Bud Jeffries And Hammer Training

 When it comes to variety and testing as many things as possible, nobody takes it to such lengths as Bud Jeffries does. He's not just a machine, he's a modern barbarian that makes most fitness gurus run out of their shorts. You want to talk about ridiculous strength, that's just a compliment compared to the real amount Bud has acquired. Whether you watch him or have trained alongside him, there's no doubt on this planet that you can get stronger and more conditioned from just the vibes you pick up on him. 

It brings me back to training with him before my wedding and we did a hammer workout together using Big Bertha (who was 59 lbs. at the time) and we would rep out on the tire and just explode with velocity and power on that tire. Off and on since then, hammers have been one of the most awesome tools I've used to not just get a workout in but also use as a form of therapy or something to really test my strength and endurance. 

Every once in a blue moon, I'll do a 1000 rep workout with either hammers or step ups or whatever I'm doing using a deck of cards. It does get boring after a while if you've done enough workouts with that many reps so now when I do my deck workout, I just do as many cards as possible and try variations such as with the sledgehammers and that is inspired by Bud. Sometimes just doing one variation can be great if you want to master it but why not do other variations in order to work other muscles and work your brain in other ways? Being in pretty good shape, even with hammer workouts, I don't get as sore as much and I love that. I've also learned to recover better when I do high rep workouts with hammers because the heavier the hammer, the more you need to be aware and handling variations that won't cause an injury but with a lighter hammer, you don't want to compromise form as you speed up on the exercise and get injured that way either, there needs to be a balance.

I've never used gloves with hammer workouts and I found out the hard way which style of hammers breaks skin more than others. The ten pounder I have that use for speed and velocity along with technique practice actually tore up my hands more than the 25 lber I have or even the 73 lber because the 10 has a handle that edges almost rectangularly as opposed to the circular style handle. Depending on the variation, gloves might be more appropriate and you don't want to be tearing up skin and have to recover from it for a week or 2. With a circular handle, I literally never have to worry about any skin breaking or start to rip. 

There are plenty of people to learn from but I always found Bud to put things in not just simple terms but using analogies and references that make training sound interesting and captivating. When you listen to him, he talks as if you were there and he's being himself while at the same time showing you how to handle things without getting hurt or compromising your body's ability to withstand the blows of a workout. He's one of the few people that make training fun to do while developing strength you didn't think you had in you. His hammer style is crazy but it's explosive and shows what strength and power is all about and how it carries over to other areas of training.