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STRONG Life Ep. 102 – Failure Is NOT An Option

STRONG Life Episode 102. This is a QnA Style episode here and the overall message in this episode is Failure is NOT An Option. Business, Life, Lifting. If any of this would be easy, everyone would be crushing it, right?

Strength Lessons from The Iron Gladiators of The 80s & 90s

Photo Cred: Grégoire Alessandrini / http://www.nyc90s.com The photo above is from the no longer open, Gladiator Gym. This gym was housed in “Alphabet City” in The East Village of NYC. Pro Bodybuilders used to train there. Hard charging weightlifters trained

STRONG Life Ep. 101: Work Ethic & The Mystery Of Coaching Athletes

STRONG Life Podcast Ep. 101 with Mike Guadango, Owner of Freak Strength. In this episode, I connect with a long time friend, Mike Guadango. Mike and I met back in the early days of The Underground Strength Gym when we

Do What You Can, Even When You Can’t

Whether you’re a sport athlete or a hard charging lifter, injuries and obstacles will always be popping up on your journey. I am still trying to figure out WHY they happen. Is it all about movement? Because I see some

Strength Coach Start Up / Warehouse Gym Start Up & Business Tips

On an almost daily basis I get e mails from aspiring Strength Coaches asking me about how to start their own gym. Perhaps they are coaching inside a school or somewhere else in a private facility and / or now

STRONG Life Ep. 100 w/ Jim Steel: Be A Simple Man

Pretty crazy, here we are with The STRONG Life Podcast Episode 100! Jim Steel and I crush part 2 of our conversation and although we talk training others and self, lifting “back in the day” and strength & conditioning today…..

Will Anyone Ever Squat In Peace Again?

I feel bad for this generation of lifters. I’d say that 99.99999999% will NEVER know what it’s like to JUST train for the sake of training and have NO phone around them. The kids I train nowadays always sneak a

STOP Looking For A Substitute

This blog post will make me sound like a cranky old guy talking about “back in the day” but the truth is, even though I am 40 now, I remember feeling this way when I was 30. The photo above

STRONG Life Ep. 99: 30 + Years Strength & Conditioning Advices w/ Jim Steel

STRONG Life Episode 99 with UPenn Head Strength & Conditioning Coordinator, Jim Steel! This episode is sponsored by Intek Strength. Check them out & get your hands on their functional trap bar. Jim brings 30+ years of strength & conditioning

12 Lessons From A Never Ending Podcast with John Welbourn & Jim Steel

What a day….. What a night….. I left the house at 2:30 PM to drive to Philly to meet up with John Welbourn & Tex from Power Athlete HQ. The original plan was for the guys to finish their seminar

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