STRONG Life Podcast ep 354 / NJ High School Strength Coach Podcast In this episode I share my thoughts on The Texas Football Coach & the workout that included 350+ Push Ups during a one hour training session Before you comment, I recommend you listen / watch the entire episode so you understand the context behind my feedback. As I have been saying for a Very LONG time, kids are different today. We have varsity athletes unable to perform 10 proper push ups and high school … [Read more...]
342 | DESTROY Your Excuses & Weakness, Nutrition from the Farms & Training High School Athletes
STRONG Life Podcast 342 How to DESTROY Your Excuses & Weakness, Nutrition from the Farms & Training High School Athletes. This old school poster featured above reminds me of the local health food store from Edison, NJ. It was called Health House and I would visit often to read the books on supplements, then I would purchase whatever I could afford to test what actually helped me or what was great marketing and of no help. This podcast was an interview from Paul Tokgozoglu with … [Read more...]
335 | Old School Bodybuilding Methods for Athletes, Nutrition Tips, Lessons from Rocky & Much More!
STRONG Life Podcast ep 335 Old School Bodybuilding Methods for Athletes, Nutrition Tips, Lessons from Rocky & Much More! This was a podcast that I did with Marc Lobliner and Bryce Biel, called The Legacy Project. Their first episode they did was with Coach Tommy Moffitt and they've been posting to YouTube. They have excellent content. I'll share a clip from their episode with Coach Moffitt below so make sure you check it out. This was a GREAT conversation and I highly recommend their … [Read more...]
5 Training & Coaching Lessons (How Things Have Changed Since 2010)
5 Training / Coaching Lessons that have evolved for me since 2010. When they say "Kids haven't changed, adults have changed......" Well, that's NOT the whole truth. Everyone has changed. Technology has changed people. And the BIG change is this: Regardless of age, technology has removed a LOT of the work involved. Everything is easier to gain access to. But, the beautiful thing is this: RESULTS still and always will require intelligent, hard, consistent effort. With … [Read more...]
306 | QnA: Louie Simmons, Training Frequency, Business Advice for my Kids & More
STRONG Life Podcast ep 306 This is part 2 from my Instagram QnA Topics covered in this episode: - The many lessons learned from Louie Simmons - How often to train according to your goals - What business advice do I give my own kids - The struggle Coaches have giving credit to others - The study technique I was taught in college that changed my ability to learn, retain and apply information - My experiences and thoughts with the BIG Certifications - Programming Sprints … [Read more...]
10 Strength & Conditioning Lessons Learned Since 1995
Time flies. Been at this Strength & Conditioning / Coaching full time for 20 years now. Started coaching in 95! Here's 10 things I've learned in the past 27 years of coaching: … [Read more...]
272 | QnA: Training Large High School Groups & Training Stories from Old School Gyms
STRONG Life Podcast ep. 272 This episode is all QnA where I discuss / answer the following topics that came in from my Instagram: - Training Large High School Groups with limited space AND limited equipment - How to grow your gym / strength & conditioning business in a small town where nobody knows you - Inspiring Training Stories / Lessons Learned from Old School Gyms of the 80s and 90s compared to the gyms of today The STRONG Life Podcast is brought to you by SORINEX … [Read more...]
Building Grit & Mental Toughness in Athletes “Safely” + 5 Training Tips
Mental Toughness. Here we go again. One of the most overused phrases in the coaching world. What is it? How do you help athletes "Get Tough" and why is it even important? Well, being a kid who grew up in the 80s and experiencing countless training styles and coaches, I am smart enough to see the changes and the evolution. And with all this experience comes a lot of mistakes and knowledge. What worked in the 80s and 90s doesn't always work today. As a high school athlete, my coach … [Read more...]
Barbarian Brothers Strength Training Lessons & Inspiration
Lessons & Inspiration from THE Barbarian Brothers. I know that some people will dismiss this information. Others are simply not ready for it. They don't have an open mind yet. For me, with my decades of experience, I have seen a lot and gone through a lot. This gives me a massive pool of knowledge and experience to pull from. So if you're ready, read on. Heck, even if you're not ready, jump in and read on...... The weight room at my high school has been PACKED to the gills since … [Read more...]
Refined Savage Podcast: Coaching & Building TOUGH High School Athletes, Training LEOs & Parenting
Great times as always chatting it up with Mark Valenti on his podcast, The Refined Savage. Topics we cover are below: Training High School Athletes to be TOUGH and why this is Crucial, yet NOT Popular The difference in knowing how to train yourself vs being able to coach others, especially large groups of athletes with varied ability levels … [Read more...]