The 1-10-25 Workout

Here also is one of the workouts from the book just to let you know what’s coming and to give you some meaty food for thought on your training.


The 1-10-25 Workout

This workout is part of our compound conditioning series which is one of the styles of training from the book.

Here are a couple of important points. First this workout follows the formula of Super Strength. It just condenses it down into a very fast version and allows you to work on not only every level of strength, but takes you endurance to a new level because of the strength work mixed into high level endurance training and once you’ve adapted will take your strength higher because you’re able to actually lift heavy while you’re breathing hard and fatigued.

By building the ability to do that you build the ability to sustain your strength in a fight, not just have enduring strength, but high level strength that endures. This is the missing factor for most martial arts conditioning and really even for most athletic and pure power training. Everyone who trains endurance, trains so to maintain a moderate pace for a long period of time, mostly even those who are smart enough to use alternative type conditioning STILL miss out on this, but it opens up a whole new world when you are able to display extreme power even when you’re fatigued. Not just before fatigue or not just having endurance but lacking that basic brutal strength to begin with.

So here it is:

Pick one exercise that allows you to train each level of strength. That is one max exercise, one rep exercise and one endurance exercise. For the purpose of this exercise, try to pick something that does not overlap too closely with each exercise. For instance you might pick max barbell or dumbbell presses, 10 to 20 rep barbell squats and 25 or more rep sledgehammer swings.

Each of these exercises is whole body and effects the other, but not in a way that you cannot perform them in a fast sequence. Also remember that we pick the numbers for example, not to be written in stone. 1-5 heavy reps, 10-20 moderate reps and 20 to 50 conditioning reps. I like to perform 4 to 5 circuits of the workout. Moving through the whole thing as fast as possible. This takes a while to get used to, but it’s worth it. I like to keep an eye on the total time for the workout and try to decrease that, but you could set a specific rest interval between the rounds and progress that way. You can work with the same weight through out or add for the heavy sets or decrease as necessary for the rep sets, but the endurance set should stay the same as much as possible. You can also change the exercises, we just listed one as an example.

The book has more than 10. I wouldn’t do less than 10 minutes or four rounds, but you can do as many as 10 or however many you wanted. You’re a big boy… you can decide.


A couple of other facets from the book that you can workout and we’ll cover more in depth is Qi Gong breathing and maximum in-art training, but those are a story for another time. Have fun with this workout.


“Gentlemen, I believe in pursuing excellence. Because of this I will lead the way into the future.” - from the movie, “Chariots of Fire”

Let this be the guide in your training and in your life. Find your own excellence.

Until tomorrow…