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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

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January 25, 2021
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255 | Jim Wendler: Training High School Athletes, Thoughts on Social Media, Music & Best Business “Advices”

STRONG Life Podcast 255 with Jim Wendler. https://JimWendler.com This episode is a barn burner and loaded with passion, real life training talk, discussions on our own training as we “get older” plus everything in between. Of course, we get into

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January 24, 2021
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254: Alan Thrall on Strength Training, Gym Business & Growth Mindset

STRONG Life Podcast ep 254 with Alan Thrall. This was a LOG overdue podcast with Alan. I’ve been following Alan’s training and online presence for a while now and it’s been awesome to watch him and his business grow. Alan

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January 24, 2021
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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

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December 18, 2020
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249: Steven Pressfield Interviews Zach on Writing, Creativity & The STRONG Life

STRONG Life Podcast ep. 249 is a wild ride for me. Steven Pressfield invited me on a zoom call to be interviewed for a off the cuff interview / conversation. That’s right, Steven wanted to interview me. Holy hell! Yes,

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December 6, 2020
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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

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December 1, 2020
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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

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November 22, 2020
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Strength & Conditioning Thoughts: “Perfect” Training vs DOING THE WORK

Above: The Dumbbells at Diamond Gym. To get to the heaviest weights, you must do all the work to get them from the bottom! In sports, you can be a Coach or even a fan watching practice or competition and

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November 14, 2020
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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

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November 12, 2020
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Training In Your 40s, Bulgarian Power Burst, Bench Press + Deadlift Tips

With my hectic schedule I am going through some short training sessions, around 15-20 minutes a clip. Sometimes I get 2 mini sessions a day and instead of complaining, I simply get it done. Announcing how tired or busy I

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November 7, 2020
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