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STRONG Life Ep 103: Relentless Pursuit of Excellence | Brett Bartholomew

STRONG Life Podcast Ep. 103! Let’s crush this episode with Strength & Conditioning Coach, Brett Bartholomew. Brett has been on an intense journey during his time as a Strength Coach since Day 1. From volunteering and interning at colleges to

A Letter to My YOUNGER (Athlete) Self With 17 Strength Training & Life Tips

This letter isn’t about holding on to the past or living in the past. Knowing and learning from mistakes is crucial. The opportunity to share with others to help them achieve more Success, to avoid my mistakes & to be

How To Organize Strength Training & Program Design That WORKS

I’ve gone through quite the spectrum of program design models, bodybuilding training, strength training, sports performance training and more. Then, after all the ups and downs, the decades of training, you begin to get to a point where you view

STRONG Life Ep. 102 – Failure Is NOT An Option

STRONG Life Episode 102. This is a QnA Style episode here and the overall message in this episode is Failure is NOT An Option. Business, Life, Lifting. If any of this would be easy, everyone would be crushing it, right?

Strength Lessons from The Iron Gladiators of The 80s & 90s

Photo Cred: Grégoire Alessandrini / http://www.nyc90s.com The photo above is from the no longer open, Gladiator Gym. This gym was housed in “Alphabet City” in The East Village of NYC. Pro Bodybuilders used to train there. Hard charging weightlifters trained

STRONG Life Ep. 101: Work Ethic & The Mystery Of Coaching Athletes

STRONG Life Podcast Ep. 101 with Mike Guadango, Owner of Freak Strength. In this episode, I connect with a long time friend, Mike Guadango. Mike and I met back in the early days of The Underground Strength Gym when we

Do What You Can, Even When You Can’t

Whether you’re a sport athlete or a hard charging lifter, injuries and obstacles will always be popping up on your journey. I am still trying to figure out WHY they happen. Is it all about movement? Because I see some

STRONG Life Ep. 100 w/ Jim Steel: Be A Simple Man

Pretty crazy, here we are with The STRONG Life Podcast Episode 100! Jim Steel and I crush part 2 of our conversation and although we talk training others and self, lifting “back in the day” and strength & conditioning today…..

Will Anyone Ever Squat In Peace Again?

I feel bad for this generation of lifters. I’d say that 99.99999999% will NEVER know what it’s like to JUST train for the sake of training and have NO phone around them. The kids I train nowadays always sneak a

STOP Looking For A Substitute

This blog post will make me sound like a cranky old guy talking about “back in the day” but the truth is, even though I am 40 now, I remember feeling this way when I was 30. The photo above

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