When you are in your 20s you don't see the slight differences among people. You're just living it up. You're moving forward. Then, you hit your 30s and you're charging forward in your own life, so you just put your head down and work. You assume everyone is on a similar path of pushing for growth, success and strength. Maybe you have a family now, maybe not. Maybe a career? Maybe not? Maybe just a "job" that "pays the bills". Then your mid and late 30s come and you see how people begin to … [Read more...]
5 Tips To Be STRONG, Successful & Awesome
I'm fired up as I'm hitting the road to drive down to North Carolina tomorrow. Travis Mash and I will be crushing our seminar together and the next one will be here in NJ. My drive is going to be about 9 hours. And when I get to think about driving, I get to think about how many excuse makers there are. I question where they acquire this attitude of convenience over excellence. I've held seminars where I flew 4, 5 + hours and people within 45 minutes driving said, "Let me know when you're … [Read more...]
Training In Your 40s & Strength Coach Start Up Tips
I can't believe I am writing an article about "Training in your 40s"..... I remember training in my teens and 20s. The saying Time goes fast is a severe understatement! The Ultimate Warrior used to tell me that he would give a handful of his years to go back to his 20s and "Feel that f--in' Power!" That being said, training in your 40s is different for everyone. I've been training since age 13 so the mileage of hard and heavy training has beaten me up. If you're in your 40s and haven't done … [Read more...]
When A Man STOPS Being DANGEROUS
I was 18 years old and it was the Summer of 94'. The training and advice I learned back then has stuck with me and shaped my actions dramatically. Why? Because these lessons were forged into my mind and body through TOUGH times. That which is easy will not change you. It's that simple. I had gone through some intense and awesome training that Summer while in Israel. 2 workouts a day, 6 days a week. My training partners were "crazy" but this was our "normal". Joe was training to become a Navy … [Read more...]
WHO Are YOU? The Man In The Arena vs The Spectator
I've been doing some soul searching lately and I will likely do less putting info "out there" such as videos, instagram, etc and more focusing on grounding on myself. My energy gets pulled when I frequently catch myself more dedicated to the very things that the person on the other end of the line needs to be dedicated to. Rather than continue down a road of disappointment and frustration, I will let things be the way they are. Not everyone wants it. Not everyone has the desire to be … [Read more...]
Deadlifts, Westside Barbell & REFUSING TO BE AVERAGE
There's running a business and then there's the fire in your heart that has NOTHING to do with your business. Here's some intense thoughts on: The athletes I train / don't want to train The influence Louie Simmons has had on me Inspiration from the upcoming documentary, Westside vs The World Finding a Way to Run a Business Doing ONLY What You Love Would I still train athletes if I won the lottery? … [Read more...]
How You Do ANYTHING Is How You Do EVERYTHING
I had a conversation with a friend of mine recently about running a warehouse gym, employees and "doing a great job". It's my mindset when I think of the great quote, How you do Anything, Is How you do EVERYTHING. What do you do with your shopping cart after food shopping? Do you push it or shove it somewhere or do you walk 15 seconds and return the cart properly? You see garbage on the floor? You walked into the gym and carried dirt all over your shoes. Ignore it or clean up after … [Read more...]
Running A Part Time Strength Coach Business
From the first week I opened The Underground Strength Gym warehouse gym, I got MORE phone calls from aspiring Strength Coaches than I did from parents of athletes. THAT was scary! I'm out here trying to build savages and I've got Lawyers and Accountants calling me & leaving me voice mails like this: "I hate this suit and tie shit, I wanna do what you're doing, flipping tires and building beasts!" OK, so that was 10 years ago! So was this earlier … [Read more...]
Mental Toughness Workouts for Peace of Mind
I recall my high school years of training for hours on end. I would get dropped off at the gym and literally live there until the gym would almost close. Endless hours of training seemed "normal" to me. Everyone has a different sense of "normal" and I try my best not to judge but I have a difficult time relating to those who make endless excuses. I would always have different training partners because I would get frustrated with others and looking back, I was also frustrated with … [Read more...]
Don’t Complicate Your Training: Strong is STRONG & Training is TRAINING
Training doesn't need to be complicated to be effective. Growing up in the 80s and 90s gave me insight to the times of YMCA weight rooms filled with York Barbell Equipment and men who were built like brick sh*t houses. I got to see a state championship Football team crushing the basics in a dump of a weight room while playing The Rocky IV soundtrack day after day. Their success was NO accident: They crushed the basics with consistency AND intensity. I saw my Wrestling Coach doing 10 sets of … [Read more...]
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