Designing Your Own Workout Program Part One: Full-Body Workouts I thought it would be a good idea to do a series on how to design your own workout program. How much interest there is in this first piece will determine how many entries total that I do in the series. We will start with full-body workouts, since that is where everyone needs to begin their training journey. If you’ve been following any “pre-designed” workouts—even if it’s one of my own here on the blog—you should also start your own programming design with full-body workouts. And they are, of course, a great way to get “back-to-the-basics” of training no matter how long you’ve been working out, so this essay is also a good read for any of you “bro split” folks out there who have been doing one-bodypart-a-day workouts (or something similar) for no telling how long. Following a workout program is essential to attaining the goals and res...
Essays on Old-School Strength Training, Classic Bodybuilding, Traditional Martial Arts, and Budo Philosophy