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Top 15 Bodyweight Exercises
1) Chin/ Pull Up
Back, arms, biceps, being lean, be able to do these is requisite to being athletic
the best grip is actually a a parallel grip, its the most joint friendly. Do them on rings if possible
1) Chin/ Pull Up
Back, arms, biceps, being lean, be able to do these is requisite to being athletic
the best grip is actually a a parallel grip, its the most joint friendly. Do them on rings if possible
2) Pushup
Chest, shoulders, triceps...Mankind has been building his upperbody with these since the dawn of time
Put your feet up, use rings, try staggered or 1-arm, there are many many variations to make them harder
Chest, shoulders, triceps...Mankind has been building his upperbody with these since the dawn of time
Put your feet up, use rings, try staggered or 1-arm, there are many many variations to make them harder
3) Squat
Your hips go down, your hips come up. If you're a strong person, doing a 100+ of these is barely challenging
it should be EASY to do high rep sets
And if you know how to modify them, you can build very muscular legs without ever using weights
Your hips go down, your hips come up. If you're a strong person, doing a 100+ of these is barely challenging
it should be EASY to do high rep sets
And if you know how to modify them, you can build very muscular legs without ever using weights
Quarantine Workout:
Lower body
The workout is done in straight sets,
1. Staggered Alternating Jump Squats 5x5 (5 reps per leg)
2. Prisoner Squats 2x30
Lower body
The workout is done in straight sets,
1. Staggered Alternating Jump Squats 5x5 (5 reps per leg)
2. Prisoner Squats 2x30
Lunge Matrix: Finish all the sets for each version before moving onto the next
2 sets of 8-10 reps Forward Alternating Lunges
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2 sets of 8-10 reps Reverse Alternating Lunges
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2 sets of 8-10 reps Lateral Alternating Lunges
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Finish with 50-100 reps of bodyweight calf raises
2 sets of 8-10 reps Forward Alternating Lunges
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2 sets of 8-10 reps Reverse Alternating Lunges
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2 sets of 8-10 reps Lateral Alternating Lunges
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Finish with 50-100 reps of bodyweight calf raises
Videos
Staggered jumps
Prisoner Squats
Lunges
Staggered jumps
Prisoner Squats
Lunges
Book Recommendation:
The Order of Time, by Carlo Rovelli
The Order of Time, by Carlo Rovelli
Past and future are different from each other. Cause precedes effect. Pain comes after a wound, not before it. The glass shatters into a thousand pieces, and the pieces do not re-form into a glass...
We cannot change the past; we can have regrets, remorse, memories. The future instead is uncertainty, desire, anxiety, open space, destiny, perhaps. We can live toward it, shape it, because it does not yet exist. Everything is still possible...
"If you save an extra $200 monthly, you can put that into a life insurance policy and cash out when you're 65!"
How is this remotely fucking convincing to a 25 year old?
Teach them how to MAKE MORE MONEY
not save a pittance for a Boomer fantasy retirement
How is this remotely fucking convincing to a 25 year old?
Teach them how to MAKE MORE MONEY
not save a pittance for a Boomer fantasy retirement
This is not to shit on life insurance policies
But financial advice is absolute garbage for young people
Its either learn to swallow being broke
Or save on coffee and contribute to your 401k (like those even exist anymore for anyone under the age of 40)
But financial advice is absolute garbage for young people
Its either learn to swallow being broke
Or save on coffee and contribute to your 401k (like those even exist anymore for anyone under the age of 40)
I get young guys ask me A LOT now what I suggest for them at age 18-19-20-21 etc
#1-Find a way to earn money. And then make MORE money
Its always a big deal, most them never get told this so bluntly
they're concerned about "passion" or "finding what they really want to do..."
#1-Find a way to earn money. And then make MORE money
Its always a big deal, most them never get told this so bluntly
they're concerned about "passion" or "finding what they really want to do..."
Very basic point to the younger gentlemen:
When you're living to paycheck to paycheck and have nothing to save,
don't worry about how to get "rich"
Get PAID FIRST.
Increasing your hourly/salary matters far more than wasting time thinking about "stocks" and investing...
When you're living to paycheck to paycheck and have nothing to save,
don't worry about how to get "rich"
Get PAID FIRST.
Increasing your hourly/salary matters far more than wasting time thinking about "stocks" and investing...
