Thoughts on “Instinctive” Training, Creative Workouts, and Using the Taoist Principle of Wu Wei for Achieving Your Goals Last month, at the end of my article The Three Day Russian Power Volume Training Program , I mentioned that I might not post as many upcoming articles because of other projects that I’m working on, a book that I’m (still) editing and assembling for publication, and additional issues in my daily life that have kept me busy and away from writing as much. But since I wrote those words, my output here on the blog hasn’t slowed down any. And yet , since October 13th—when I posted that article—I haven’t spent as much time working on articles. Despite that lack of time, I’ve managed to write and post just as many essays as before. How? Through the process of the philosophical concept known as wu wei . Wu wei is usually translated as something along the lines of “effortless action,” “no...
Seldom-Used Workouts for Renewed Gains in Size and Strength I’m often surprised by some of my articles and essays that prove rather popular here on the blog. The opposite is true, as well. I’ll write an article that I’m absolutely positive will be a crowd-pleaser, only to discover that it never gets many views. Recently, for example, I was startled, but also nicely delighted, that my article Odd Training Splits and Ideas (That Work) has become one of my more popular posts written in the last couple months. I think it’s a pretty good read—it’s also one that I enjoyed writing—so I’m glad for its reception. Since it did have such a positive response, I thought I’d shine a light on a similar theme, but instead of odd training splits , this one will look at some unique training routines and workouts. These programs are great for building size and strength, and are only “odd” because they’re not the kind of routines used by t...