Tag Archives: Strength Training

The Freedom of Strongman

People ask me what I do professionally I have answered, “I am a powerlifter,” or a fighter or a highland games athlete or a football player or a grappler or a strongman. I can even say a professional and old time strongman when I’m answering the question about what I do and why am I [...]
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The Secret to Getting What You Want Out of a Workout

Forever, in a martial arts world and in lots of other fields people have worried about the kind of training they do not actually carrying over to the results they want. In other words if you lift weights or do some kind of strength training to make your fighting better, and this is really only [...]
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Heavy Band Good Mornings

Get some ideas on easy strength training and short workouts with one exercise shown here, good mornings done with bands. For ideas like this and in depth on experimental training be sure to join us for the Super Human Training Workshop. Hurry as the early bird price expires after March 31st.
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Dumbbell Curl and Presses

Get some ideas on easy strength training and short workouts with one exercise shown here, the dumbbell curl and press. For ideas like this and in depth on experimental training be sure to join us for the Super Human Training Workshop.
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More coming and is it really that simple

I have about half a million things to talk to you about but I really just haven’t had the time to put the blogs together out here on the road.  However there will be a huge update to this tour and information coming to you very soon.  In fact I have met so many amazing [...]
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1,000 Details and a Super Muscle Workout!!

Today’s blog is going to be a shotgun approach.  One big shot – lots of different areas.  I’m in the middle of about a million details that have to be taken care of before leaving for the tour which starts Monday where I will be speaking to schools across the nation.  It’s amazing how many [...]
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MMA Strength and Conditioning Mistakes

I’ve spent a lot of time in the last year or two training MMA type fighters and thinking about what they should be doing. Drawing from my own experience and that of others and experimenting on the guys I train and on myself. I’ve also surveyed the landscape of what passes for strength and conditioning [...]
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Next Strongerman Guest Pavel Tsatsouline

Our Strongerman Teleseminar guest next week is none other than Pavel Tsatsouline. If you’ve spent any time in the training world than I’m sure you’re already familiar with him. He’s an expert in kettlebells, strength training, powerlifting, flexibility and more. We’ll probably be covering all those topics but especially for this call we want to [...]
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David Whitley – Iron Tamer

Our next call features Senior RKC David Whitley, aka The Iron Tamer. We’ll be covering kettlebells (of course), the latest happenings at the RKC, Functional Movement Screening, Old Time Strongman feats and more. To sign up for the call click here. You can also watch a video featuring some of his best feats. It’s sure [...]
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The Usual Suspects – Part 3

One more thought on this whole pattern thing – people have been asking me a lot lately (especially since seeing the pictures of me since losing 100lbs), “How did you do it?” When they ask that question what they really mean is, “What diet did you follow to make that work,” and they’re expecting a [...]
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