Since the explosion of the internet and the fancy shmancy gyms that have been popping up on every corner of every town, notice how everyone struggles with results?

You shoulda seen the gym Lou Ferrigno trained in when he was in Brooklyn, preparing to compete against Arnold. Oh man, what a little dungeon that was, with barely any room to move…..

Barbells and dumbbells and what else???

Come on, you know the deal….

sweat, blood, blistering effort, intensity…..

This is what training is about…. going in there and getting it done and not fearing what may happen to you.
You block out the pain, block out the sacrifice and focus on beating your previous best.

I kid you not, get yourself an old barbell from e bay or craigs list, some used dumbbells and then go to town on them!

You’ll freak people out with the speed you’ll slap on muscle and gain strength.

Kill it!

–Coach Z–

P.S. - This is the course I follow when it’s barbells, dumbbells and bodyweight only. Nothing fancy, you don’t even need a bench for this! Check it out HERE!

I was 23 years old and spending 2 weeks in Los Angeles as I was heavily thinking of moving out west. Every day I took a trip for a few hours into Venice, trained at the weight pit, trained at Gold’s Venice, ate at the famous Fire House restaurant where I ate their very popular “Bodybuilder’s Breakfast” - this was a 6 egg white omelette, a 6 oz flank steak, 3 whole grain pancakes and then I added fresh fruit on the side and a BIG glass of iced tea.

I was in heaven. Bodybuilding was my passion, and to this day, I still consider what I do to be “Bodybuilding”…..after all, I am building my body aren’t I?

But, on my first day in Venice, something very special and electric happened….

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