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 ... From Card Tearing – Two Decks of Cards at Once - Legendary Strength| Legendary Strength
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: From Deck of Cards in Box Tearing and Quartering - Legendary Strength| Legendary Strength
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 ... From My First Beast Pullup - Legendary Strength| Legendary Strength
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 ... From Strength Training Twice Per Day? - Legendary Strength| Legendary Strength
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 ... From High Volume Bodyweight Training? - Legendary Strength| Legendary Strength
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 ... From Full range vs Partial range - Legendary Strength| Legendary Strength
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 ... From Strongman vs. Smoking (Death) - Legendary Strength| Legendary Strength
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 ... From Saxon’s Training Plan? - Legendary Strength| Legendary Strength