A segment of The Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast (Apr 27, 2016) featuring Ben Greenfield and Robb Wolf discussing short, intense strength/cardio approaches—referred to as lactic (alactic) training or continuous power sets—and the Versaclimber machine. They reference Mark's book Primal Endurance and describe the Versaclimber as an upright, contralateral, high-intensity cardio tool useful for both aerobic conditioning and recovery.
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I've been taking some notes here because occasionally I do find myself in a situation where I just have a barbell or a kettlebell and I want to squeeze as much strength and, and work in as possible in the, in the shortest period of time. So it's called a lactic training.
That's what Art Devanny calls it. And then in Mark's book it was, I think you're correct, like continuous power sets or something like that.
Yeah, Mark's book is Primal Endurance. For those of you who want. I'll link to that one in the show notes. Now, speaking of Mark and training, I think it is Mark who I've heard wax pretty positively about this Versaclimber piece of cardio equipment. And I've heard you talk about it too. What is it about the Versaclimber that makes it so interesting for you guys?
Well, you know, one thing for me is that it's one of the only pieces of equipment where you're upright. I mean, clearly a treadmill, you are also. But I'm at a point in my life now where I'm like, okay, I need to be outside, even if it's like 20 below zero, if I'm going to be on a treadmill. Like I. But you know, it's. You're upright, so you're not sitting down. It's one of the rare things where you get some contralateral movement, you know, kind of like crawling. And you do this a ton and in combatives and everything. And man, the thing just crushes you. Like, it's. If you really tighten up the resistance on it and do short bursts, it smokes you in ways that are even worse than like an, an Airdyne or a, or an assault bike. I think the fact that you're fully upright and standing up, like that fluid column that your heart and circulation needs to deal with, is higher. So, you know, it's huge. Just a really potent dose. And I use it everywhere from just my low level basic aerobic training to kind of help with jiu jitsu and recovery. And then there was a great article and man, I'm completely blanking on it. But this guy got in and really geeked out on how should you strength and condition terrain for.