I remember reading about investing in my mid 20s
Wow, sure would be cool to own real estate!
wow, maybe I should put money into STOCKS!
Oh wait...Im dead broke and live paycheck to paycheck, maybe simply need to WORK more and GET PAID MORE
Wow, sure would be cool to own real estate!
wow, maybe I should put money into STOCKS!
Oh wait...Im dead broke and live paycheck to paycheck, maybe simply need to WORK more and GET PAID MORE
FYI-I AM NOT the man to ask about "investing". The limited stuff I do is all on autopilot. Money goes out of one account into another account, and its boring shit, Roth IRA, mutual fund, crowdfunded real estate, life insurance etc
boring stuff that low risk and basic
boring stuff that low risk and basic
Hand wringing over other people following quarantine and social distancing have become a new form of Virtue signaling for snitches and sycophants
"its my duty to report on people, Im a good person! ARENT YOU CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE DYING!!?!? "
Fuck you people
Fuck you people
Same people that would have been spying and turning in their neighbors for thought crimes in USSR and East Germany
You're all despicable
You're all despicable
18 left
And 12 left
This is going fast
This is going fast
Reflections on Turning 31
1. Those things that you value for the sake that they are seen by other are not true values
2. When in doubt, do what is brave over what is safe
1. Those things that you value for the sake that they are seen by other are not true values
2. When in doubt, do what is brave over what is safe
3. Take time in getting to know people, but do not waste time in knowing people who you do not enjoy spending time with
4. The skill of recognizing when people believe what they say, and when they are saying what they wish to believe, it is to know the difference between lies and truth.
To perceive this is to understand human nature, and the nature of any individual.
To perceive this is to understand human nature, and the nature of any individual.
QUARANTINE WORKOUT:
If you have 2 dumbbells of moderate weight (25-45lbs), you can perform a variety of DB complexes that work the entire body.
This is one example. The workout is done as a continuous circuit
1. Double DB Snatch
If you have 2 dumbbells of moderate weight (25-45lbs), you can perform a variety of DB complexes that work the entire body.
This is one example. The workout is done as a continuous circuit
1. Double DB Snatch
2. DB Front Squat
Keep the elbows up when you do these
Keep the elbows up when you do these
3. DB Alternating Bent Over Row
Both a back and oblique exercise
Both a back and oblique exercise
Frugality is going to be imprinted into everyone this year
All the lessons of the 1930s, compressed into a 1 year time frame
Rampant consumerism is not going to be the force it was prior
All the lessons of the 1930s, compressed into a 1 year time frame
Rampant consumerism is not going to be the force it was prior
No money coming in, no credit to tap into
Bills are coming due
And no end in sight...
The Era of buy now, worry about it later has ended.
Everyone that comes out of is going to be cutting costs, cutting spending, and living lean as possible
Bills are coming due
And no end in sight...
The Era of buy now, worry about it later has ended.
Everyone that comes out of is going to be cutting costs, cutting spending, and living lean as possible
A few years ago I shared my personal philosophy of
Eat Clean
Live Lean
Train Mean
Its become more relevant than ever this year
cortes.site/newsletter/
Eat Clean
Live Lean
Train Mean
Its become more relevant than ever this year
cortes.site/newsletter/
7 Most Common Mistakes with Bodyweight Training
1. Doing TOO MUCH volume, too many reps &sets, under the misguided belief that this is what needs to be done for BW movements for them to be effective.
Reality-you dont need to do hundreds of reps for bodyweight movements to work
1. Doing TOO MUCH volume, too many reps &sets, under the misguided belief that this is what needs to be done for BW movements for them to be effective.
Reality-you dont need to do hundreds of reps for bodyweight movements to work
2. Doing exercises with an excessive range of motion they cant control
Reality-BW exercises have a proper ROM like any other exercise. Hyperextending your shoulders, rounding your lower back, these are NOT things you want to happen during these movements.
Reality-BW exercises have a proper ROM like any other exercise. Hyperextending your shoulders, rounding your lower back, these are NOT things you want to happen during these movements.
