Harder to Kill: Monday, January 23nd 2017

Categories: Fitness, Harder to Kill

American Grit’s daily workouts are designed to make you Harder to Kill.

We combine old-school weightlifting with new-school strength and conditioning principles in order to maximize your time spent inside (or outside) the gym. You’ll squat, run, jump and throw weight around to ultimately become a faster, fitter you.  Being Harder to Kill isn’t just about lasting longer in a gunfight: it’s about becoming healthier, stronger and more resilient mentally and physically.

If it’s your first day here, jump in and hit the workout, or start from Day 1 of this cycle.  Either way, you’ll see strength, speed and stamina gains.

Note: Thursday and Sunday are rest days.  There will not be a workout posted on those days.

Monday, January 23nd, 2017

• Warmup: “Bring Sally Up” back squats, empty barbell (see video)
• Strength:
  • Back Squats
    • Work up to 85%.  Perform 3 sets of 3, then go down to 75%, perform 3 sets of 3.  Put 90% on the bar and perform 2 sets of 2, then go back down to 80% and perform 2 sets of 2.  Put on 95% and try to hit a double.
  • Olympic weightlifting complex:
    • One squat clean, one push jerk, one front squat, one split jerk.  Work up to the heaviest weight possible.
  • Glute bridge-
    • 3 sets of 10
  • Clamshells
    • 3 sets of 12
• Conditioning:
  • Tabata Burpees.  Go hard and it’ll be all you need.