Weak or Strong – The Choice Is Yours

I still remember that short yet powerful poem staring at me in front of the squat rack at Diamond Gym. It reminded me to add weight, get an extra rep and do what others would NOT want to do. I first saw that poem when I was 17, over half my lifetime ago yet I still remember that poem like it was this morning.

There are those that will

and those that won’t

Those that do

and those that don’t

I remember going through some extremely hellish workouts, especially on leg day, back when I was a bodybuilder. I was preparing to compete and I was told that it wasn’t possible to win being drug free.

I had a different idea. I decided that if I could outwork my competitors I would win. That’s the ONE thing I had going for me, KNOWING that I could make any training partner throw up, quit, whine and cry.

I remember my training partner throwing up during every leg workout. Whenever he thought he was done he wasn’t done. I learned this through wrestling. I learned from my Gymnastics Coach, a former collegiate All American wrestler that the body can handle 20 X greater than what our mind thinks it can handle.

Heck, at least that’s what he told us, and I believed him!

My mind became trained to chasing the pain. Of course, many years later, I am MUCH smarter with my training, but, I still understand the need for intensity and the need to DO work.

In the video below you’ll see one of the best wrestlers in the country going through the last round during a hellish circuit. As each set went on the fatigue began to set in. This is where many drop and question if they can or can not do the work.

This is when you gotta dig deep and understand that temporary pain is better than giving up. The footage above was caught during the final round of 5 rounds, non stop, NO rest between each round. The med ball push up complex started getting brutal by round 3 and 4, round 5 was hellish.

It’s amazing how the mind can try to steer your body one way or another. Even if you don’t wrestle or are not one of the best wrestlers in the country, can you use a circuit like the one in this video?

YES. Start your workout with a main lift, something for strength or speed. Then, attack the circuit, but for starters, rest 60-90 seconds after each round. Each week reduce rest between each round of the circuit until you can do 2 rounds in a row, then 3, 4 and finally all 5 rounds without rest.

No one ever said you gotta spend all day training. Your mental toughness will help push the pace of this workout.

In the end, how weak or strong you are is totally up to you.

Comments / Questions? Let’s hear em’…. drop em’ below!

Looking forward to your comments.

In Strength,

–Z–

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