3. Pushups with the backs sagging and head dropped and elbows splayed
Reality-People get elbow pain and shoulder pain ALL THE TIME from pushups and dips. If you do these exercises wrong, except them to HURT eventually
Learn proper technique, and practice it always
Reality-People get elbow pain and shoulder pain ALL THE TIME from pushups and dips. If you do these exercises wrong, except them to HURT eventually
Learn proper technique, and practice it always
QUARANTINE WORKOUT:
Upper body focus today,
4 exercises, they can be done as a circuit, or one at a time
1. Chair Dips 10-15 reps
Do them between TWO chairs, like my buddy John does them here
Elevate your feet to make the exercise harder
Upper body focus today,
4 exercises, they can be done as a circuit, or one at a time
1. Chair Dips 10-15 reps
Do them between TWO chairs, like my buddy John does them here
Elevate your feet to make the exercise harder
2. Bicep Pushups
Be very precise doing these, they're not an exercise to do sloppy
8-12 reps on these
Be very precise doing these, they're not an exercise to do sloppy
8-12 reps on these
3. Incline Row
Rep out to failure on these
You all WILL emerge from this lockdown with better posture
Rep out to failure on these
You all WILL emerge from this lockdown with better posture
QUARANTINE LEG WORKOUT
Do this twice through as a circuit. Its pretty challenging, dont feel bad if it burns you out
1. Staggered jump squat 12 reps each leg
Go for maximum height on every rep
Do this twice through as a circuit. Its pretty challenging, dont feel bad if it burns you out
1. Staggered jump squat 12 reps each leg
Go for maximum height on every rep
2.Prisoner Squat
Your legs WILL be burning by this time, do the reps anyways,
25 reps
Your legs WILL be burning by this time, do the reps anyways,
25 reps
3. Bodyweight hamstring curl
Reps to failure
You might find these easy, or you might cramp up badly, you'll find out
Reps to failure
You might find these easy, or you might cramp up badly, you'll find out
I hope millions of Americans tomorrow don’t pay their rent, regardless of whether they can afford it to or not
Stick to your plutocratic government
Fuck the whole system, crash it, let it burn
Let there be carnage
Stick to your plutocratic government
Fuck the whole system, crash it, let it burn
Let there be carnage
If Americans had any spine to be truly rebellious, they’d all participate in this and bring the system to its knees
But they dont, and they’ll continue to get exploited like they deserve
Enjoy your $1200 pity money check
But they dont, and they’ll continue to get exploited like they deserve
Enjoy your $1200 pity money check
Why yes, I am and have always been an anarcho-dictator in my perspective on government and society
This should not be surprising to anyone
This should not be surprising to anyone
If you want the best people to work for you,
YOU PAY THEM WELL
Paying people well is not to "buy" their loyalty, but establish that you value their work and creates goodwill in the relationship
You invite your own destruction when you cheapen people & profit at their expense
YOU PAY THEM WELL
Paying people well is not to "buy" their loyalty, but establish that you value their work and creates goodwill in the relationship
You invite your own destruction when you cheapen people & profit at their expense
Ive worked for cheap bosses that tried to squeeze blood from stone and pay people as little as possible
Three things happen
1) the only people that work for them are desperate and degenerate
2) The good people always quit
3) The cunning people try to rip them off right back
Three things happen
1) the only people that work for them are desperate and degenerate
2) The good people always quit
3) The cunning people try to rip them off right back
I dont care what the business is or what size of the business is at
Greed makes you enemies and builds ill-will at geometric speed
People will be happy to see you fall, they'll push you on the way down, and loot you while you're stunned on the ground
Greed makes you enemies and builds ill-will at geometric speed
People will be happy to see you fall, they'll push you on the way down, and loot you while you're stunned on the ground
HOW TO TRAIN BACK AT HOME
These are ALL the bodyweight movements you can do for back
Some are common, others you probably havent seen
#1-Doorway Pullups
Dont have a pullup bar? You can still do pullups off a door if you set it up properly...
These are ALL the bodyweight movements you can do for back
Some are common, others you probably havent seen
#1-Doorway Pullups
Dont have a pullup bar? You can still do pullups off a door if you set it up properly...
