“Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one’s hand.” –Ezra Pound After Part 1 of 'Why You MUST Read', there was awesome feedback and I've had countless requests to bang out a part 2. Well, here ya go.... Inside this video: - WHY You MUST Read! - What books are in The Underground Strength Library VS what books stay beside my bed at night? - How do I organize reading to inspire myself for work or … [Read more...]
Minimalist Workout For MAX Muscle Gains
"In any war, you put your back to mine, I put my back to yours, and let's do what we gotta do." - Ray Lewis Here's a lil' inside look at how we roll at The Underground Strength Gym with our adult training crew. YES, we train adults just like we train our athletes. We are ALL athletes. Don't ever forget that! Underground Strength Tip Of The Day: Do ONLY what is needed to pack on strength & muscle and NO more. Pick 2 or 3 exercises, work up to 1 or 2 heavy sets and then move … [Read more...]
Top 5 Benefits Of Minimalist Style Workouts, Part II
By choosing the essential, we create great impact with minimal resources. Always choose the essential to maximize your time and energy.” - Leo Babauta Yo, Dudes. I'm back with part 2 of our top 5 benefits to minimalist style workouts. If you missed part 1, slap yourself in the face for missing anything on this blog and read this first. Judging by the amount of comments we got on Part 1, I am excited to see that YOU are excited about minimalist workouts as well. Let's jump right into the … [Read more...]
Top 5 Benefits Of Minimalist Style Workouts
"Simplicity Is The Key To Brilliance" - Bruce Lee I was driving up to Diamond Gym on a cold winter night. It was just past 5 PM and I was sitting in a boat load of traffic, literally, moving nowhere. I was stressed out of my mind, up to my ears in work for Grad School, teaching, coaching wrestling and trying to manage it all. It was the FIRST time in my life I was truly finding it difficult to find the time to train.... … [Read more...]
Amazing Kid Reminds Me To ALWAYS Do This 1 Thing
"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life." - Muhammad Ali I gotta admit. Life is quite challenging right now. I've taken on a LOT of work and at the same time that wild flu knocked me on my arse. But I've trained myself through the physical AND the mental to not only be able to handle these challenges, but to also conquer them and emerge victorious. I am refusing to back down. I KNOW that this is how champions are built. They don't take the easy … [Read more...]
Project X – What Is It?
"Fatigue makes cowards of us all" ~ Vince Lombardi WARNING: Do NOT read this post if you are easily offended or you take things literally. Some years ago I wrote a blog post that I thought would anger many, instead, many LOVED it. I said what others wanted to say for a LOOOONG time, but they feared they would get in trouble by speaking their mind. … [Read more...]
Top 5 Kettlebell Workouts
"If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary.” - Jim Rohn After announcing the last Kettlebell Workout Contest, we had over 80 comments / Kettlebell Workouts shared between the Blog Comments & Facebook! From the 80 + Kettlebell Workouts, I chose the Top 5 that will help you pack on muscle, develop greater conditioning, burn fat and overall help you become even MORE of a BadAss. ___________________________ Check Out The Top 5 Kettlebell Workouts … [Read more...]
Underground Kettlebell Assault (FREE E Book CONTEST!)
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. - Eleanor Roosevelt Read This Post Entirely, Contest Described To Win FREE Copy Of Kettlebell Bodyweight Hybrid Course! Anytime I get away from using Kettlebells I start to feel "it". Tightness in the pecs and shoulders, less fitness, conditioning, work capacity or whatever the fuck we now say to describe the act of being in shape to kick ass and take names. … [Read more...]
NEW Rules For LIFE
"It's Not The Daily Increase But Daily Decrease. Hack Away At The Unessential" - Bruce Lee The past year (2012) life has gotten more hectic for me than perhaps any other year 've experienced. More work, more travels, more expenses, more product creation, more following "the rules" and naturally..... MORE stress. About 3 years ago my family and I moved from the town we grew up in to a town my wife would always visit as a kid. She would take me here through the summer with our kids and … [Read more...]
Phantom Of The Anvil
"Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it." - Bruce Lee This photo alone speaks volumes. Somehow, while searching "Anvil Lifting" and being inspired from an old Kevin Tolbert photo (see below) I came across another photo on the web, credit to USAWA. I saw it and immediately thought to myself, HOLY SHYT!!! This Dude is a F**ing TANK! I'm almost tempted to say NOTHING else as the photo speaks for … [Read more...]
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