In this episode of The STRONG Life podcast I answer a start up strength coach business question as well as discuss the KEY trait that I've seen to be what makes the difference between champions achieving greatness and those who do not achieve greatness in sports. You can listen at the links below: … [Read more...]
The Story of The Infamous BIG Curl Bar
It was a summer morning in 1990 and I had arrived at my favorite place, The Metuchen YMCA. This wasn't the updated YMCA with their brand new equipment, nicely painted walls and senior citizens aimlessly roaming the gym floor. This was the small basement weight room that was treated like the red headed step child, outfitted with what we call today "old school" York Barbell equipment. Round Head York Dumbbells lined the dumbbell racks while the heavier dumbbells were left scattered on the floor. … [Read more...]
Proper Warm Ups For Mind AND Body: The Shyt No One Wants To Talk About
Talking about warm ups just isn't "cool". Talking about feeling your age is something people fear to admit, but the truth is the truth and I wanted to give you some insight into how I warm up, how I train, what runs through my mind as I prep to train and how you can smart about training and STILL train hard enough to satisfy your Warrior mindset. A great warm up allows you to continue lifting heavy while getting rid of joint aches and pains. … [Read more...]
5 Success Tips for Life AND Lifting
Your life on earth goes way too fast. As a father, understanding time has never been so powerful. Windows of opportunity are NOT always there for you. They come and go very fast. If "tomorrow" and "next time" are in your vocabulary you will be sitting in the stands watching those who did the work pass you by. No one is ripping you off and no one is to blame. OWN your life and watch this short video to get my 5 success tips for both Life AND Lifting. … [Read more...]
38 Years Young & The Toughness To Climb Higher
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” - Edmund Burke - "I used to be like you.....Until....." … [Read more...]
How To Build Muscle – The Mindset
One of our wrestlers from The Underground Strength Gym just returned from a 28 day intensive wrestling camp. The infamous J Robinson Intensive Camp. The wrestlers would be awoken at 3, 4 or 5 am and sent off on long distance runs. They trained all day and accountability was pushed BIG time. Not ALL Wrestlers received their special t shirt at the end of the 28 days because you had to do ALL things correctly: - Show up on time - Put out intensity - Complete written assignments Some kids were … [Read more...]
Strong Mind, Body & Spirit – Since When!?
"The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions." Paulo Coelho A close friend of mine was chatting with me the other day and he asked me: "Dude, when did you get on this kick of being all spiritual" in his good ol' Texas accent. Well.... I've always believed in a strong mind and strong … [Read more...]
Success Begins With The Right Attitude
“Failure Defeats Losers, Failure Inspires Winners.” ~ Robert T. Kiyosaki ~ [youtube width="640" height="360"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STMtw36vTQo[/youtube] I WISH I understood how to achieve success during my teen years. The past is the past and looking back does NO good. I will learn from the past and focus on leaving it as such. Lately I have realized that I look BACK way too often. I don't hold onto the past, I do however realize WHY I learned from the past. The reason I learned … [Read more...]
It’s Quitting Time: Lessons from Navy SEALs, Natural Disasters & TOUGH People
When Life Gets Uncomfortable, Will You Rise Above... Or, Lay Down & Surrender? Above, 12 + hours in to our SEALFit Challenge, we NEVER Gave Less Than Our Best NO Quitting... EVER!! This blog post is gonna PISS off a LOT of people, mainly the quitters. It's a straight up RANT! I am prefacing this post stating that if you move forward from here on, you MUST read every single word and watch ALL the videos. Don't be a chicken shit skimmer who half asses your way through this post. If … [Read more...]
Champion Workouts & Extra Credit Training
"It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves." ~ Edmund Hillary Above, Blair Wrestlers & Team Underground.... Drenched in Sweat, Some Blood, Aches & Pains But The Champions Always Do "Extra Credit!" At The Underground Strength Gym, whenever the athletes finish a workout, I let our athletes know that they can stay extra and do "extra credit Champion workouts." This can be ANYTHING, it doesn't have to be fancy, it can simply be doing an arm workout. When you do extra credit … [Read more...]
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