VRT and Transformetrics

[JoeJustice]

Greg,

I have yet to purchase your VRT system but I've thought about it several time. One thing that is holding me back is I'm not sure how I would integrate it into the rest of my Transformetrics workouts. I really like pull-ups, push-ups and isos and don't really want to give those up to do a VRT only workout.

As I understand it, your system is a full body workout. So I'm curious if your VRT system can be integrated easily into the kind of stuff John teaches? I know it's similar in that DVR and VRT are the same concept, but what about the rest like DSR, ISOs and CALs?

Virtually yours,
-Joe

[VRT Man]

Joe, I kind of leave that up to the practicioner. It can be done as a stand-alone system, but it can easily be incorporated into the other elements of Transformetrics. You can pick and choose: focus on one or two extremely beneficial VRT exercises, and go to town on that bodypart with heavy duty VRT. Or do a mix-mox. Since discovering John's Transformetrics, and reading PYTP and IPR and the M7, I now can pick and choose.

A year ago I was doing Hindu push-ups, and Hindu squats along with many elements of VRT. Now I do some Atlas push-ups and some chin-ups now, plus Iso's on off days, full body VRT on others, portions of VRT and added Iso's and body calesthenics on still others. I've added bridging and handstands. Tough ones, as you can see I'm kind of big. (The handstands, I mean). But one thing I always encourage students to do is to be creative. I'm pretty sure you are too, Joe, as you have a background as an artist, as I do too. Not that one has to be an artist to be creative, of course. But anyone can be creative in their exercise, kind of like changing the way you drive home from work....every once in a while. It refreshes the mind and opens up new horizons. The way I teach it, VRT can be fun---and that's something that keeps people coming back to it, not getting bored with it. Nothing like variation and creativity to keep one going.

Greg Mangan
"VRT Man"

[bennyb]

I do VRT/DVRs in Supersets which not only brings out the best in both worlds but also gives you a pump I feel cannot be done any other way. After those feeling like Arnold wouldn't be that big of a twist.

[A1C Evans]

Joe, I kind of leave that up to the practicioner. It can be done as a stand-alone system, but it can easily be incorporated into the other elements of Transformetrics. You can pick and choose: focus on one or two extremely beneficial VRT exercises, and go to town on that bodypart with heavy duty VRT. Or do a mix-mox. Since discovering John's Transformetrics, and reading PYTP and IPR and the M7, I now can pick and choose.

A year ago I was doing Hindu push-ups, and Hindu squats along with many elements of VRT. Now I do some Atlas push-ups and some chin-ups now, plus Iso's on off days, full body VRT on others, portions of VRT and added Iso's and body calesthenics on still others. I've added bridging and handstands. Tough ones, as you can see I'm kind of big. (The handstands, I mean). But one thing I always encourage students to do is to be creative. I'm pretty sure you are too, Joe, as you have a background as an artist, as I do too. Not that one has to be an artist to be creative, of course. But anyone can be creative in their exercise, kind of like changing the way you drive home from work....every once in a while. It refreshes the mind and opens up new horizons. The way I teach it, VRT can be fun---and that's something that keeps people coming back to it, not getting bored with it. Nothing like variation and creativity to keep one going.

Greg Mangan
"VRT Man"


Do you think you can do a pretty much random workout for everyday and still make strength gains? I mean, if I work my whole body every day, or every other, whatever my recovery can handle, but always change the exercises I do for each body part, can you still gain strength? or no?

Respectfully,
Jared

[Bruno]

crossfit seems to do a different workout daily, I'm not certain how random it is. Seems to me that to make progress you need to write down your workout and consistently try to improve by adding volume, doing additional exercises, or add greater tension or reduce time between rest or some other method of progressive resistence.

If a person only performs random exercises without a framework, I think that hey wil not be pleased with the results.

[JoeJustice]

Thanks for the info! I've been known to be creative from time to time :soldier: I think I'm gonna have to give 'ol VRT a try...

Personally I keep workout logs of everything I do. But I'm very meticulous and analytical about my training. I like to know where I was and where I am going!

-Joe

[Royce]

Thanks for the info! I've been known to be creative from time to time :soldier: I think I'm gonna have to give 'ol VRT a try...

Personally I keep workout logs of everything I do. But I'm very meticulous and analytical about my training. I like to know where I was and where I am going!

-Joe


Joe,

My original HIT program blends DVRs/VRTs with power cals—pullups and pushups included. Lots of people here have used the system with great success.

I suggest that you give it a try. Yes, it is in a HIT—high intensity training—format. But that might be right as a change of pace.