STRONG Life Podcast ep 312 with Brian Bott, owner / founder of Sports AdvantEdge in Wisconsin. Brian has over 20 years of experience from both the collegiate sector and the private sector. With multiple locations as well as multiple partnerships with high schools, Brian's company is impacting hundreds if not thousands of athletes every year. To connect with & learn from Brian: Website / Contact Brian on Instagram Get Your Edge Podcast with Brian Bott Here are … [Read more...]
304: Brad David | Underground Strength Coach & Building a Home Gym Business
STRONG Life Podcast ep 304 with Brad David who operates his business from his home, Adventure Athlete Fit. In this episode Brad and I discuss: - Starting his business out of his home during covid - The lessons he learned from The Underground Strength Coach Cert - Training people outdoors vs being limited to his garage gym and the indoors - Influential people in Physical Culture that inspired Brad to take his training and business beyond the traditional weight room … [Read more...]
BONUS: How to Attack Life for More Success in Health, Business & LIFE
In this BONUS episode of The STRONG Life Podcast, I am the guest on The Living Strong Podcast with Gianluca Masella. GREAT times here talking about taking life head on with a Spartan approach. Gianluca, the host, is no stranger to attacking life and crushing goals. He was once over 300 lbs and lost over 100 lbs by taking action with motivation and inspiration from The Spartan Up Podcast! Dig in and get fired up. It's important to surround yourself (even virtually) with high achievers. … [Read more...]
How To Blend Strength, Muscle Building & Mental Toughness Workouts Together
Many make the mistake thinking that to train for strength you must do so exclusively. Or if trying to build muscle, you must focus on the time under tension principle. But, to make gains in strength.... To pack on muscle.... You MUST be mentally tough. You need to have a high pain tolerance, you must have commitment even when the desire to train isn't fully on fire. … [Read more...]
Back to My Roots, Part II – Backyard Beginnings
Check out these next two videos of stone training. The stones weren't crazy heavy so I cranked away with a circuit for strength endurance and conditioning. This is a great way to condense your workouts while still building strength, muscle and stamina. If you're a family man / woman, you know ALL about being limited on time. Check it.... I'll be back to mixing the various odd objects in my workouts with powerlifting once again. I miss the barbell TOO much. Deadlifting and squatting make me … [Read more...]
Back to My Roots
I recently stopped at my parent's pad to get some "work" done before tearing it up at The Underground Strength Gym. This is where it ALL began, training athletes and training myself from my parents home. I began my journey as a strength coach and eventually a warehouse gym owner right HERE. I had a few pieces of equipment I snagged from the newspaper classifieds, the local playgrounds and the stones in my parents backyard. Sounds simple but damn did this basic training produce powerful … [Read more...]
Underground Strength Show # 62 & 63: Rusty Iron, NO Rules Workouts & Mental Toughness
Training doesn't have to be perfect for it to work. Often times, the imperfections are better because they train the mind AND the body as one. They force you to cope with the "resistance" that is more than just the weights. My methods are NOT perfect, they have flaws, but guess what, so does every program. The flaws are beautiful. The challenges are to be wished for. Be grateful for the tough times for anything worth achieving is worth fighting for. Sometimes you just gotta attack your … [Read more...]
the trail blazer
Time for some action. Time to do it your way, finally, not anyone else's way. Seriously. Stop doing what you see everyone else doing. Stop copying the concentration curls, the lat pull downs, the smith machine presses....everything performed seated of course. Every workout does NOT have to be the perfect balance of push / pull, or upper / lower body work. Who ever said that everything must be in total harmony and balance is full of it. Ask the guys in the pen about balance and … [Read more...]