Wow, on my birthday, an old friend and a BEAST, Johnny Wasiscko stopped by the gym to say Happy B Day. I asked him what’s new & he said he’s been preparing for strongman comps and the Arnold Grip Contest….
Just like anyone else, I get fired up sometimes. I have bad days. I struggle. My best therapy is to crush it with the weights, it doesn’t matter what kind of weights, I’ll take anything I can get my hands
Today I was about to close up shop at the gym until an old friend strolled in to wish me a happy birthday. Johnny and I competed against each other in the 1995 Teenage Mr. NJ! That was a loooong
The typical gym is often packed with machines. The lifters avoid ground based lifts and find every machine to sit on; the lat pulldown machines, seated rows and chin up ONLY using straps on every set, including their 100 lb
I love the training methods of old school, raw, serious strength training…. The older books and magazines, filled with powerlifting, weightlifting and bodybuilding methods that delivered results and built the best physiques. In this video, I’ve been inspired by John
The gym is the place where I lose myself and find myself. If I can start or finish my day in the gym, it’s a way to know I did what others dared not do. I want to train and
Training doesn’t have to be perfect for it to work. This has always been the essence of “The Underground” – I never followed the so called “Rules” of training. Inspired by men like The Barbarian Brothers, Dr. Ken Leistner, Dave
I recall having a phone call with Joe DeFranco and he was telling me how one of his Coaches / former athletes, Mike Guadango, was regularly doing heavy, HEAVY 1 rep sets for pull ups. Mike was also performing heavy
I got my hands on an old book in the early 2000s and it really pushed home the need & the power for simplicity in life, training and nutrition. In addition, the book also encouraged the need for basics. When
This is an old school video of me attacking a bodybuilding / strength style workout, but using Kettlebells instead of traditional free weights. I remember feeling bored with my workouts and I wanted to switch things up and shock my
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