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Strength Coach Integrity & Rant

Guest Post From Underground Strength Coach, John Gaglione WARNING: This post has adult language and some hard hitting truth. If you are sensitive, easily offended, etc this is not the read for you. _________________ There is an epidemic going on

The BEST Sets & Reps for MAX Gains In Strength & Size

I’ve come across some VERY popular training programs online and reviewed them to see if there were any BIG takeaways. I am always on the look out for learning more, it’s the constant pursuit of excellence, living the code…. When

Speed Coach Asks: Strength Training WithOUT A Weight Room?

I recently had a Coach who is running Speed Training Camps for athletes ask about incorporating Strength work while out on the field as they have No access to the weight room. This is a GREAT question and I am

Why I Choose To Be STRONG – Inspiration From My Son

I am psyched to get this day rolling for you! I hope your weekend was amazing and you got some brutal training in. I feel GREAT after the Level 2 Underground Strength Coach Certification that we just had at the

Why You Must Improve Your Posture & Train For Life

I just had an amazing weekend in Alexandria, Va. My family and I took a short weekend trip to hang with great friends and get my learn ON. Kelly Starrett was in the house for a private seminar at Trident

Odd Object Lifting For “Functional Strength”

Through my own experiences as an athlete and training other athletes, I was taught a powerful lesson that was once (and perhaps still is seen as a fad): Training ONLY with free weights and bodyweight exercises is limiting your potential

The 9 Best Sandbag Strength Training Exercises

Sandbag training has been one of the most powerful methods I’ve implemented with training my athletes. The various sandbag workouts & exercises have developed a type of strength and mental toughness that is unique to say the least. Using sandbags

Learning The Olympic Lifts, Part II

One of the toughest Olympic Lifting exercises for me to learn (STILL learning, ALWAYS learning!) was the power clean. Some of my problems were common problems for other aspiring Olympic Lifters as well: – My wrists were extremely tight –

Learning The Olympic Lifts

Years and years ago Coach Reeve told me how he would train his Football players while also playing videos on TVs of The IronMind Olympic Lifting Training Halls. I snatched up those highlight DVDs immediately and the footage blew me

Underground Strength Program Design Tips – Part 2

Here is Part II on our Underground Strength program design tips. My training model, for the most part, follows the concurrent method, where we focus on training strength, power, conditioning and muscle building in one workout. In this video I

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