There are two ways you can be motivated. You can be motivated internally from yourself. And you can be motivated externally by others. Both are discussed more in this video: Hey it’s Logan Christopher back from Legendary Strength to talk about some mental frames and specifically, motivation. If you missed …
What is Your Motivation Direction?
There are two ways you can be motivated. You can be motivated to move TOWARDS something. And you can be motivated to move AWAY FROM something. Both are discussed more in this video: Hey, it’s Logan Christopher from Legendary Strength and today I want to talk about mental frames. What …
What is the Best Music for Working Out?
Today I want to talk about music in working out. Now with music, like with so many things, there is no one right way of doing it. Not one general, right way for everyone to do it. Instead, there are benefits and drawbacks to different forms of music to use …
Should I Be Symmetrical in Strength?
I copy a conversation thread with a customer below as I figure some other people will find it interesting and useful. It covers how to target weak spots as well, body symmetry, and whether or not to aim for this. Enjoy! Laid writes: “If you remember I recently wrote you …
Quartering a Deck of Cards
Halving or tearing a deck of cards is when you tear it in two. Then you can tear one of these halves in two, which means quartering a deck of cards. I’ve been working on my card tearing again lately and this video marks a PR for me. I’ve quartered …
Full Deep Vacuum Box Breathing
A new breathing combination routine I’ve been doing which involves box breathing and the abdominal vacuum, along with a few other finer points. This method and much more with box breathing and beyond are fully explored in Outside the Box Breathing.
Research Benefits of Deep Breathing Exercises
What Deep Breathing Does for You Recently I came across some new papers on the benefits of deep breathing exercises. Like this paper titled, “Physiology of long pranayamic breathing: neural respiratory elements may provide a mechanism that explains how slow deep breathing shifts the autonomic nervous system.” (Yep, they pretty …
Progression Keys – The Max Set
e continue the series on the keys to progression. Today a deep dive into why the max set is best.. To understand some of the terms used, read that first article in this current series, Progression Keys – Intensity, Volume, Density, Quality, RPE right here. As mentioned, strength training is …
How to Be Breathed
“Be Breathed” is a concept I learned many years ago from Scott Sonnon. It is the idea of the movement breathing you, rather than you breathing…even unconsciously. If you missed the previous video and post, that covers the difference between anatomic (or natural) breathing and paradoxical breathing. You must understand …
Breathing Principle – Anatomic vs. Paradox
Understanding the breathing principle of anatomic (or natural) vs. paradox is very important when breathing is combined with any sort of movement. This is as opposed to just sitting there doing breathing exercises. This video breaks this down in simple to understand terms using squats as an example of how …
Fasting and Training
Mark asks: “Thanks very much for your interesting emails, and I really enjoyed the do’s and don’t health tips. Just a quick question- on your fasting days do you do any training on those days? I would be really interested to know what works best…” A great question. I recommend …
What do I use for Earthing?
Jay asks, “What do you use for earthing?” This is answered more fully inside the Get Grounding Report I give away when you sign up for these emails on my site. For those asking themselves, what is grounding or earthing that lays out all you need to know. Suffice to …
Get Fit…Be Happy, Make More Money
Had to share this study I came across last week… In a survey of two thousand people, one thousand of which exercised regularly and one thousand who didn’t, they found a few interesting correlations. Those that exercised: * Made on average $25,000 more per year. * Had more sex! * …
To Press a Lot You Must Press a Lot
“To press a lot you must press a lot.” This saying comes from Russian weightlifting circles. Kinda like a Zen koan, there is some enfolded meaning within it. One of the simple ways of looking at it is like this: “To press a lot of weight, you must press frequently …
16 Things I Avoid for Testosterone
Yesterday, I gave a list of 25 things I do to maintain high testosterone. (If you missed it, that list is here.) Today, we cover the equally important, possibly even more so, side of what NOT to do. 1. I don’t use conventional skin care products, like lotions. 2. I …