INterview with Jesse on ruggedmag.com

[David Whitley]

an interview I did w/ JM is finally up at rugged. :marv:

check it out.

http://www.ruggedmag.com/index.php?type=Article&i=18&a=2

[Chris Lee]

thats a really good interview, i've known and trained with jesse for about 2 years, and there was stuff in there that i didnt know. like i've said before, i love all these interviews coming out, they give some good insight into the lives of a lot of people i look up to.

[Garrick Daft]

"Most of all, I want to improve my squat and deadlift. " - Marunde

You know exactly what you have to do! That's awesome!

Great interview :D

[Christian Dorr]

Great interview!

Perhaps someone can direct me to this, or Jesse can answer. But I've been reading about the volume that you guys do and I'm quite impressed and wouldn't mind going in that direction. How do you guys work up to that volume? I'd love to spend more time in the gym (who doesn't), but I also know that my body will quickly tell me when I've hit the limit and it's time to take a break.

I'll go and read the interview with Marshall and others, but was curious if someone could answer or kind of give me a layout. Obviously it's something that happens over a long time (years?)

Thanks,
CD

[Joshua Davis]

Super-secret-sequim training aside Christian, the key to training every day is knowing what you can do every day. When I first attempted training every day, I ended up hurting my biceps, feeling poor, getting sick, etc... I was trying to train every day, like I did when I was training 3 times a week, which was completely ballsout, hard as I could training, without regard for recovery.

Now, I group events that tax similar muscle groups together, and give them time to heal. I rarely work over 80% of my personal bests in most lifts, with the exceptions being stones, deadlifts, and behind the neck jerks (where the idea is to overload your shoulders and work your overhead stability). I don't squat over a certian weight now, because I already know I can... instead I change reps for my intensity... if I am hurting I'll work triples and singles with 80%... if I want to kill myself I'll drop the weight a bit (65% or so) and rep. I also spend alot of time with warmups, and repetitive power variants of olympic lifts to keep myself flexible, usually up to 3-4 times a week as warmups to my normal workouts. I will work at heavy weight occasionally, but as a consequence I'll have to work lighter the next day... which is why I am constantly moderate in the amount of weight I am moving, and instead focus on doing it right. For example, after I got my olympic shoes I started squatting narrow stance, ass to ankles, but even after having a power squat in the mid 5's, could only manage 100lbs less in the skinny-squat style. I had to swallow my pride and realize that I would be stronger if I could manage that 100lbs less olympic squat for reps instead of being able to squat 600 in a reduced ROM power-squat.

Before a competition, I'll back down to 2-3 sessions of relatively light work. If it's a highland games comp, I may do some throwing drills in my backyard during the week...

[Patrick McGuffin]

I started off knowing that I would notbe able to go balls to the walls all the time and that I only had limited access to impliments, I also knew that my oly lifts sucked so I just followed a murunde/oly lifter mentality and added in light technique and prehab/rehab type workin the morning to help aid in recovery, it is usualy the same thing with some oly lifts and squats but if I feel that something needs work on or is particularily sore I will work on getting it better. Since I started doing this my oly lifts have both gone up around 30-40lbs and I dont feel quite as worn out after workouts and I havent burned out as much as I used too.

If you are worried about killing yourself the first week of adding in extra workouts just add them in on a deloding week so you can get used to it before going heavy again.

[Corey DuCharme]

That was a great interview. Don't sweat it Jesse, when I was a teen I punched a knotty pine wall and broke my hand. :BB:

[Jesse Marunde]

That was a great interview. Don't sweat it Jesse, when I was a teen I punched a knotty pine wall and broke my hand. :BB:

oh thanks, I feel so much better knowing there are other morons out there to comfort me and my idiotic behavior... hahahahaha

Jesse

[Brett Hagmann]

i punched a concrete wall and broke my left hand...i win!

[christopher smith]

Christian,
The best thing to start out with is every time you go back and work the same muscle group you did the week before, be sure to increase the weight.
Here are two great magical lifts that will help you get stronger. 1 Deadlifts..... 2. Squats
Front and back squats.
Just know you don't have to go heavy all the time. In fact thats a big mistake alot of people make (thinking they have to lift heavy all the time). Get some 20 rep sets in your work outs.

