It was the Winter of 1995 and I was driving to Diamond Gym with my training partners. Our typical 30 minute drive to Diamond was the 3 of us getting fired up to destroy the gym as we blasted music from my special Kenwood stereo. Back then, I had cassette tapes that were special mix tapes with our favorite music. But this one time, the guys were strangely silent. I was scared. Scared that our workout was going to be a wash. The entire 30 minute drive I could just feel their lack of … [Read more...]
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Diamond Gym, 5 AM Workouts & NEVER Fading
Yesterday I took a trip to my old stomping grounds, Diamond Gym. I spent my late teens through my mid 20s commuting to Diamond Gym. I will never forget that place and the intensity that oozed out of that gym. I've learned some simple yet powerful lessons since my late teens and my experiences from Diamond Gym, life, wrestling and The Underground Strength Gym. In this video I share the following 7 lessons: - Why motivated people always get shit done EARLY while everyone else sleeps - How John … [Read more...]
336 | Old School Gyms Today? Bodybuilding for Sports Performance & Why We ALL Need Some Bodybuilding Training
STRONG Life Podcast ep 336 brought to you by http://ZachStrength.com In this episode I take you through my recent experience with my son, where I take him to his first ever commercial gym, an "old school bodybuilding gym" nonetheless! Here are the topics covered in this episode: … [Read more...]
181 | Brian Moss on The Gym Business, Photography & Passion
Here we go! STRONG Life Podcast ep. 181 is Powerful! Brian Moss is The Founder of The Better Bodies Gym and Clothing brand which was started in 1982! During the intro, I discuss how Brian and I connected in 2003 and I also share the story of how I ALMOST bought a gym instead of an engagement ring!!! ha ha Brian and I discuss the gym business of the 80s and 90s along with what he sees happening today in the gym industry. - I also share the story of how I ALMOST bought an … [Read more...]
The MOST Important Thing To Do In The Gym
The three of us were driving up The Garden State Parkway heading Northbound. It was a cold, dreary winter day in NJ. It was early 1995 and winter was in full swing. I was driving, as always, since my training partners had no money OR no car, typical of aspiring pro bodybuilders, yes? My 2 training partners sat quietly in my Mazda 626. I had a special sound system installed specifically to get me amped up for the gym. In fact, everything in my life revolved around the gym. How … [Read more...]
THE Underground Strength Gym – What REALLY Happened?
Soooo.... what REALLY goes down at The Underground Strength Gym? I am often asked.... I am a lucky guy, I won't deny it. I LOVE what I do and love it even more when I'm sweating bullets and my hands are covered in rust from old plates and dirt from 450 & 600 lb tractor tires. As they say though, successful people make their own luck, but what is often forgotten is how they learned what they now know..... … [Read more...]
Gladiator Garage Gym Workouts
It was The Fall of 2002, and I had drawn the line...... I was up to my neck in work as a grad student plus working full time as a teacher. I was also coaching Wrestling and the season was a few short weeks away. My time was pressed to say the least. Sunday mornings I would wake up and work on research papers from 10 AM until 10 PM. It was the first time in 7 or 8 years that I was unable to make the trek to my favorite hardcore gym, Diamond Gym. I was too busy to drive 30 minutes each way, … [Read more...]
How to Kick Ass, Get STRONGER & Get JACKED in a 1 Car Garage Gym
I remember I was 25 or so, and decided to stop training at the local gym. I was finishing Graduate school which was an hour drive each way. Graduate school was wiping me out in addition to working full time, studying my ass off and trying to train in a hard core gym. Hard core gyms were dead..... Somehow, someway, people in the mid 90s began thinking that being Strong & Jacked was not a cool thing. I swear to you this is NO lie. Magazines came out for this specific look and many gym … [Read more...]
Apollo’s “TOUGH Gym”
Original Article Date: 4/1/2008 Updated: 2/4/2024 Have you ever seen Rocky III where Apollo takes Rocky back to the old school gym he used to train at where everyone has the "Eye of the Tiger"? TOUGH GYM. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peBGvS0VGr4 That gym look liked a dump to others, but when I saw TOUGH GYM, I thought it was perfect and beautiful. It was exactly what I wanted to build for athletes. I took out a notepad, paused the DVD player and started sketching the … [Read more...]
[443] HATE: NO Room in my Heart. Instead, Choose STRENGTH.
STRONG Life Podcast ep 443 Brought to you by The STRONG Life Insider - Get THE BEST FREE Strength Training Courses HERE I somewhat pay attention to the news but the agendas that each media outlet has nowadays is never easy to trust. They post a photo or video claiming one thing and then later you find out it's a photo or video from somewhere else during a completely different time. With an up and coming strength and conditioning clinic at Columbia University I had known about what was … [Read more...]
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