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Are You Training Too Hard? Injuries? Lack of Progress?

Training too hard…… Who would have thought I would ever bring this topic up because if you go to a local gym, you’ll see people sitting and lying on benches in between their sets, head down and locked in on

Simple & Effective Nutrition Tips from Physical Culture, Silver & Golden Era Bodybuilding

I’ve been going through my old magazines from the 50s and 60s and really love seeing the nutrition basics. And a few weeks ago, someone sent me my original paper back of The Way to Live, which I recreated into

STRONG Life 258: Josh Bryant | Crazy Gym Stories, Country Living & Training in Your 40s

STRONG Life Podcast ep. 258 with my bro, Josh Bryant. Josh Bryant is the co author of many of my favorite books under The Jail House Strong brand. Visit Josh’s website HERE. In this episode we share some of our

Gladiator Bodybuiliding of the 60s & 70s

The Golden Era of Bodybuilding (the 70s) brought on the high volume approach to training. Before this, many of these men trained 3 x week with a full body workout, which is STILL a GREAT program. Men like Steve Reeves

252: Jim “Bandbell” Seitzer, Early Days Westside Barbell & Old School Bodybuilding

STRONG Life Podcast 252 is BEAST! Jim Seitzer started lifting weights in the mid 70s with none other than Louie Simmons. That’s right, imagine graduating college and training to be a bodybuilder and on day 1, you see Louie benching

248 | Dr. Ken Kinakin on “Old School” Bodybuilding, Powerlifting & Strength Lessons from the BEST

STRONG Life Podcast ep. 248 with Dr. Ken Kinakin, founder of The SWIS Symposium. This was a GREAT time as we dug into the start of Dr. Kinakin’s training experiences going back to the 70s and 80s, and then creating

247: Kurt Hester: Strength & Conditioning “Madman”

STRONG Life Podcast ep. 247 with Kurt Hester. WOW, what an awesome episode with Kurt who is in his late 50s (I always say he looks like he’s 32) and crushing it as a Coach. I have a TON of

246 | Matt Nichol & Learning from Legends in Strength & Conditioning

WOW! What a BEAST of a podcast with Strength Coach, Matt Nichol. This is STRONG Life Podcast ep. 246. I first heard of Matt around 2004 when I was attending the first ever pilot certification for The IYCA which was

Building Stronger, Tougher & Faster Athletes: Eventually, Athletes Need a Heavy Bar on their Back

Times have been changing for quite some time….. Strength training with the basics is just not “cool” anymore. “Experts” hate on squats and now we have high school kids who can barely squat bodyweight. And this COVID shutdown of gyms

245 | Josh Rondeau on Old School Strength & Lifters of the Golden Era

Photo Cred: StartingStrength.com STRONG Life Podcast ep. 245 with Josh Rondeau. What a GREAT time this was hamming it up talking about old school strength with Josh. We bounce around a bit, of course, but you’ll be inspired and educated

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