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35 Life & Lifting Lessons, Part II

If you missed Part I, check it HERE 17) After freshman wrestling season ended I joined Apollon Gym, which is the gym I share a parking lot with today! I trained 6 – 7 days a week, for a minimum

35 Life & Lifting Lessons

Holy S**t! In a few short weeks I’ll be 36. Time goes fast. TOO Fast. Here’s some stories and lessons I’ve learned along the way & hopefully you’re not too cool to learn from some of these. Anyway, for no

Underground Hotel Workout Adventures

No matter where you are…. No matter how much or how little equipment you have….. or don’t have…. You can still kick ass and have an awesome workout. It’s ALL about the mindset you bring to the table, it has

Bodyweight Bodybuilding QnA

My buddy, Uncle Alwyn Cosgrove sent me some questions regarding Bodyweight Bodybuilding, check it out below and please enjoy…. 1) Why did you start dedicating yourself to bodyweight training recently? The BIGGEST changes came from recurring pains and injuries that

The BIG Reasons Behind Bodyweight Training for Athletes

Yesterday I exchanged text messages with a friend of mine who has been lifting for 20+ years. He was talking about how he can relate to everything I went through as we’ve been both training hard and heavy for well

Don’t Get Stuck Being Strong AND Useless

In a recent interview I was listening to between Mike Robertson and NFL Strength Coach Joe “House” Kenn, Joe was asked an interesting question. He was asked what he would like to see more of AND what he wishes he

Are You Stronger Than an Idiot aka Learning From Injuries?

Time to lay down the law on those who listen and especially those who are “good enough” and only listen to a select few. Remember, to achieve greater success you must acquire the mindset of “always a white belt”. The

Lessons Learned From The STRONGEST Guy From The Old School YMCA (Circa 1990)

I still remember that guy, even though I met him when I was only 14 years old, a freshman in high school with dreams of being bigger and stronger than everyone else. Back then, the YMCA was ending the era

Underground Strength Training Log October 2011

Here and there I’ve given insight into my workouts but not in detail. Yes, LOTS of videos but I wanted to share some details and if you dig it, maybe I’ll update once a month. By the way, I hope

Training Athletes

Through my years of training athletes and the opportunities I’ve had to see what goes on IN high school weight rooms as well as our athletes telling us about what goes on (or what doesn’t go on)…..I’ve had some MAJOR

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