The little things count BIG time. In training, it's where you place your hands on the bar and the position of your feet. In work, it's picking up the thread of garbage on the floor or walking past it. It's doing something for someone before they ask you to do it. Details separate the good from the great. The greats KNOW this while the average do NOT care about the details. … [Read more...]
STRONG Life Podcast + Order of Man Adventure Trip
I had an amazing trip up to Maine this past Summer to connect with Ryan Michler of Order of Man. Maine is absolutely stunning. I will definitely return again. During my trip I stayed at a farm that inspired me, I share the story & photos in the video below. Ryan and I crushed a powerful Podcast, thrashed a morning garage gym workout with his oldest son and then attended The Origin Maine Summer party. Origin Maine are the guy who have partnered with Jocko on making jiu jitsu gis, … [Read more...]
190 | QnA: Complacency in Life & Strength Coach Business Talk
STRONG Life Podcast ep 190, QnA style. In this episode I answer questions on fighting complacency as well as how to feel good about selling your services as a Strength Coach / Fitness Coach. Listen below: … [Read more...]
165 | Zach, Tait Fletcher & Keith Jardine on The Pirate Life
STRONG Life Podcast 165, here we GO! I had to share this time I spent with Keith Jardine and Tait Fletcher in NYC and chatted up for their Pirate Life Podcast. If this episode doesn't fire you up for GREATNESS in ALL areas of your life, then I need you to listen to ALL The STRONG Life Podcasts. Go back and listen or re-listen HERE. In this episode we chatted up topics on life, lifting, combat sports, believing in yourself, the importance of your friends / environment and much, much … [Read more...]
134 | Jeremy Augusta | Build An Awesome Gym & Change Lives Through Strength
STRONG Life Podcast episode 134 with Jeremy Augusta. How to Build An Awesome Gym & Change Lives Through Strength! Jeremy is an amazing Strength Coach & Entrepreneur. In this episode Jeremy details how he moved to a rural small town of 4,000 people and built an amazing gym with amazing people through his love of the barbell. Jeremy details his training methods for adults and athletes, a method he calls "The Swing Block Method" that often adds 100 lbs to the big … [Read more...]
STRONG Life 133 | Dr. Andy Galpin & Zach Discuss The De-Evolution of Youth Athletes & Why The Work Is The Gift
We're about to break hearts with Episode 133 of The STRONG Life Podcast but before I do, head on over and see the seminar / strength experience coming up with myself and Marty Gallagher HERE. Don't miss this Strength Experience. It's gonna be badass and if you miss it, I can almost guarantee that you'll be depressed all weekend wondering what you're life COULD have been like had you been there! You can also hear Marty on a few episodes of The STRONG Life Podcast. Just use our search bar to … [Read more...]
The Lost Art of Showing Up, Working HARD & Being AWESOME
I told my son who just turned 9 that I already had a job at his age, delivering papers everyday after school. My neighbor told me he wanted his newspaper in the morning so he told me I should deliver the paper before school to the neighbors, that it was the right thing to do. I listened and did as he told me to. I had my bike stolen in 3rd grade, so, I got another paper route and began delivering one route before school, another route after school. My Dad didn't offer to buy me a new bike … [Read more...]
3 STRONG Life Success Tips & Why Successful People Are Considered “Crazy”
Since my youngest years, I can consistently recall how anyone achieving anything at a higher level than "normal" was called "crazy", as if achieving success and fighting the urge to fall in line with mediocrity was a bad thing. At The Underground Strength Gym, the athletes constantly tell me how their friends call them crazy and always try to talk them out of training with us. Their friends say things like, "Dude, just train at the high school weight room, it's the same stuff". This is why I … [Read more...]
How You Do ANYTHING Is How You Do EVERYTHING
I had a conversation with a friend of mine recently about running a warehouse gym, employees and "doing a great job". It's my mindset when I think of the great quote, How you do Anything, Is How you do EVERYTHING. What do you do with your shopping cart after food shopping? Do you push it or shove it somewhere or do you walk 15 seconds and return the cart properly? You see garbage on the floor? You walked into the gym and carried dirt all over your shoes. Ignore it or clean up after … [Read more...]
Fragile People VS “Successful” People
Photo Courtesy of Power Athlete HQ Something has been burning on my mind for a while now. Well, it actually happens every year and especially at the beginning of every sports season. We're in a world where there seems to be very little ground. It's very black and white. Or, maybe I am just blind to the middle. I see people who are either fragile or they are ready to punch every excuse in the face and refuse to quit. What do I mean by fragile? … [Read more...]