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Commandments
Must Follow Principles to Maximize Your Strength
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Charles Tankersley
NASM CPT
Underground Strength Coach
Bottom Line: Dont be a jerk. I write these things FOR YOU for
FREE. Dont go pawning it off as your own.
Forward
First off, I want to say thanks for checking out Primal Strength Camp and this eBook. I
sincerely believe that following these simple rules will help you. These are not meant to be
earth shattering. Maybe youve heard them before. If thats the case, let them serve as a
gentle reminder of what you should be doing!
Primal Strength Camp is built around the old-school fundamentals of strength training,
taking us back to the glory days of weight lifting, where men were focused on STRENGTH,
first and foremost. You may not care about getting strong or becoming better athletically;
you may just want to look good. Fair enough, but looking good and not being able to do
anything with it is false advertising and is a criminal offense.
Im not bashing the look good crowd. We all want that; it is basic human nature. But one
of my goals through Primal Strength Camp is to shape your mindset, help you realize the
connection of brute physical strength and how it leads to mental toughness and life changing
experiences. Being strong is a lifestyle; it doesnt stop at the gym. Strength builds confidence,
happiness, vitality; a stronger you is a better you. Besides, the stronger you are, the likely
better you will look.
I use these commandments every single day. These are all essential. If you are not already
living by some of these, add them to your lifestyle. Start with just 1 if you have to, and
continually add more of these over time.
Following these commandments are natural to me, I dont even have to consciously think
about them. Over time, if you live by them, you wont either. They will become your
lifestyle.
Anyone that knows me well knows of a life changing event that I had back in
November of 2007. Long story short, I ran a marathon on a whim, no training, no
experience, cold turkey. The last time I had even jogged before I ran those 26.2 miles
was nearly 6 months before. I don't tell this story to get a pat on the back and to look
like a badass. I tell it to convey the power of a positive mindset. I finished the race
because of my mind, not my body. I told myself I could do it, and that was that. I
wouldn't let myself quit.
Positive thinkers are happier people. If you are happy, you are probably confident. If
you are confident, you have higher expectations. Higher expectations lead to more
accomplishments. More accomplishments lead to bigger success. Do you want to be
successful?
Becoming a more positive person also requires you to remove yourself from negativity.
Don't let negative people creep into your world. They will bring you down. I don't care
who they are. Get rid of them. Sounds harsh right? Well, it kind of is I guess. But it
must be done. It's not easy. I've let go of some important people in my life because of
their negativity. Misery loves company. Don't be a companion.
training partner. Our wives are friends, and later that day I found out through my wife that
he was strutting his stuff around the house gloating.
That's fine, he earned it. But man was I pissed. That day stuck with me for that entire week
until the next Saturday arrived for me to prove myself all over again. I embraced the failure.
I let it fuel me, I was motivated on an entirely new scale, and I came back the following week
and kicked ass.
Don't let fear of failure prevent you from having big dreams. Dreams are only realized after
many failures. Nobody gets it right the first time.
fatigue. Physical fatigue can be misleading. Often times I'll head to the gym even if I'm
feeling tired, crank out a couple of workout sets, and I'm good to go. I just needed a jolt, and I
end up having an ass kicking workout. If your body still isn't cooperating after a brief
attempt to warm it up, heed its message and back off.
Mental fatigue is a whole new ballgame. If you are mentally tired, take that day off. If your
mind isn't there, you won't have a good workout, and your gains won't be the same. Taking a
day off will re-energize you for the next day.
the body will adapt to the stimulus you subject it to. You have to shock the body to make it
adapt, whether it be muscle growth, strength, better conditioning, whatever.
You can't make it adapt from doing the same tired routine over and over again. I NEVER
repeat the same workout. Every day is different. My splits remain the same, upper/lower,
my goals remain the same, but the exercises are constantly changing.
Variety helps keep things interesting, keeps your body
guessing, and helps you discover new movements that
you may really like or give you really good results. Like a
lot of people, in my younger years of training, I did the
bodybuilding sh*t I read out of these awful muscle
magazines. Looking back, damn my routine was boring.
Newbie gains kept me hitting the gym, but as soon as I
plateaued, man was I bummed. But when I learned a new
exercise, I felt rejuvenated. Now my schedule is full of
different movements, and my strength levels are through
the roof.
Switching things up doesn't just mean your exercises
either. Switch up the time of day you work out, switch
up the length of your workouts, and experiment with
your eating habits. These are all things that your body
adapts to, and after a while, you plateau. Don't let this
happen. Try something new. Starting now, change one
thing about your routine and see where it takes you. I
promise you it will help.
Take these and use them. They arent too difficult, but can lead to huge progress for you in
your strength evolution. And not doing one of these could prevent you from making the
progress you are seeking. These are not debatable. Make the Primal way a lifestyle.
No excuses. No questioning. Just do it!
Evolve!
-- Tank