentors have gone “against the grain” of popular opinion in both of those areas. They don’t worry about being cool or accepted or liked, they just blaze their own path or “follow their gutContinue reading “Never be a slave to the opinions of others in training or in life”