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Protected: The Pussification of America

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How to Get Built Like a Brick Sh*t House

Once in a blue moon you come across an athlete or a gym rat who, as some of us may have said in the 80s and 90s, is “Built like a Brick Sh-t House”. In my countless years of getting

How to Kick Ass, Get STRONGER & Get JACKED in a 1 Car Garage Gym

I remember I was 25 or so, and decided to stop training at the local gym. I was finishing Graduate school which was an hour drive each way. Graduate school was wiping me out in addition to working full time,

Mark Rippetoe Interview on Building Functional Muscle & Brute Strength

Enjoy the audio interrogation with Coach Mark Rippetoe. Apologies for the little static during the first 2 minutes but it clears up after the 2 minute mark. Have mercy on me as my office is out of a military back

The NO Rules Workout

Yes, I admit it, people complaining about my workouts or calling them crazy only stokes my fire and makes me crazier. Check out the inside look of my latest ‘NO Rules Workout’ – This is only part of the training.

Henry Rollins on Iron, Strength, Pain & Greatness

Article by Henry Rollins ‘Iron’ I believe that the definition of definition is reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. Completely. When I was young I had no sense of myself.

Days of Thunder Bodybuilding…..

It was September of 1994. I was training at a now defunct gym, it was legit “hardcore”, called Dynamic Fitness. Such a shame that it had to end, but it did. I’ll never forget that gym. It shaped me and

Hybrid Kettlebell Combat Complex Challenge

“Kettlebells for Combat”? I started this “Kettlebell Combat Complex” back when I began using Kettlebells around 2002 and studying their best use for wrestlers. Before you move forward, let me preface this Kettlebell complex by emphasizing that this is NOT

Upper Body Workout and THE 5 Year Plan!?!?

The inspiration to live a STRONG Life drives me to face my fears, be it in the gym or in life. The pic above of Ken Waller about to smash some heavy dumbbell benching also inspired me. I explain my

There Are NO Secrets

Some say they have secrets for packing on freakish amounts of ripped muscle and insane amounts of strength. The internet is famous for click bait, louring you into something that sounds profound, but in a nut shell is a gimmick.

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