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STRONG Life Podcast ep 505
Old School Gym Stories & Lessons from YMCA, Anthony Ditillo, Lee Haney + Powerful Mindset Shift to help you LIVE better.
This STRONG Life Podcast is an excerpt from an IG Live where I do some QnA and expand upon some stories that were inspired by Evan Marcus (NFL Strength Coach) and Ed Cosner (Former NBA S&C Coach, SF Military Strength Coach).
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Now, it's time to step into a time machine and feel what it was like to train in the old gyms from the 80s.
No cell phones.
No circus tricks.
Just gut busting effort on the basics and working your ass off in an effort to be respected and accepted by the strongest guys in the gym.
Listen and watch below:
In the video, you hear me mentioning Lee Haney who will be speaking at Sorinex Summer Strong!
I used to watch Lee Haney's VHS tape every single day!!
I would play it on the TV while training in my brother's room with my Soloflex or our Weider bench.
Now, of course, here it is on YouTube (below). The intro always fired me up, as Lee was training with his partner in his ANIMAL KINGDOM GYM!
What an amazing gym name!
I would also wake up on Sunday mornings early as ESPN2 had all the bodybuilding shows in the morning and one of them was Lee Haney's show, The Lee Haney Workout.
Those days were Special, to say the least!
Now, let's get ON with The Show!
Listen to The STRONG Life Podcast:
RESOURCES Mentioned in this Episode:
Anthony Ditillo's books and the man who mentored Evan Marcus in the early years. You may have heard of Uncle Tony from my book, IRON JOURNEYS!
Old School Gyms of NJ - See ALL the Videos / Podcast episodes in this amazing series I was able to cover.
461 | OLD SCHOOL GYMS: Pt 2 – Lessons from Tough Gyms & Tough Coaches (Rahway, Carteret & Edison NJ)
I look forward to creating more of these episodes where I share the lessons from the past as well as more videos for The STRONG Life where we interview lifters and coaches who paved the way before us.
Until the next time....
Live The Code 365,
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