Mike Mahler's Hormone Optimization

Medicine Ball Passes

Goblet Squat 3x5

20 Rep Squats

Kettlebell Complex
3 Rounds per arm
Swingsx10
High Pullsx10
Snatchesx10
Cleansx10
Pressesx6

Strongman Day

The view from our new location


Who has is the worst day??

Band Assisted Jumps

Reverse Deadlifts

8x2

4 Rounds

100m Farmer's Walk

50 M Prowler Drag

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Vitamin D

"D" is for Domination

In 1927 a controversy arose in the athletic world.

The German Swimmers' Association had decided to use a sunlamp on their athletes to boost performance. Some felt this ultraviolet irradiation constituted "athletic unfairness."

In other words, doping.

How could sitting under a sunlamp be construed as doping? Because, according to Dr. Tim Ziegenfuss, this artificial sunlight penetrates the skin and converts cutaneous 7-dehydrocholesterol to previtamin D3, which in turn becomes 1,25 dihydroxy vitamin D in the kidneys.

That in itself might not constitute athletic unfairness, but if you're deficient in Vitamin D (which is pretty damn common), then modern studies have shown that it can indeed be a performance enhancing substance.

The irradiation of athletes has continued since.

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Notice the lines in the shirt at the lumbar spine, this is an arched back and what your back should look like in any pulling motion.

Hand Jumps

M/E Front Squat
2x2 Pistols

4 Rounds
3 Power Snatches (Men use 95#/Women use 63#)
10 Burpees

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Long Cycles

In three days you'll have a chance to beat David's time cutting my lawn at the rate it grows.

"Judy" Carry

3 Minute Long Cycle Test
(Men use 2 24K/Women use 2 16K)
The girevek may not set the Kettlebell down during the 3 minutes

10 25 Meter Prowler Sprints
Pick a weight and stick with it, fully recovery after each attempt.

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Think Gymnasts have it easy?? Hop on a pair of rings and just try to hold yourself.

Paleo In A Nutshell 2

AMRAP 20

Run 800m
10 Overhead Squats (Men use 115#/Women use 78#)

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Correcting Running Technique

Waiter's Carries


Single Leg Box Jumps

Shoulder Press
8x2 @ 75%

5 Rounds
5 Hang Squat Cleans (Men use 155#/Women use 103#)
10 Strict Pull Ups

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Timing The Workouts

I have thought about not timing the workouts recently. I will still time it if you want and certain events should be timed, but for the majority of them I don't see the need anymore. Post your thoughts to comments.



Waiter's Walk

3 Position Jumping Squats
4x2

Barbell complex
3 Rounds of 3 reps each
Upright Row
Snatch High Pull
Behind the Head Squat Push Press
Good Morning
Bent Over Row

Soy, You Don't Need It.

We first published an article about how soy protein is estrogenic, can lower Testosterone counts, and can even kill testicular cells in January of 2000. We then published new research on the matter in February of 2001. But you know something? The national media still won't touch the story. You can pick up the "Food" section of practically any local newspaper and see glowing reviews of the healthy attributes of soy protein, complete with yummy, Testosterone-lowering recipes.

Likewise, the other weightlifting and bodybuilding mags still tout its benefits, and a week doesn't go by that we don't get a letter from some irate soy fan who ends up questioning our parentage.

Given all that, we think that the topic deserves to be visited again and again until every man, woman, and child knows the truth. Hence this new article on soy. Oh, and make sure you read the letter that follows the article. It was written by two of the Food and Drug Administration's soy experts who attempted to stop FDA approval of soy.

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A variation of the Belt Squat for when you can't afford the $2,600 machine.

Side Presses

One Arm Shoulder Presses

3x8

5 Rounds

10 Kettlebell Snatches (Men use 24k/Women use 16k)

6 Deadlifts (Men use 315#/Women use 208#)

9 Elevated Ring Push Ups

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Win a Free Prowler

EliteFTS is giving away a free Prowler. Enter here.


Who wouldn't want a Prowler of their own? Anyone? Not all at once now...

Litvi-Sprints
3 Rounds, full recovery between rounds
8 Power Cleans (Men use 155#/Women use 103#)
Sprint 250m (Feel free to wear a weight vest, parachute, or gas mask.)

