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The Thrall's Guide to VIKINGfit is an easy to follow beginners guide to fitness and nutrition. 21 fun pages of nutrition workouts, recipes, ideas and methods to DIY a hero's body. Join the mailing list, get the PDF - just that simple.
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For the Physique of a Viking Hero: All you need is your body, the Heart of a Hero and a Hammer.
Nutrition, Endurance and Strength : The Valknut
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The trifecta of the Valknut represents Nutrition, Endurance and Strength within VIKINGfit. The Valknut is the Norse runic symbol for heroic death. While historians do not have a literal definition of the meaning of the Valknut it is often seen in conjunction with Odin (Valhalla) and Valkyries (wards of fallen heroes). This representation: Borromean rings represents the inseparability of these three aspects of fitness - remove one and they all fall apart.
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The foundation of the Valknut is NUTRITION and is the most important aspect of physical fitness.
Working clockwise the second ring represents ENDURANCE training and finally STRENGTH training is represented by the third ring. The order of precedence and focus is 60%/25%/15% respectively. |
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EAT heroic food.
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Drink 7 tall glasses of H2O each day
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Eat Heroic food...
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...and prepare it yourself!
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#RAID.
HIIT. Run. |
The 3 Basic Movements
Run
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Jog
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Interval
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Functional,
Multiplex Callesthenics. |
7 Basic Strength
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Pushup
Tuck
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Squat
Dip
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Crunch
Jack
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Push Up #PU
Tuck #TK
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Squat #SQ
#Dip
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Crunch #CR
Jack #JK
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Pull Up #PL
These 7 exercises are all you need. That's it. No secrets, no tricks. With 7 basic variations per exercise that require no equipment you have 49 callisthenic exercises with more than 823,543 possible circuit combos.
GIF images courtesy of http://www.exrx.net |
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Build your own Hammer.In addition to being just plain awesome, the Hammer provides a strength training mechanism similar to a kettle-bell. The effect of the weight can be by multiplied using the handle as a lever. It can also be used as a callisthenic booster for jogging and running.
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