bluejeff
Level 7 Valued Member
I have been trying to talk myself into doing something like, if not exactly, the 40 day Easy Strength program. I have a barbell set finally so I was thinking something along the lines of:
-Squat
-DL
-Z press with Viking landmine attachment (to groove the HSPU motion)
-Weighted pullups
-low to moderate volume crawling (like 20-30 steps total, forward and backward), possibly loaded
-low and light movement quality stuff and stretching
I get plenty of low level movement walking to and from campus and work, and live in an apartment building with 10 stories worth of stairs if I need a little more "cardio."
The only things really holding me back are:
- I love pike pushups. Like, love them. Favorite pressing motion right now, with the z press with the viking attachment coming in at a very very close second, so ideally I'd like to keep both running concurrently somehow.
-The bigger issue..... I can't seem to get over the "just 10 reps" thing.... I understand why it works, but my inner "tough guy" is still telling me that it's not very much (or "enough," even though I know it will be enough) and I will be bored.
Has anyone done this program or something very close to it, and was the mental thing an issue for you? If so, how did you overcome it? I think the low volume, lower intensity aspect of this kind of training is what keeps more people from trying it, so I would like to explore peoples' thoughts, feelings and experiences with it.
-Squat
-DL
-Z press with Viking landmine attachment (to groove the HSPU motion)
-Weighted pullups
-low to moderate volume crawling (like 20-30 steps total, forward and backward), possibly loaded
-low and light movement quality stuff and stretching
I get plenty of low level movement walking to and from campus and work, and live in an apartment building with 10 stories worth of stairs if I need a little more "cardio."
The only things really holding me back are:
- I love pike pushups. Like, love them. Favorite pressing motion right now, with the z press with the viking attachment coming in at a very very close second, so ideally I'd like to keep both running concurrently somehow.
-The bigger issue..... I can't seem to get over the "just 10 reps" thing.... I understand why it works, but my inner "tough guy" is still telling me that it's not very much (or "enough," even though I know it will be enough) and I will be bored.
Has anyone done this program or something very close to it, and was the mental thing an issue for you? If so, how did you overcome it? I think the low volume, lower intensity aspect of this kind of training is what keeps more people from trying it, so I would like to explore peoples' thoughts, feelings and experiences with it.