Earlier this week, I sent out newsletters discussing (and promoting) my “Working Class Cardio” workout.

Now, if you’re not familiar with WCC, here’s the basic idea:

I wanted people to be able to get a great cardio workout – plus a lot more – without ever having to do *any* running, take up room in their home with a cardio machine, or having to belong to a gym. And while as beneficial as standard cardio training can be, I hated the fact that it was long, and to most folks, boring as all hell.

Add to that the fact that I knew that plain aerobic cardio by itself wasn’t enough to accomplish any goal – not to lose weight, not to get you stronger or more powerful, not to develop anaerobic endurance, not to build a lean and muscular physique, not to…you get the idea.

So what I decided was to develop WCC – a program based around intense complex and circuit training.

You’d stack multi-joint movements, explosive bodyweight exercises, active rest periods, and other such training methods together into one program. By keeping volume high, weights used heavy (at least as heavy as possible for this style of training), rest to a minimum, and fatigue managed, you’d essentially be able to do a metric shit-ton of work in a relatively short time.

What this would do was allow you to become stronger and more explosive. Due to the density of the training (how much you did in such a little amount of time) combined with heavier weights being used, you’d build muscle. Due to the sheer volume of work you’d do, you’d burn a ton of calories (leading to fat loss). And due to keeping rest breaks minimized and active rest utilized, you’d managed fatigue (so you could still do a lot of work on little rest). Then, because you were doing complex/circuit-style training, you’d constantly be changing what part of the body you were working. This would allow your individual bodyparts to rest while others worked, yet your entire body would continue to work as whole. This would build supreme amounts of endurance, and because you’re literally huffing and puffing the entire time, your cardio goes through the roof…

…all while never doing a single minute of traditional “cardio”.

Sounds pretty good, right? Damn straight.

And plenty of people have made some pretty awesome gains on Working Class Cardio. Aaron lost 30+ lbs. Eric W. lost 60+ at last count. And I just got an email recently from a satisfied customer who said one of his Week 11 workouts resulted in him burning over 900 calories in under an hour.

Crazy.

So everything is cool, right? Ahhhhhhh….maybe not.

See, a few prior customers (who were otherwise seemingly satisfied, so I didn’t exactly ‘get’ why they decided to change their mind all of a sudden) read my recent blog post about overtraining, as well as some of the responses (both on the post itself, as well as on my Facebook page).

To sum up the blog post, my contention is that while overtraining is a real concern, it’s mostly hype and fear-mongering stirred up by most of the supplement industry (not all companies suck – see GI Nutrition as an example – but most do) to sell you crap you don’t need. In fact, in my opinion, most people are nowhere close to overtraining. The reason why they don’t get gains isn’t because of overtraining or that they’re a ‘hardgainer’. Rather, it’s because they don’t have the sack to train hard enough.

I then cited how guys like Arnold, Franco, and Louie used to use marathon workouts back in the ’60s-’70s, and while they were definitely on steroids, it was minuscule amounts compared to what pro-bodybuilders (or even pro-athletes) of today use. So how is it those guys could make gains then, and they’re not supposed to be able to now on the same programs?

I went on to talk about guys like Dan Gable and Bruce Lee, who were always working…always training…always doing something to get themselves stronger, faster, or in better shape.

My theory isn’t that people don’t overtrain – it’s that they don’t train hard enough. And those that *do* endure legitimate symptoms of overtraining usually *aren’t* overtraining, but under-recovering…not getting enough sleep, eating poorly, etc.

I ended off by saying that most people just needed to work harder, and not worry about overtraining so much – most where nowhere close to it.

Well, while many agreed with the sentiments, others had to balk. I had one comment from my buddy Chuck about how Gable was now a member of the “walking wounded” (he limps, has joint trouble, etc) in that his body has paid incredible dues over the years due to all the activity (some would call it punishment) he put upon himself. As Chuck put it, “…related to being chronically under-recovered”.

So what does all this have to do with Working Class Cardio?

Well, after seeing my post on Gable, as well as some of the response (which, by the way, I completely agree with), I got emails from a few peeps that were in the middle of WCC now, drastically worried that they were going to fall victim to the same thing, because honestly, WCC is a bitch of a workout.

(You don’t get into the kinda shape WCC puts you in by pussy-footing around. As I had it put one time, “If Working Class Cardio was easy, they’d call it P90X”….LOL…I love that. )

These dudes were seriously worried that they were gonna under-recover because WCC was kicking their asses, and didn’t know if they should backoff, or needed more supplements, or should add massage to their recovery processes, or what.

While I *got* where these guys were coming from, I felt bad at the same time. They were falling prey to the kinda fear-mongering the supplement companies love…only they were doing it to themselves. (Almost like a rabid conspiracy theorist, but without the tinfoil hat.)

My basic response – and why I’m posting this hear – is that if you’re doing WCC, or will soon start WCC (which would be a *great* idea… – you don’t really have anything to worry about. This is for two reasons:

1 – unless you plan on doing WCC on a non-stop rotation for the next 12 years, you probably won’t build up enough cumulative fatigue to worry about *any* of this

2 – I took care of this kinda thing already when I designed WCC in the first place!

