the year one challenge bigger leaner stronger

Seated Military Press 100% of body weight for 4-6 reps.Īmbitious goals for sure, but realistic ones that I can attain in a few years.But we persisted and after 18 months I could start recording 'personal best' weights that were approaching my body weight.īy then I had read ' Beyond Bigger Leaner Stronger' and used Mike's 'minimum requirements' for that book as my goal to work towards: My personal trainer at the gym was hard pressed to figure out ways of teaching me these basic exercises from such a weak start. For me this was great progress, since I have always been of way below average strength. I could now perform the Bench Press, Deadlift and Squat exercises (mostly) correctly, and lift approximately 50% of my body weight of 82kg. In January 2015 I increased my workouts from one day a week to two days a week (Friday and Monday) instead of just a single day, and made some progress. Even though I had been going to the gym for a year already, I wasn't ready to try his 5-day-a-week program.

I first heard about Michael Matthews in August last year, when I found his audio book ' Bigger Leaner Stronger' on Audible.

The year one challenge bigger leaner stronger