Matrix B almost killed me!!!  Somehow I am excited to take on Matrix C, I feel some big numbers coming on….  Once I get through this week 3, Matrix C.  My body aches everyday yet I feel myself adapting to the overload!  I Snatched 130kg and Clean & Jerked 175kg after 7 sessions in 7 days.  Oh, I also rested 2 of those 7 days… So that was 7 sessions in 5 workout days.  This week we have 10 sessions in 7 days, with 1 rest day. OH BOY!!! It’s on!  So now the idea of  TUFF vs. Tough is that when things are tough it is hard.  However when things are TUFF it usually means you are fucked and are in for the fight of your life…  This program has my back against the wall and I am loving every minute of it!!!

Kids did great at the NLI!!! It’s funny to see those that need strength and those that need LSD.  Yet we stay away from what we do not like.  Luckily my sport only has 2 events and I like both of them.  If I was a Triathlon athlete and hated to swim and thought I did not need to work on it because it is short and I will make up time in the bike and run…. To what level could I get too?  Obviously not far!  I would need to work and be great at all 3 events to make it to a professional level and to win the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii.

RFH
Max

Maximum Training Resistance
The most important concept here is that of the “Maximum Training Resistance.”  This is what some refer to as a ‘daily max’.  The definition of the MTR is that “the maximum resistance that can be overcome one time without a strong effort of will or emotional stress.”  This idea is key in this program.  This program will crush you physically and emotionally if you do not follow this.  Or at least as I have it structured it, all programs crush people, it all comes down to how you can handle the load.  Use the MTR as a guide so as not to burn out your nervous system.  So, the singles in the classical and power lifts should NOT be all out, however I do want it RFH!!!  Figure that out… You also have to learn whether you are missing lifts because you are working above your MTR, being a pussy, or because your form just sucks. For me, it is an issue of leaving the snatch in front, the clean crashing on me, and driving the bar out in front of me in the jerk.  If the speed on the bar is good and I am pulling the bar high enough to snatch it or clean it, or I am driving it high enough to jerk it, I know that I have not exceeded my MTR, whether I make it or not.  If I am missing my snatches out front, it is likely just because of my crappy starting position, first pull, locking out early and lack of timing, and not because I am going too heavy. As a lifter progresses, he or she will learn exactly where that line is, if you do not learn that as an athlete it will be very hard to excel.  The ‘MTR Matrix’ is how most high level athletes train, not only in weightlifting, but in all sports.

I get beat by a 2nd grader in a spelling bee!
I am sorry that my spelling is so fucking shitty!!! I know that if I challenged a second grader to a spelling bee he or she would crush me…. However I will go toe to toe with anyone about lifting, conditioning, fitness, diet, programing and the meaning of life, hahaa, and I will crush you!!! So… you internet Trolls and Samurais be ready I am willing to start a fight!!! RFH Max

BULGARIAN MTR MATRIX
MTR- Maximum Training Resistance. This is the most weight that can be lifted for ONE rep
with GREAT form and not GREAT effort. One must work up to the MTR then use the specified
percentages from the MTR for the particular exercise.

It is great to hear the feed back from my online gamers.  I am glad that the MaxFit Model has worked so well! Thank you guys for sticking to it and working so hard.

Today was my fifth day of training and I have done seven sessions.  Monday and Wednesday were two-a-days….. That and we are going 6 days straight.  I actually feel really well, just ache a little!  Matrix “A” is done… Moving on to “B”!

RFH
Max

So I am going to try and write up some stuff once or twice a week.  I will try and talk about athletes, myself, and mostly anything else I can talk about.  Let me know what you think and would want me to talk about.

It’s Sunday and the weekly program is put up on WP and ready to go!  The Oly program is in there prep phase and it is week 1 of the MaxFit Hybrid program.  It is a 4 part Matrix “A, B, C, & D” and each are a week long.  C is the hardest week and D is the taper week.  The CrossFit Games program is in its 2nd of 3 weeks of phase 4.  Next week we tapper and start strength, then strength and power!!!  The powerlifters are in there 2nd week of there prep phase and are doing a Westside Conjugate Program.  This will be a 5week phase.  Black OPS is almost completed and ready to start doing specific mission prep training.

Well that’s the overview on the programs right know.  Hope that was helpful and interesting!

Remember RFH

Max