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260 – Coach Bill Gillespie | 40 Years of Coaching Experience: Sets, Reps, Exercises & Strength Coach Career Talk

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STRONG Life Podcast ep. 260 with Master Strength Coach, Bill Gillespie  Bill brings 40 Years of Coaching Experience and MANY world records in the bench press and has benched over 800 lbs in competition. Bill's Bio is HERE Contact Bill for Consulting / Education: Bill@sorinex.com In this episode, Bill and I discuss and exchange stories of training that go back to the 70s as we discuss Sets, Reps, Exercises & to cap it all off, some heartfelt Strength Coach Career Talk! Prepare … [Read more...]

Filed Under: AWESOME Business, AWESOME Life, Live The Code, Motivation, Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Olympic Lifting, Powerlifting, Q & A, Strength Building, Strength Coach Business, STRONG Life Podcast, Success, Underground Strength Show, Videos Tagged With: 260, art of coaching, back attack, bench press, bill gillespie, career, college strength coach, nfl strength coach, power clean, program design, shoulder health, snatch grip deadlift, sorinex, Squats, strength coach career, strong life, strong life podcast

5 x 5 Strength Training QnA

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Where did the 5 x 5 program originate from? Well, it's been around for DECADES. To my knowledge, Reg Park started the 5 x 5 program. As 1 of the strongest bodybuilders ever, and, a man who could bench 500 lbs, I actually NEVER recall reading about 5 x 5 in my teen years. And I read EVERY bodybuilding magazine and a TON of bodybuilding books. I WISH I came across this program in my high school years. I was too busy doing pump up bull shyt. Although I DO recall a kid I used to lift with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Iron Roots, Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Olympic Lifting, Powerlifting, Q & A, Strength Building, Strength Coach Business, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: 1 x 20, 20 rep squats, 5 x 5, athlete training, bench press, bill starr, bodybuilding, dr yessis, high school strength, high school strength coach, nhssca, qna, reg park, squat training, strongest shall survive

Training In Your 40s, Bulgarian Power Burst, Bench Press + Deadlift Tips

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With my hectic schedule I am going through some short training sessions, around 15-20 minutes a clip. Sometimes I get 2 mini sessions a day and instead of complaining, I simply get it done. Announcing how tired or busy I am is a waste of time. Nobody cares, including myself. I despise even my own excuses. While at school where I coach, I might go through 3-4 exercises as a circuit of 3 - 4 rounds. I've used bodyweight, kettlebells, fat bells and some basic machines (perhaps a lat pulldown or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, AWESOME Life, Kettlebells, Live The Code, Mental Toughness, Motivation, Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Olympic Lifting, Powerlifting, Strength Building, Underground Strength Challenge, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Wrestling Training, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: bench press, bulgarian power burst, bulgarian weightlifting, deadlift, George Hackenschmidt, gladiator strong, Grip Strength, hand strength, jim haislop, leo costa, phil hernon, power bodybuilding, power building, training in your 40s, trap bar deadlift

Why Coaches Must STOP Training Athletes with Stupid, Dangerous “Workouts”

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I am always in shock with how abundant information is, both good and bad, yet still, when left to their own devices, sport coaches are implementing crazy, stupid, BS "workouts" for their athletes. I know this article and video will hit a nerve with coaches. In fact, I know of Coaches who threaten their players that if they DO train at The Underground Strength Gym, they will be reprimanded. How's that for caring about the kids? It doesn't take much work to research what is safe and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Mental Toughness, Muscle Building, Powerlifting, Q & A, Strength Building, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Wrestling Training, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: battle the bull shit, bench press, bodyweight training, burpees, high school strength and conditioning, mental toughness, program design, Squats, underground strength coach cert

Ep. 226 | Josh Bryant & Zach talk Calisthenics, Tactical Training, Martial Arts + CRAZY Gym Stories

