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I’ve talked recently about several of the key things you need to turn your workouts from sucky to spectacular. Among them were things like training odd angles, getting generally strong before specifically strong, your exercise selection, etc.

But just like how you need your vegetables in addition to your steak, you also need exercises you typically ignore or don’t excel at as much in order to get truly strong and fit.

I dish on how to do that in this fine episode.

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Let’s talk about your workouts and how to make them less sucky (unless you’re getting the results you want, that is; in which case, keep up the good work).

There are usually two primary culprits that lead to you having sucky workouts:

1) Too much variety

2) Not enough variety

A paradox, you say? Not quite. As former senior kettlebell instructor Rob Lawrence has said:

“I need specificity to get me strong and variety to keep me sane.”

In other words, you need a balance, of sorts.

I dish on how to get to that semblance of balance in this fine episode…

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One of the most unsung ways of building strength is isometric strength and static strength, and one of the best ways to build it is with calisthenics training. In this episode I dish on exactly how to get that process kickstarted in no time flat.

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A long time ago in a European country far, far away, I got a great testimonial from Fran Perez — a member of my Inner Circle (my monthly training newsletter).

He had started a few issues prior and started making some really impressive gains in strength from the word “go”. I could go into more detail, of course, but I’ll let him tell you a little bit about the major leaps forward he made in his strength and conditioning over the course of a short 4 weeks (which, of course, you can hear in this episode)

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Wanna clean up your clean? This video will show you how: https://youtu.be/Z6Mf8jMioE0

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One of the things that strength trainees often overlook is the importance of building ‘all around’ strength.

This is the type of strength you can use for what we might call “everyday carry”. You know the type: the strength that you can pull out of your back pocket and astound your friends with when you help someone move and you’re able to carry heavy pieces of furniture with little or no help, whisk your spouse off of his/her feet (literally), or rough house with your kids or grandkids. Or, if you feel so inclined, walk on railings and do various other goofy stunts you haven’t specifically trained for.

For me, that’s what strength is all about: the ability to do what you want, when you want.

I dish on how to do just that in this jam-packed episode.

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On the topic of bodyweight training for strength, there’s one axiom that I hold to be self-evident:

“In order to be bodyweight strong, you must be able to do pullups”

However, there are 2 major problems that I hear from a great many people looking to get stronger with bodyweight training:

“I can’t do any pullups yet”

Or:

“I can only do 1–2 pullups”

Well, pardner, this episode will get you started off on the right foot (as will this demo video) https://youtu.be/IG9qHQfoWNM

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It’s no secret that kettlebells and bodyweight exercises go together like Batman and Robin, peanut butter and jelly, love and marriage, and just about any other “perfect pair” you can think of.

The reasons? There are two:

1) Bodyweight exercises teach you to master your body movements through free space

2) Kettlebell exercises teach you how to move both quickly and slowly with an awkward external load

What might still be a secret to you, however, is how to combine the two for maximum strength building in minimal time.

I dish on that in this episode.

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I’m joined on this episode – his first podcast appearance ever – by Matthew Shoffner: a true calisthenics master and a real artist at the one-arm pullup.

In this episode we discuss his origin story, how he got to be so freakishly strong, “the greatest sport of all time”, and his journey to one-arm pullup greatness. You won’t want to miss this one.

Be sure to check out his incredible videos on his YouTube channel: Matthew Shoffner – YouTube