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May 30, 2025
Michael Espinosa
To Choose Suffering

We do not avoid discomfort. We meet it with calloused hands and sweating brow, knowing that, to run from it is to run to it.

To Choose Suffering
May 22, 2025
Michael Espinosa
The 5 Best Gyms in Gainesville (And Why You’ll ...
The 5 Best Gyms in Gainesville (And Why You’ll Probably Join the Last One)
May 9, 2025
Michael Espinosa
Use This One Secret to Gain Muscle — Fast
Use This One Secret to Gain Muscle — Fast
May 9, 2025
Michael Espinosa
When Thinking About Weight Gets in the Way, ...
When Thinking About Weight Gets in the Way, Will Power is not the Problem
October 5, 2020
Michael Espinosa
Do This To Lose Weight Without Counting Calories

The average person goes on 126 diets in their lifetime! If diets worked, you’d only need to go on one. They don’t work.

Do This To Lose Weight Without Counting Calories
Michael Espinosa
April 21, 2015
Workouts

150421:

Michael Espinosa
April 21, 2015
Workouts

BBG: Find a 1Rm of the complex:

1) 3-Position Clean + 1 Jerk (PP, Hang, Floor)

Strength:

2A) 4X5 Split Press 2B) 4X5 Pendlay Row

Conditioning:

3) For reps:

2" AMRAP of Muscle-ups 6" Amrap of: 50 Dubs 15 Burpees 2" AMRAP of Muscle-ups

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Michael Espinosa
April 20, 2015
Workouts

150420: Let the Gains Begin

Michael Espinosa
April 20, 2015
Workouts

BBG: Find a 1RM of the complex:

1 Snatch + 3 Snatch-grip Push-press

Strength:

Back Squat 6X6 @ 70%

Conditioning:

21-15-9:

Barbell Turkish Get-up Sotts Press

WL6

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Michael Espinosa
April 16, 2015
Workouts

150417: Farmers and Waiters

Michael Espinosa
April 16, 2015
Workouts

Strength: Back Squat 4X3@80%

Conditioning:

20" AMRAP: 400m Farmer's Carry (Max weight in each arm using barbell, axle bars or kettle bells) *** 20 OHWL Steps with plate overhead (45/25lbs)

*** 10 Burpees penalty each time you have to set down the barbell (30 burpees max each round; i.e. if you drop the barbell a fourth time, just rest and keep going)

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Michael Espinosa
April 15, 2015
Workouts

150415: Dub-a-Dub

Michael Espinosa
April 15, 2015
Workouts

Strength: Back Squat 5X3@75%

BBG:

10 minutes to fing a 3RM touch-and-go Power Snatch

10 minutes to find a 3RM touch-and-go Power Clean and Power Jerk

Conditioning:

For time:

75 Double-unders

50 Burpees

25 Hang Power Snatch

50 Burpees

75 Double-unders

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Michael Espinosa
April 14, 2015
Workouts

140414: 

Michael Espinosa
April 14, 2015
Workouts

BBG:

Find a 3RM Clean at Power Position + 1 Jerk

Strength:

2A) 3X10 Split Press

2B) 3X8 Pendlay row

Conditioning:

12-8-4

TGU

Muscle-up

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Michael Espinosa
April 12, 2015
Workouts

140413: Transition Week

Michael Espinosa
April 12, 2015
Workouts

BBG: Find a 3RM Snatch from Power Position

Strength:

Back Squat 5X3@70%

Conditioning:

3 rounds for reps:

1" ME Rope Climbs 30 sec. rest 1" ME HSPU 30 sec. rest 1" ME Double-unders 30 sec. rest

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Michael Espinosa
April 10, 2015
Workouts

140410: 1RM Deadlift

Michael Espinosa
April 10, 2015
Workouts

Skill:

1) Tabata Double-unders

Strength:

2) Find a 1RM Deadlift 

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Michael Espinosa
April 8, 2015
Workouts

150408: 1RM CJ

Michael Espinosa
April 8, 2015
Workouts

BBG: 1) Find a 1RM Clean and Jerk

Strength:

2) Find a 1RM Bench Press

Conditioning/Strength/Skill:

3) Run 1 Mile for time

or...

Find a 1RM Weighted Pull-up

or...

30 Muscle-ups for time.

or...

Go for your first muscle-ups, 10" time cap.

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Michael Espinosa
April 7, 2015
Workouts

150407: 1RM Squat Test

Michael Espinosa
April 7, 2015
Workouts

BBG: 1) Find a Back Squat 1RM

Strength:

2) Find a 3RM Barbell Turkish Get-up

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Michael Espinosa
April 5, 2015
Workouts

150406: Test Week

Michael Espinosa
April 5, 2015
Workouts

BBG: 1) Find a Snatch 1RM

Strength:

2) Find a Press 1RM

Conditioning:

3) “Helen”

3 rounds for time: 400m run 21 KBS 12 Pull-ups

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