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Episode # 130: Training with Sandbags, Powerlifting and Bodyweight

Everything is just a tool. The barbell will always be the King of the weight room, but man do I LOVE heavy dumbbell work. Heavy sandbag training is awesome as well. Explosive bodyweight drills can’t be denied either. Check out

The Sardinian Strongman

Check out my son, Ethan and I kicking back on “Man Day” (soon to be a International Holiday 🙂 The guys from Pumping Iron trained HARD & HEAVY! They had physiques that were granite hard and man could they move

Plyometrics & Jump Training for Explosive Power

The common myth or misunderstanding is that if you train heavy and get stronger you will be fast as hell. Not so, at least not to the best possible extent. To move like an athlete you must incorporate athletic movements:

Bodybuilding with Sandbags

I love training with Sandbags. They are simple and brutal. Overall, they are an all in one gym and you can mimic a lot of barbell lifts with the sandbag along with old fashioned farm boy work; carry, throw, loading

Develop Full Body Strength with Farmer Walk Variations

I’m a BIG believer in carrying heavy objects of all kinds. It requires you to perform an explosive power clean or a Deadlift at the beginning of every set. Then, you must wrestle the object into position which works the

REAL World Strength vs Pretty Boy Bodybuilding

It was the Fall of 2007…… Interesting story from today while training a crew of wrestlers and football players…. Two high school kids stopped by the gym while we were outside flipping tires, pulling and pushing sleds, carrying kegs, sandbags

Big Chest, Big Shoulders, BIG Pressing!

Pressing big is critical – from ALL angles and planes. The overhead press was once upon a time the measure of a man’s strength. As Physical Culture lost its appeal and bodybuilding took over the Bench Press became the new

Dinosaur Training, Sandbags and a Gift

Recently a gentleman stopped by my gym to gift me with some very, very, very rare gifts. This shocked me BIG time…. This gentleman, named John, stopped by my Underground Strength Gym unannounced. Normally, I am not a fan of

The Underground Strength Certification Winner Is…

Last fall we had a contest called The Underground Inspiration Contest. It was for members of http://UndergroundStrengthCoach.com Dave Hall won the contest and as my gift to him he got in for a full ride to The Underground Strength Coach

Pissed the F**K Off, Part II

I was just thinking to myself, after answering many e mails today and yesterday, all about success: training success and biz success. The questions were all the same, ALL the same. What I can not drive home enough is the

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