Revisiting the Roots of "Indy"

A while back I was reviewing "Just The Workouts" on my Kindle app, re-reading one of my first Kindle guides that I put out.  Even though "Just Swing It!" has been my top seller, JTW was the top seller from day one when I started making Kindle guides. It is still a solid #2 overall in my sales of all my guides.

I am seeing a mini-movement in the fitness field where its gone full circle. We started with 'traditional' lifting, such as bench, squat, deadlifts, to machine based stuff. Then, machines were horrible and terrible and seemed to cause everything but cancer, and bodyweight and 'functional' exercises on stability balls and balance tools were all the rage.  Kettlebells hit the mix soon, and then people went full bore into that.  I was one of them for a bit, but I saw them more as another tool, rather than a stand-alone-only tool.  Then it seemed that Crossfit was the new, cool thing to do and anything else was horsecrap according to some CF people out there.

All in all, the basic program I first started with in high school and always saw a chart of, tucked in the corner of the weight room, is still around.

"Just The Workouts" is based on this program, because when I'd go to Mayville State for my first two years, the same program was there. Go to Southwest State for another 2 years, the program was there. I came back to Mayville and the strength coach I worked under as a student coach said to me, "I don't know who made this program, but it works every time."  That's why I've dubbed it, "The Program That Never Left The Weight Room."

That always stuck with me and years later, I'd train a guy who went on to play at Mayville State for football. They sent him the program, and low and behold, it shows up again. 

I called this program the "Indestructible!" program in my JTW guide. 

I also took phases of "Indy" and tweaked it to the 4 week phase program of the RABC Manual, so the roots of the RABC plans are based off of Indy.

I wanted to share this story because I'm not sure how many have heard it through the blog.

My main message is that the more things change, the more they stay the same, and programs like Indy have stood the test of time and prove to be a winning plan.

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Lift. Dominate. Repeat.
Rats Alley Barbell Club
Coach Rick Karboviak