Today I was about to close up shop at the gym until an old friend strolled in to wish me a happy birthday. Johnny and I competed against each other in the 1995 Teenage Mr. NJ! That was a loooong
Keeping the same theme: Attacking training with heavy basics. Heavy Basics keeps you honest and brings the results. Here we go…. A training session inspired by Coach Ethan Reeve. I get fired up when I train so hopefully you can
The gym is the place where I lose myself and find myself. If I can start or finish my day in the gym, it’s a way to know I did what others dared not do. I want to train and
Training doesn’t have to be perfect for it to work. This has always been the essence of “The Underground” – I never followed the so called “Rules” of training. Inspired by men like The Barbarian Brothers, Dr. Ken Leistner, Dave
Yesterday I made the one hour trek up north to my homeboy Joe D’s gym, and damn, what a gym it is, I’m in heaven there. The atmosphere is always high octane and steel is always clanging together or being
Above, Kirk Karwoski, world record powerlifter trained under Marty Gallagher, Author of The Purposeful Primitive. One week ago I got a new training book I ordered in the mail, ‘The Purposeful Primitive’. It’s been a while since I got excited
On my one hand, I can count those who have REALLY influenced me in training AND in life. Without hesitation, Jonny Hinds is one of those people. I connected with Jon maybe 2 or 3 years ago by phone, after
I have had some interesting conversations with Jim Wendler. One in particular struck a chord with me quite heavily. In fact, it has helped mold a process I use at my gym when training new athletes. Jim and I spoke
It was 10 PM at night. The air was cool and my wife was asleep. My daughter fell asleep at 8:30 PM and I just finish cleaning up, massaging my wife to fall asleep and unable to get in my
This is a STRONG Life BONUS Podcast episode. It’s a Throwback, from 2006, so please understand the audio quality back then was NOT what it is today. Instead, enjoy the Information. Jim is 100% through and through a super genuine
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