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Godlike Legs

The power is in your legs?

So there is this philosophy and story about Milo of Croton, who is this semi mythical character who essentially was the strongest man of all time, \ufffcand there is this anecdote that every single day he cared this calf on his shoulders, every single day, until it became a full-size bull, which could weigh anywhere between 1000 pounds and 3000 pounds.

For the most part it seems like a high tale, but, it might be more realistic than we think it is. \ufffc

First,\xa0I have successfully lifted 1000 pounds, which means that physically and physiologically, certainly this is possible. And I am not a 7 foot tall freak of nature.

So if I think about it\u2026 And certainly obviously this was far before steroids were invented\u2026 In theory, I think this might be somewhat true.

As a very very simple thought experiment, let us assume that you could conservatively add 5 pounds, week over week, which is roughly 250 pounds a year. That means within four years, you should be able to successfully lift 1000 pounds. And then the next year, 1250 pounds, 1500 pounds, and then two years after that, 2000 pounds.

Once again, difficult to lift 1000 pounds overnight but, even if you\u2019re conservative\u2026 Let us say that you start training at the age of 21, for 10 years straight, until the age of 31, or until the age of 36\u2026 Lifting 1000 pounds is actually pretty easy.

The technique is my infamous\xa0Atlas lift; in which you just load up the barbell, with maximum weight, on the squat rack, and your goal isn\u2019t too walk it out and squat it, rather to simply lift it off the rack for even half a second.\ufffc

Even now, if you look at the strong men, obviously they\u2019re all on steroids, \ufffcbut still\u2026 When they do the loaded yoke walk, it is on average around 1500 pounds. And only that but I think they reset for about 100m or so?

It is my personal thought that if you have insanely strong legs, nothing will falter in your life.

In fact, ultimately when it comes down to it\u2026 What is the most critical part of your body? Not your shoulders, not your back, not your biceps, not your chest, not your abdominal muscles\u2026 Your legs!

Let us consider the fact\u2026 I have never done to sit up in my life, yet I have a six pack. How?\u2026 If you\u2019re strong enough to have to lift an insanely high and heavy weight, your body must naturally adapt, naturally strengthening all the random muscles in your body, your neck your shoulders your back, your upper back your lower back, your abs, your hips your knees etc.

In fact, something that nobody ever talks about is a strength of your ligaments, your tendons, etc. Having met real UFC MMA fighters in the flesh, \ufffcthe thing they actually taught me was surprisingly the most important thing to train for is to strengthen the ligaments in the wrist, the knees, ankles, etc.\u2026 Because that is where injury typically happens. And there\u2019s also this notion of \u201cpre-hab\u201d\u2013 the idea that a true elite fighter would train in such a way that he is doing all the exercises in which individuals typically do when they are injured, but they train before they actually get injured, a wise idea. \ufffc

Do rehab styled exercises\xa0BEFORE\xa0you treat injured.

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