For Clean + Press use either ‘THE GIANT’ or ‘THE GIANT X’.
https://salutis.kartra.com/page/oWP219
https://salutis.kartra.com/page/giant-x
For Snatches, use The King-Sized Killer.
https://cart.chasingstrength.com/ksk2
For Swings, use ‘SWING HARD!’.
https://salutis.kartra.com/page/SWING-HARD-2
And if underachieving isn’t a challenge enough?
Use this minimalist, yet mentally-engaging program.
https://go.chasingstrength.com/kettlebell-rmf-2022/
You know what the “Annual Reboot” is, right?
It’s where you start the year in the same place (or worse) than you did last year.
No measurable results - no stronger… No leaner…
Still look exactly the same (maybe puffier and a little grayer and/or wrinklier).
Tired and frustrated from spinning your wheels…
Why does this perennially happen to many folks?
Here’s what I’ve noticed over the last 30 years:
They bite off more than they can chew.
They think about things like “the Perfect Programs”...
You know the ones - the kind that have all the Primal Movement Patterns in every workout… Perfectly “periodized”... Beautifully “balanced”...
They eventually overextend themselves physically and emotionally…
And the craziness of life swallows them up like the Lightning Sand did to Wesley and Buttercup in the Fire Swamp.
So, my friend, if you find yourself in this situation (again), how do you avoid it in 2025?
Simple.
UNDERACHIEVE.
Pick the simplest program that you KNOW 100% you can do - and do it.
(This is why I’m such a Big Advocate of Minimalist programs… Not a lot of moving parts… Easy to start and maintain…)
Who cares how “boring” it is?
It’s certainly not more boring than being on the Merry-Go-Round of Shame every year.
“This year is going to be the year I [FILL IN BLANK WITH SAME OL’ RESOLUTION]...”
Pick your Minimalist / Underachiever program of choice.
Set aside 3x 20 minute sessions a week on your calendar.
And get to work.
But not too hard - you’re an “Underachiever” this year, remember?!
And then, 365 days from now, bask in your glory as you look upon -
Your training log that’s filled with incrementally larger numbers…
Your lighter KBs that are now collecting dust and your heavier bells are finally crusted in chalk…
And maybe most importantly - you’re finally seeing changes in your body…
Muscle definition…
Tighter t-shirt sleeves…
Looser pants and belts that are finally on that elusive last hole…
Remember - say “NO” to the Annual Reboot.
Stay Strong,
Geoff