I have a cool message for you, or, shall I say, lessons I’ve learned from 2 Dudes that inspire me in the world of strength, muscle building and athletic performance. These men BOTH walk the talk and have been around the iron game much longer than I have.

Sometimes I seriously wonder if I was born in the wrong era. I wonder why I stand alone or stick out like a sore thumb when I’m the only guy who wants to wrap his hands around old school York dumbbells that were made before I was born. When I wrap my hands around these old weights I wonder who did so before me, I wonder how they trained, how much they squatted and what kind of atmosphere was going on in their gym or garage as they lifted these heavy weights.

They sure as heck didn’t have to worry about guys checking out their hair in the mirror, popping zits and reading the paper in between sets…. or maybe they did?

I recall talking with Coach Ethan Reeve on the phone one day (which ALWAYS fires me up to train). Yep, the same dude who has the most popular audio interrogation inside The Underground Strength System. We were speaking about experimenting with our training and all the different ways once can gain strength, power, add muscle and develop conditioning.

Of course, we agreed that there is more than just ONE way to make it happen. MORE than just one way to get powerful results and the men who have proved this through time over and over again, centuries old, are proof positive.

Above, Bob People’s Gym, aka The Dungeon.

Coach Reeve and I agreed that if all we had were kettlebells, then we would make our athletes crazy strong using just the ketlebells.

Or just the sandbags…..

Or just a barbell……

Or just strongman equipment…..

Coach Reeve is spot on…… it’s about the attitude you bring to the workout, NOT the equipment you have. This is why the strength and the physiques from the 50s – 70s were far more impressive than the majority of what we see today.

Heck, take a look at the “barrel bar” that Bob Peoples used to fill with stones for his deadlifts. Notice his “power rack” is a self made, backyard edition. No band pegs…. No squat suit…. NO training partner.

Hmmmm….. Food for thought.

There are many ways to get the job done. Which had Coach Reeve and I talking about Dr. Ken who you saw in recent episodes of The Underground Strength Show. Check one episode below…..

Heck, Dr. Ken was (and still does) train high level athletes, like NFL dudes, using freakin’ missiles!

Dr. Ken was also using steal beams with handles welded on them for deadlifts, farmer walks, one handed deadlifts plus all types of carries.

Come on, think about it – does it REALLY matter what tools you use if you’re trying to get stronger? Aside from machines….. Weight is weight!

Now, if you can organize these tools into an effective program rather than some random recipe of anything and everything, you’ll get yourself some kick ass results beyond what would happen if all you did was “train hard”. But, let there be NO mistake about it, hard work is the MAIN ingredient in the “kitchen”. Without, nothing happens.

QOD (Question of the Day): What odd objects do you use when training and how do you put them together to make some kick ass, Underground workouts? Drop a comment and let us know!

Peace

– Z –

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