When I first began training in my early teens, I trained quite wrong, unfortunately. I used both machines and free weights, but I didn't go heavy on either. I did TONS of volume and it halted my strength gains. I was brain washed :( I read all the wrong information and the far and few between guys who actually WERE strong in the gym, you simply assumed that bodybuilding and powerlifting were 2 different worlds. I was told to feel & squeeze the muscle, the weight doesn't … [Read more...]
Can You Build Muscle In Your 40s (And Older)? 25 Tips from Experience, The Classic & Golden Era of Bodybuilding
Can you build muscle? Can you do it naturally? What about when you "get older"? Your 30s, 40s and 50s? I am not sure why we begin to think it's all over in our 30s and 40s. I have a funny feeling the internet confused you with the never ending BS and the fact that I am saying, YES, You CAN build muscle & strength as you "get older", the internet will now sue me! I just saw a photo of Sly training hard at my buddy Gunnar Peterson's gym. Sly is 70! So, with Sly being almost twice … [Read more...]
171 | STRONG Life Podcast QnA: Gym / Strength Coach Business, Life Lessons & Abundance Mindset
STRONG Life Ep. 171: STRONG Life Podcast QnA: Gym / Strength Coach Business, Life Lessons & Abundance Mindset. Actually, the title of this blog post is kinda lame compared to all the awesome questions (and of course my answers :) that came through this QnA. It has also been a LONG time since I've held a QnA opportunity. This was refreshing and FUN! The questions were great. Here's just some of the topics / questions answered: From the gym business, strength coach "problems", lessons … [Read more...]
Matt Wenning & Zach Even – Esh Strength & Sports Performance Seminar
Date: Saturday, September 8th, 2018 Time: 8 AM - 4 PM Location: The Underground Strength Gym 202 East Main St Manasquan, NJ 08736 Parking: CVS or ACME We are Located BEHIND Kenny's Auto Garage Matt & Zach will be talking Sports Performance / Strength & Conditioning during this 1 Day Seminar. How to implement the 3 Powerlifts for Performance & Assessment Assessing an Athlete's Readiness for the Barbell Lifts & Reverse Engineering via weak … [Read more...]
154 | Matt Wenning & Zach | Building An Iron Will In the Gym AND In Life
STRONG Life Ep 154 with Matt Wenning direct from his gym, Ludus Magnus after we trained upper body together. In this episode we get into the following: … [Read more...]
150 | Matt Wenning | Tactical Strength & Performance
STRONG Life episode 150 with Matt Wenning and we crushed this. In the video version, you'll see Matt also gives a Video tour of the firehouse gym. You gotta see this firehouse gym, it's awesome! In this episode Matt and I discuss: … [Read more...]
146 | Matt Wenning | How to Keep Getting STRONGER
STRONG Life Podcast 146 with Matt Wenning. Matt is the owner of Ludus Magnus Gym in Columbus, Ohio. Matt is a world record holder in Powerlifting and consults with strength athletes as well as the tactical community from the Military to Fire and LEO departments. This conversation was awesome as we discussed how to consistently get stronger, with the following questions / topics: … [Read more...]
Endless Lessons Learned from The Underground aka “Old School” Bodybuilding & Strength Training Methods
In the 50s and 60s, strength sports were a small "Underground" cult. Even in the 70s. Until Arnold hit the big screen, bodybuilding and literally building your body was viewed as something only a narcissist would do. Today, of course, being strong, fit and healthy is viewed as "normal". I have been getting back to my roots lately, even with my time crunched workouts, I'm hitting the underground bodybuilding methods and it's paying off big time. When I use the term "Underground", those early … [Read more...]