The legendary John Grimek was a living Hercules.
With a build that dropped jaws, John was every bit as strong as he looked.
I’ve been dissecting his training philosophy over the past few weeks, And today I’m going to dig into the last bit of it:
Here’s his philosophy again. And yes, I have repeated it half a [...]

We ended last episode with one of the arguing D-board Dunces insulting another member’s mother…
I’m not sure how she had anything to do with it, but it definitely ticked off the other guy, and who can blame him.
I couldn’t believe what I was seeing play out before my eyes. What started out as an interesting [...]

Earlier today, I needed information on a piece of gear.
I did what any other person in the cyber age does, and hopped onto the net. A few seconds later, I had over 58,300 results to sift through.
One of the links lead me to an online discussion board.
I didn’t find the answer I was looking for, [...]

I spoke about ‘explosive endurance’ the other day and I listed a few exercises that helped develop it,
In particular, I mentioned Swings, Sledgehammer strikes, Stone tosses, and the Heavy Bag.
These are great exercises because the let you go ‘all out’ in relative safety. And their explosive nature builds a unique type of strength endurance.
Some people [...]

In a message from a few days back, I poked some fun at new school training, and ‘functional fitness.’
It lead to a few people asking me ’what’s up with that?’
They assumed I thought functional fitness to be a waste of time.
Maybe I do, maybe I don’t…
The first question that needs to be answered is, ‘what [...]

Here’s another reason why kettlebells are a REAL training tool.
For the most part, kettlebell exercises involve the whole body. And while that has a ton of benefits, we’re only gong to focus on one today.
Because so many muscles are involved, many kettlebell exercises are ‘general’ in nature, like the ‘swing‘. In other words, they don’t [...]

Napoleon Hill wrote THE book on success.
He studied the most successful men of the early 20th century for 20 years straight! How’s that for doing your research?
Mr. Hill wrote plenty of books during his life, each one of them jam packed with priceless wisdom. And there’s one quote that comes to mind whenever someone mentions [...]

‘Old School’ training, like ‘Functional Strength,’ has become a bit of a catch phrase nowadays.
But long before poseurs were trying to capitalize on it with their marketing, REAL Iron Slingers were gutting it out in dimly lit gyms, dusty cellars, and even the great outdoors.
And you can’t find a better example of what this type [...]

Train heavy. Train hard. Guts. Heavy weights. Big Iron. Hard work.
Those are a few of the terms you see me use on a consistent basis. They’re also used by a lot of other guys.
If you didn’t know any better, you’d think using anything less than world class poundage would be criminal.
Well, it ain’t.
Truth is, ‘heavy’ [...]

You’ve probably noticed that I share quite a few routines, and ideas for routines in these tips.
This has led to a few questions. Some were wondering if they were supposed to switch to each new routine as I share it.
Others wanted to know how long you should give a routine before figuring out if it’s [...]