#2 Incline and inverted rows with tables and bedsheets
Far easier than you think to perform, and you can even do facepulls with the bedsheet version
#2 Bodyweight TRAPEZIUS Training
I'll refer to Jeffs video on this one
If you can rows, you can train traps
if you lay down on the ground, you can train tarps
LOT of options to work the upper back here
I'll refer to Jeffs video on this one
If you can rows, you can train traps
if you lay down on the ground, you can train tarps
LOT of options to work the upper back here
QUARANTINE WORKOUT:
Staggered Jump Squat-100 reps (50 per leg)-Do this in however many set it takes. Jump for maximum heigh
Pushups-100 Reps-mix this up into as many different pushup variations as you can think of
Australian Pullup-50 reps-a bodyweight facepull
Staggered Jump Squat-100 reps (50 per leg)-Do this in however many set it takes. Jump for maximum heigh
Pushups-100 Reps-mix this up into as many different pushup variations as you can think of
Australian Pullup-50 reps-a bodyweight facepull
Rest does not matter. If you're asking about rest, you dont train hard to begin with.
Push yourself to get the workout done as quickly as possible
Train or go insane
cortes.site/newsletter/
Push yourself to get the workout done as quickly as possible
Train or go insane
cortes.site/newsletter/
staggered jump squat looks like this
Australian pullup
Australian pullup
One thing I learned years ago:
You could be the most generous person alive, give away everything free, above and beyond
As soon as you charge for literally ANYTHING, no matter how small the amount
Someone will pop up to tell you you’re a bad and greedy person and be ashamed
You could be the most generous person alive, give away everything free, above and beyond
As soon as you charge for literally ANYTHING, no matter how small the amount
Someone will pop up to tell you you’re a bad and greedy person and be ashamed
People are freeloaders
Theyll love you when you’re giving, but hate you when you ask for anything in return
Theyll call you greedy, a sell out, a grifter, conman, fraud, faker, etc etc
All because you offered something that is voluntarily PAID for, versus being freely given
Theyll love you when you’re giving, but hate you when you ask for anything in return
Theyll call you greedy, a sell out, a grifter, conman, fraud, faker, etc etc
All because you offered something that is voluntarily PAID for, versus being freely given
The argument will always be the same
“HOW DARE YOU charge for this, I can get/learn the same thing for free!!”
It’s a fallacious argument. By that logic, you wouldn’t need a lawyer, you’d just teach yourself law
Nor an accountant,
Nor a mechanic...
“HOW DARE YOU charge for this, I can get/learn the same thing for free!!”
It’s a fallacious argument. By that logic, you wouldn’t need a lawyer, you’d just teach yourself law
Nor an accountant,
Nor a mechanic...
Have a million people died yet?
Or was that just massive overreacting?
I was open minded about this for a long time and found arguments from both sides compelling
But this is appearing more and more to be extreme hysteria and smoke with no fire
Or was that just massive overreacting?
I was open minded about this for a long time and found arguments from both sides compelling
But this is appearing more and more to be extreme hysteria and smoke with no fire
Why haven’t deaths gone off the charts in Japan, Egypt, Thailand, Sweden?
Why didn’t countries that were slow to react and didn’t quarantine till very recent (or not at all) NOT have people dropping dead in the streets?
Why didn’t countries that were slow to react and didn’t quarantine till very recent (or not at all) NOT have people dropping dead in the streets?
How many people are testing negative versus people testing positive?
How many HEALTHY people die from the Flu each year? Is Corona objectively worse?
How many HEALTHY people die from the Flu each year? Is Corona objectively worse?
The AJAC Advanced Prison Workout
This would be done daily,
Use chairs for the bench dips
100 Bedsheet Bodyweight Rows
100 Pushups (broken into multiple sets)
100 bodyweight squats (broken into multiple sets)
100 Bench dips
100 Bent knee it ups (broken into multiple sets)
This would be done daily,
Use chairs for the bench dips
100 Bedsheet Bodyweight Rows
100 Pushups (broken into multiple sets)
100 bodyweight squats (broken into multiple sets)
100 Bench dips
100 Bent knee it ups (broken into multiple sets)
Bodyweight rows
We did these by rolling up bedsheets, then hooking them over the top of the bunk
You can do the same thing at home with a suspension trainer like a TRX, or by rolling up a bedsheet and knotting it over the top of the door frame and closing the door
We did these by rolling up bedsheets, then hooking them over the top of the bunk
You can do the same thing at home with a suspension trainer like a TRX, or by rolling up a bedsheet and knotting it over the top of the door frame and closing the door
FYI PEOPLE
All the exercises can be done in multiple sets
I only had 280 characters, I wasnt realizing people would take the directions THAT literal
cortes.site/newsletter/
All the exercises can be done in multiple sets
I only had 280 characters, I wasnt realizing people would take the directions THAT literal
cortes.site/newsletter/
Guys, real talk
The gym is closed, GET THE FUCK OVER IT
If you are TRULY devoted to the physical edge and training of your body and mind, you'll make it work in ANY environment
It might not be your preferred one, but you will
A lot of you are QUITTERS...
