Fit Tip Friday #60

 💪 The Glory of Young Men 

Welcome to this week's Fit Tip Friday!Several years ago, I heard a sermon on this verse that gripped me with the glories of both strength and wisdom.  

"The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair"- Proverbs 20:29

As a young man, I'm more and more convinced that the glory of young men, strength, needs to be reignited, protected, and used among the young men in today's culture. Words like strength and glory side-by-side evoke images of battles, adventures, and conquests. They are the words of legends and heroes, seemingly more at home in Homer's Odyssey, Virgil's Aeneid, or Tolkien's Return of the King than within our own stories in the 21st century. But Solomon is not writing fiction or fantasy here. He's writing to real young men about real strength and real glory. For the young man, his strength is his glory. And there are real threats to his strength that he needs to be watchful of. And by the power of the Spirit, he can overcome them.The full blog post is available on the Layman's Fitness website - "Threats to the Glory of Young Men". 

📃5x5 Workout Method

Here's a quick tip for writing your own quick workouts. This method can help you write a workout that can be done in 20 minutes or less.I've been continuing my own education by taking a few kettlebell courses. And one of my favorite workout techniques I've learned is the 5x5 Workout Method. It's a simple form of circuit training. The workout is made of 5 rounds, and each round has 5 movements. Here's an example, which I just posted on my YouTube Channel.5 rounds of: 

• 5 Double KB cleans

• 5 Racked Front Squats

• 10 Push-Ups

• 5 Double KB cleans

• 5 Ab Rollers

But the beauty of this is you can plug and play all kinds of movements.Here's an example of a bodyweight-only workout you can do:5 rounds of:

• 10 Push-Ups

• 15 Body Squats

• 15 Mountain Climbers (each leg)

• 30 Seconds of Planks

• 5 Burpees

• Target 3-4 minutes of both movement and rest per round, which will keep your workout around the 20-minute mark, and should give you enough time to catch your breath between rounds. 

• Rep count depends on your level of strength, but target somewhere between 5-15 reps per movement. 

• Add a "finisher" at the end if you have time. Two of my favorite "finishers" are 3-5 Kettlebell Get-Ups or 50-100 Kettlebell Swings. Or simply go for a walk at the end of your workout.  

• Be creative, have fun, and use your strength. 

📃Resources 

Here are some finds from the last two weeks.

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🔗Should You Drink Coffee Before a Workout?I like this question almost as much as I like the answer. This Healthline article says that if you are to drink coffee before you workout, the best timing is a cup about 45-60 minutes before the workout. Just be sure to drink plenty of water along with that coffee.  

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🔗Hands Full of Good ThingsMy wife and I have an Etsy store that we've run for a while. After a few years of operating the store, we decided to launch our own Christian clothing brand called Credo Threads, and this week we launched our new product. Here's a blog post I wrote for it.  

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