A man who swings a six-foot sword that weighs more than most people. Guts' program is the heaviest, most demanding in the catalog elite strength, maximum volume, built for those who refuse to break.
Every phase, every session, every exercise — expand a day to see the full prescription.
The full five-day split at moderate effort (target RIR 3).
Heavier loads and longer carries. Target RIR 2.
Push, Grip & Carry Conditioning, Pull, a second Conditioning day, and Legs & Core — heavy compound lifting paired with real carrying endurance.
Dense, brutal, functional strength — a broad back and crushing grip, not a mirror-muscle look.
Real pulling and pressing strength on the big lifts, plus genuine grip and carry endurance under load.
Barbell lifts use double progression. Carries and holds use duration/density progression. Target RIR drops from 3 to 2 across the two phases.
Guts wields an enormous blade one-handed, day after day, in brutal conditions — the honest training translation isn't sword-swing repetitions, it's real heavy pulling strength and grip/carry endurance. This program is built around compound lifting and heavy carries, not isolation work or combat drills.