How the God Of War trains (probably)
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- Опубліковано 2 лис 2022
- I love God Of War, and I love working out. Put them together and you've got...the way I work out basically all of the time, using 2-3 workouts each week to stay functionally jacked in less than 45 minutes per training session.
If you'd like more detail on any aspect of the workout plan outlined here, hit me up in the comments and I'll do my best to answer. If you'd like a short read that'll get you up to speed on (almost!) everything you need to know about sets, reps, training techniques and little-known movements, please consider grabbing The Dictionary Of Muscle (by me): www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B074VC6VF...
Timestamps:
1:23 - The Five Basic Human Movements
3:52 - Putting It All Together
4:12 - Upper Body Day
5:33 - Lower Body Day
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UPDATE: someone asked me to write down some example workouts, so here you go:
WORKOUT 1: UPPER BODY
1A Overhead press 3 x 5
1B Weighted pullup 3 x 3
2A Incline DB press 3 x 10 each arm
2B One-armed DB row 3 x 10 each arm
3A Triceps pushdown 3 x 15
3B Cable bar curl 3 x 15
FINISHER: 20 secs battle ropes / 10 secs rest x 8
WORKOUT 2: LOWER BODY
1A Front squat 4 x 6
1B Pressup 4 x 15
2A Walking lunges 3 x 12
2B Inverted row 3 x 12
FINISHER: 500m ski erg for time
WORKOUT 2B: STRONGMAN VARIATION
1A Sled push 6 x 15m
1B Pressup 6 x 10 reps
2A Farmer's walk 6 x 15m
2B Band pullapart 6 x 10 reps
FINISHER: 500m row for time
Alternate 1 and 2, and throw in 2B whenever you've got access to some strongman kit.
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Mimir: It means you got the strength of a god, no matter what lad. But if you want the physique of one, you have to start picking things up and putting them back down.
Wait is this a line from the new game? I haven't actually finished it yet 😅
@@JoelSnape1 Yeah. Atreus, Kratos' son, asked him when he will get big muscles. Kratos replies "When you work for them". And then Atreus replies "But Baldur didn't have any muscles. And he was really strong." Baldur was a boss you had to fight at the start of the game. Very skinny fella. But he was able to match Kratos one on one. But I'm getting of topic here. Kratos then tells Atreus "My strength does not come from my body. But both are honed by disciplin." Atreus then asks what that means, and then Mimir says what I wrote above.
3 years ago i got so demotivated because of daily 8-hour work and im not as young and motivated for the gym like i used to. So i read up on alternatives i could do to make training fun again. It was things like this. How our anchestors trained. It's alot more fun than your normal workout routine.
At the moment I look like GoW's Thor(without the muscles lmao).
Haha, are you tempted to give this a go?
I say it’s W
Recently found your channel (via bjj) and as a pianist, fitness enthusiast and bjj white-belt enjoying it. Cheers.
YES Barney, it's a great combo of interests. Glad you found the channel!
My favourite Dad of War related fitness tip - do press ups every time you die in the game.
Get that volume lads
I've started playing GoW 2018 on max difficulty for my first playthrough. I have now become Kratos. =P
Excellent video mate, I'll do what you advise. Keep strong
Thanks Luis!
Name drop of Dan John and my ears perked up.
What an awesome video. Subscribed!
Haha glad you enjoyed it! I've actually had the pleasure of talking to Dan a couple of times and attending one of his seminars. Never Let Go is on my top books list: ua-cam.com/video/UHic9nm5_b4/v-deo.html
@@JoelSnape1 I absolutely love that book. It's what got me into carries and sled drags. His 'one lift a day' strongman edition in the book also got me on my strongman journey! Absolutely amazing video again, mate. I plan to surf your channel ASAP !
Cool video with some really complete information - the only minor nitpick for me is as a thai boxing coach, pushing exercises won't build punching power, because the force of your punch actually comes from the opposite side shoulder and hip PULLING backwards. So if you also want to have a solid punch along with your strength movements you can:
Set up a band that will give you medium resistance, stand in your fighting stance, take the band in your rear hand, and then pull it, while turning your upperbody and hip into a left hook. Then when you're done with what ever set you choose, swap into the opposite stance, and do it all again. This way you're training your hip, obliques and lats to physically PULL you into the punch!
As a side note, don't try to pivot on the hook (with the band or in general) as you want to create the amount of torque that the foot pivots by virtue OF you generating so much power
Hey hey! Thanks for this extremely well thought out comment, I'll give this movement a shot. I think I explained myself badly in the video: I agree that a two-handed push will do very little for punching power, but I think the benefit of a *unilateral* push like a one-armed bench press is that it absolutely lights up your core, getting you used to generating the tension inside it that you need for powerful strikes. Definitely interesting to hear it talked about as a pulling movement though, not something I've come across before. Where do you stand on stuff like the landmine press/row?
