Today really didn't go as planned.
Which makes me question the whole point of planning.
Three kick-ass PT sessions with some of my most hardcore clients got the day off to a flyer, but it was pretty much all down hill from there...not helped by receipt of texts from about 27 different people, none of whom was the person I actually wanted to hear from.
Such is life.
My life, anyway.
A long and frustrating evening, pretty much caused by my own long and frustrating attitutude, culminated in a way-too-easy 'workout' - yes, just one today, please feel free to post your complaints and abuse!
What started off as a genuine intention at the week's first Convict Conditioning workout ended up as Offset Medicine Ball Push-Ups, Close Grip Push-Ups, and Uneven Pull-Ups, rounded off with some Dragon Press. It left me feeling pumped but unfulfilled...since when has my purpose been to feel pumped, hench, stacked, or any other narcissistic goal you could name?
Ferzackely!
Ignoring the abortive non-workout, you may well be wondering about Convict Conditioning, because from what I can see on the Interweb it has a pretty controversial track record.
My take is this: it works. Pure and simple.
In the same way any good programme works...you stick to it, you do the basics, and everything else takes care of itself...if you think functional training involves balancing on gym balls and messing around with cable machines, I have to warn you that you may well be reading the wrong page...
General Out.
Hey brother, I agree with you that CC has some good training in it. The progressions are top notch. Those are absolutely worth the price of the book. In my humble opinion, the rest of the book is crap. There's no need to bash on weight training to make bodyweight training look good. They all work great together.
ReplyDeleteAgreed Mitch,, it sells as a stand alone bodyweight guide, and I'm not sure I believe the stuff about the author winning powerlifting competitions without having lifted. No matter how strong he had got from CC, pulling a decent Deadlift without technique is unlikely at the level he claims to have competed at.
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