Dan John University Dan John has spent his life with one foot in the world of lifting and throwing, and the other foot in academia An All-American discus thrower, Dan has also competed at the highest levels of Olympic lifting and Highland Games He also holds the American record in the Weight Pentathlon
Essay | Dan John University One of Dan John’s most famous programs is Easy Strength, co-authored with Pavel Tsatsouline In recent years, Dan has shared a modified version of this program called Easy Strength for Fat Loss (or ES4FL)
Podcast | Dan John University I start this episode off with breaking down nutrition recommendations in as simple of a format as I can Then I get into your questions and touch on topics like supplements, training for half marathons when you can't run, adjusting weights in the Mass Made Simple Program, how to integrate armor building into your program, and loads more
Essay | Dan John University If I could travel back in time and sit down with 30-55 year old little Danny John, the first thing I would tell him is that training JUST on Saturdays and Sundays was not only workable, but brilliant
Essay | Dan John University By: Dan John I had a great conversation with Jeff W from my Inner Circle The IC is one of my favorite things in my career right now; it allows me to discuss real ideas with people who are all in
Essay | Dan John University By: Dan John These are some supplementary guidelines for The Big 21 Program A few years ago, I trained myself and a number of outstanding throwers using a simple variation of the Central Falls Weightlifting Club’s “21” program
Essay | Dan John University Basics first: Daily Warm Up Naked Turkish Get Ups Windmill Stick Hip Flexor Stretch Elevated Rolls - Start in the Push Up Position Plank Raise the sole of the right foot as high as they can, then reach across the left leg…try to hold the hands down… and put the right foot “left” of the down left foot
Essay - Dan John University By: Dan John These are some supplementary guidelines for the Ten Thousand Swings Program Well, as an experiment, I did 10,000 reps in the Kettlebell Swing over a few days
Essay | Dan John University Reasonable doesn’t mean easy As John Powell always says, “I said it was simple, not easy ” Reasonable looks so, well, reasonable on paper In practice, it is often the hardest thing we can do If I’ve convinced you that reasonable diets and exercise programs trump a few days or weeks of insanity, you’ll be far further ahead