strength and conditioning

Reading ”Easy Strength” currently. Around page 40 Dan John gives an example of a warmup progression. With quite a few movements and exercises. He seems to be implying that he uses this warmup every training session? Possibly even daily? Later in the book they’d give suggestions on how to do...

Everyone's heard of strength feats from yesteryear that boarder on mythical e.g. the great gada lifting a 1200kg stone, etc... I want to know if YOU or someone close to you has a story of displaying impressive strength. Dan John said in his podcast that he lifted a sorority girls car out of a...

Hey everyone - I am newbie to the forum (but a long time follower of Strongfirst programming). I have completed the fighter pulp program in the past, (did simple and sinister for a bit but never completed the program) and recently completed quick and the dead and loved it. I am 39 yrs young in...

I read this article; S&C Training for MMA With Simple & Sinister | StrongFirst I have a few questions: 1. What is an 'original strength reset'? I've not heard of that before 2. It mentions that He does Shadow Boxing in the fast and loose way. I know what fast & loose is (essentially...

In Deadlift Dynamite, It's written that "the side to side kettlebell swing is used by football players for obvious reasons" I have no idea what those reasons could be. Why would football players use it? To be more effective as stepping or running sideways? Is anyone able to tell me what...

Hi all, https://bjjfanatics.com/collections/daily-deals/products/kettlebell-strong-first-by-pavel-tsatsouline I bought this a few months ago and read through the attached PDF. I am in favor of this plan as a BJJ practitioner and I plan to do it once I finish Kettlebell STRONG phase 2. The...

Hey i need some help on s c for boxing. I train boxing every day but im a litle stuck at my s c Im a fireplug at 80 kg 180 cm. Would it be beter for me to do the circuts squat push ups pull ups dips. 3 sets. 3 times a day not go to failure or have own sessions with them etc 3 times a week?

The idea I have is I'd train 3 days a week Mon, Wed, Fri, and alternate between training with barbells for hypertrophy and training with kettlebells for general athleticism and strength. With barbells, I'd perform deadlifts, bench presses, rows, squats, military press. So far I'm planning to...

Does anyone know the ratio of kettlebell presses and cleans to double presses and cleans? Ive heard everything from 0.67-0.9

Hi Team, There is a part of my brain that is slow to learn... I've had a history of burning myself out and while I haven't had an official diagnosis, the signs strongly indicate that I have adrenal fatigue issues. I love moving and training but I have a very limited capacity for recovery even...

Hi, I want to talk about training load in preparation for this event. I have to run 3 times a week (long run 10-15km, 5km intesive and intervals for Cooper test). I have 3 to 4 training sesion for strengt endurance a w. What type of program would you recommend? I propably will have to do high...

Hello fellow strongfirst instuctors and power to you! My training has recently switch more towards powerlifting and focus on max strength plus optimized performance im the art of lifting. Any of you who have this kind of area of experties on how to best intergrate kettlebells for better...

Hi everyone, After more than year of dedicated kettlebell lifting, I decided to switch to barbell and slowly prepare myself for SFL. Unfortunately, I am not really experienced when it comes to barbell programming so I would gladly accept any pieces of advice I can get. But first few things...

I've had about a week to read and digest this book and I'm pretty darn happy with it. The author presents his long experience melding martial arts and sensible strength and conditioning training. Although there are plenty of good resources around for GGP training (which is a reasonable place to...

Hi everyone, new here but a long time fitness enthusiast. I have become more fascinated with Pavel's methods and want some advice modifying my routine. I train at home and basically do a combination of calisthenics (pullups, dips, pushups, pistols, l sits, ab wheel rollouts, planks, etc.)...

Hey guys, First off, yes, I was trying to have everything in the title start with 's'. Since March, I have made great progress, learned a lot, and surprised myself with the ability to get to the point where I am regularly swinging 32kgs with one arm as well as training the get up with 36 &...

Hey guys, I was reading this article: S&C Training for MMA With Simple & Sinister and a quote stood out to me. Once Viktor got to heavier get-ups (36 kg+), we started to alternate get-ups with push presses (Pavel Tsatsouline’s recommendation). One day we did swings and get-ups, the other day...

This is absolute gold from Dan John. He could sell this at a premium but has linked to it free in latest post. A complete set of PowerPoint slides on Easy Strength principles and applications. Enjoy! http://danjohn.net/wp-content/uploads/New-Easy-Strength.pdf

Hello everyone. Posted a few things in this "Body weight" forum lately. Really glad to have found a group of people who can help me with my questions regarding TNW. I am 6'1, 154 pound male. Body fat about 12% (could be wrong, that's what it looks like compared to pictures though) No injuries...

Lets start with the Good. I'm gotten a promotion at work, my girlfriend is going to Grad school and i'm healthy. BAD: were i'm working is understaffed at the moment (hired highschoolers who ether quit or got them selves fired) so my schedule is in flux almost all the time. my sleep paterns are...