Lifting BIG weights feels awesome and there is NO denying that being a BEAST under a Barbell is critical for strength. You just can't deny squats, deadlifts, cleans, military pressing and the bench press. But.... Sometimes, the barbell just doesn't fit your needs anymore. Sometimes, your body craves the need for strength with JUST your own body. Sometimes, you get strong under a bar but can't move athletically otherwise. Enter Bodyweight Training for developing lean muscle mass and … [Read more...]
How Bodyweight Training Opened My Eyes & Changed My LIFE
Bodyweight training has always been at the top of my list of critical components of being strong and athletic. But, I mostly used bodyweight training as a finisher in my workouts. After heavy upper body workouts my training partner and I did chins and dips for high reps as a superset. Or, when I was on vacation, I did bodyweight only workouts. It wasn't until I started waking up with serious joint aches and pains that I started taking bodyweight training much more seriously and turned … [Read more...]
2 Bodyweight Jump Training Exercises for Explosive Power
Jump training is one of the best and easiest ways to develop explosive power. Jumps also hype the nervous system and a great 'Kick Start" prior to engaging in HEAVY lifting, as you're about to see below :) If you want someone to be explosive, make no mistake about it, being weak and performing jump training won't help much. Like the athletes in my video above, they started off with the basics to get strong. This meant a TON of bodyweight training. In fact, even with them squatting 475 and … [Read more...]
Master the Handstand Push Up and Build Healthy, Powerful Shoulders & Serious Upper Body Strength
The handstand push up is without a doubt, one of the most powerful upper body exercises you can do for adding strength & muscle to your shoulders and entire upper body. In addition to the benefits of adding strength and muscle mass, the handstand push up will make your shoulders feel 100 x healthier than ever before. Your abs will become tighter & stronger from performing handstand push ups, your triceps will become stronger and more muscular and as you're about to see in the 2nd video … [Read more...]
Bodyweight Training: The Ultimate Upper Body Strength & Ab Exercise
This takes me back to my roots because I have been using this with my athletes since day 1. I used it in the Wrestling clubs, on the Football fields and with my clients in unknown parts of the Dirty Jerzee at thugged out playgrounds. Check this Video for developing awesome upper body strength, healthy shoulders and solid abs: Let me know your thoughts on that video, and even better, get a partner and crank them out yourself and then let me know your thoughts! Stay tuned, I have more … [Read more...]
Top 3 Reasons Bodyweight Training Kicks Ass
This Video inspired me and educated me. It changed the way I look at bodyweight training on many levels. Take a few minutes and watch this Video I linked up below. The power behind bodyweight training is endless and I have done countless videos and blog posts detailing my experiences in Bodyweight exercise. Although this was a "Top 3" post, the top points of bodyweight training is tough to pin point. It helped inspire me to get away from joint pain and move towards a bodyweight only … [Read more...]
Episode # 138: Underground Muscle Building with Tire Flipping, Bodyweight Training & Sleds
"Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together." - E. Nightingale - Above, The Gnarly Back of A. DuPoux, Underground Trained Since His Senior Year In College On The Gridiron I had to share this after we tore up The Underground Strength Gym the day before Joe DeFranco and I rocked a seminar together. This is Just a lil' highlight of the BEASTS who stopped by the day before our Lost Secrets … [Read more...]
Follow Your Passion, Forget the Fear
Once again, from all over the USA this time (often times around the world) aspiring Strength Coaches and Biz Owners traveled to The Underground Strength Gym via planes, trains and autombiles. They learned the blue print and the exact system athletes go through when they become members of The Underground Strength Gym here in the dirty Jerzee. They went through a workout to give themselves a lil' taste of what it feels like, and, there is no better way to learn than by getting your hands dirty … [Read more...]
Crankin' the Bodyweight Training with Joel Marion, Body for Life Champion
Ya gotta love bodyweight exercises - ALL of them. You can do them anywhere, anyplace, anytime. Push Ups are a bodyweight exercise I LOVE! Watch the Video below and then I have a CRAZY story for you regarding push ups and other bodyweight exercises.... That's the end of my quick workout with Joel Marion. It was at the end of a loooong night and Joel has been cranking away with his Underground Nutrition Tips so I KNEW that a fast and furious bodyweight workout would get the juices … [Read more...]
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 one of our athletes, CJ Hart, 16 years young, a Football Player and Wrestler. Box Squat 385 x 2 (barefoot) 130 lb Sandbag Clean & Press x 6 easy reps Pull Ups on Steel Beam for the added grip strength challenge I have mentioned many times before about those … [Read more...]
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