I must admit, it breaks my heart when I see a “strength coach“ having a 12-year-old kid maxing out on the deadlift or maxing out on the back squat. I'm seeing kids who weigh under 100 lbs performing round back deadlifts, crashing onto a bench for a "box squat", benching while hip thrusting the heavens. This kind of dangerous training gives us ALL a bad name. Parents do NOT know the difference between the Coach who is training a young kid in the same manner of an adult powerlifter. In … [Read more...]
Train On Your OWN [GLADIATOR Mindset]
I've been hearing the same old line since I was a young teen going to the gym with guns blazing. My friends and the "older guys" in the gym always complained about their lack of motivation. "I'm just not motivated....." "I need to train with you. You fire me up...." "I don't have it anymore....." The Ultimate Warrior always spoke about OWNING your life by doing your OWN work. Mr. R, aka Mr. Resistance is always trying to hold you down. He whispers in your ear and tells you that tomorrow is … [Read more...]
STRONG Life 33: Ray Jaz, NO Easy Day & Arnold Legacy
You think you're working hard until someone makes you rethink what work ethic, commitment, intensity and passion looks like at the NEXT level. That is the key to the latest STRONG Life Podcast. I'll be giving you insight into the story behind a kid who may have rivaled my own passion and intensity as a kid from the gym, but, even better, he understood how to apply the lessons learned from the gym to his life and sports. … [Read more...]
Solo Workouts, Cold Weather & Mental Training
I am excited to crank this blog post, as ALWAYS! The photos of old school greats and Golden Era bodybuilding always fires me up. Energy is sky high lately, I've been fasting often and experimenting with my nutrition and it's feeling GREAT. On a mission to get to 205, lean and mean.... agile, mobile and hostile! I haven't had a scale of my own since about 10 years ago so I'm gonna start tracking everything & dialing in the nutrition to keep my discipline and goals on track. LOTS of my … [Read more...]