The STRONG Life is The BEST Life. Strong Mind. Strong Body. STRONG LIFE. The Philosophy behind The STRONG Life is constantly evolving for me. Once you STOP evolving you are no longer living. It's an understanding that once you accept the FACT that anyone worth having is going to be TOUGH, your life actually gets easier. You already know it's gonna take HARD F--in' Work, so accept it and DO it. We're in a strange time in this world where bad things are happening all around the world, … [Read more...]
3 Reasons Why You’re NOT Getting Stronger Or Bigger
Sometimes.... ya just gotta get The damn job done. Period. What to eat, how to train, optimal sets and reps, how long to rest, circa max phase, belt or no belt? I get these questions ALL the time and I go back to my days of lifting at The Metuchen YMCA in 1989 and 1990. Many of the guys in that crammed, old school weight room were built like brick shit houses. … [Read more...]
WHY You Must Train When It REALLY Matters
I was planning on training. I had come off a long weekend in which one night I slept about 2 1/2 hours and then drove 105 miles each way to train several groups of wrestlers. I was exhausted but no one would ever know. I keep those feelings on lock down. My emotions, my energy.... I push myself. I wanted to get that training session in but one thing piled up after another and the clock struck 8 PM. Finally. It was time to go home. Or, was it? … [Read more...]
MTFU, HTFU, Get Comfortable Being UNcomfortable
I ALMOST fell for "their" bull shyt. I ALMOST became a Sheep, instead of a Wolf. "They" wore polo shirts, had beautiful studio gyms, had clean shiny equipment, $10,000 cable machines and there I was.... In a garage.... a backyard.... playgrounds all around town..... "They" laughed at me. Talked shit behind my back and gossiped like pathetic women with nothing better to do than undermine others in an effort to lift themselves up. … [Read more...]