Increased Toughness

Date: Friday, October 12, 2007
Time: 4:45 PM
Place: DeVry Lab

For the next couple of posts, I'll discuss some of the topics brought in this group I meet with at the gym. Today it is "What is the best workout for increased toughness?"
In my opinion, the best workout for increased toughness is a workout with little to no rest between sets. I have noticed that of all the athletes, wrestlers are generally the most athletic. I should know, I used to be a wrestler.
When wrestlers train they do workouts with little to no rest so that they are weak and vulnerable by the end of their workout. They push themselves to the absolute max. A good workout would be a combination of any compound exercise such as squats at high reps until failure and then follow it up with another intense exercise. When you are done with the squats you should be drained of energy and wanting to throw the towel in, but at that moment when you are weak, you do your next exercise to push yourself mentally and physically.