Here is some info on the program:
“I have trained the last 828 days in a row without missing a single day.
In the Last 42 days, I drug a weight sled 24 miles & performed 197,750 pounds of squat volume.
I did this by increasing resistance each week and without getting sore.
More info on the program below.”
-Ray Zingler on X
6 Weeks ago, I was in South Bend, Indiana putting the finishing touches on a program I created for myself, “Sleds & Squats”.
It was a painlessly simple program (design wise) of 1,000 yards of sled drags and 100 goblet squats to be performed every day, for 42 consecutive days.
I would accomplish this via a “superset” – 100 yard drag x 10 squats for 10 rounds. 1,00 yards. 100 squats. Again, every day.
And another important component was all the training must take place outside regardless of the elements.
I strategically choose this Late Winter/Early Springtime of year to perform this type of “simple training” (if you’re familiar with my work, you might remember I performed a “Stairs & Swings” program around this time last year with very similar principles) because I know I am going to have to battle a variety of elements.
In my 42 days training outside, I saw sun, unrelenting rain, 85 degree days, 25 degree days, wind that would blow you over, and pollen that constantly reminded me that it’s allergy szn.
I started the program with a 45-pound plate on the sled and squatting a 35lb. KB.
The next week, I upped it to 70 pounds on the sled and a 44lb. KB.
Starting in Week 3, it was 80 pounds on the sled and then I would combine the 44lb. and 53lb. bells increasing tonnage each day.
Monday would have been 9×10 with the 44, and 1×10 with the 53, Tuesday was 8×10 with the 44 and 2×10 with the 53. And so on.
I finished the last day of the program with 90 pounds on the sled and the 70lb. bell for 10×10.
While not “heavy” per se, when I started the program, I wasn’t entirely sure how it was going to pan out. I didn’t know if I was going to need to implement “bodyweight” days because of soreness or what.
But I found out that I could increase weight as I went, despite not having any rest days because I was A) prepared for the demands and B) started light.
My goal was not to hit any homeruns, but to hit a bunch of singles, every single day.
And that’s what I did.
More info to come.
