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Q & A from a skinny guy and a former inmate

Today I had a skinny guy stop into the gym….after he left the gym next door. The other day, another skinny guy who confessed to being a former inmate stopped by as well. I’m starting to worry who the heck

How to grab strength by the throat!

I have spoken many times before about getting people to respect “strength training”. It does piss me off, to see people whining about not being to get stronger, faster or bigger. I see these same people doing 1 arm dumbbell

Charles Atlas and our 88 lb. weakling

Charles Atlas has the story of the 97 lb. weakling, well, I’ve got one about an 88 lb. weakling. His name is Charlie Frankel. How I met Charlie is quite the story…. It was in the attic of a Church,

My trip down memory lane

I headed down to the local elementary school to vote for the town budget and wow did I have some flashbacks. This was my old elementary school. I remembered the gymnasium as being HUGE, but when I stepped inside today

the trail blazer

Time for some action. Time to do it your way, finally, not anyone else’s way. Seriously. Stop doing what you see everyone else doing. Stop copying the concentration curls, the lat pull downs, the smith machine presses….everything performed seated of

Modern Day Milo

If you’ve been visiting my Blog for a few weeks you may recall my old post about our young Football Player / Wrestler who carries a 100 lb sand bag on his back after every workout at The Underground Strength

Inside the Gladiator training program

Every Friday our ‘Gladiator Crew’ shows up to battle it out with some intense training. A powerful mixture of powerlifting, strongman, old school bodybuilding and calisthenics are incorporated. They never know what might come next. Will it be a powerlifting

Stay away from egos and assholes, Part II

First off, thanks to all who responded to my “personal blog post” late last night. The responses have been very motivating to me. As you can see, I am very emotionally driven when it comes to training and life in

My most personal blog ever

Wow, the past few weeks have been quite the whirl wind. I was feeling run down for a good 2 or 3 weeks, but somehow fighting things off. Probably adrenaline. I am pretty wired and can tough things out as

Crazy Strikes Again

There’s no doubt about it, I’m a crazy man, a mad man if you will. There is also a method to my madness. Sometimes, crazy is good, other times, you must know how to tame your wild side. I’ve been

"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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