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Chimp Strength (Omega)
Functional strength rooted in core and emanating through limb grabbing fingers & toes, requires a multi-planar & jointed approach of load challenge, time under tension, and nervous system recruitment. The Chimp Strength series (Alpha & Omega) is...
Chimp Strength (Alpha)
Functional strength rooted in core and emanating through limb grabbing fingers & toes, requires a multi-planar & jointed approach of load challenge, time under tension, and nervous system recruitment. The Chimp Strength series (Alpha & Omega) is...
Collagen: The Healing Protein
Claiming superiority through idolatrous usage of a particular protein supplement can be a risky proclamation. For the discreet few, protein agnosticism is a helpful tactic in efforts of avoiding thorny debates and spending more time lifting plates and pledging homage...
Run the “Everything is Bullshit” Program
In case of emergency, break glass and push button. This situation manifests organically when you need it most; at different times, places, and head spaces. But when it arrives, there is no ignoring the pebble in the shoe. And as the miles grow long the shoe soles...
100% Organic Water
How many glasses of water do you drink everyday? If you are following Mayo Clinic Guidelines, RDAs for men index 15.5 cups (3.7L) per day, and 11.5 cups (2.7L) per day for women. Using the common approximate measure of 8-glasses of water a day appears accurate. Being...
Gorilla Strong
If layering on slabs of mass and recruiting what can only be described as primitive strength is goal, The Gorilla Strong protocol is the tool. Gorilla Strong is a no bullshit, balanced full body program that challenges the most critical muscle groups while stimulating...
ATG Knees Over Toes Dense Review
For those looking for a bit more challenge while applying additional armor to the knees and ankles, the dense phase continues mission with progressing exertion along with exercises for upper body, supplemental mobility & active stretches. Although this phase is...
Pre-Hab Protocol
Our Pre-Hab Protocol will utilize principles inspired by ATG Knees Over Toes Zero & Dense methods but culled down from a multiple day approach to condensed single of a la carte pre-hab training. I believe the biggest obstacle in allocating training hours for...
Infuckted: Own Your Reset
Reset Your Return With Phase 4: A slower than normal morning out of bed, a slight tickle of the throat, a noticeable pallor over ones usually balanced mental state, followed by an unseasonable sneeze confirms what all subtle hints are pointing at: you’re infected. And...
ATG Knees Over Toes Zero Review
Knees Over Toes Guy System Review: ATG (Athletic Truth Group) Zero phase The venerable Knees Over Toes Guy has become a YouTube sensation seemingly overnight by featuring short and frenetic video clips on unorthodox training modalities focused lesser on the grunt...
Yerba Mate
Coffee may be crowned king as the beverage of choice for performance and morning routine in North America, but travel a bit below the equator to our South American neighbor and Yerba Mate reigns supreme. Although very similar to coffee both functionally and socially,...
Slow Twitch Protocol – BJJ Endurance
Transcribing an interview with the “Kettle Father” Pavel Tsatsouline, the below protocol is aimed for those looking to progress their combat grapple skill conditioning (jiu Jitsu, wrestling, MMA); where the difference between victory and loss is often predicated on...
“Grasp No Thing”~Miyamoto Musashi
“In any situation, to become settled or fixed is bad. Work this out diligently.” ~Miyamoto Musashi Much of Musashi’s writings in the Dokoddo and Go Rin No Sho pertains to the art of strategy with a background of combatives. Though closer investigation into his...
Be Worthy of Your Sufferings
“There is only one thing that I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings” -Fyodor Dostoevsky Through the crucible of suffering we can extract a true why of substance; a worthy magnetism to direction. Prior to this purpose building, we must decide if we are to...
Perspective is Everything
How many times a day do you take out that pocket computer to freeze time immemorial; congealed in casement of pixels saved in photos and wispily condensed in the cumulus of cloud? From lazy hangover tinged brunches to purple eruptive dusky peaks. A graduation of...
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu – Odyssey of Gi
The field of battle, lightly greening with unnatural plushness and cross thatched tatami. My back planted to the ground by adversary donning a White Gi and visage brimming silently with subtle loudness from prospect in passing leg to delivering submission. Keeping...
Yoga – Recovery Through Stretch, Breath, And Balance
Slide into those tights, unroll your mat, spark up the salt lamp (or other medicinals), and switch on your essential oil diffuser. Make time for active recovery. While often we focus singularly on “gainz” and novel primalistic ways of taking the body and mind to that...
Pavel Tsatsouline: Kettle Comrad
The time comes when a man cuts ties with the church of iron. Turning in membership key fob, losing the shaker ball, and increasing one’s focus on squat rack avoidance; the chosen become journeyman in the way of strength: Ronin of resistance. This serendipitous...