Isn’t it fantastic being in the Training Tribe? Yes! Absolutely. We’re continuing in this first of three months in the Strength and Hypertrophy Block. I’ve mentioned in some of our content how we’re working on being highly competent with the compound movements in this training split as well as making sure we are recovering adequately. Sleep and nutrition are the…
Wow! This Training Tribe Workouts of the Week Update salutes YOU because you are a dynamic and amazing Tribe member! Welcome to a new Training Block. This is the official launch of our 3-month Strength and Hypertrophy Block. We’ll be emphasizing resistance training to improve force output capacity and muscle mass. This block is considerably different from the previous one,…
Hello Amazing Tribe member! I appreciate and salute you. We’re in transition this week as we deload from the Agility Block and begin preparing for the Strength Block. This week has some unique workouts that I bet you will find to be both restorative and exhilarating. We are also in transition with our membership model. The Lifetime Athlete app will…
Yo Tribester! Week 4 of 5 in this (relatively) long month! It’s the penultimate week of our Agility Block and we’ve got another round of exciting and varied workouts. We are going to explore drop sets, intermittent and long-length isometrics, tuck jumps, and broad jumps…to name a few cool changeups. As is often our pattern, there are 3 sessions that…
Oh yeah! Week 3 of Month 2 in the Agility Block is here! This means it’s time for a bit more intensity. We’ve been using a high degree of variety but now we are going to pull that back a little and concentrate on effort in a few applications. We’ve talked about how agility is comprised of mobility, stability, reactivity,…
Wow, Tribe Member, our WOW (workouts of the week) are super exciting as we get into the 2nd week of Month 2 of the Agility Block. We are continuing to work on multi-directional movement competency and elasticity. We are using an A-B-CX2 split and we are combining exercises and positions athletically. I’ve mentioned the agile mindset previously. Or let’s call…
Hello Amazing Tribe Member! Happy New Year! We are jumping into 2024 and this month is the second and final one in the Agility Block. And JUMPING is, literally, what we are focusing on this week and month. Many of you were very patient with our last month, recognizing its fairly easy and preliminary nature. This month we get to…
Seasons Greetings Training Tribe Member! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours! We are moving into what is often an incredibly dynamic and variable time of the year. Sometimes the holidays are quiet and you find yourself with plenty of time and energy to smash some workouts. Other times there is travel, entertaining, and work at a level…
Howdy Tribe Member! In our programming, this month is a 5-weeker, and it’s time for week 4. I’ve got some dandy challenges for you this week. In keeping with our theme of agility, we’re snagging some conditioning circuits (Condi-circ, pronounced Kondee-Serk) along with some free choice sports participation. Allow me to describe these concepts. We are using two forms of…
Not long ago I posted a few workouts for folks to try out around Thanksgiving. Several of those were taken from our Training Tribe library. I received some great feedback on those sessions. None of them were overly elaborate representations of comprehensive training systems. They were just fun, relatively quick workouts to shake up a routine or to make it…
You are a magnificent Tribal BEAST! Let’s celebrate your inner animal with a smattering of shapeshifting movements! This week we continue to build into the Agility Block by layering on additional elements of movement competency. As you’ll recall, we started out the Block by re-familiarizing ourselves with basic patterns like pushing, pulling, lunging, squatting, hinging, and rotating. Then we appreciated…
YOU are simply AMAZING! An evolved human who embraces learning and explores possibilities in human performance. This week we are taking those basic patterns of exercise and performing them in different positions. An interesting concept indeed. As opposed to looking at your workout as a bunch of straight line, full range movements…consider it to be a conglomeration of force and…
Hello Amazing and Wonderful Tribe Member! I hope you had a fabulous Thanksgiving and also took advantage of a few killer deals (Black Friday, etc.) on exercise equipment upgrades for your gym. As you are well aware, we are moving into winter. We’re also beginning a new Training Block. In our Annual Training Plan, we use a block periodization system…
Congratulations Friends! We’ve made it to the final week of the 3rd and final month of the Endurance Block. Fittingly, it’s one of our 2 longest (3 months) blocks, along with Strength. Up next is Agility and that will feature exciting movementsmith microworkouts in your gym. But for now, it’s time to finish up Endurance with a classic deloading week.…
Line up for some AMAZING workouts this week! That’s right, we are doing line-based sessions that can uniquely develop your endurance and work capacity. Equal parts fun and challenge! These workouts come from a long line of training tools, some of which we’ve used before. And each one is set to a line-specific song. Let’s line everything out! Week of…
Wowski Dowski! Another great week of training is before us. After last week’s interval-based sessions, this week we are going to work more on steady-state flow workouts. These are exercise bouts that encourage you to cruise along for extended durations. You can explore some sports psychology here. Using association versus dissociation is something to explore. If you prefer to associate…
Hello Amazing Tribester! Even though we are still in October, we’re calling this week the first one in the third and final month of the Endurance Block. I’ve really been enjoying the workouts and challenges we’ve had in this portion of our Annual Training Plan, and I bet you have also. This week we’re going to be looking at several…
Wow! We are into the final week of the 2nd of 3 months in our Endurance Block! Amazing how the time flies! Last week we kept our theme of substantial volume but we really mixed modes and intensities creatively. This week is a deloading cruise in which we use mostly low intensity as we flexibly explore frequency and duration of…
The ZesterFest! You know how Daddy likes a zesty sesh! And you do too. Well, forget about Oktoberfest…this week has 3 incredibly tasty tests (actually workouts). You’re going to go through some gears in locomotion, use some sustained power out on the field, and dive into some incredible volume work in the gym. All while having a hellagood time. There…
Delightful and Delicious! That’s what our movement snacks and feasts are all about this week. Celebrating (YOU) the Human Beast with high durability exposures! We’ve got some new, creative sessions to keep the fun in fitness and help you to become practically tireless! We’ve talked about the many ways you can develop endurance, all while maintaining your other athletic properties…
