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Men’s Strength Training in Your 40s: It Never Gets Easier

It was a Sunday evening and I was exhausted. I spent the weekend catching up on some much need R&R and luckily, the crappy weather allowed me to do so. It had been raining non stop since Friday afternoon. After

Zach Goes on Mark Bell’s Power Project: Life, Business & Training Athletes

In this STRONG Life Bonus Podcast, prepare to go DEEP into a 3 hour podcast with my bro, Mark “Smelly” Bell and his team members, Nsima Inyang & producer, Andrew Zaragoza. We go deep down many rabbit holes and many

Dealing with Complainers + Training for YOUR Health

I woke this morning unlike any other morning. Nothing special. Today would be another day of work and another opportunity to get better. I’ve got 13 days left on crutches after my full meniscus repair. I remind myself that every

Underground Strength Training from 1947 + the TOUGH Training of Mas Oyama

In the early 2000s when I began Underground Strength, it was truly “Underground”. At the time, the “in thing” was training on one leg, on a bosu ball or physio ball. You had to use a medicine ball, rotating, half

Building Muscle is NOT As Complicated as the “Gurus” Say

I am fired up as I write this. After 3 weeks on crutches, I finally was able to return to my high school to coach the athletes. I am also back at The Underground Strength Gym coaching. After training the

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

Tommy’s TOUGH Garage Gym: Old School Strength Training Lessons

My buddy Sean lived up the street from me and we were friends since 3rd grade when his elementary school closed down and joined my elementary school. Back then, the town we lived in wasn’t so populated so our school

260 – Coach Bill Gillespie | 40 Years of Coaching Experience: Sets, Reps, Exercises & Strength Coach Career Talk

STRONG Life Podcast ep. 260 with Master Strength Coach, Bill Gillespie Bill brings 40 Years of Coaching Experience and MANY world records in the bench press and has benched over 800 lbs in competition. Bill’s Bio is HERE Contact Bill

John Grimek Workout + Strength Training in Your 40s

It is always inspiring to me when I dig up my old muscle magazines from the 40s, 50s and 60s. Those photos of John Grimek, Steve Reeves, Reg Park, etc simply exude strength. These men had physiques that proved what

Chuck Sipes Inspired Workout: The 1-10-1 Method

It was a Friday and I was feeling inspired to go through a tough training session with an old school feel to it. I dug up some old muscle mags with Chuck Sipes, one of the strongest bodybuilders ever from

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