I’d like to introduce you to Keith, the mountain man…
No, he isn’t an actual banjo plucking, harmonica tootin’ hillbilly, (at least I don’t think he is…)
You see, when I call Keith a ‘mountain man,’ it’s in reference to his physical appearance. The man’s literally built like one…
He isn’t a vertical wonder. But does he ever [...]

The bench, deadlift and squat get all kinds of attention when it comes to building mass and power…
But there’s another player in town… the bent over row.
For some reason, rowing exercises tend to get overlooked when the topic of ‘power movements’ comes up…
It’s too bad because the muscles involved in rowing movements can be built [...]

I hear it all the time…
‘That looks hard.’
‘I don’t think I could do that.’
‘How many times a week do you put yourself through that?’
Those are the types of comments I get when people ask me about my training…
I catch myself thinking, ‘If you didn’t want to know, what did you ask for?’
‘Well, what were you [...]

A few weeks back I was exhibiting at a local trade show.
If there was ever a time in my life when I had to do ‘double time’ it was then.
Here’s the background info…
I only found out about the show 3 weeks in advance.
It was our first show ever, so I had to learn and cram [...]

Demonstrations of high levels of strength or endurance (and Denise Milani) can literally have jaws on the floor…
The same can be said of extreme feats of strength-endurance. Unfortunately we don’t see enough of these…
But that’s OK; you and I are going to change that…if you’re up to it…
I’m going to kick things off by giving [...]

A few weeks back, I mention the need to take your other training into account when creating a grip routine…
Heavy barbell and strongman exercises can hammer your grip hard…
Even simple calisthenics, like pull ups and chin ups, work the grip harder than most realize. People figure it out pretty quickly once they add specialized grip [...]

Forget stopping to smell the roses…
When was the last time you stopped to chew our food?
That’s right, Chew your food?
Last time I checked, racing was no where to be founding under the definition of eating in the dictionary…
And unless you’re Tubnut McGee pictured below, pounding sustenance into your face like a bulimic warthog ain’t exactly [...]

On the first of the month, I shared some examples of ‘heavy pressing,
I wrote this to answer the question ‘how heavy is a heavy press?’
I also wanted to give people an idea of what the human body is capable of…
Well, it looks like I may have overdone it. Some are having a hard time swallowing [...]

My Power Rack training tip from the other day, ‘Working on Your Bottom’ raised a few eyebrows…
I think a few people thought that a proctologist got a hold of my email account…
The others were intrigued by the potential gains of ‘bottom position work’…
This led to some questions that raised an important point. A few guys [...]

Visualization, Mind Power, Positive Mental Attitude…
Pure bunkum, right?…
To answer that, let’s bring in a legend of the Iron Game…
Bill Pearl is known as one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time… But there was more to Bill than the mounds of muscle covering his frame…
He had a pile of ‘GO’ accompanying that ‘Show,’ just like [...]