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Here we GO! STRONG Life Podcast ep. 226 with my buddy, Josh Bryant. With COVID-19 locking down the entire world, and gym goers struggling along with the zoom workout bunnies, guys like myself and Josh Bryant are TRAINING. This style of training is another day at the office for us. Bodyweight Bodybuilding was created in 2010, maybe 2009 and it's been 1 of the most effective & popular courses I've released. This style of training, whether it was all bodyweight training or building my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, AWESOME Business, AWESOME Life, Bodyweight Bodybuilding, Kettlebells, Live The Code, Mental Toughness, Motivation, Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Powerlifting, Q & A, Strength Building, STRONG Life Podcast, Success, Underground Strength Challenge, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Wrestling Training, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: 226, bench press, bodyweight training, calisthenics, garage gym, gym stories, home gym, jailhouse strong, josh bryant, leo training, metroflex gym, military training, sandbag training, sled training, strong life podcast, tactical training, tire training, warehouse gym

How to Build BEAST High School & College Athletes

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I am amazed at times when an athlete feels he needs "another program" when he can't even squat 225, let alone bench 225. Or when a Sport Coach insists his athletes can Squat, Bench and Deadlift yet they struggle with push ups and a full range of motion bodyweight squat. What "special program" do you need if you can't perform light weights with the barbell basics and calisthenics? The answer is, you do NOT need a special program. You need to MASTER the bodyweight basics. Still arguing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Announcements, Articles, Bodyweight Bodybuilding, Live The Code, Motivation, Muscle Building, Nutrition, Old School Strength, Olympic Lifting, Powerlifting, Strength Building, Success, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: athlete workout, barbell basics, basic strength, bench press, college athlete, gary gubner, high school athlete, med ball, plyometrics, sprints, squat, strength and conditioning, underground strength gym

15 Year Anniversary of Underground Strength Academy

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It's been 15 years since I started The Underground Strength Academy! Feb. 2005 is when it ALL began! I was partnered at first with Ryan Lee and I was writing articles and taking photos from every garage gym training session that I could. Back then there was no iPhone. I used a digital camera and then wrote at least 1 article a day for 3 months. Once we had a few months of content we launched the site! With the site I added seminars, books, DVDs, live teleseminars...... It was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Announcements, Articles, AWESOME Business, AWESOME Life, Calendar, Live The Code, Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Strength Building, Success, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: band bell, bench press, bosu ball, shoulder health, underground strength academy, underground strength coach, underground strength coach cert, underground strength gym

STRONG Life Insider Ep. 37 | How to Use Golden Era Bodybuilding Methods / Volume Training to Gain Size & Strength

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Volume training was a BIG deal back in the 70s and then it made a comeback in the past 5-8 years. What's old is new again but the truth is, there is a time and place for everything. Who needs volume training and when should volume work be applied? When is the best time to implement volume training and who is best suited for volume work? How can you still train smart when applying volume training compared to the mistakes I made in my younger years by incorrectly applying volume … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Bodyweight Bodybuilding, Iron Roots, Live The Code, Mental Toughness, Motivation, Muscle Building, Nutrition, Old School Strength, Powerlifting, Strength Building, STRONG Life Insider, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: bench press, chest training, dips, franco columbu, golden era bodybuilding, matt wenning, muscle building, old school strength, strength and conditioning, volume training, volume workout, wenning warm up

Iron Roots Podcast Ep. 4 | The Touch System

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Iron Roots Podcast Ep. 4. In this episode, I talk about a technique used for spotting that is more psychological than it is physical. In fact, I was using this myself in my late teens when I began pushing heavier poundages in the Squat & Bench Press. Little did I know, this was being used in the mid 60s, originally by the ORIGINAL Westside Barbell crew in Bill Peanuts West's garage gym! Check it out! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Iron Roots, Motivation, Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Powerlifting, Strength Building, Videos, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: bench press, bill peanuts west, how to spot correctly, iron roots podcast, muscle builder & power magazine, old school strength, original westside barbell, powerlifting, squat, the touch system

Those Golden Era Bodybuilding Days!

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I'm not even sure I can write anything that will speak louder than this training video of Craig Monson, below. When I see these videos, I sometimes think I was born in the wrong era. The Golden Era of Bodybuilding was beyond different, you can literally FEEL the energy exploding out of these videos. Powerlifting in the 70s & 80s? The purity of hardcore gyms that were legitimately "hardcore" - there's not too many of those gyms around anymore. The word is, You can't survive being … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, AWESOME Life, Motivation, Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Powerlifting, Strength Building, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: bench press, bill peanuts west, bodybuilding, craig monson, gladiator project, gold's gym venice, golden era bodybuilding, muscle beach, pumping iron, venice beach weight pit

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