Back in the day, some 22 years ago, when I first learned how to do Hindu squats, I did them every other day. Similar to a bodybuilding approach, I did legs one day and upper body the next. I made progress with this method, but was still unsatisfied. I believed I was destined for MORE, a lot MORE.
So one day I got to thinking. What if I do Hindu squats everyday? I had a sneaking suspicion that this would drive me to the next level.
I ran the idea by Karl Gotch, and he nodded, telling me that my idea was correct.
Later that day, when I was engaged in my workout, I made up my mind that Hindu squats were no longer a part-time exercise. I would work them full-time. I would do them everyday.
Within 30 days, my updated program began to work wonders. I was no longer hitting the same old sticking points. I was zipping past them, with ease.
After pushing past my old plateaus, I began to make improvements by leaps and bounds. My overall body strength improved dramatically. Even though all I did were two-legged squats and didn’t work on one-legged squats, I found that I could do them with little effort.
Within a years time, every day was a 500-Hindu squats day. And when I say 500, I mean 500-straight Hindu squats. Yes, in a row, without stopping.
When it comes to getting good at something, the key ingredient that most people miss is the idea that you need to DO MORE if you want to BE MORE.
As a young swimmer, I was decent when I trained once a day with my age group, but when I joined the older age groups for a second session, I improved so much that I couldn’t believe it.
My skills in wrestling followed a similar protocol.
Same goes for my training in martial arts.
In the beginning, I start out slowly. I give myself goals that are almost laughable.
For example, one goal when taking on something new is to do nothing but watch the videos everyday.
What good will that do me?
More than you realize.
It’s called “mirror neurons,” if you want to research it.
After about a week of watching, the impulse to DO reaches a point where it catapults me into action. Even though I am now moving, I continue to watch videos on the subject each day, including those I take of myself, so I can compare what I am doing to those I am learning from.
As I watch videos, I make adjustments and refinements. This is why the way I do Hindu squats today is not exactly the same as how I learned them back in 1999, when I came out with Combat Conditioning. In fact, I have multiple variations that I teach on my membership site.
The more I do Hindu squats, the better I get at doing them. But you have to be smart about how you go about your business. You do not just plow straight ahead and force yourself to do 500 each day. There’s a method to the mastery.
Anyway, keep this one idea in mind. If you want to get better at shooting free throws, you work on them each day, physically and mentally. Don’t expect to be great at shooting if you only practice a couple times per week.
Same goes with anything. You condition your body-mind to do the thing – and then you end up having the power.
If you want the POWER, then make sure you get the Combat Conditioning book and DVDs, and NOW. They are game-changers.
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Matt Furey
