This is the second in a series on my progress on biofeedback. Click here for the first post.
I still feel like I need more time to have revolutionary results. So far the results have only been great!
My lifts are going up. By following my biofeedback my body is guiding me to do higher volume most of the time versus what I use to do which was singles or maybe 5×5.
You may have heard about cycling or waving the loads before in periodization or other training plans. It looks like the reason that works is because that’s what the body naturally wants to do!
The question you may be asking is, is this higher volume leading to more strength on the top end? So far it seems to be yes. Still need more time to see the overall and definite trend but I’m starting to see it right now. About once a week or so the testing guides me to work up to a max (in different lifts). As long as the exercise keeps testing better with increasing loads I keep going.
One big change is that I no longer do a daily joint mobility routine. I don’t need to. My body isn’t beat up from training, in fact I rarely get sore and when I do its just a small amount.
I have improved my flexibility without doing static or isometric stretching. Even my hand balancing practice is getting better, when I’ve been stuck for a long, long time.
I leave each workout moving better than I did before the workout. I feel good, if not downright fresh and ready to do much more. Sometimes I feel a little worked after high volume or many exercises but I never feel dead tired or like I need to lay down to recoup.
Making it Hard or Making it Easy? The Choice is Yours...
I saw a comment on another blog regarding PR’s and I want to clarify what that really means. PR stands for personal record. It doesn’t mean you have to max out in your lift in order to get it. It simply means you’ve done more in one way or another than ever before.
Progress is the name of the game in training. And progress comes in the form of PR’s. There is no other way.
So these are my results…so far. I will continue to do this because its working. There is no turning back. I expect over time it will get even better. And I will report on what happens.
On that note, Adam Glass is re-releasing the Grip and Rip DVD’s with even more material that explains how to do all this properly.
When I got started I had lots of questions. It took time to get the feeling and to be doing it right. With these DVD’s you’ll cut the learning curve in half. And then you’ll see these results faster.
No other training information or program out there will give you the capabilities this one does. To listen to your body for your own training. To guide you in how you and only you should be training.
Not to mention I’m actually having even more fun then before with this stuff.
***BONUS***
These DVD’s are going to show you everything you need to get started fast. But I was thinking about what I could offer to complement this and I happened on this idea. You see, I learned best by going through the process myself. You can tell me something or show me how it works and I still might not ‘get it’.
Maybe you’re the same?
So I’m going to film my next two workouts and walk you through exactly what I’m doing and why I’m doing it. How I test, when I test, why I test, when I stop my sets, everything I can show you.
These will be made available as online videos on a secret page only for you who order now through this link and forward me your receipt.
They made a limited number of copies and they’re likely to sell out fast. So if you want this information and my bonus, which is the closest thing I can give you to walking you through it in person, you need to act now.
In strength,
Logan Christopher
Filed under Bio Feedback, Flexibility/Mobility, Recovery by on May 21st, 2010. 2 Comments. 
As was previously mentioned this event was covered in the press. Here’s a link over to the BGNews with the full story.
Also over on the Kettlebell Juggling Blog I uploaded a video of Andrew Durniat and myself going head to head.
I’ve been interview on a couple radio stations too. If you’re interested in hearing those I’ll get the link up when they’re available.
In strength,
Logan Christopher
Filed under Feats of Strength, Oldtime Strongmen by on May 25th, 2010. Comment.
There’s a new article, complete with video up on the site. This one covers block weights, what they are and how to use them to build strong hands, particularly the pinch grip.
The Blob
Check it out, and as always comments are appreciated.
In strength,
Logan Christopher
Filed under Hand Strength by on May 25th, 2010. Comment.
Grip training is important for everyone, not just strongman and grip athletes (and for obviously reasons its extra important for them.)
You can do just the basics. For many people, swinging a thick handled kettlebell is going to give them more hand strength then they’ve ever had in life.
But the hands are amazing in what they can do. There are so many exercises available for each and every area of the body, and for the hands I’d say there are three times as many. This is because of all the functions the hands can do.
Hand strength is more than just closing grippers
Looking at the hands from a physiological stand point. You also have wrist flexion and extension, radial and ulnar deviation. The fingers flex, extend, adduct and abduct.
Are you training all these movements?
Luckily you don’t need to isolate each movement pattern, as in all effective training, when integrated you get better results as that is how we’re suppose to move.
However, many trainees do neglect some part. A common example is working that crushing and support grip (the flexion of the fingers) but never going in the opposite manner (extending the fingers) under resistance.
When you work everything, you’ll enjoy greater strength and health. This is because you are bringing up the weak links in your chain that allow the stronger links to get even stronger.
If you’ve been doing grip training for awhile then this may be familiar to you. If not, I may have lost you back near the start, but that’s okay.
Do you want to know more?
One of the top trainers out there, especially when it comes to grip is Jedd Johnson. He has written THE books on Bending Nails and Card Tearing. Highly recommended if you want to get started in those feats.
And recently he re-opened the site The Grip Authority as an inexpensive membership.
If you are working on your feats of strength or competing in grip contests you need to check this out. There’s been detailed videos on phonebook tearing, anvil lifting, the rolling thunder and more. Just a couple weeks ago he released videos on horseshoe bending. The accessory exercises alone were worth the price of admission.
I tried one out the other day and absolutely loved it. He guarantees that you have never seen this one before and he’s right. It’s unique and it works very well.
For the average person you’ll learn more about grip then you possibly need (like all the different gripper certifications). But there is tons you will use. Each month he gives you workouts you can do or learn from to make your own.
With The Grip Authority you’ll become an expert in grip training fast.
But be prepared when you sign up as there are several hours of video up. You’ll may have to set aside some time to watch it all.
In strength,
Logan Christopher
Filed under Feats of Strength, Hand Strength by on May 28th, 2010. 1 Comment.
I’ve written a guest article for my friend Rob Drucker over at Old Time Lifting. You’ll learn:
The Wrestler's Bridge, not just for wrestlers...
- What the bridge is good for
- How almost everyone neglects to train one of the most important parts of their body
- How to get started in the wrestler’s bridge
- Where to go once you have some proficiency
- My own personal, advanced, bridging workout
- And more
Check it out.
How to Master the Wrestlers Bridge
In strength,
Logan Christopher
Filed under Bodyweight Exercise by on May 28th, 2010. Comment.
I already linked to the story, but Roger LaPointe of Atomic Athletic sent me a hard copy of the newspaper (yes they still do exist).
Besides the write-up there’s a great picture of me in action on the front. This makes it the second time ever I’ve been on the front page of a newspaper. (The first time had to do with hemp foods at the health food store I worked at but that’s another story.)
In strength,
Logan Christopher
Filed under Feats of Strength, Oldtime Strongmen by on May 29th, 2010. 3 Comments.