[Jamie McEwan]

Good stuff, Jesse. Really looking forward to seeing you tear it up this year.

[Christian Dorr]

Josh,

Thanks for the info. Lots to digest so pardon any "stupid" questions.

Despite not lifting a lot over 80%, are you still increasing your strength? I would assume so. Could you give me an example of what your week would look like doing the method that you explain here?

Part of my issue, I think, is that I've been following more of a powerlifter routine. Currently doing 5x5 3 times a week which feels great and I've increased strength, but would like to hit the gym more and see more increases in strength.

Like I've heard other say it's a marathon and not a sprint when it comes to strength. So lots of time under the iron and playing around with variables.

Thanks for the time explaining.
Christian

Super-secret-sequim training aside Christian, the key to training every day is knowing what you can do every day. When I first attempted training every day, I ended up hurting my biceps, feeling poor, getting sick, etc... I was trying to train every day, like I did when I was training 3 times a week, which was completely ballsout, hard as I could training, without regard for recovery.

Now, I group events that tax similar muscle groups together, and give them time to heal. I rarely work over 80% of my personal bests in most lifts, with the exceptions being stones, deadlifts, and behind the neck jerks (where the idea is to overload your shoulders and work your overhead stability). I don't squat over a certian weight now, because I already know I can... instead I change reps for my intensity... if I am hurting I'll work triples and singles with 80%... if I want to kill myself I'll drop the weight a bit (65% or so) and rep. I also spend alot of time with warmups, and repetitive power variants of olympic lifts to keep myself flexible, usually up to 3-4 times a week as warmups to my normal workouts. I will work at heavy weight occasionally, but as a consequence I'll have to work lighter the next day... which is why I am constantly moderate in the amount of weight I am moving, and instead focus on doing it right. For example, after I got my olympic shoes I started squatting narrow stance, ass to ankles, but even after having a power squat in the mid 5's, could only manage 100lbs less in the skinny-squat style. I had to swallow my pride and realize that I would be stronger if I could manage that 100lbs less olympic squat for reps instead of being able to squat 600 in a reduced ROM power-squat.

Before a competition, I'll back down to 2-3 sessions of relatively light work. If it's a highland games comp, I may do some throwing drills in my backyard during the week...

[Corey DuCharme]

Josh, how about writing one of your sweet "How To" articles on this training method.

Thanks,

Corey

[Joshua Davis]

Christian, for specifics about my training you can always look at my training log. I have been training this way for about a month, and I have done it before as well. This week I am backing off training down to 3 sessions because I compete tomorrow. (I'll work a kettlebell session tonight).

I think Jesse told me the real secret to daily training... Callie's cooking. Oh wait... that's just his secret... he mentioned it isn't really a goal to train heavier, just to train MORE.

Here is the point in my log where I started pushing to start daily training again:
March 9th Session (http://www.brutestrength.com/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=21&view=findpost&p=2694)

[Christian Dorr]

Josh,

I'll check out the log and get some ideas. One of these days I want to get out to Sequim to train with those guys for a day...although I'm sure I'd be a whimpering mess by the end of the day. :)

Thanks,
CD

Christian, for specifics about my training you can always look at my training log. I have been training this way for about a month, and I have done it before as well. This week I am backing off training down to 3 sessions because I compete tomorrow. (I'll work a kettlebell session tonight).

I think Jesse told me the real secret to daily training... Callie's cooking. Oh wait... that's just his secret... he mentioned it isn't really a goal to train heavier, just to train MORE.

Here is the point in my log where I started pushing to start daily training again:
March 9th Session (http://www.brutestrength.com/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=21&view=findpost&p=2694)

[Paul Savage]

oh thanks, I feel so much better knowing there are other morons out there to comfort me and my idiotic behavior... hahahahaha

Jesse
lol i think i can top that - i punched a wall once, breaking my hand in two places (were all just full of smart ideas) - then since christmas was coming up i had to work to get money, so i was the big guy that carries all the heavy stuff, with a broken hand, for the next 2 months - so much fun! :rolleyes: