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Iron Roots Ep 2: Zuver’s Gym | The Biggest, Baddest Gym EVER Known to Man!

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Photo Courtesy of Robert Zuver STRONG Life Podcast ep 340 This is Iron Roots Episode 2 In this episode, I take you on a trip back in time to learn about the MOST BadAss Gym EVER Known to Man, Zuver's Gym.  An excerpt from Dave Draper on Zuver's Gym: The front door was a foot-thick steel and stone contraption. Must have weighed at least a ton or so. A 30’ gorilla stood out front on what had been the driveway. The benches were adorned underneath with cut-out and painted steel rhinos … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, AWESOME Business, AWESOME Life, Iron Roots, Motivation, Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Powerlifting, STRONG Life Podcast, Underground Strength Show, Videos Tagged With: dr. ken leistner, golden era, iron roots, old school strength, old school strength zuver's gym, UDT Navy SEAL, zuver's gym

335 | Old School Bodybuilding Methods for Athletes, Nutrition Tips, Lessons from Rocky & Much More!

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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...]

Filed Under: Announcements, Articles, AWESOME Business, AWESOME Life, Iron Roots, Kettlebells, Live The Code, Mental Toughness, Motivation, Muscle Building, Nutrition, Old School Strength, Powerlifting, Q & A, Sports Performance, Strength Building, Strength Coach Business, STRONG Life Podcast, Success, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: athlete nutrition, bill peanuts west, bodybuilding, high school strength and conditioning, iron roots, legacy podcast, marc lobliner, nutrition, old school strength, rocky training, teenage athlete

315 | Amazing QnA: Training for Special Ops Military, Volume vs Minimal Training, Old School Strength Lessons, HIT Training, Youth Athlete Prep & More!

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STRONG Life Podcast ep 315 Man, this podcast was a BEAST of an episode. The QnA was amazing. You are going to be fired up with this information. Of course, getting fired up means NOTHING. It's all about what you DO. Actions tells the truth. BOOM! Here are just SOME of the topics I cover: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: AWESOME Life, Iron Roots, Live The Code, Mental Toughness, Motivation, Muscle Building, Nutrition, Old School Strength, Powerlifting, Q & A, Strength Building, STRONG Life Podcast, Success, Wrestling Training, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: 315, bodybuilding methods, building muscle, conjugate method, delta force, devgru, high intensity training, iron roots, minimalist training, qna, scoliosis, seal teams, strong life podcast, the unit, volume training, youth athlete preparation

How to Get Stronger & Build Muscle in Your 40s

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At the time of this writing, my body is on the mend since my knee surgery and blood clot last March, 2021. My knee is not 100% and as we get older, if you have had an injury or a surgery in the past, I believe it is safer to DOUBLE the length of "recovery time" to ensure you don't rush through the full healing process. So if the Doc says 6 months, I do not believe that in 6 months you have the green light to go ALL out. Instead, take months 6 - 12 to rebuild to greater heights. Use … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, AWESOME Life, Bodyweight Bodybuilding, Iron Roots, Kettlebells, Live The Code, Mental Toughness, Motivation, Muscle Building, Nutrition, Old School Strength, Powerlifting, Strength Building, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: bodyweight bodybuilding, build muscle in your 40s, calisthenics, center mass bell, cmb, conjugate method, dave draper, fat bells, gladiator strong, goerner the mighty, herman goerner, iron roots, jim wendler, kettlebell chain, kettlebell combat complex, knee rehab, knee surgery, optimal training, strength in your 40s, stronger over 40

Inside Mike Mentzer’s Heavy Duty Book & Training Methods

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I came across Mike Mentzer's training methods as a kid. In fact, if memory serves me properly, I began reading about Mike Mentzer around age 11. You see, I would read my older brother's bodybuilding books and magazines for 2 years before I actually began training. I began training in June of 1989 but leading up to that point, I would dabble in lifting the weights my brother had in his room. It was strange to me that I would lift weights for 2 or 3 weeks and then quit. I thought something was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Iron Roots, Mental Toughness, Motivation, Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Strength Building, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: arnold, casey viator, gladiator project, golden era bodybuilding, heavy duty book review, high intesity training, iron roots, marty gallagher, mike mentzer heavy duty book, minimalist workout, old school muscle, old school strength

STRONG Life Insider: The Development of Muscular Bulk & Power

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From Anthony Ditillo's Book, The Development of Muscular Bulk and Power There is something about bulk and power training that invades your very soul. It is extremely hard to put into words. The exercise movements themselves are quite simple to perform. The routines one must utilize in order to gain rapidly that much sought after strength are not especially interesting or dynamic in appearance. All in all, powerlifting and bulk training is a rather mechanical robot like procedure, which is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, AWESOME Life, Iron Roots, Live The Code, Mental Toughness, Motivation, Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Powerlifting, Strength Building, STRONG Life Insider, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Wrestling Training, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: anthony ditillo, books, build muscle, build strength, built like a brick house, conjugate method, Development of Muscular Bulk & Power, evan marcus nfl strength, garage gym, iron roots, kyle snyder, marty gallagher, old school books, old school strength, power rack training, Squats, suspended squats, warehouse gym, westside barbell

Iron Roots Ep. 12 | Dinosaur Training

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It was the mid 90s and bodybuilding was starting to go from 220 lb competitors to 275 lb competitors. On the other end of the spectrum, Fitness magazines began to get popular along with body pump and spin classes inside gyms. The hardcore gyms began closing or tried to change to appeal to the masses. There was not much opportunity for those who wanted to lift heavy and hard and feel part of a community. IF you were lucky, you came across THE book that took a stand against ALL the fads … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Iron Roots, Live The Code, Mental Toughness, Motivation, Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Strength Building, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Wrestling Training, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: atlas stone, brooks kubik, dinosaur training, iron roots, log clean and press, strongman training, underground, underground strength coach

Iron Roots Ep. 6 | Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding

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Here we go! Iron Roots Podcast ep. 6. This episode is about 1 of my favorite AND most recommended books, Arnold's Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding. It was the mid 80s and I wasn't even a teenager yet, I was 11 years old or so and it was the Summer time in Israel. I was with my older brother and we walked to the local book store in town because my brother was getting into the whole training thing. He knew that the better athletes were strong and big so if he wanted success he was gonna … [Read more...]

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The Keto Diet Circa 1968

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Recently I was gifted with yet another BIG box of old school magazines. Health & Strength, IronMan, Muscle Builder & Power..... These magazines are gold and it's amazing how I find information from 40-60 years ago that are sometimes brought forward today as if someone invented them. I honestly feel much of today's training is overly complex as is the nutrition. In turn, results are less even though information is more easily and readily available at the touch of a finger or via … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, AWESOME Life, Muscle Building, Nutrition, Old School Strength, Olympic Lifting, Powerlifting, Strength Building, Success, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: 1968 strength and health, bill pearl, casey viator, golden era bodybuilding, iron roots, ironman magazine, john mccallum, keto diet, keys to progress, old school strength, russian training methods, steak and eggs diet, vintage strength

The 6 Most Effective Strength & Muscle Building Methods

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I've been doing a LOT of thinking about the various ways I have trained since starting back in 1989, well over 25 years of experience. I thought about the methods that wasted my time and didn't produce anything but all show and NO go muscles. Those days bother me BIG time because they have scarred me for a lifetime and unfortunately didn't help my success in athletics. I also thought about my days of squatting 455 lbs for reps. My days of breaking away from what the other guys in the gym were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Olympic Lifting, Powerlifting, Strength Building, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: 5 x 5 method, arnold, bill peanuts west, denny gable, diamond gym, golden era bodybuilding, iron roots, louie simmons, maplewood, old school strength, phil grippaldi, Squats, underground strength system, weightlifting

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