What Is The Best Workout Program?
By Sandy Sommer RKC on in Featured Articles
The one that you get results from.
But seriously. I get this question on a regular basis and while I believe that there is no such thing as a stupid question this is close.
First let me say that belief in what you are doing will certainly have an impact. If you think you are doing something of benefit, then you will get more than if you aren’t happy with your program.
Find something that you enjoy and will stick with for more than a few sessions. Jumping all over the place will get you nowhere. Strength is a skill and it needs to be practiced. A good place to start with kettlebells is Enter The Kettlebell and an RKC instructor.
If you are more geared towards absolute strength than you may either want to consult with Marty Gallagher or at least read the Purposeful Primitive. My own training is a combination of sprints, rugby, weightlifting httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiftFmN8eC4, powerlifting and kettlebells.
In many ways the best thing to do is what you are doing now. That doesn’t mean that your workout can’t, or shouldn’t be, tweaked from time to time but chasing results by switching up programming all the time is a losing proposition. Just as investors chase returns by buying and selling the latest and greatest stock, many trainees jump from program to program because they aren’t getting as strong as they’d like. Getting strong isn’t an overnight occurrence. Stick with it and you will get results.
Train with purpose,
Sandy Sommer RKC
4 Comment(s)
By Sal Renda on Jul 7, 2011 | Reply
Hey Sandy, here is an exercise I located on YouTube. It is a navy seal exercise. See if I can explain it. With a confortable weight on a barbell, from the floor clean the weight to your chest and press overhead. Then place barbell behind head resting on rear shoulders and perform a squat; then press overhead, lower to front shoulders then to starting position (deadlift) without touching the ground for 1rep. The goal is how many reps/min.
I find this exercise to be challenging and enjoyable. It might not be for everyone. Break it up in sections to make it easier. Keep training. Cheers
By Sandy Sommer RKC on Jul 8, 2011 | Reply
Sal,
That sounds good. Could you post the Youtube link here please? I would make one change though. Rather then do a back squat, I’d front squat. because behind the neck presses can really trash most shoulder.
Train with purpose,
Sandy Sommer RKC
By Sal Renda on Aug 18, 2011 | Reply
Hey Sandy, I had to sent the YouTube links to your email address. I was unable to send them on the site you refered to. Refering to SealFit exercise reported from Fox News 5. Hopefully you received them. Hail Sal
By CW Ensor on Aug 26, 2011 | Reply
Hey guys…I’ve done this exercise before, its really good…I’ve always been told this exercise was called a Man Maker… They are awesome done with kettlebells too, with a front squat like Sandy said.