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Subversive Fitness: Day 303 Of 360

Hands off knees, off your back, ready for what’s next. Manage yourself.

Greg Walsh

Written by Greg Walsh Last updated on Jan 5, 2023

Day 303 Of 360

Back squat:
3 x 5 @ (up to) 80% of 2RM
3 x 10 @ 60%

Rest as needed between sets. If sets require interruption at a chosen weight, or range of motion fails, make as minor an adjustment as needed and complete the next uninterrupted and at full-range. When the scheme is listed as “3 x 5″, it always refers to “Sets” x “Reps”.

Reminder: Sound position always governs weight.

Then, 3 rounds of:

Day 303 Of 360

Back squat:
3 x 5 @ (up to) 80% of 2RM
3 x 10 @ 60%

Rest as needed between sets. If sets require interruption at a chosen weight, or range of motion fails, make as minor an adjustment as needed and complete the next uninterrupted and at full-range. When the scheme is listed as “3 x 5″, it always refers to “Sets” x “Reps”.

Reminder: Sound position always governs weight.

Then, 3 rounds of:

4-position kettlebell squat drill:
3 Kettlebell front squat (Left)
5 Kettlebell back squat (Left)
3 Kettlebell front squat (Right)
5 Kettlebell back squat (Right)

3 + 5 + 3 + 5 = 1 round. Goal is fluid, seamless transitions from front to back, and left to right. Each set should pose a significant challenge weight-wise- weakest lift/ transition governs weight.

Today:

Perform 10 walking lunge @ (up to) 15lb. W, 25lb. M

(use bumper plate locked out in front) immediately following each round of squats, and rest as needed once both are complete.

And then, quickly and attentively:

30 Kettlebell deadlift @ minimum ½ BW
50 Goblet squat @ 25lb. W, 35lb. M
30 Push-up
50 Jumping pull-up
300 Jumprope
50 revolutions Airdyne

Mindful breathing and efficient movement mitigate fatigue. Focused attention to detail also aids in doing so. You know what does NOT help us swim in deep water? Dejectedly looking at the sky, putting your hands on your knees and staring at the floor, panic breathing as if an evil spirit just entered your mouth, holding your hand on your heart like it’s doing something unusual…

An old standby, but worth revisiting: If you were going to attack someone with the intention of destroying them, would it be the unfocused, listless, hands-on-knees version, or the squared-away, tired-but-composed, staring straight-forward, ready for more version?

Funny question, easy answer. Hands off knees, off your back, ready for what’s next. Manage yourself.

And finally, “Time under tension”:

10 x 5 Hollow rock @ perfect position, max-effort

Weight if needed to establish/ maintain ideal position. Rest up to: 15 sec. between sets.

Greg Walsh

About Greg Walsh

Greg Walsh is a product of counter-culture, and remains immersed in it to this day. The discovery of BMX bike riding and hardcore music in early adolescence opened a door of questioning and critical-thinking that has paved the way for everything since. Action sports, hardcore music, martial arts, and strength and conditioning have all proven to be lifesavers, not simply pastimes, and contributing to each in the best ways humanly possible is Greg’s daily mission.

Wolf Brigade is headquartered in Rochester, New York, and is the product of Greg's lengthy training experience and varied physical backgrounds. Their website chronicles and details daily training, and contains hundreds of videos, pictures, quotes, and pieces of writing. Greg’s non-fitness writing website, War of Attrition, accepts subscribers and his first novel, Theft of the Age, will be available everywhere in the fall of 2015.

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