The gym is closed, GET THE FUCK OVER IT
If you are TRULY devoted to the physical edge and training of your body and mind, you'll make it work in ANY environment
It might not be your preferred one, but you will
A lot of you are QUITTERS...
You're not really about that life, you're not soulfully devoted to training
You're a mirror-muscle bro
and you're SAD because you cant do fucking cable crossovers and peck deck right now
You can't get HYPED if youre not smashin heavy weights on the barbell,
BOO FUCKING HOO
You're a mirror-muscle bro
and you're SAD because you cant do fucking cable crossovers and peck deck right now
You can't get HYPED if youre not smashin heavy weights on the barbell,
BOO FUCKING HOO
You'd be the same bro that would get LAZY if he had a girlfriend
You'd be that guy whose 40 talking about what a STUD he was back in the day, but you know...work and kids, couldn't keep up the ol' routine
Do 500 pushups & STFU about you cant train chest hard right now
posers
You'd be that guy whose 40 talking about what a STUD he was back in the day, but you know...work and kids, couldn't keep up the ol' routine
Do 500 pushups & STFU about you cant train chest hard right now
posers
I cannot express how enjoyable it is living in a city with zero crack addicts, meth heads, and tweakers
Thailand has a zero tolerance policy towards drugs, 10 years to life, or death penalty
Contrast this to any big city in California. Cali is the real 3rd world
Thailand has a zero tolerance policy towards drugs, 10 years to life, or death penalty
Contrast this to any big city in California. Cali is the real 3rd world
I saw tweakers have violent episodes on a near daily basis in Los Angeles
Watched people vomit, shit and piss on the sidewalk
Watched people stick needles in their homes and pass out in public parks
Watched cops do absolutely NOTHING
Watched people vomit, shit and piss on the sidewalk
Watched people stick needles in their homes and pass out in public parks
Watched cops do absolutely NOTHING
People, dont @ me with "Thailand has drugs and poverty, go to the poor areas!"
difference between Bangkok & a city like LA is the nice areas of Bangkok, Im not worried about someone flinging diarrhea and coming out of a bush with a screwdriver
difference between Bangkok & a city like LA is the nice areas of Bangkok, Im not worried about someone flinging diarrhea and coming out of a bush with a screwdriver
AJACS Program for however long this Quarantine lasts
•To be done Daily
100 kettlebell swings, alternating between 1-hand, 2 hand, and double KB swing
5 Getups
Double KB squats 5x5
•To be done Daily
100 kettlebell swings, alternating between 1-hand, 2 hand, and double KB swing
5 Getups
Double KB squats 5x5
•Done on alternating days
-alternating KB shoulder press 5x5, incline pushups, bodyweight skull crushers
-Rings chin-ups, weighted inverted rows, facepulls, KB bent over rows, ring curls
-alternating KB shoulder press 5x5, incline pushups, bodyweight skull crushers
-Rings chin-ups, weighted inverted rows, facepulls, KB bent over rows, ring curls
FYI-this is what I’m personally doing while I’m quarantined
I love kettlebells and personally prefer them over dumbbells in fact in minimalist situations
This is NOT what I’d recommend you do yourself
cortes.site/newsletter/
I love kettlebells and personally prefer them over dumbbells in fact in minimalist situations
This is NOT what I’d recommend you do yourself
cortes.site/newsletter/
Ive been in Bangkok a week, this city is impressive
Infrastructure is rapidly being built and is far ahead of any US City, excellent roads, neighborhoods are largely walkable and each district has its own culture and place
There is nothing "3rd world" about this place
Infrastructure is rapidly being built and is far ahead of any US City, excellent roads, neighborhoods are largely walkable and each district has its own culture and place
There is nothing "3rd world" about this place
USA is a "rich but poor" country, you dont realize it till you travel abroad and live in different places
Don't start with the "but MUH Constitution, huzzah AMERICA!" bullshit
