Dan John Circuit Workout

Dan John Circuit Workout

A warm up for my strongman training session last night turned into an actual training session.

I love All of Dan John's material and have done for many years, I feel a real connection with his material as a former discus thrower myself. (I will be competing in discus throwing and shot putting this year for my local athletics club Scarborough AC.)

What is it that makes Dan John stand out?

If you're familiar with Dan John's training philosphies then you'll know, but to make it concise 'Dan John simplifies training and says shit loads in only a few words hitting the nail on the head everytime'

'If it's important do it everyday' pretty much says it all

For me Dan John's words are like Rocky Music, they make you wanna get up and train.

Anyways, enough blowing smoke up his arse.

I did a training session from Dan John's blog last night as a warm up and ended up smoking myself with just 2 rounds of the following

10 power cleans
10 back squats
10 power snatches
10 front squats
25 crunches

all with a 60kg barbell

After I regained conciousness I went on to do some over head work with a keg(courtesy of homemadegymstuff) sandbags and some trap bar pressing

Here's the Trap Bar Press - weight was 110kg - difficulty level was - fairly difficult


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5RGlhvpxv8


Check out Dan John's post where I got the circuit workout here

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The Overhead Squat OHSQ

The Overhead Squat OHSQ


Overhead squat is a great exercise for building the core and training your body as one piece. I constantly use the barbell overhead squat as a warm up for my lifting sessions.

The OHSQ really builds great stability and stretches out the hips and shoulders ready for action.

Some people may have trouble with the mobility required for the OHSQ, if you are one of these people, be sure to start light and constantly work on this movement at every training session once you are warmed up.

The OHSQ is even more difficult with kettlebells as it is a real challenge to your mobility.

Nice work from Shaolos with 2 x 32kg kettlebells



For more reading on overhead squatting from the master check out Dan John's Book

Slosh Pipe Exercises

Slosh Pipe Exercises



Something on my 'to do list'
Make a slosh pipe (great idea from Dan John)






Slosh Pipe Exercises