Today I watched two guys do “vomit inducing conditioning workouts”.

And by vomit-inducing, I mean I wanted to puke watching their form.

One guy was doing explosive reverse curls (meant to be hang cleans) and another did flippity flop dumbbell snatches followed by one of the worst planks I’ve ever witnessed – his butt was a foot higher than his head.

This is why we are going to see the Death of Hard-core Circuit training in the next few years. More about that on Monday…

Fortunately, there are trainers who train people properly, like Alwyn Cosgrove, John Romaniello, Adam Steer, and the inimitable, Jim Wendler. I just started reading Jim’s 5-3-1 for Powerlifting. Here’s a great quote from it:

“You don’t have to train maximally to get strong. You just have to train optimally. This is the greatest lesson I learned from Louie Simmons.” – Jim Wendler

Finished up my last workout on this current 4-week program. All lifts went up, but only a little. I’m working on a new personal 4-week program this weekend and will be reading “5-3-1 for Powerlifting” by Jim Wendler for guidance.

Today’s Training Resource:

A nice challenge from Roman Fitness Systems for your weekend…let me know how you do with it. Tarrrrrr…

=> Romanz Bodyweight 500 Challenge  

And my new favorite gadget at the gym is this little travel roller – I’ll often use it instead of the big foam roller.

=> Fitter1 Travel Roller  

Today’s Kickbutt Mindset Tip:
“It is really not how much you can get out of life that matters; it is how much you can put into it that counts. What will you contribute to life today?” -Bill Phillips

Today I woke up and went from “not training”, to “just doing easy training and mobility”, to “going through my regular training”, to “training like full out for a personal best like Jason Ferruggia circa 2004?.

I did heavy deadlifts and glute ham raises, setting personal bests.

It was fun. I got pretty fired up for some reason.

We’ll have to wait until tomorrow to see how smart of a decision this was today.

Ha.

Today’s Kickbutt Mindset Tip
“Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit.” – M. Scott Peck

And today’s Independence Tip

?”Do the unexpected before and after anything goes wrong so customers are compelled to ’share your story’”. – Yanik Silver, Maverick Business Rule #32

Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS, CTT
www.TurbulenceTrainingCertification.com

No training today. I did some stretching and mobility work, and will probably ride my bike downtown at lunch to meet some people for a sushi lunch in yorkville.

Ended up working late last night until 11pm in order to finish up the 3rd issue of the TT Secret Society newsletter. This month features a review of my trip to San Diego, an in-depth look at TT Hardcore 2K6, a sneak peak at a new private client Meathead workout, and a BIG TT event announcement.

You can grab an issue here

=> http://www.TurbulenceTraining.com/SecretSociety

Today’s Kickbutt Mindset Tip:
Happy June 1st. You could just as easily change your life today as you can on New Year’s Day…”New opportunity is matter of choice not calendar.” – Dan Kennedy

I have a new favorite chest exercise and have to thank Roman Fitness Systems for bringing the squeeze press into my life.

Here’s the link to a video of it:

=> http://youtu.be/6PFlUoup01Y

And if you ever get a chance to workout with Roman when you are in New York City, don’t miss it. He’s quite funniez too.

Today’s Kickbutt Mindset Tip:

You must truly believe in yourself. You must end the “I’ll give this a try” mindset, and switch to a “I’m going to succeed” belief.

And today’s Independence Tip:
“You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.” – Zig Zig

Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS, CTT