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Endless Lessons Learned from The Underground aka “Old School” Bodybuilding & Strength Training Methods

In the 50s and 60s, strength sports were a small “Underground” cult. Even in the 70s. Until Arnold hit the big screen, bodybuilding and literally building your body was viewed as something only a narcissist would do. Today, of course,

I don’t see this much…

Just making sure you’re deadlifting….if not, maybe this pic will motivate you. Lift big weights off the ground, lift them overhead, pull them from the ground up, push them and pull them….squat them…. Get to work. –Z– PS – Wanna

he trained with me in my Dad’s garage

Wow, those were some wild days. Back when I FIRST began taking on clients as a profession, a five bucks per hour profession none the less 🙂 I was training a few athletes from my Dad’s garage, his backyard and

LIFT STRONG Fundraiser – You In?

This Saturday, our LIFT Strong fundraiser is going down. The competition will be heated and anyone who doesn’t have the eye of the tiger is lunch meat for the rest, it’s that simple. Predator or Prey. Your training will tell

a night at the movies with Joe DeFranco

Wow, what a night Thursday was…. Sorry for the delay on this, I’ve been pretty wiped out since Thursday night 🙂 Stay tuned though, because I will have some cool trip footage of my times Thursday night to be posted

Look in the mirror, dig deep…

As the world becomes a busier and busier place for so many of us, it seems that rather than think for ourselves, and do what is best for us, too many people blindly copy other materials. I’m talking about copying

stories of eatin’ clean and trainin’ mean

I think it’s much easier than people make it when it comes to getting stronger, adding muscle and getting faster….and I mean getting these results FAST! Make no mistake regarding “easy” and “simple”. Easy is walking in the park…simple is

lessons of wolf and man

A few weeks ago one of my clients saw me training before they were about to tear it up. I had about 15 minutes so I tore through some heavy power cleans supersetted with ring dips. He knew I was

awesome day, awesome lunch, awesome advice for you

Today I was at my homeboy Ryan Lee’s Millionaire Workout Workshop. Ryan delivered some hard hitting info and I was sitting front and center to soak it all in. Being a student at all times is critical for success. Should

How I trained an 88 lb. weakling

Slightly over 2 years ago a young wrestler began training with us…. He weighed 88 lbs at the time and was 1 month out from wrestling season in which he would be wrestling at 103 lbs. We had little time

"Zach Even - Esh is the Charles Atlas of Powerlifting / Weightlifting / Athletic Training. He is a walking inspiration. A kick in the ass for all of us."
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