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28 Years of Lifting: Strength Training In Your 40s & Training As You Get Older

This is the article I dreaded ever having to write; “Training as you get older” or “Training in your 40s”. Before I move forward, understand, these are my experiences. My experiences don’t make anything universal or the end all, be

Physical Culture & Better Health with Max Shank

Episode 123 of The STRONG Life Podcast is with my friend Max Shank who I connected with 10+ years ago after seeing him on early days YouTube lifting BIG stones & competing in ShootFighting. I’ve been inspired and educated with

5 BIG Lessons Learned from The Spartan Race Birthplace & Joe DeSena

In this Bonus episode of The STRONG Life, I share with you my 5 BIG takeaways from my weekend in Pittsfield, Vt while running The Spartan Wrestling Camp and seeing a LOT of events happening all at once, under The

Farmer Carries Are Great, But…..

Before I even owned my gym I met up with some guys who were competitive strongmen. I was training out of my garage mostly, here and there going to the local tire yard for some tire flips….. It was Saturday

Getting Stronger: Why The Power Lies In The Imperfections

Every morning I am up and at em’ in a similar fashion. Nothing complicated. Nothing fancy. I understand this isn’t what “sells” but oh well…… I am always ready to lose the popularity contest so I can stay true to

The “Crowd” Wants Sets & Reps But Coaching MUST Go BEYOND Sets & Reps

Above, The Crew at The Underground Strength Gym (Middlesex, NJ) Whenever I speak at a conference I tend to not speak about the exercise specifics, the sets, the reps….. First off, the majority of the speakers ARE going to speak

5 SIMPLE (NOT Easy!) Wrestling Strength Training Tips

3 days a week I work with the college wrestlers and man, we thrash that weight room! The energy is through the roof and that is an understatement. The culture of what happens with your team is a HUGE key

Am I Crazy Or What?

Am I Crazy or is this normal? As a Coach, Strength Coach, Sports Coach, ANY Coach – I sometimes wonder what it would be like if I just SUCKED! You know, just come home and sit on the ol’ couch

Marty Gallagher | Simplifying Strength Training for MAXIMUM Results

Episode 117 of The STRONG Life Podcast with my friend and mentor, Marty Gallagher. Marty is the author of multiple books and 1 of them is my ALL time favorite, The Purposeful Primitive. You can also listen to our first

Do NOT Conform, Be ALPHA

When you are in your 20s you don’t see the slight differences among people. You’re just living it up. You’re moving forward. Then, you hit your 30s and you’re charging forward in your own life, so you just put your

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