“Art and science have their meeting point in method.”—Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Intuitive programming leans into the art of training. Structured programming leans into the science. Putting them together into a method is a bit rarer but it is where the rubber meets the road. In this week’s new article, John Spezzano, StrongFirst Certified Senior Instructor, lays out how he put the method into practice to increase his military press using Iron Cardio and Plan Strong together. “Since pressing the 48kg is my long-term goal, I thought maybe I could work on my press within the Iron Cardio format. I have done a lot of press specific programs over the years that were very helpful at improving my press, but at this point I wanted to do something a little more general fitness oriented while still working on my press. So, I chatted with Brett about the idea and after his advice, I opted for an Iron Cardio 1-2-3 press ladder program, with a few modifications. Being a huge fan of Plan StrongTM, I wanted to try and combine Iron Cardio with some Plan Strong principles with the goal of improving my press past the standard Iron Cardio rep ladder. How would I accomplish this? If you’re familiar with Plan Strong, you know the programming is quite meticulous. I didn’t want to go through all the steps, but I needed to adhere to enough of the principles in order to be confident that progress would be made.” | 