@@JoelSnape1 so from my perspective, and I'm not as well versed on s&c as you - I think landmine press/row are good purely because they are getting you to train your body as a whole. So say when you do a landmine press, it's not enough to move your arm, your core, your legs all have to be engaged an active and you need to be rooted in order to do it properly, and that understanding of being grounded should translate into boxing!
Commando pull ups are THE perfect exercise for developing practical clinch strength if you do muay thai, judo, mma etc. too as they train your body to pull down in the same motion you'd use in a double collar tie, which is outstanding.
I should say though I didn't mean to swoop in and go 'this is WRONG' - because I do think you should be doing bench press because overall muscle strength will still improve your power. It's a great video, it's just a little mistake that I notice a lot of people making - which is reasonable given that a punch usually LOOKS as though its pushing out
First viewing no nonsense and great information looking forward for more
Awesome. I'd like to do more fitness, but possibly that's one for another channel.
Nice gym 👏👏👊
It is! Super cheap but surprisingly good - a lot of gyms have sleds now
Great video, very inspired. Just two quick questions I have that I wouldn’t mind getting your perspective on
1.) On your lower body squat day you say you do some kind of heavy squat followed by something lighter like walking lunges. What about on your deadlift day? Do you follow it up with something like a glute bridge or Kb swing or some other kind of hip hinge/hamstring focused exercise?
2.) A sixth movement that I think is crucial for Kratos would be some sort of rotational movement, to help him out during combat when swinging his axe. You do mention sledgehammer swings in the beginning and I DEFINITELY think that is something Kratos would do. But unless someone has access to a sledgehammer and a tire at home, I don’t think many gyms would have this kind of advance equipment. So in your personal opinion, what kind of rotational exercises would you include if you wanted to? And if so, where would you put them? Maybe as some kind of finisher maybe?
I do apologise if I’ve rambled on quite a bit but I was just really curious and was interested in what you would say.
Many thanks
Thanks James! To answer these:
1. Yeah I'll typically do romanian deadlifts or hamstring ball curls for this - I don't really do glute bridges as I think they're pretty tough to set up effectively and they do a number on my CNS. Weirdly, they're also much less useful for Brazilian jiu-jitsu than you'd think. If I do KB swings it's usually as part of a finisher - maybe a tabata style set or just a set of 50.
2. Yes, good point on the hammer stuff. So for rotational work I do a lot of stuff with the landmine - landmine twist and press, for instance. I also really rate the Pallof press with a band or a cable - I'll usually superset that with some hanging toes to bar as an abs finisher.
Hope that helps!
@@JoelSnape1 this actually is very helpful thank you so much
Loved the vod. Lots of good advice and example workouts; however, with the explained or layout comment.
Do you normally have a strongman day? Or do you insert 1A+B or 2A+B into Upper/Lower Day?
Glad you liked it. Sorry if I've confused matters, I usually alternate between upper body and lower, so a good week might go:
Monday: Upper body vertical push (etc)
Wednesday: Lower body (squats)
Friday: Upper body horizontal push (etc)
Saturday: Strongman
If I only get time to train three times a week I'll just keep alternating the workouts as above, so some weeks I do upper body twice, some weeks legs twice - but I might throw a bit more upper body into strongman day so I'm still hitting it.
(the only other thing I'd say is, if I've only got access to strongman kit 1 day a week, I'll just prioritise that and make it more of an all-round workout)
I think an important question would be what do you eat?
That IS a good question. Short version:
Breakfast and dinner is almost always protein and veggies, lunch usually something less healthy like a sandwich. Protein shake on the days I train, quite often protein oats or bar on the days I don't. I try to get two litres of water in every day, don't drink calories (lattes, juice, whatever) and have about two beers a week. I do eat a LOT of biscuits (UK version) though. At some point, I might do a video on this stuff.
@@JoelSnape1 Do you do intermittent fasting? What are considered biscuits in the UK? I'm American. A video would be great
Godly video, how tall are you
Thanks man! 5'7, not exactly Kratos height :(
You got yujiro right there, do video on him for fighting
What kind of fighting? I think his secret is "be the strongest creature on earth" 😅
@@JoelSnape1 lol well I don't remember all his fighting style other then the style where he uses his reflexes to counter his opponents attacks and his kill move but it would be interesting if you named some of his styles and talked about his attacks, his history and what workouts he would need to do to be the strongest creature on earth, he's one of my favorite characters to
SQUATS SQUATS SQUATS SQUATS
See, I get a lot of clean and jerk vibes which is an actual Olympic lift. So include that too.
That's fair! Although I'd argue that most of the times Kratos (and normal people) put things ahead they use more of a push press motion than a jerk, as it's slightly less technical.
@@JoelSnape1 well, I think it depends from what position exactly he starts lifting. Some lifts are definitely shoulder presses like you said, but others he's clearly picking the weight off the ground, lifting it up to shoulder position, then jerking into an overhead press. So both are valid, I guess it's just a matter of perspective😁
U wanna train like kratos easy just fight trolls all day you'll get strong i promise
Not that many trolls on the channel!
Hi first viewer
Hope you enjoy it 😃