Paul wade spent 19 years in hell holes like san quentin, angola and marion. Hi everyone i was wondering if anyone has read paul wades convict conditioning and followed the programme outlined in the book. We got on the subject of working out while he was there and the stories he told me where ridiculous. Today we would like to get you familiar with an amazing book on bodyweight exercises called convict conditioning. Spend less than two hours a week in the gym to double your results in half the. Ive been lurking for awhile but this is my first post here. To ask other readers questions about convict conditioning, please sign up. The convict part is no joke, paul entered prison in 1979 and spent 23 years behind bars, during which time he dedicated himself to learning the art of building strength and size through bodyweight training. Today i want to talk about two different sorts of convict conditioning and which one you might want to try i know a guy who recently got out of prison after spending just a couple months inside. Convict conditioning is a simple, effective bodyweight workout regimen you can do from the comfort of your home to build muscle, get stronger, and lose fat with fast results.
Review of convict conditioning 3 the red delta project. How to bust free of all weaknessusing the lost secrets of supreme survival strength. It looks like whatsapp is not installed on your phone. Here are the big 6 moves that are the basis of the convict conditioning workout. The following in an excerpt from coach wades book convict conditioning. Convict conditioning day 1 pushups august 20, 2012. Convict conditioning is one of the most influential books i ever got my hands on. I read the book recently and whilst the way it was presented was a bit outlandish i thought there was some sensible advice and arguments presented on bodyweight training and the programme set out at the end of the book seems well though through.
A charles bronson is the most famous prisoner in the u. A couple of weeks before we launched this blog, fellow average norm editor andrei pointed a book out to me paul wades convict conditioning. To follow coach wades three weeks of workouts here on breaking muscle follow this link. How to bust free of all weakness using the lost secrets of supreme survival. Im doing convict conditioning, and am happy with it. Some people claim this is a myth just to hype up the book. Wade spent over twenty years in maximum security prisons, where he originally developed his acclaimed. Ten progressive steps guide you to inevitable mastery of this ultimate exercise for an unbreakable back. I feel convict conditioning provides the progression, precision and clarity that is necessary to combat our cultural decline in simple body knowledge. Convict conditioning is a workout program based around six very difficult body weight exercises. Im penning this answer because im researching convict conditioning as i write this. Interestingly, in convict conditoning and convict conditioning 2 he mentions many of the men i write about in my various books and courses.
If you are looking for real results, superhuman strength, and rockhard. And if thats all it takes to develop onehanded pushups. But wherever it came from, i quite liked a lot of what was in convict conditioning. If anything convict condition is a good reference book but it is definitely not written by any prisoner. Like the other convict conditioning manuals, the advice is practical and realistic for anyone in decent health to start using, yet you wont find yourself out growing it any time soon. He got a reputation for being incredibly strong, but also for being able to teach others to do the same, hencecoach wade. The tone the author takes at times is plain juvenile. Advanced prison training tactics for muscle gain, fat loss. Lets take a look at my results, my exercise, and progress after 6 months. It offers a clear and direct road map towards moves that have long seemed impossible or highly improbable for people for years. In doing this, i also want to introduce and outline some of the core concepts of convict conditioning, in particular the big six and the ten steps.
Forging an iron spine explodes out of the cellblock to teach you in absolute detail how to progress from the relative ease of a short bridgeto the stunning, 1in1,000 achievement of the standtostand bridge. Wade has authored four major titles on calistehnics and five videos shot originally on alcatraz. Paul wade went into the california prison system in 1979 to serve a long sentence among the nations most hardened criminals. You obviously have far more experience than me and i dont even compare to you in terms of strengthconditioning. As with a lot of fitness training books theres an all or nothing attitude that says that my method is the best. I do not mean following a program bending the rules of convict conditioning, i mean someone who has actually followed the system in the book and made meaningful progress in terms of strength gains by following the system that p. I would like to highlight that im not a proponent of this program. Full text of convict conditioning series by paul wade all 5 books see other formats. While incarcerated, he developed a strength and conditioning program that he states literally kept me alive. This book is an old step in a new direction and i welcome it. Convict conditioning is probably the slowest, most nonsensical way of achieving typical training goals.
It does a great job of teaching you the basics of how bodyweight fitness works and most of the progressions included are pretty good. Paul wade is the bestselling author of convict conditioning which has sold over 750,000 copies worldwide and is regarded as one of the premier experts in bodyweight exercise and calisthenics. Convict conditioning interview with coach paul wade zach. Convict conditioning squats cheat sheet august 26, 2012.
Here is a list of the best strength and conditioning books you can buy. I dont remember where i first came across it an amazon recommendation seems likeliest. Id like your opinion, please i read coach wades convict conditioning and i want to do the big six moves. Despite being a brilliant resource of calisthenics wisdom, perhaps the book is not ideal for you if. Im working off memory right now, and this isnt an exhaustive or complete list, but we both cover the strength, power and exploits of sig klein, john grimek, maxick, doug hepburn, bert assirati, george.
