Going from tearing one deck of cards to two is like going from a 250 lb. deadlift to 500 lbs…except that you’re also expanding from a normal barbell to a 3″ thick handle at the same time. 104 cards is a lot just to wrap the hands around. Thus, to …
Deck of Cards In Box In Plastic Torn in Half
Can you tear a deck of cards? Check! Can you tear a deck of cards still in the box? Check! Can you tear a deck of cards still in the box and still wrapped in plastic? Now…check! Took a bit of a brace, and only my second time pulling this …
Tearing 10 Decks of Cards in Half in One Minute
I’d never tried tearing multiple decks of cards for speed before until this attempt. That was fun! Now back to working towards my goal of tearing two decks of cards at one time. (My current best is 87 cards at the time of writing.) For more about learning how to …
Deck of Cards in Box Tearing and Quartering
I’ve been getting back into card tearing lately… Just pulled off a new feat that I hadn’t done before. Not just tearing a deck of cards, but doing it in the box, and then quartering one side as well. See more on card tearing in these posts:
Super Human Workshop Blooper Reel
In between sets and reps, we all need a moment to breathe and, more importantly, laugh a little! We often think of fitness as this serious, sweat-drenched pursuit. And it very often is. But there’s also room for a whole lot of joy, unexpected surprises, and yes – belly laughs. …
My First Beast Pullup
This video shows my first ever successful Beast kettlebell pullup. That’s an added 48kg or 106 lbs. It’s ugly but pretty much everything is the first time you do it. This is a big mark of progress towards my goal of the Beast Tamer Challenge. My system of How to …
Strength Training Twice Per Day?
Keith asks: “What are your thoughts on strength training twice a day?? I’ve only done it once a day but I may be in a situation where I need/want to do it twice a day?? What would the approach be (Same muscle group or different muscle group). Thank you in …
High Volume Bodyweight Training?
Hamid asks: I want to know what are your thoughts on High Volume, High Frequency Basic Bodyweight training like Push-ups, Squats and Situps. Can these really make trainee strong just like Great Gama, Herschel Walker and Mike Tyson? Prisoners also do mostly Basic Bodyweight training and they get very impressive …
Full range vs Partial range
Image from https://lindyhealth.com/ Should you be doing full range lifts exclusively? Or are partials useful? Rick sent in this response to a recent email on pullups… “I ,too , have had much experience with pullups. I found adding weight and getting super strong was the single best way to increase …
Strongman vs. Smoking (Death)
Scott asks: I enjoy the emails you send me about the old time strongmen and other topics. Every Sunday the folks at smokingpipes.com sends me a newsletter which often features a story about a well known pipe smoker.This is entirely anecdotal but it seems to me the pipe smokers outlive the strongmen …
Saxon’s Training Plan?
Per from Sweden asks… “I hope this e-mail finds you in good health. Recently, I bought your old strength course of the Saxon´s brothers. It´s a great course and I´m very grateful that you have recording the videos of the lifts they did. Since I have no one to ask …
Physical Activity vs COVID
Cast your minds back to a bit over a year ago… The pandemic had just begun in the USA and the lockdowns were still early. Sure, there was a lot more uncertainty at that time but some things were known. I’m talking about principles of health, i.e. those timeless things …
The “Non-Workout” Workout
My training as of late has been different than most. Besides the occasional hill sprints, it is all of the form that Pavel Tsatsouline popularized as “Greasing the Groove”. This involves doing sets of an exercise throughout the day rather than in a dedicated workout time period. The goal is …
Tips on Training Frequency
Bob asks: “I am currently focused on getting my weight back under control and improving my card deck tearing. Currently I am working on completing as many military style burpees as possible in 15 minutes, jogging (more for the mental health aspect) and working on card tearing every 3 days …
Is Arm Wrestling Key to Super Strength?
The following is a long question. It really only pertains to people that want to be very strong…although the principle could apply to those that just want to be decently strong too. PJ asks: As trusted to you before I’m interested in all things from the Golden Era (Sandow,Sass,Atom, Jowett, …