Check out Underground Strength Coach, Matty Wichlinski, making a homemade Sandbag. I'm gonna crank a few of these myself and get our athletes squatting, lunging, jumping and throwing them. Check it & let me know your thoughts below :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il8rU0H-9ps You know I love sandbag training and sandbags were actually my first substitute for a barbell. I didn't have the cash for a barbell and making a sandbag ran me under $30, so I made a 50 and a 100 lb bag and … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2009
The Busy Man Bodybuilding Workout
Time is something I have TRULY began to respect, for 2 BIG reasons: 1) My kids 2) Being an entrepreneur In fact most people are today are more time conscious than ever before. Think about it. We barely call people in comparison to texting them. Technology has tricked many into being busy vs being productive UNLESS you know how to CONTROL your time. As a Parent, I see just how fast time goes. And, the ONE thing about time, something many do not grasp is the fact that you can NEVER … [Read more...]
The Underground Bodybuilder Workout, Part III
Check out the final video of my buddy Smitty's Underground Bodybuilder Workout. Some very cool stuff here and this is the type of training that can pack on muscle and strength at break neck speed. Check the vid and pls. leave a comment or ask your questions below. Check out http://UndergroundMuscleBuilding.com and you'll get Smitty's 16 week Underground Muscle Building program complete with workouts, proper progressions, exact sets and reps and most importantly yet often overlooked, … [Read more...]
The Underground Bodybuilder Workout, Part II
Amazing strength and muscle can be developed in a garage, basement or in your own lil' corner of that fancy commercial gym. Check out some workout footage from http://UndergroundMuscleBuilding.com This program would be SICK if you and a few other iron lover friends jumped in on the program TOGETHER, this is when the training can get REALLY intense, just as Arnold did when he was training and competing in Gold's Venice, he always sought out the best training partners. If you want a blue … [Read more...]
Underground Bodybuilding Workout
I used to belong to one ass kicking gym. It was 7,000 sq ft of free weights, squat racks, power racks, dumbbells going up to 180, countless benches and the sickest powerlifting platform I have EVER seen. EVERYONE in that gym trained heavy and hard. Powerlifters AND bodybuilders were rubbing shoulders all the time, it was packed wall to wall with aggressive competitors. The bodybuilding and powerlifting methods they used were free weight oriented because NO machines existed in this gym. It … [Read more...]
Episode # 140: How to Develop Powerful Legs
Your legs are your foundation. Wanna be stronger, faster, bigger, speed up your metabolism and increase full body strength? The answer is to stimulate the body through TOUGH leg training. There are no two ways about it or around it. Recently, my homeboy Joe D inspired me to begin doing what he coined "Prowler Suicides" Unfortunately, the Prowler Suicide Challenge emerged and our athletes were shocked to say the least, check out the vid... Every group cranked races of The Prowler Suicide … [Read more...]
Episode # 139: Vintage York Barbell Gym Tour, Part II
Woops, almost forgot about this BEAUTY thanks to my insane schedule :) Check out this beautiful vintage gym in a south jersey basement. I snagged about 600 lbs of vintage strength weights from this gentleman. I need to clean them up a tad and my son will be getting 4 or 5 VERY vintage York barbells for him to use. Could there be anything more amazing than some old york weights in your hands? OK, never mind, don't answer that question. Anyway, check this amazing video, and if you love … [Read more...]
Episode # 138: Underground Muscle Building with Tire Flipping, Bodyweight Training & Sleds
"Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together." - E. Nightingale - Above, The Gnarly Back of A. DuPoux, Underground Trained Since His Senior Year In College On The Gridiron I had to share this after we tore up The Underground Strength Gym the day before Joe DeFranco and I rocked a seminar together. This is Just a lil' highlight of the BEASTS who stopped by the day before our Lost Secrets … [Read more...]
REAL Man Muscle Building Ain’t No Joke!
At the end of a LONG day at The Underground Strength Gym, Canada's Pro Strongman, Paul Vaillancourt, stopped by the gym today with his entourage. With plans of stopping by for 5 PM they got lost in the Dirty Jerzee and enjoyed some scenery in what some call the ghetto, others call the projects - not a fun place to be driving through with a mini van, a fauly GPS and not a clue as to where the heck you're going! We talked biz and training for 10 minutes and I was itching to train. Before … [Read more...]
NFL Linebacker, Dhani Jones Trains Underground
Dhani Jones used to train with my homeboy Joe DeFranco....in a storage closet and sometimes outdoors on a Football field, flipping 600 + lb tires and throwing around Kegs. Today, Dhani Jones has his own TV show and "Tackles the Globe" while competing in the respective country's sport, many of which are combat sports. Check out some footage of Dhani below, and, notice how much of his preparation for each sport requires some unorthodox methods - combining these Underground methods with his … [Read more...]