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n.mitch
12-28-2005, 07:01 PM
Has anyone here tried either the combat conditioning program by matt furey, or the spartan health program?
if so how did you find them in regards to fitness? did you gain or lose muscle size and strenght compared to weight training?
and where they easy to follow
FooFighter
12-28-2005, 08:55 PM
Matt Furey is a really a business man who loves to make money with orientalism gimicks in my opinion. As a past unhappy consumer, I will not never purchase anything from him again. I have read, own, and sold his Comabt Fitness book. I sold it because of its low quality production value and the information was not worth the cost. You can basically get the same information for free on the net. His rep isn't as solid if you do the research. If you are interested in body weight conditioning, then check out www.trainforstrength.com . I highly recommend Coach Fisher's body weight routine. I wish you the best in your training.
Ford Prefect
12-29-2005, 06:56 AM
I second a nomination for www.trainforstrength.com and denounce Furey as the scam-artist he is.

Another great program is either the 12-week Navy SEAL Workout or Maximum Fitness. Both are written by Stew Smith is obviously a former a SEAL and even wrote their indoc course to prep new recruits for BUD/S. His stuff is available at Amazon, but you can get it directly and participate in his forum at www.getfitnow.com.

If you want BWE (body weight exercise) only, then you will gain little muscle and little maximal strength in comparison to weight lifting. Depending on your goals, this can be unimportant and BWE is a great way to develop a well-rounded fitness base that can then be supplemented with weight lifting.

BTW, Stew Smith's Maximum Fitness is a book that has a full year's worth of programs in it. He cycles from a prep phase, to heavy bwe/cardio phase, to a mixed bwe/weight phase, to a heavy weight lifting phase.
IronFist
12-29-2005, 12:22 PM
^ I agree with what Ford and Foo said.
Oso
12-29-2005, 03:57 PM
LOL

I wonder if Furey felt all those biotch slaps through the ether.



fwiw, another vote for Fish
n.mitch
12-29-2005, 04:52 PM
interesting thanks guys i will check that web site out for sure
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bawang
08-16-2015, 11:01 AM
anyone who pays money to learn BODYWEIGHT exercise is a moron

does anyone know if matt fureys stone lock and stone ball books were legit, i remember their internet ad from my teen days
Frost
08-17-2015, 04:52 AM
anyone who pays money to learn BODYWEIGHT exercise is a moron

does anyone know if matt fureys stone lock and stone ball books were legit, i remember their internet ad from my teen days

dont know about those, but he made a fortune from his bodyweight royal court books, which was basically something he stole from some catch wrestlers which were out there and free anyway!
sanjuro_ronin
08-17-2015, 07:14 AM
The reality is that most people do NOT know how to work out.
And that goes for professional trainers as well.

A good and balanced fitness program Must take into account WHAT and WHY.
Most people thing that what they are doing is right because the read some magazine or some internet article on some fitness site or because they learned it in some MA club.
The reality is that fitness has changed astronomically in the last 30 years.

Specificity rules.
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08-24-2015, 11:37 AM
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David Jamieson
08-25-2015, 08:15 AM
The reality is that most people do NOT know how to work out.
And that goes for professional trainers as well.

A good and balanced fitness program Must take into account WHAT and WHY.
Most people thing that what they are doing is right because the read some magazine or some internet article on some fitness site or because they learned it in some MA club.
The reality is that fitness has changed astronomically in the last 30 years.

Specificity rules.

Yeah, everyone has gone back to imitating farming and fishing so they can have the rock hard iron body skills of the ancients. lol

Seriously though, farming and fishing will make you strong!

Stronger than crossfit, which carries the risk of you growing moobs and speaking with a lisp! :D