How to Exercise like a Warrior

Learning to exercise like a warrior is easy if you understand the following simple guidelines:

• Everything the warrior does has to be efficient
• Everything the warrior does must be effective

So taking the above bullet points into account, how would a warrior exercise? The warrior generally would not opt to use weight training as a staple in his training for the following reasons:

Weight training can only be done if there is access to weights and machines.
Weight doesn’t teach the warrior how to naturally use his muscles.

So if weight training is not suitable for constant use in a warriors training regime, what does that leave? Body-weight training is the perfect staple in the warriors training for the following reasons:

• Can be performed anywhere.
• No equipment is required
• No gym memberships

Are there any negatives to performing bodyweight exercises? Some people believe that increasing resistance on a body weight routine is impossible, well the answer to that is yes and no, you can increase resistance by elevating the body in different positions (ie; elevated push-ups etc)

So what exercises do you suggest to get started? The basics are as follows:

• Body-weight squats (one-legged etc)
• Ski sits
• Push-ups (elevated, one-legged, etc)
• Handstand Press
• Pull-ups
• Dips

Unlike weight-training these exercises are not performed on a set and rep principle, instead we use the term MMF or Momentary Muscular Failure. MMF basically means you perform an exercise like a push-up until you can’t perform another full rep no matter how hard you try.

Try the basic routine above for a few weeks and see how you go, here’s a friendly warning for you, if you can do 500 body-weight squats you may discover that you don’t have full use of your legs for a few days! I remember the first time I did 1,000, yes that’s right 1,000 body-weight squats my legs felt like lead for over a week!

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