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Athlean-X channel on YouTube is basically dedicated to just that. If you want to look like an athlete you got to train like one
How to stay Athletic while gaining muscle?
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cartierhoe
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what was the program you followed? splits?
I’ll see if I can find it, it was one of the nfl safeties in the nfl who did an interview for musclemag? I was in the combat zone at the time. Gimme a few I’ll see if I can dig it up but I dropped off from it because of injuries and now I don’t bench heavy like I used to or do all that explosiveness because of wear and tear
cartierhoe
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Damn. Found it quick but the link to the original article is gone but this is it. Like I said I can’t do any of the plyometrics and stuff anymore due to injuries but this was it. I omitted the tennis balls and other intensive hand eye drills and replaced with other drills. I also believe in supersets so I get some aerobic from my anaerobic, keep moving and keep that heart pumping. Don’t like to cool off and be chit chatting and shyt in gym. Also join bodyspace on bodybuilding.com its some beast workouts there.
Donovan Darius was the safety, damn this was years ago.
Lastly, go in quarters. 25, 50, 75 then 100% don’t injure yourself and if you seeing spots, dots or feeling light headed you going to hard too soon so back off.
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cartierhoe
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DonKnock
KPJ Gonna Save Us
Holy shyt this is extremely comprehensive.
I was gonna recommend some stuff that is already in here but this covers it and much more.
only thing I'd add would be this if OP has access to it or something similar
Yeah! When I did sled drills and was doing ground fighting i'd love it when bigger dudes grabbed me then I lift them and slam them to the mat. Fight goes right out of em lol good shyt. I'd train in a gas mask for shooting competition and it would feel like your legs would be on fire from the lack of oxygen. Don't have to have a lot of weight either. It'll feel like your legs and ass , lower back is on fire
jilla82
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damn...ive been sleeping on the prowler...
...ima add that to the end of my workouts.
Crossfit and METCON training
using the prowler/sled is a must for legs and back days...I just got back into lifting legs again last week after recovering from a severe ankle sprain mid-December and doing the sled/prowler pushes is brutal after taking so much time off but it's a good measure of how close I am to being at my usual strength and endurance...
the normal push/pull movements are easy to do, but if you really want to work your upper body (mainly back and arms), tie one side of a battle rope in a knot and toss at least 3-4 plates on there and pull the other side while sitting completely flat on your ass or on one knee for at least 50 yards (don't stand or get in hunched position like you're doing tug of war because it'll force you to use your lower body way too much), shyt is killer but IMO easily one of the best upper body movements you can do outside of a weighted pull-up...I took time off from this for a minute cause I was so busy at work and couldn't get to my gym but shyt iz real like black moon said. back in september/october, I got up to pulling the prowler with 11 plates non-stop for 70 yards under 30 seconds and i'm trying to get back to that and hopefully up to 13-14 plates total under 30 seconds.
and last but not least, like dude in that vid said, save all prowler movements for the end of your workout because those are damn near fatality-esque
if you doing them right with any kind of decent weight. after that, you shouldn't be able to do anything else except some light accessory work, stretch and head home...my homie and I tried to be smart and get heavy ass prowler pushes out of the way one time on a Sat. leg workout, worse decision ever.
We were fukking dead after our usual 5 sets back and forth with stairs in between, we tried to do some other exercises after and could barely walk so we ended up stretching and bounced out of there...
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Bboystyle
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CrossFit is very brutal on your joints and....you're almost guaranteed to get injured. If it works for you, go for it but I can't see myself doing it. It has some benefits though.
Yeah, I feel like it's for ppl who are gluttons for punishment and like to see how far they can push themselves/how long they can last & for ppl who need the cult-like culture of CrossFit to push them since they lack the self-motivation to get fit on their own.
There's a few ideals that I can rock with when it comes to improving aerobic/cardio endurance but overall I think can't fukk with CrossFit. Most of the "programming" (I hate this pretentious term they use for their sadistic workouts that stress doing compound/olympic lifts for timed reps rather than with proper/safe form) is just shyt thrown together with no goal other than to brag about finishing it or because some crazy navy seal or paratrooper came up with it.
The basic version of crossfit is good, all the crazy shyt is a different version