The Muscle Shark
Sean Sherk's grueling workout routine includes something he calls "caveman training"
Wednesday Morning
- Submission grappling (five minutes on, one off, 45 minutes total training). Thai boxing (five, five-minute rounds, 25 minutes total)
BREAK: lunch, nap
Afternoon
- Weightlifting — chest and back
- Incline bench — Hammer Strength superset with seated row
- Flat bench — Hammer Strength superset with 3-point dumbbell row
- Incline dumbbell fly superset with alternating side pullups
- Pec-deck
- Elliptical cardio, 45 minutes
Thursday
Morning
- Hard drill work — takedowns, pad work, wrestling (five minutes on, one minute off, 45 minutes total training) Resistance shots
BREAK: lunch, nap
Afternoon
- Weightlifting — shoulders and abs
- Hammer Strength shoulder press superset with crunches (50 reps for abs)
- Arnold presses superset with weighted crunches (50 reps for abs)
- Lateral raise superset with sit-ups on a hyperextension machine
- Hard sparring (five minutes on, one minute off, 45 minutes total work)
Friday
Morning
- Submission wrestling (five minutes on, one minute off, 45 minutes total training)
- Thai boxing (five five-minute rounds, 25 minutes total training)
BREAK: lunch, nap
Afternoon
- Caveman Training, five five-minute rounds
Round 1 (each station 30 seconds, entire round done twice)
- Incline trainer (50% Grade for 30 Seconds @ 4.5 mph
- Flat treadmill running at 5 mph (for recovery)
- Jump rope Upper-body ergometer
- Standing sprints on windsprint bike
- One minute rest between rounds
Round 2 (each station done for one minute)
- Ground-Based Jammer (Hammer Strength machine to build explosiveness)
- Hand switches Sledgehammer chops
- Underhand medicine ball throws
- Heavy bag twirls (with 70-pound bag)
- 45 seconds rest between rounds
Round 3
- Same as round 1
- 30 seconds rest between rounds
Round 4
- Same as Round 2
- 30 seconds rest between rounds
Round 5
- Airdyne bike (five minutes, rpms over 70 the entire time while doing several sprints with rpms reaching 100+)
Saturday
Morning
- Pad work, glove drills, wrestling (45 minutes)
- Kettlebell swings — 4 sets, 10—12 reps
- Running stairs — 30 minutes
Afternoon
- Weightlifting — legs
- Deadlifts, superset with standing and seated calf raise (6 sets, 8 reps each)
- Leg press superset with leg extensions (5 sets)
- Lying leg curl superset with abductor and adductor (50 reps)
Sunday
- Rest
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