After getting a few e mails recently, plus many through the years with this type of message..... I tried to do this but I just couldn't make it happen..... What message is this? It's when someone LOVES training so much, they jump head first, ALL in and try to make a full time income / living as a Strength Coach. Knowledge on training yourself is 1 thing. Knowledge to train other is another thing. Knowledge and Skills to communicate your message in today's world on the internet is a whole … [Read more...]
STRONG Life 105: Training to Be Dangerous & Why Convenience Is Your Enemy
STRONG Life Podcast Episode 105 - Training to Be Dangerous & Why Convenience Is The Enemy. This episode comes to you from a question that came in from a Strength Coach who attended a business seminar I held some 6 or 7 years ago. With my fires charging, I had just handed in my key after clearing out and moving the FIRST ever Underground Strength Gym. It brought to me many memories of the Savages we worked with at The Underground. Here's what I cover inside this 25 minute, power … [Read more...]
STRONG Life Ep 104: Captain Joe Mastrangelo, Navy SEAL: Forging Your Mind & Body For SUCCESS
STRONG Life Podcast, Ep. 104! This Episode is VERY special for me. After 22 years, I reconnect with 1 of my earliest mentors who helped me turn my life around and start kicking ass & taking names. Meet Captain Joe Mastrangelo, Navy SEAL and hard charger who has forged his mind and body by conquering one tough goal after another. Today, Joe is running Veteran Sailing Association, a non profit to help Veterans learn to Sail, to reconnect with themselves by connecting them to nature … [Read more...]
STRONG Life Ep 103: Relentless Pursuit of Excellence | Brett Bartholomew
STRONG Life Podcast Ep. 103! Let's crush this episode with Strength & Conditioning Coach, Brett Bartholomew. Brett has been on an intense journey during his time as a Strength Coach since Day 1. From volunteering and interning at colleges to working with pro athletes and celebrities, Brett's training methods and philosophies are refreshing to say the least. This conversation heats up the further we dive into the conversation so dig in and get your learn ON! In this episode of … [Read more...]
A Letter to My YOUNGER (Athlete) Self With 17 Strength Training & Life Tips
This letter isn't about holding on to the past or living in the past. Knowing and learning from mistakes is crucial. The opportunity to share with others to help them achieve more Success, to avoid my mistakes & to be inspired to improve themselves is the goal. It's a simple hope that a middle or high school athletes comes across this post, sees my mistakes, my tips on life and lifting and ultimately, puts these tips to use. Heck, I hope a college athlete sees this. Maybe a college … [Read more...]
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? Well, as you know, nothing worth having is easy. So prepare to EARN IT. That is the Only Way. I take questions from my Instagram and Facebook and here are the Topics I cover: … [Read more...]
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 there. The unspoken rule was simple: Train Your Ass Off. Intensity Rules. This was the story in MANY local gyms back when I was a teen and in my early 20s. So when I was a teen and in my early 20s, the way I learned was by getting under … [Read more...]
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 would compete against DeFranco's Gym at his annual Strongman Challenge. Back then, Mike was a hard charging athlete with goals of become a Major League Baseball Player. Injuries have a funny way of changing our life path and that's exactly what happened with … [Read more...]
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 horrific stuff that would destroy my body and those people don't get injured from it. Then I see people who move great and do all the right things: nutrition, lifestyle, etc and they DO get hurt. I think it's part of your journey. Maybe it's a test to see where you fit in this … [Read more...]
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 and now they want their OWN thing. The e mail more often than not asks me about the following topics: … [Read more...]
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