See, every 4th week in WCC is a backoff week of sorts. They’re actually ‘Burpee Weeks’ where the workouts are nothing but progressively more burpees as the phases of the program go on. BUT, the volume of overall work you do drops off by probably 60% or more. Your workouts might be tough, but there is a lot less there to do, so you’re giving your body a much needed break.

That way, you can come back to the next phase, recharged and ready to kick ass.

Now, I’m not saying you shouldn’t strive to improve your recovery – cleaning up your diet, getting more sleep, and the like is *always* a good thing.

But don’t think that doing Working Class Cardio alone will drive you into the ground, or pound your body into some crazy state of overtraining submission. Just won’t happen.

And if you don’t already have Working Class Cardio, you might wanna go take a look, and see what all the fuss is about…it really is a kickass workout. (If I *do* say so myself. LOL)

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Train Hard, Rest Hard, Play Hard-
Matt “Wiggy” Wiggins
Muscle Building Workouts | Cardio Workout | MMA Workout | MMA Workouts

Well, it sure looks like I did *something* right.

Y’all might remember that not long ago I offered the “4-Week MMA Blast” – a short, 4-week, “get in, kick ass, and get out” MMA workout program. Well, y’all friggin’ loved the program, as I’ve gotten A TON of awesome feedback from it.

One of the things that I got the most feedback on that y’all liked the most was that it *was* only 4-weeks long. Y’all could just dive right in and get to work.

Well, evidently that wasn’t enough, as I’ve been getting a ton of requests for similar programs, so it’s time to (as the saying goes) “give the people what they want”.

Only this time – we’re not talking MMA. We’re talking cardio.

But this ain’t your normal, long, slow, boring-ass, “I might as well be on a friggin’ hamster wheel” cardio. This is cardio…MY way.

Or in other words…the:

“4-Week Cardio Blast”

As you can probably guess, this is a 4-week cardio workout that never involves traditional ‘cardio’ training. Instead, you’ll do kickass circuit and complex training. You’ll do intense strength, power, and athletic exercises, using only DBs, a medicine ball, and bodyweight movements.

This program will again utilize GPP, only be 4 days per week, and the longest workout of the week shouldn’t take more than an hour. The rest are way shorter than that.

But don’t confuse short w/easy – b/c you know they’ll kick your ass.

Here’s what you’ll get:

1 – “4-Week Cardio Blast” workouts

2 – Sample program layouts (just when you should do each workout)

3 – Video resources for all exercises used

4 – Printable workout logs

5 – 45+ minute seminar video going over the “ins and outs” of everything in the program, as well as any questions I thought you’d have

6 – .mp3 of the seminar (you can listen to it anywhere you want!) and the slides to the video in a separate file.

Dang…that’s a lotta kickass info. And you can get it all for cheap…not even twenty bucks!

=>CLICK HERE TO GET IT NOW!

I will tell you this – this el cheapo price is only here until this Friday (17-Dec-10) at midnight. After that, the price goes up.

Don’t believe me? Watch and see what happens.

=>GET THE “4-WEEK CARDIO BLAST” WHILE IT’S CHEAP!

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Train Hard, Rest Hard, Play Hard-
Matt “Wiggy” Wiggins
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Just got in an early cardio workout – and never did any actual ‘cardio’ (how awesome is that?).

I actually just did a workout from my own Working Class Cardio. (Crazy, huh? You always see the fitness ‘gurus’ telling people what to do…but they never do their own workouts. Well, I do.)

I keep telling folks that you can get great cardio, lose a ton of bodyfat, build a strong heart & lungs, and a bunch of other kickass stuff without every actually having to do “cardio”.

B/c let’s face it…cardio sucks. Right? You know it and I know it.

But you still gotta have great cardio, right?  So just how are you supposed to build great cardio if you never do….a cardio workout?

Simple – work your ass off, and hardly rest while doing it. (Notice I said ‘simple’ – not ‘easy’.)

For example, my workout had me doing a bunch of bodyweight GPP (can you say 500+ reps of different types of jacks and skiers?), a bunch of heavy one-armed DB snatches, more GPP (jeez…*another* 500 jacks?), Swings out the ying-yang, and jumps thrown in…you know… just because.

Never rested more than 30 secs at a time, and the whole workout was done in under 30 mins.

Think I didn’t just improve my cardio? Damn right I did.

Wanna learn more?

=>Then hit up Working Class Cardio Workout.com

(Oh, and FWIW, I think if everybody started off their day w/hard, intense workouts in the crisp, fall air, there’d be a lot less problems in the world today. At least that’s what I think…)

Check it out -> have cardio w/o doing cardio

Train Hard, Rest Hard, Play Hard-
Matt “Wiggy” Wiggins
Muscle Building Workouts | Muscle Building Programs | Cardio Workouts | Cardio Fitness | MMA Workout | MMA Training

There’s a question I’ve kept getting as of late (esp w/the release of the ‘Champ Edition 2.0′ MMA workout) that I think I finally just need to address.