Avoid These Ingredients

All dangerous food ingredients such as artificial flavors, preservatives, and colorings should be avoided as much as possible. They all have a negative effect on a healthy lifestyle.

These are only a few of the hundreds of chemicals hiding in the foods that we eat. Yet out of these hundreds, the following may be the most dangerous.

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Alex has shown tremendous improvement in shoulder flexibility these last 2 months


Sled Drag

Belt Squats
10x2

3 Rounds
10 Push Presses (Men use 115#/Women use 78#)
30 Double Unders

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Belt Squats

Look forward to a variation of this coming soon.




Vivi showing improvement in the Push Up

Face Pulls

Power Clean
2x2

4 Rounds
10 Pull Ups
5 Tire Flips (Women do 3)
20 Kettlebell Cleans (Men use 24k/Women use 16K)

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4 Kettlebell Movements For Powerlifting

Powerlifters are a resourceful group; we'll do damn near anything to add pounds to our lifts and grow our total. Go to any powerlifting gym today and you'll likely see lifters using bands, chains, dragging sleds, and other various tools to help them move progressively bigger iron!

Unfortunately, too many people view Kettlebells solely as a conditioning tool. In fact, the following moves can help you get stronger, improve mobility, and take your powerlifting total to the next level…

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My nephew Ashton hanging around.

Band Jumps

M/E Bench Press
Shoulder Mobility Work

15-12-9
Ring Dips
Front Squats (Men use 155#/Women use 103#)

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Euro Training

Paleo In A Nutshell

Conditioning Rope

15 Overhead Squats

3 Rounds for time
10 Clapping Push Ups
10 Box Jumps

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Birth Of The RKC

"… if I were to recommend one Physical Training program to develop a Marine's overall strength and fighting capability, it would be one prescribed by Pavel Tsatsouline. His exercise principles are well researched, easy to implement, and focus directly on a functional end-state: high caliber efficiency. From hoisting his beloved Kettlebells to Janda sit-ups to one-legged squats, results are declarative… stop looking for a better piece of equipment or diet supplement and get 'Pavelized.'"

—George H. Bristol, Lt. Col., USMC Commander, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, Founder Marine Corps Martial Arts Program

Farmer's Walk

Row 5K

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Jim Wendler At The BIG Seminar

Depth Jumps

Handstand Push Ups
12x2

200 Swings for time
Men use 24k/Women use 16k

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The Private Gym Bill Of Rights

We the owners of private gyms, in Order to form a more perfect facility, establish PRs, insure quality equipment, provide for the common lifter, promote the general strength, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Bill of Rights for the Private Gyms of the World.

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Did someone order a PR on the Box Squat?


Knee Jumps

Push Press
3x2

4 Rounds
3 Power Snatches (Men use 95#/Women use 63#)
6 Shoulder Presses (Use the same bar)
9 Hindu Push Ups

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Goblet Squats for overall improvement in the squat.

Hammer Throws With Sergey Litvinov

Our offerings to Ra.

Goblet Squats

M.E. Box Squats

Pistols
2x6

Litvinov Sprints
3 Rounds
8 Deadlifts (Men use 315#/ Women use 208#)
SPRINT 400m

Full recovery between rounds

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The Perfect Rep

As a strength and bodybuilding coach, and as a weightlifter myself, I've learned more this year about training than the previous 10 years combined.

To be specific, I've made major advances in determining an exact methodology for sustainedmaximum growth of muscle cells.

More specifically, I've determined just exactly how to produce radical hypertrophy — every time I train — not only in myself, but in every single individual I've been training with these concepts.

I'm not exaggerating or setting you up for a twist on basic information that you've heard a thousand times before. I'm talking about huge advances in training that'll change the way you build muscle forever — if you can fully understand and implement the core principles of what I've learned.

Let's face the facts, at first glance, the act of performing repetitions with a barbell is a very simple concept involving just a few variables. And, of course, you've "learned" how to lift a weight the very first time you grabbed a bar...

But did you?

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Probably THE most functional form of training we have.


Jump Rope Practice

Dead-hang Pull Ups 3x10
Kroc Rows 2x8

Rest 5 minutes then
5 Rounds
5 Tire Flips (Women do 3)
10 Tire Push Ups
20 Walking Lunges