Workout Routine – Feats

My “Feats” Workout Routine

Feats Don’t Fail Me Now

One option for a workout that I’ve added recently is called “The Feats.” Maybe you should add it, too. Let me explain.

I’ve been working out for a long time.

I’ve been a trainer/coach for a long time.

I’ve coached and personally performed 10’s of thousands of squats, presses and pulls.

And I’ve seen great results as far as strength increases and body transformation both in myself and my clients alike.

But, like I’ve mentioned in my article “Try a Little Less,” there are only so many biceps curls and chest presses that one can perform in their life before just the thought of doing another one becomes almost unbearable.

Workouts like this can soon become an OBLIGATION, not a time of personal fulfillment like it should be. That’s not a place you want to be. This is when many workout plans die.

Creating the “Feats” Workout Routine

So, I started doing something about this inevitable motivation mud pit.

One day a week, I work on “The Feats.”

The Feats are a list of mostly arbitrary feats of strength that I want to be able to do (or get better at). They don’t have to be “functional” or useable in my real life in any way other than they make me happy when I can do them or get better at them.

About The Feats Fitness Workout Routine

And that happiness and sense of accomplishment in your workout can take you a long way in staying motivated to do all the OTHER things you need to be doing to stay healthy.

I look forward to Wednesdays. That’s the day I get to retest the exercises I labeled as “The Feats.” I feel good when I do them. I feel GREAT when I get better at them. And then I change my list…

I do the same with my clients.

I ask them to tell me some physical feats they would like to accomplish that may have nothing to do with the main reason they are working out.

And then we work on them systematically until they achieve what they set out to do. Its a lot of fun, and gives another sense of purpose to the challenging weekly workouts.

I highly recommend if you’ve arrived at the inevitable workout-burnout stage, to add a “Feat” or two into your weekly workout program. It’s a great way to breathe life into a stale, repetitive workout routine.

The Feats Workout Routine

Examples of “Feats.”

1. Turkish get up (left and right arm)
2. Pull ups/ jumping pull ups/ weighted pull ups
3. Split jerks
4. Farmers carry
5. Bottoms up kettlebell press
6. Handstand pushups
7. Medicine ball push ups (2/3/4 balls)
8. Overhead squats
9. Rope climbing
10. Sprinting

This is not an exhaustive list, but it’s a good start. Just pick one or two to work on at a time.

Something to keep in mind, feats don’t have to be so circus-tricky. Just pick a lift, or movement pattern, or running time, etcetera that you want to improve. Work on that one thing specifically once or twice a week.

If you have any questions or would like any clarity on this or any article I’ve written, Email me at matt@emergefitnesstraining.com

The “Feats” is just one of a wide variety of different workouts, equipment, routines, and training that we provide here at Emerge Fitness.

Matt Pirtle MA CSCS