Convict Conditioning

**Diesel_tke** · Posted On: 1/30/2011 1:44pm

Originally Posted by Saint Eli of the Book

You all missed the point, but that is typical on this website. edit:except Johhny I think.

I think I got the point. A book wrote about exercises that everyone knows about, but tried to make people think that there are some kind of super cool exercises that convicts use. When in reality, there are not any. It is a marketing ploy.

**Suprore** · Posted On: 1/30/2011 1:59pm

Does marketing increase or decrease the value of the product?

Which, and why?

**Log Thrower** · Posted On: 3/16/2011 5:05pm

I have this book! Read it, use it, love it--I don't condone crime, but the book really isn't about that so fair enough...

I read lots of crap talked about the book before I ordered it (it's not cheap). It makes me smile how so many people slag this book off before reading it...saying that it's useless, convicts know nothing, etc.

In reality, I don't know of anyone who hasn't read the book and learned a huge amount. It's sure helped my wrestling. (Imagine Matt Furey's stuff...on STEROIDS!)

The review above is wonderful IMHO and right on the money!!

**Vorpal** · Posted On: 3/16/2011 5:34pm

About time we heard from the author.

**Permalost** · Posted On: 3/16/2011 5:40pm

Originally Posted by Log Thrower

(Imagine Matt Furey's stuff...on STEROIDS!)

That sounds just like something Matt Furey would say.

**Log Thrower** · Posted On: 3/17/2011 11:24am

@vorpal: LOL!

@permalost: Your RIGHT!!! It DOES sound like something Matt Fury Would say! (Sorry matt, loved your carpal tunnel stuff):happy:

**Diesel_tke** · Posted On: 3/18/2011 7:49am

Ok, so this book is like Matt Furey's stuff on steroids?

Matt's stuff= Hindu pushups, Hindu Squats, deep breathing. And that on steroids would be....?

**Kintanon** · Posted On: 3/18/2011 7:56am

Muslim pushups, muslim squats, and kirby style suction breathing?

**Log Thrower** · Posted On: 3/20/2011 4:36pm

Originally Posted by Diesel_tke

Ok, so this book is like Matt Furey's stuff on steroids?

Matt's stuff= Hindu pushups, Hindu Squats, deep breathing. And that on steroids would be....?

Well, first off don't let me make you think I'm dissing furey. I know not everyone likes his ****, but I have some of his courses and I think he has stuff to teach.

That said, i got a shock when I got convict Conditioning...it's radically different. With Furey, you just keep adding reps. On and on. His callistenics approach is mainly endurance-based, and I figured thats all there was really...that for strength you needed weights.

Convict Conditioning takes the weights/strength mindset and applies it to callisthenics. Instead of just doing one exercise, say push ups, for reps, he gives you ten (ultimately more like 40) diff push up exercises, The first one is easy. The last one is ridiculously hard.

You work your way up, like addign weight to a bar. It works, has eaqsed my bad knee and is fun. That's all :fuckyea: