general warmup (15 minutes) resistance band pull a parts x 75 reps dumbbell star complex x 2 rear bear crawls x 50 feet bear crawls x 50 feet 1 legged hops x 100 feet specific warmup (5 minutes) bench press set up and light practice strength (20 minutes) bench press x 5 reps x 5Continue reading “Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD) #679”
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all classes resume on Monday May 24
It’s been quite a week! We took an extended road trip and covered about 2,000 miles. We were very blessed to have great weather and timely travel. Aside from the ususal Atlanta gridlock things went very smoothly. Now that we are refreshed, renewed, and rearmed we will unleash the Cave Strong and Mace Fit® MondayContinue reading “all classes resume on Monday May 24”
The Cave will be closed for vacation next week
We are blessed to finally get a week away! The gym will be closed May 17-21.
Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD) #678
general warmup (15 minutes) bear crawls x 100 feet side shuffles x 200 feet weight plate orbits x 20 reps weight plate wood choppers x 10/10 reps specific warmup (5 minutes) sled push set up and light practice strength (20 minutes) sled push x 150 feet x 4 rounds conditioning/accessory work (2 rounds) rear sledContinue reading “Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD) #678”
Getting some cool equipment from Born Tough
They are sending me some sample of their Born Tough fitness shorts and t-shirts and I will post a review shortly. Here’s what I am going to review after I torture-test them
strict or cheater reps?
Whoa! That should stir up some turmoil! Well that’s okay, because one the the strongest guys I know, Bud Jeffries, breaks all the rules on this subject. Did I mention that Bud is insanely strong? I first met Bud in 2004 and he has been a major influence on how I train and how IContinue reading “strict or cheater reps?”
Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD) #676
general warmup (15 minutes) Grinder Kord recline rows x 15 reps pushups x 35 reps kettlebell cleans x 10/10 reps kettlebell rack squats x 15 reps Sanddune jumps x 12 reps specific warmup (5 minutes) hand over hand sled pull set up and light practice strength (6 rounds) one round = heavy hand over handContinue reading “Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD) #676”
Stick to the basics but use variations of them too
Keep watching and you’ll see how we tweaked a very basic exercise, the squat, to make it even more challenging.
Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD) #674
general warmup (15 minutes) resistance band pull a parts x 120 reps resistance band archer pulls x 25/25 reps long cycles x 40 reps inch worms x 50 feet specific warmup (5 minutes) banded kettlebell squats set up and light practice strength (20 minutes) banded kettlebell squats x 8 reps x 4 sets conditioning/accessorywork (2Continue reading “Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD) #674”
Pressing parallel
I was just thimking about how many ways there are to press a weight You can press it overhead from a standing position. You can bench press it. You can do a machine press sitting down. In fact, you can even press parallel sitting down on a machine. However, when you are on a machineContinue reading “Pressing parallel”
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