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6 Feet 5 Inches SOUL Lifter – Training for Sports AND Life

Laird Hamilton is a beast of a man. He surfs waves that would sink huge cruise liners, he defies the odds and might be seen as a God in the ocean. Ironically, we have ourselves a modern day Laird Hamilton

The Power of Hand Walking

I have been a big believer in hand walking ever since my undergrad class in Gymnastics back in 1996. My instructor was Mr. Gonzalez, he was an All American Wrestler and the owner of a Gymnastics school. He was a

No more squats?

People thought I was crazy, then again, people still think I’m crazy. Back when I was first training athletes in my garage, and even before I had a garage to train them in, our athletes were getting brutally strong without

Training like your life depends on it

A little story about what we did, with the full story to come soon. Click Here for details. In Strength, –Z–

Save BIG on Mother’s Day

As a husband, a father, and of course, first and foremost, a son to my mother, Mother’s Day has take on new meaning to me. It’s a BIG deal. If you’ve been reading my Blog, you know how proud I

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

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