Black Knight
11-07-2009, 11:14 AM
So i just recieved G.U.T.S. yesterday and was hyped up to start immediately,however ive been feeling a slight sickness coming on so decided to hold off till the morning to see how i feel.Also i wanted to turn G.U.T.S. into my morning foundational routine so i didnt want to start it off with an evening workout.So i woke up this morning still feeling a little sick (runny nose and flem)but i was to hyped up to start the program so i said what the hell im doing it.First i garggled some Braggs Apple Cider Vineagar and tons of flem came out and i felt alot better already.Next i did the barrel squeeze from M7 to warm up,then i jumped right into the workout.
I didnt push myself to the limmits with this first one (ive learned from other forum members Greg,Big Bear etc,)but did come close getting 40 reps on my A3 PU, situps were about 45.One thing i did wich i highly recomend to people starting off on the program is to split up squats with the stepups to avoid to much lactic acid build up.Once you can do the squats for the whole time you will have some very fit/durable legs but as of right now i could do it but i already know for a fact i would be sore for days and it would effect my MMA training so i didnt.So what i did was do sets of 50 or so then switch to stepups and alternate legs at different times to to keep my legs fresh.I still got about 200 reps on the squats.One thing i need to mention is that due to a knee surgery from last year i dont do Tiger Squats on toes because it tends to flare up my knee(i did use to love them and used them quite often years ago)so i do mine flat footed and go down a little past 90 degrees,so i can move at a pretty quick pace with these.
I do want to talk about the Milo.WOW!Now ive done the Milo for Isos and even have used a couple reps to warmup prior to my iso set,but never have i done it for reps as suggested in the GUTS program.My arms were pumped to the max.Due to training for MMA ive avoided doing curls (big bis arent neccesary)for years and instead have relied mainly on pullups for my arm training,but these felt perfect.Right afterwards they felt almost overly pumped but now a couple hours later they feel fine and i dont see them making me so sore that it would effect my sparring for days to come.So im glad that ive found away to feed my ego/arms LOL without having to go the body builder route by performing muscle bounding curls with a barbell.
Overall i give this program 2 thumbs up.I like how it covers so many bases in a condensed amount of time.John made sure to make it clear to me that this is just a foundational program and that it does not replace my standard MMA training(sparring,mit work,bag work etc).But with this as my base i already know that i will be built on a SOLID foundation.Now that its getting colder in Salt Lake its nice having this to do in the morning because im not Rocky enough to go run through the freezing weather.I could go on and on about this program but bottom line is that the book looks amazing and the routine is incredible and as John has stated anyone that can CONSISTENTLY perform this on the Elite level WILL BE IN SUPERIOR SHAPE!
Thanks John
I didnt push myself to the limmits with this first one (ive learned from other forum members Greg,Big Bear etc,)but did come close getting 40 reps on my A3 PU, situps were about 45.One thing i did wich i highly recomend to people starting off on the program is to split up squats with the stepups to avoid to much lactic acid build up.Once you can do the squats for the whole time you will have some very fit/durable legs but as of right now i could do it but i already know for a fact i would be sore for days and it would effect my MMA training so i didnt.So what i did was do sets of 50 or so then switch to stepups and alternate legs at different times to to keep my legs fresh.I still got about 200 reps on the squats.One thing i need to mention is that due to a knee surgery from last year i dont do Tiger Squats on toes because it tends to flare up my knee(i did use to love them and used them quite often years ago)so i do mine flat footed and go down a little past 90 degrees,so i can move at a pretty quick pace with these.
I do want to talk about the Milo.WOW!Now ive done the Milo for Isos and even have used a couple reps to warmup prior to my iso set,but never have i done it for reps as suggested in the GUTS program.My arms were pumped to the max.Due to training for MMA ive avoided doing curls (big bis arent neccesary)for years and instead have relied mainly on pullups for my arm training,but these felt perfect.Right afterwards they felt almost overly pumped but now a couple hours later they feel fine and i dont see them making me so sore that it would effect my sparring for days to come.So im glad that ive found away to feed my ego/arms LOL without having to go the body builder route by performing muscle bounding curls with a barbell.
Overall i give this program 2 thumbs up.I like how it covers so many bases in a condensed amount of time.John made sure to make it clear to me that this is just a foundational program and that it does not replace my standard MMA training(sparring,mit work,bag work etc).But with this as my base i already know that i will be built on a SOLID foundation.Now that its getting colder in Salt Lake its nice having this to do in the morning because im not Rocky enough to go run through the freezing weather.I could go on and on about this program but bottom line is that the book looks amazing and the routine is incredible and as John has stated anyone that can CONSISTENTLY perform this on the Elite level WILL BE IN SUPERIOR SHAPE!
Thanks John