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@tyler52 Great question. You certainly could. I think it all depends on your goals. I was focused on upper-body, and since weighted dips are pretty taxing, I thought the suitcase deadlifts were a nice change of pace and a little easier than front squats when running EMOM. Also a good grip...

@tyler52 Not a nuisance at all. Good question, as there's some ambiguity. I ran it as: Week 1: A, B, A Week 2: A, B, A etc. So if you run it for 10 weeks, you do workout A 20 times, and workout B 10 times. I structured it that way for a few reasons. First, the exercises in A...

@eleos2b Great question. I'm a miserable swimmer, so I can't speak to that. But, I can walk pretty well, so that's usually my go to on off days. Sometimes I'll ruck with my wife on weekends (bought a 30lb ruckweight and a fine backpack on Amazon for like $75 total) around our city. Can...

@gaconvn I've dropped it for now and am doing something that's more total body focused. Happy to do another write-up when that one is all said and done too. I'm thinking I'll likely land somewhere where I do the above 1X per year on a 10-12 week block, then do 3X total body programs per year...

@gaconvn Thanks! Yeah, I have two 20K bells and only one 24K. So I ran doubles when using the 20s.

@steffserves I like this. An 8 "a" improvement is a noble, yet attainable goal. I believe in you. Transitioning from a's to n's is something I have yet to discern. I'll listen more carefully next time. Perhaps that'll be my goal for my next program.

This is a follow up to The "Manly Physique" Protocol that @donnessa posted about a year ago. Before you @ me...as Roy said: "[note: my tongue is planted firmly in my cheek in calling this "Manly Physique," but there's a reason why you clicked] If we're really honest with ourselves, one of the...

@anniekins13 I'd never heard of MAPS. Seems to make sense. I'm 31, so I'd like to think I'm not quite middle age, so maybe I'm at Almost-MAPS? I trust Dan John, so I'll know that 10 is the number to stop at moving forward.

@jackier293 I like this idea a lot. Any reason for doing 3 sets instead of 5?

@lookingforlight Seems great too, but I regrettably am only using KBs in increments of 4K, so I don't think I'd be able to pull this off.

Hello all. First time poster, long time lurker here. Quick background, I workout M/W/F with a using a variant of Mark Wildman's Tetris Style (A days - C&P, TGU, Weighted Dip, B days - Swing, Squat, Weighted Chins). I've been using 5 set ladders for the dips and chins and am essentially up...

@youngman4god You're welcome!

@youngman4god I think another tactic is to just progressively add one more rep to your workout. The Fighter Pullup Program outlines some of the basic principals, but in short, just add one more rep each workout, and then you'll eventually get there. I generally add my one rep in the middle...

@snowlucario Thank you. And that's really helpful to know. I may run something to mix it up over the next 4-6 weeks that has a healthy (but not unending) dose of C&P and then jump right into 1.2 to finish it off.

I just wrapped up Geoff Neupert's popular The Giant program, which only focuses on the clean & press, and I wanted to give it a quick review. Background As a bit of background, I was in between bell sizes for the better part of 2023. To start the year, I could hit 12 reps on the C&P with my...