Can You Do This?

Everybody likes to throw "challenges" out there...how much weight can you lift, how fast you can run, how many pushups you can do, etc.

Well, I've got another challenge - of sorts - for you.

Can you "dominate your bodyweight"?

Now lemme explain. When I say "dominate your bodyweight", I don't mean can you just do endless pushups, squats, situps, burpees, or the like.

At the same time, I don't mean can you do advanced calisthenic exercises like a gymnast might do (iron cross, planche pushups, or whatever). And I don't mean running wicked "Ninja Warrior" like obstacle courses, either.

What I mean, is can you take anything that weighs as much as you do, and friggin' move it?

In other words - can you move your own body? Can you do the pushups and squats and stuff? What about harder exercises like chins and one-armed pushups? Can you jump onto and over tall stuff?

What about a barbell that weighs the same you do? Yeah, you could probably deadlift or bench it. But could you row it? Press it overhead? Clean it? Curl it?

How about "odd" stuff...like a sandbag? You know - something that doesn't have handles or is evenly weighted. Could you take a sandbag that weighs as much as you do and move it?

(If you can't do all that, then don't waste any more time - go get "Working Class Fitness - The Programs" and work your way to Program #6.)

See, I like this idea of "dominating bodyweight", as it covers a lot of ground - not just the calisthenics, but different weighted exercises as well. And many times, the way to get better at calisthenics is to just be a small guy. Well, in my version, bigger guys can have just as much of an advantage.

Now, let's say you can do all that stuff...then what?

Well, can you do it all...and do it a lot? You can press a barbell that weighs as much as you do. But can you press it 25-30x total? Can you shoulder that sandbag just as many times? Can you that many chins in a row?

See, when you can do all that, you're a mofo that's gonna be strong, powerful, conditioned, and have some pretty awesome work capacity. Add some protein to your diet, and you're gonna be pretty muscular, too.

So, if you can't do all this stuff, but want to, what do you do? Like I said before - Program #6 of my "Working Class Fitness - The Programs" trains you exactly to be able to do all this.

And then when you can, you add weight. Instead of just your bodyweight, do 1.25x your bodyweight. Then 1.5x. Then 2x. You get the idea...and by this time, you're gonna be a real monster that needs to watch out that you don't scare small
children or accidentally break doors when you open them. ;-)

Why are you still reading?

=>Go Get "Working Class Fitness - The Programs" and dominate your bodyweight

Train Hard, Rest Hard, Play Hard-
Matt "Wiggy" Wiggins
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