Tough: No Excuses

Catalyst Athletics

Functional Training, General Fitness
Coach
Greg Everett

This is a 4 week program based on the No Excuses training template from the book Tough.

This is a very simple program intended to ease sedentary or extremely deconditioned individuals into a functional training program. Includes demo videos for all all exercises along with scaling and equipment options.

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No Equipment Needed!
You have NO excuse to not begin this program to get started - or re-started - with exercise.
Features
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Programming 3 days per week
3 workouts each week
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Exercise Video Guidance
Instructional videos to guide your practice and make execution easy
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Delivered through TrainHeroic
Workouts, videos, instructions, logging and more through the app.
Equipment
Required
No Equipment Necessary!
Recommended
Barbell & Weights // Dumbbells/Kettlebells // Pull-up bar/Rings/TRX Straps
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Sample Week
Week 1 of 4-week program
Sunday
Week 1 Day 1

A

1-Arm Row - Tough No Excuses

3 x 10

Circuit

B

3 rounds without resting: Farmer carry x 50 meters Sit-up (or crunch) x 10-20 reps Squat x 10 reps

Tuesday
Week 1 Day 3

A

Walk/Jog

@ 20:00

Circuit

B

3 rounds without resting: Push-up x 10 reps Plank x 10-30 seconds Step-up x 10 reps/leg

Thursday
Week 1 Day 5

A

Deadlift - Tough No Excuses

3 x 10

Circuit

B

3 rounds without resting: Run x 1 minute Squat-thrust x 10 reps 1-arm row x 12 reps

Coach
coach-avatar Greg Everett

In his over 15 years of coaching, he’s worked with multiple national champions and national record holders, Pan Am and European Championships competitors and medalists, and World Championships competitors from multiple countries. After his competitive weightlifting career, he was an elite division competitor in the Tactical Games for 4 years. He’s the author of Tough and several other books.

Tough: No Excuses