And that question has been, “Which program should I do – ‘Champ Edition 2.0′ or ‘Working Class Cardio’?”

Unfortunately, there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ answer to that.

Now, if you’re an MMAist of any kind – esp if you have a fight coming up, then ‘Champ Edition 2.0′ is surely for you. The program is literally a “start from scratch” program that assumes you’ve been doing no strength work or conditioning and takes you from ‘square one’:

-first you get stronger and build up your wind with some basic roadwork

-then you work on having even more wind, and getting yourself even stronger

-after that, you take that strength, and add speed so you can be powerful, and start doing intense conditioning that keeps you from gassing in the ring

-you then wrap it up with “Power Complexes” where you integrate strength work and power work with hardcore conditioning in a manner that specifically prepares you for a fight

Pretty awesome MMA workout. BUT…what if you’re not an MMAist? Should you still do ‘Champ Edition 2.0′?

Well, of course you could – and you’d still get in awesome shape.

However unless you’re training for MMA specifically (even if you just wanna be in shape like your favorite MMAist, but don’t actually train), I usually recommend that people go for “Working Class Cardio”.

Why? A few reasons, actually:

-the program is completely ‘dummy-proof’ – if you just show up and put the work in, you can’t help but get results

-the program was designed to not just get you great cardio and fat loss, but also get you stronger, more powerful, and even build some muscle

-b/c it only needs a pair of dumbbells, a medicine ball, and a little bit of space, you can literally do these workouts anywhere from your gym (if that’s what you wanna do) to your local park to your living room

-the program is a little more ‘general’ in that while there are progressions and goals to accomplish, they aren’t MMA fight-specific (think rounds in a fight), which makes the strength, power, cardio, & endurance you build a little more ‘widespread’ and useful in ‘regular life’

Really (and again, call me biased), both ‘Champ Edition 2.0′ and ‘Working Class Cardio’ are great programs, and will help you get into kickass condition. Which one you do just depends on what your goals and needs are.

So, boil it all down, and here’s the punchline:

Are you into MMA?

=>THEN CLICK HERE TO GET A KICKASS MMA WORKOUT PROGRAM

Are you more of a ‘regular joe’ (or ‘jane’) that just wants to be in overall awesome shape?

=>GO HERE TO GET THE CARDIO WORKOUT THAT BUILDS STRENGTH, POWER, ENDURANCE, AND MUSCLE…ALL AT ONCE!

Hope that helps.

Have a kickass weekend.

Train Hard, Rest Hard, Play Hard-
Matt “Wiggy” Wiggins
Cardio Workouts | Workout Plans | MMA Workouts | MMA Training

One of the questions I get quite often about the “Working Class Cardio Workout” is if it’s ‘ok’ to use KBs.

And the answer is…maybe. LOL. Lemme explain.

See, I don’t care what the KB kool-aid drinkers would have you believe – they’re just a tool to use. There’s nothing magical about KBs. You won’t start blasting away bodyfat or building insane explosive power just b/c you’re using KBs. The reason that stuff happens is b/c of the program you use – not b/c of the tools you do the program with.

That said, it’s perfectly fine to use KBs on the Cardio Workout. But, you’ve got to make sure you do it “right”.

Example.

European Top 10 MMAist Bruno Carvalho is using my workouts to prepare for his next fight. (He actually is just starting the “Working Class Cardio Workout” this week.) Bruno recently emailed me to ask if it was “Ok” to use KBs w/this program, as he’d soon be traveling to help Golden Glory teammate (and StrikeForce HW Champ) Alistair Overeem prepare for his next fight.

I told him he’d be good to go, as long as it didn’t change the overall structure of the program.

For instance, if you’ve got an exercise that goes from many sets of low reps and has shifted a few workouts later to low sets of higher reps, and you want to use KBs, you’d better make sure you’ve got enough KBs of varying weights to make each different set/rep range hard to perform.

You can’t have a 24kg KB, and expect that it’s Ok to do sets of 10 reps as well as sets of 3 reps w/it, and get the desired training effect.

So, if you’ve got enough KBs to do things “right”, then go for it – do the “Working Class Cardio Workout” w/them and go get some great workouts in.

Just don’t expect that b/c you’re using KBs, that all sorts of magical cool stuff will happen. KBs are just hunks of iron, shaped a little different than DBs are.

Like I said before, the “magic” is in the program – not the tool.

Interested in a program that seemingly makes magic happen…regardless of if you use KBs or just plain ole’ DBs?

=>THEN GO HERE AND GET THE “WORKING CLASS CARDIO WORKOUT”

If it’s good enough for a European Top 10 MMAist…it’s good enough for you.

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Train Hard, Rest Hard, Play Hard-
Matt “Wiggy” Wiggins
Cardio Workouts | Workout Plans | MMA Training | MMA Workout