Be More Useful

Program Description

Don’t wait until an emergency to realize how out of shape you are. If you only ever lift, you will not keep up in a tough situation when people are depending on you. Don’t be a liability. If you have functional body parts but can’t run three miles in reasonable time (or any endurance/speed equivalent), I’m sorry, but you will one day be dependent on people who can, either in a future emergency or when your health inevitably fails you because you failed it for too long. This program balances *useful* strength - being lower body work capacity under weight and upper body bodyweight strength - with a lot of cardio. Multiple types of cardio. The peaks are softer but the mountain is higher - and that is what is most important for overall resilience. If you can do this program every week, until you can do everything in top time and all the strength work at high weights, you will survive sicknesses easier, endure stress better, sleep easier, think clearer, and overall be more useful to yourself and everyone around you. You may also be more able to pass certain fitness tests.

Program Overview