Training for Performance – The Value of Calisthenics. Let’s dig into performance. Performance for sports and performance for life and work. Bodyweight training is a big component to improve your strength and muscular endurance for sports. In high school we see varsity athletes, both boys and girls who can NOT perform 1 proper push up. This is dangerous. The weaker an athlete is, the more likely he / she is to get injured. Weakness is a liability. … [Read more...]
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The Underground Strength Coach Certification
ATTN SERIOUS Strength Coaches: Learn the Tested & Proven Methods from THE Underground Strength Gym so You can Start Building BEAST Athletes & Growing Your Strength & Conditioning Business Faster Than Ever Before. 14 Modules Inside The USC Cert Teaching You EXACTLY How to Build BEASTS & Grow Your Gym Business Faster Than Ever Before! 1) USC Cert Introduction - What We Do & Why We've Been Crushing It Since 2002& How You're about to Experience the Power of The … [Read more...]
How to Prepare Yourself for The Police Academy
Recently I was at a commercial gym and about to head out after my training session until 1 of the guys introduced himself to me and asked me if I was a cop. He had seen me training as I went back and forth in superset style fashion. He thought I was in training for something but that fast paced training is common for me. It's funny because I used to get that question quite often back when I buzzed my head, people thought I was in the Military or Law Enforcement. Anyway, we got chatting when … [Read more...]
The Benefits of High Rep Bodyweight Training
After going through my Bodyweight Bodybuilding course for some edits, reviews and updates, I changed up some programming for the athletes at The Underground Strength Gym. 1 of those updates was organizing their extra days with more volume of bodyweight squats. Yes, the simple bodyweight squat! I will post a photo below with that sample "extra day" along with some video footage. So make sure you read the entire article.... Now, almost 20 years ago I recall studying Indian Wrestling … [Read more...]
The Online Underground Strength & Sports Performance Cert is LIVE!
It's been a long time coming but it's finally here! The Online Underground Strength & Sports Performance Cert is HERE. This is your first step in becoming a CUSC / Certified Underground Strength Coach. The 4 Bonuses alone are powerful, and the Cert Videos total 7 hrs and 20 minutes. I can talk all day about it but if you're a serious Coach looking to change more lives and set yourself apart from everyone else, you just need to see it all for yourself. Over 1,000 Coaches have … [Read more...]
Underground Strength Coach Online Certification
ATTN Serious Strength Coaches: “Get the Number One Strength & Conditioning Certification That Gives You The Proven Blueprint for Building BEAST Athletes AND Skyrockets The Success of Your Business.” The USC Cert is for Coaches Who LIVE for Excellence & Want to Grow Their Business Into a Full Time Income (Even if You're Only Open Part Time Hours). Since the Underground Strength Coach Certification began in 2008, over 1,000 Certified Underground Strength Coaches from all around … [Read more...]
172 | QnA: Overcoming Tough Times, BUD/S Prep, Parenting for Strength & 1 Awesome Book
Arnold, Franco & Jusup destroying the gym. When you immerse yourself in an awesome environment with awesome people, you change ALL aspects of your Life! ___________________ STRONG Life ep. 172 is a short and sweet QnA episode. The questions / topics I dig into are from my Instagram and the Underground Strength Coach Private Group. Here are the topics: … [Read more...]
5 Tips: How to Use Bodybuilding / Strength Machines to Build Size AND Strength
When I first began training in my early teens, I trained quite wrong, unfortunately. I used both machines and free weights, but I didn't go heavy on either. I did TONS of volume and it halted my strength gains. I was brain washed :( I read all the wrong information and the far and few between guys who actually WERE strong in the gym, you simply assumed that bodybuilding and powerlifting were 2 different worlds. I was told to feel & squeeze the muscle, the weight doesn't … [Read more...]
Can You Build Muscle In Your 40s (And Older)? 25 Tips from Experience, The Classic & Golden Era of Bodybuilding
Can you build muscle? Can you do it naturally? What about when you "get older"? Your 30s, 40s and 50s? I am not sure why we begin to think it's all over in our 30s and 40s. I have a funny feeling the internet confused you with the never ending BS and the fact that I am saying, YES, You CAN build muscle & strength as you "get older", the internet will now sue me! I just saw a photo of Sly training hard at my buddy Gunnar Peterson's gym. Sly is 70! So, with Sly being almost twice … [Read more...]
171 | STRONG Life Podcast QnA: Gym / Strength Coach Business, Life Lessons & Abundance Mindset
STRONG Life Ep. 171: STRONG Life Podcast QnA: Gym / Strength Coach Business, Life Lessons & Abundance Mindset. Actually, the title of this blog post is kinda lame compared to all the awesome questions (and of course my answers :) that came through this QnA. It has also been a LONG time since I've held a QnA opportunity. This was refreshing and FUN! The questions were great. Here's just some of the topics / questions answered: From the gym business, strength coach "problems", lessons … [Read more...]