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Are You Stronger Than an Idiot aka Learning From Injuries?

Time to lay down the law on those who listen and especially those who are “good enough” and only listen to a select few. Remember, to achieve greater success you must acquire the mindset of “always a white belt”. The

Lessons Learned From The STRONGEST Guy From The Old School YMCA (Circa 1990)

I still remember that guy, even though I met him when I was only 14 years old, a freshman in high school with dreams of being bigger and stronger than everyone else. Back then, the YMCA was ending the era

Underground Strength Training Log October 2011

Here and there I’ve given insight into my workouts but not in detail. Yes, LOTS of videos but I wanted to share some details and if you dig it, maybe I’ll update once a month. By the way, I hope

Training Athletes

Through my years of training athletes and the opportunities I’ve had to see what goes on IN high school weight rooms as well as our athletes telling us about what goes on (or what doesn’t go on)…..I’ve had some MAJOR

Simple NEVER Meant Easy

I hear it ALL the time when it comes to Minimalist Workouts. Dudes are confused…. So let me set the bar STRAIGHT. Short workouts doesn’t mean EASY. Two exercises doesn’t mean EASY. Hard Work is where it’s at. Hard work

Man UP Monday & Dr. Jim Wendler

There are some men who REALLY have my respect, a very rare few. Jim Wendler is one of those guys, and, every time we chat I am reminded why. We’re both very simple men. We chase strength and train because

Short On Time Workouts

Sometimes, time just ain’t on your side. You have two choices when this happens: 1) Skip your workout and come back the next time. More often than not, your excuse will NOT be valid, it will only validate the fact

When Giants Roamed the Earth

Original Article by Jeff Everson Excerpt from the book ‘Forgotten Secrets of The Culver City Westside Barbell Club’ by Dave Yarnell. Before the last epoch of the Cenozoic era, some 65 million years ago, great beasts roamed the earth. These

Hurricane Irene Bodyweight Workout

Above, Dennis Tinnerino…. old school bodybuilding, olympic lifting and bodyweight workouts. Put em’ all together and you’ve got yourself a BEAST Well, I think that Hurricane Irene has passed through Manasquan, NJ now. Yesterday I cranked a bodyweight workout IN

Unique Bodyweight Workout Tips

I’ve got a cool tip for you to add to your bodyweight workouts. I have used this in a few different ways, and last week was a tough one but a FUN one 🙂 Oh, before I forget, I just

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