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14 Powerful High School Strength & Conditioning Tips

There’s a lot of confusion out there regarding how high school athletes should be training and in this article I’m going to clear a lot of the BS up. For the highly motivated you can and should invest in your

#STRONGLife Ep 78: Kettlebells, Minimalist Training, Gym Business & Mental Toughness

Another QnA Episode here on STRONG Life Podcast # 78. I crush The QnA from my Instagram and of course, the topics vary from training to a lil’ business to some LIFE. Some of the topics / questions I cover

Training Around Injuries VS Making Excuses

What did I do 2 days after shoulder surgery? I went straight to my gym. I set up a mini band and worked BOTH arms, even my arm that was wrapped up and in a few stitches. The other option?

Goals, Goals, GOALS – Ya Gotta Have Them, Here’s Why

The other day I gathered 1 of my groups at The Underground Strength Gym after their warm up. I asked them Who has goals here? Who knows what they are training for and what they want to achieve? There were

Keep Waiting & You Will NEVER “Get There”!

I remember my earliest training partners….. They were a few local guys a bit older than me and they would complain about one another behind each others back. Excuses were running rampant…… They would complain that they only could train

QnA: Daily Calisthenics, When to “Cut” & Defining STRENGTH

Original Photo & Story HERE This was a QnA session BUT heavily prefaced by an explanation of “What It Takes”, an expansion of the recent “What It Takes” Blog Post….. I suggest you read that blog post because until you

What It Takes to WIN: MANY Talk About It, the RARE Few LIVE it

Above, The LAST Crew for The USC Cert. I Gifted 2 of My Favorite Books / Authors: Gary Vaynerchuk & Steven Pressfield. I was 13 years old. It was the Summer before entering high school. My friends were NOT doing

Strength Coach Excellence & The Strength Coach Standard

I had some interesting conversations recently with Strength Coaches. Conversations that run the spectrum from “Holy sh*t, I can’t believe that happened….”, to “He now trains people in his garage & texts our clients, telling them to come train with

Why The World Would Be Different If I Never Wrestled

I wonder if the world would be different in my eyes if I never wrestled? My older brother told me “It’s the most awesome sport!” I was in 8th grade at the time and he was a sophomore in high

Why That Short Cut Is Killing Your Success

This Blog Post is gonna get intense. Why so intense? Because I don’t accept or encourage mediocrity. Mediocrity sucks. I can’t stand it. Even more so, I get pissed off how passionate people get reprimanded, lose their jobs, etc while

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