Warrior League: Manual

Rules

Before we dive in, here are the Warrior League rules.

1. Don't solicit. We're here to improve ourselves, not drum up business.

2. Use your real, full names in the circle group. We want to interact with the real you, not an abbreviation or pen name.

3. Use a real profile pic. Take the 60 seconds and upload a photo of yourself to your circle profile so we can see who we're talking to.

4. Don't break confidentiality. Everything shared in Warrior League is confidential. Do not break trust with your teammates or other players by sharing private and personal information of any kind outside the group.

5. Self-govern. If you see another player breaking one of these rules, your first action should be to let him know in private so he can rectify it. If the behavior continues, then reach out to us via DM (direct message) in circle.

Five rules. Short, sweet, vital.

The Circle Platform

We host Warrior League on Circle (and Zoom). It's where everything happens. Here is the link.

Circle Spaces

As a Warrior League member, you get access the following spaces in circle:

• Welcome — Where we welcome all new Warriors
• Fireside — League-wide discussion
• Wins — Where Warriors share their wins and breakthroughs
• Events — Where we post info and links to all upcoming league events
• Leaderboard — Where we post each week's leaderboard
• Updates — Where we post news and updates for the league

Moots

Every Friday at 3:00 PM Central Time, we hold not a "meeting" but a digital Moot: an all-member gathering of Warrior League players, conducted via Zoom.

These weekly moots will cover:

1. Updates
2. Smack talk
3. Stories of success

Attendance is not mandatory but strongly encouraged. Points are involved. We will make video replays available for those who are unable to attend due to work, travel, or time-zone issues.

We post a reminder in circle every Friday.

Weekly Workout Assignments

We'll be emailing your personalized workouts to you every weekend for the upcoming week.

Note: We highly recommend downloading a free interval timer app to your smartphone for the cardio portion of the workouts. Just search "interval timer" in either the apple or android app store and pick one of the free ones.

Eating Plan

Here's the Warrior League eating plan.

Teams

Once you're in circle, we'll be placing you into your fireteam, which is where the core components of our Warrior accountability system happen.

Three important things about fireteams:

1. Being in a highly-engaged fireteam is THE #1 success factor with Warrior League.

2. Placement in a fireteam is a PRIVILEGE, not a right.

Once you're placed in a fireteam, that group of men will be your band of brothers for the next 13-weeks (first season). They will be the ones who most directly encourage, challenge, and cajole you to greatness.

Leaderboard

This is where the magic happens.

Every week, each fireteam gets scored as a whole (not individually) on their execution of that week's workout, eating, and special op assignments, as well as their moot attendance.

Each fireteam's score is then placed on our Warrior League leaderboard, and updated on a weekly basis, with bragging rights and prizes for the top-performing fireteams, not to mention the bi-product of improved fitness.

This is the linchpin of the Warrior accountability system. It's the key to the entire experience.

Here's how each fireteam will be scored:

• Completed bold move of the week: 5 points per completed BOLD MOVE — Proof: pic or video
• Completed workout: 2 points per completed workout (14 point weekly max) — Proof: sweaty selfie pic
• Compliant meal: 1 point per compliant meal (21 point weekly max). Note: for non-compliant snacking, remove the 1 point you otherwise would have gained from your most recent compliant meal — Proof: plate pic
• Special ops: 5 points for one completed special op — Proof: pic or video
• Attend weekly moot: 5 points for live attendance or replay — Proof: Screenshot of zoom call

While fireteams are scored as a team, each member of the fireteam is responsible for submitting their own scores each week. Scores are collected on Monday – so, for example, you would submit scores for the week of April 26th to May 2nd on May 3rd, the day after that scoring period ends. Wednesday at noon is the cutoff for score submission – scores submitted after that time may be added to your teams overall total, but won't count for that week's leaderboard.

You can create your own score tracker, or you can use the Google sheet template below.

Click here for the score tracker template

We'll be using the honor system throughout, so the entire process depends on the integrity and goodwill of each and every man in the league.

Note that this system rewards the one thing you have direct control over: your actions. We don't reward members showing the fastest weight loss or muscle gain, as those outcomes are NOT within your direct control.

Of course, there is a high correlation between actions taken and results gained: we've simply taken the more empowering approach of rewarding the former and letting the latter take care of itself.

Remember, your workouts are personalized to your current fitness level, so this really is a level playing field: the man with 100 pounds to lose can win just as many points for his fireteam as the man with 10 pounds to lose. It's all about your willingness to show up and do the work.

Putting It All Together

Here is how the Warrior League experience will work when all these parts are put together:

1. On Friday, you'll join us on the Moot (zoom call).
2. Over the next week, you and the other men in your fireteam will work to complete all assignments: Workouts, Eating Plan, your Bold Move for the week, Special Ops, and Moot attendance.
3. You and your teammates will substantiate the completion of these assignments with proof pics.

That will be the weekly rhythm of the league… with resulting transformations in store for those who show up and do the work.

I can't wait to begin this fitness adventure with you.

Remember, it's all still possible.

To your freedom,