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15 World Class Bench Press Tips from a BEAST

Let’s recap the 14 Bench Press tips from Mark “Smelly” Bell, who holds a BIG 854 lb person best in the Bench Press. 1) When training for speed you will typically be around 40-60% of your max effort, although Mark

Thoughts On Squats, Jumps, Aggressive Learning & WINNING

My workouts have been going VERY good lately and after this past weekend’s seminar at my gym with Mark Bell and Jesse Burdick, I have a gained a MUCH greater amount of knowledge AND respect for powerlifting and straight up

Lessons in Greatness, Hellish Times, Adversity & The Age Factor from Rodney Dangerfield

I watch lots of biographies on TV and love to read biographies and autobiographies. I probably read Arnold’s ‘Education of a Bodybuilder’ over 100 times while in high school alone. I read it many more times after high school as

Muscle Building Experiments That Broke ALL the “Rules”

I’ve been test driving all types of training methods, exercises and systems of training on myself and others ever since I was a young kid.I amassed every bodybuilding book that every book store had. Every holiday, birthday or special occasion

Lessons Learned from Golden Era Bodybuilding BEASTS

Robby Robinson is what I call a Renegade Underground Bodybuilder. His favorite upper body workouts were endless supersets of the bench press and pull ups / chins ups. His favorite lower body workouts were endless supersets of front squats and

Weak or Strong – The Choice Is Yours

I still remember that short yet powerful poem staring at me in front of the squat rack at Diamond Gym. It reminded me to add weight, get an extra rep and do what others would NOT want to do. I

Monday Motivation: Why Were You Put on Earth?

One of the most powerful questions ever asked to me was “Why do I think I was put on this earth?” It led me to REALLY ask myself why I’m here, what my legacy will be, how will I represent

The X Factor

I am psyched by all the feedback I got from the last Blog on kickin’ ass in life AND lifting, of course, I had my fair share of cry babies e mail me, but that’s fine, come’s with the territory.

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