Category Archives: hard-core workouts

Carrying stones, kegs, & sandbags

Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD)

general warm up (10 minutes) weight plate orbits x 20 reps strict weight plate front raises x 15 reps Grinder Kord flys x 15 reps Grinder Kord reverse flys x 15 reps Adex mace grave diggers x 15/15 reps specific warm up (5 minutes) thick bar Pendlay rows set up and light reps strength (20Continue reading “Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD)”

Monday night Strongman training

Filling the gaps in strength training

At the Cave, we believe in being strong in every direction. If training only involves linear movements, there are gaps. Mace and club training fill in those gaps. We still  squat, bench press, deadlift, snatch & clean on a regular basis plus do odd object training. NO GAPS=NO WEAKNESS

Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD)

general warm up (10 minutes) Adex club 2 hand front swings x 30 reps Adex club 2 hand side swings x 15/15 reps push ups x 30 reps jumping jacks x 50 reps mountain climbers x 50 reps specific warm up (5 minutes) Strongman medley >>log “ground-to-overhead”/keg carry/weight plate row set up and light practice strengthContinue reading “Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD)”

Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD)

“HARD LABOR” DAY  is our annual celebration of the blessing of hard physical work general warm up (10 minutes) Adex club inside mills x 20/20 reps Adex club  pull overs x 20 reps clamp curls x 15 reps (learned from Jedd Johnson) Adex mace barbarian squats x 20 reps specific warm up (5 minutes) keg/stone/sandbagContinue reading “Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD)”

My thoughts on Jedd Johnson’s “August of Arms” program

First of all, I did the program, I didn’t just read about it. 31 workouts in 31 days was tough, but well worth the effort and time. Jedd knows how to write good, solid training programs. My main “take aways” from this were– I could handle a lot more volume than I previously thought IContinue reading “My thoughts on Jedd Johnson’s “August of Arms” program”