In his experience with the program, moldovan realized that the books teach you how to attain a brutally strong body and how to gain solid muscles, just like a greek statue. Despite some palm to face moments there is a lot to like here. The edmonton sun newspaper interviewed coach paul wade, author of the convict conditioning workout. Convict conditioning 2 by paul wade linkedin slideshare. Todays deals your gift cards help whole foods registry sell disability customer support. Convict conditioning, leg raises and how to get a six pack from hell.
Click here for more information about the convict conditioning dvds and books available for purchase from dragon door publications. The prison books i do have are written by 3 prisoners, legit prisoners that you can look up yourself and not one has anything like it in ant of their books. It seems like just a few months ago when i came across a book called convict conditioning and thought it might offer a few tidbits of push up wisdom. The veterano workout could literally be done each day in 510 minutes. Full text of convict conditioning series by paul wade. You are a very advanced trainee who has been training for many years. Have you ever wondered how some people are able perform incredible feats of strength, like pistol squats one leg squats or one arm hand stand pushups, and wished you were able to perform these yourself.
Convict conditioning cc is a great introduction to calisthenics. The good news is that in convict conditioningpaul wade has laid out a brilliant 6set system of 10. What caught my attention was the concept of a training program thats super optimized and that gives you incredible results by only training 10. Convict conditioning pullup cheat sheet september 14, 2012. Ive been hoping that someone who has been following convict conditioning cc for longer would answer, but in the meantime, ill take a stab. I have read a lot of training books over the years, not only is combat conditioning one of the best i have read in terms. I must admit, its a program that i could do forever. It results in short term improvement, but that power is quickly held in check because of the lack of control. For and efficient workout that will result in real, long term benefits, get this book. The author claims he began to learn about calisthenics whilst in jail. After giving it a quick skim through, i thought it looked good enough to give it a spin, and have been following the programme almost exclusively for the past year continue reading one year on convict conditioning.
Superfans who rave about the book so much that any other approach is noncanon. Moldovan is a big fan of paul wades books, and he trained using the convict conditioning system for more than three years. However unlike a lot of these books where once you know the approach you can learn most of it from blogs and websites i do recommend buying the book, the pictures and stage by. The images above are a pretty good testament to how much my body has changed. Convict conditioning squats cheat sheet method and. In some cases, the power can over ride the system and injury might result. Each move in the convict conditioning workout has ten progressions, starting with the beginner moves at level one and progressing all the way to mastery level at level ten. Calling all cars to anyone whos actually made progress. Paul wades convict conditioning volume 4, advanced bridging.
Convict conditioning gives honor and respect to bodyweight training. Paul wade is the bestselling author of convict conditioning which has sold over 750,000 copies wordwide and is regarded as one of the premier experts in bodyweight exercise and calisthenics. Best strength and conditioning books in 2020 athletic muscle. Paul coach wade is the author of convict conditioning, convict conditioning volume 2, the convict conditioning ultimate bodyweight training log, and five convict conditioning dvd and manual programs. How to bust free of all weakness using the lost secrets of supreme survival strength from the worlds largest commu. They were ok i guess, but anyone else feel like this guy wrote them. Convict conditioning 2 paul wade ebook dragon door. Convict conditioning and convict conditioning 2 are available through dragon door. Convict conditioning 2 took my training and outlook on the power of bodyweight training to the 10th degreefrom strengthening the smallest muscles in a maximal manner, all the way to using bodyweight training as a means of healing injuries that pile up from. The good news is thatin convict conditioningpaul wade has laid out a brilliant 6set system of 10 progressions which allows you to master these elite levels. The main criticism of the book is that the programs arent necessarily the best ones to follow and the repetition number requirements are very high. You are perfectly happy with your current program and progress.
He emerged more than two decades later with a sentence for the rest of us, in the form of his acclaimed 2009 book convict conditioning. Little did i know, that book and its squeal, would radically shift my entire approach to training. Ng the first part, preliminaries, will give you a great background to the system of convict conditioning. Convict conditioning is the brainchild of respected calisthenics coach paul wade. Then purchasing the book would be a great investment on your part. Of course, im 43 years old and have never really lifted nor worked out in my life until a few months ago. With convict conditioning, theres no need to go to a gym or use heavy equipment.
Convict conditioning lays out a program of bodyweight training to build strength and physical ability in the absence of standard gym equipment. You will better understand why crossfit and some competitive sites like crossfit invictus or misfit athletics use things like percentages i. I do like the idea of convict conditioning, and while i am skeptical. It has made me dedicate and apply myself like no other book, person or whatever it is that inspires people. With this program, only a few pieces of equipment are needed for you to build muscle in your own home at your own pace. Its working for me so far, and until that changes ill probably just stick with it. Paul coach wade spent 19 years in some very nasty prisons. There are at least two people who read convict conditioning. In my opinion, gmb and reddit bodyweight fitness were the best the latter recommends you still train the squat, by the way. Check out the interview below to hear how and why paul wade became so obsessed with bodyweight training and got strong as hell in one of the deadliest prisons known to man. This is the case when someone lifts too much weight.