Tag Archives: Strongman

Check Out Mike Bruce

By admin | Published: June 14, 2011

Mike ‘the Machine’ Bruce wrote a blog about me recently, talked about strong man you should know. Now I am gonna do the same because definitely Mike is a strong man you should know. In fact, I don’t think there is anybody out there better at several of the feats that he does and it [...]

Posted in Ab Strength, Amazing Lifts, Barbells, Strongman Training, Super Strength | Also tagged Adversity, Barbell, Brotherhood, Contraction, Crazy Stuff, Deadlifts, Dennis Rogers, Dumbbells, Feats, Giant, Hous, Muscular Body, Old School, Old Time, Partials, Period Of Time, Privilege, Repetition, Strong Man | Leave a comment

Stronger Grip for Less

By admin | Published: March 17, 2011

Just a quick note today. Jedd Johnson from over at the Diesel Crew has released a new product I think you should check out. This one teaches you how to build your own grip strength equipment. Instead of shelling out $$$$$ for top of the line equipment you can create your own that works just [...]

Posted in Hand Strength | Also tagged Bud, diesel crew, Friday Night, God, grip equipment, Grip Strength, homemade strength, jedd johnson, Jeffries, Line Equipment, Strength Equipment, Top Of The Line | Leave a comment

Funny Story About Peter Ragnar

By admin | Published: February 24, 2011

So we’re at Peter Ragnar’s Youthing Conference. It’s a wonderful time, great people, incredible energy – a really powerful and uplifting experience for everyone involved. I was able to do a strongman show there with Noah and spoke about some important things. We released a new program – a Pro-Youthing Qi-Gong workout, which encompasses some [...]

Posted in Strongman Tour | Also tagged Better Life, Dalai Lama, Exercise, Funny Story, Great Health, Great Spirit, Important Things, Many Things, Mountain House, Mountain Man, Noah, Peace, Peter Ragnar, Practicality, Wonderful Time, Workout | 1 Comment

Take Advantage of Any Situation

By admin | Published: February 21, 2011

So I’m out on the road touring around and I get caught in one of the biggest snow storms in the last 10 years. The kind that everyone heard about – yes I was in the Detroit area when it hit. You get massive dumping of snow all over regions of the country in this [...]

Posted in Cables, Seminars, Strongman Tour, Workouts | Also tagged 10 Years, Advantage, Current School, Detroit Area, Feats Of Strength, First Experience, Regions, School Year, Sledding, Snow Day, Snow Storms, Tropics, Welcome To The Jungle | 2 Comments

Partner Kettlebell Juggling video clip

By Bud Jeffries | Published: January 11, 2011

So here’s a video compilation of some of the juggling that went on when Michael Castogiavanni came to visit me. I was amazed at the simplicity of learning the system but the incredible powers of concentration and physical prowess that it takes. Now I’ve never been great at single juggling but I picked up the [...]

Posted in Conditioning Exercise, Explosiveness, Kettlebells, Video | Also tagged Bells, Concentration, Cool Stuff, Cool Thing, External Focus, Fly, Grip Strength, Internal Focus, Kettlebells, Partner, Perspective, Physical Prowess, Presence, Simplicity, Survival School, Swing Pattern, Video Clip, Video Compilation, Weights | 4 Comments

Giant review update and Merry Christmas

By Bud Jeffries | Published: December 23, 2010

First of all I want to tell everyone Merry Christmas and have a very Happy New Year! Remember to spend as much time as possible with those you love and are closest to. Hey if you haven’t noticed I just posted a ton of reviews of great products I received this fall. Great stuff! I [...]

Posted in Product Reviews | Also tagged Airplane Photos, Apple, Aspirin, Brand New, Christmas, Christmas First, Competition Shooter, Crazy Stuff, Giant, Great Stuff, Happy New Year, Hey, Love, Merry Christmas, New Year, Pellet Rifle, Shelley, Skeet, Son Noah, Sporting Clays, Surprises, Trick Shots | Leave a comment

My review of Iron Tamer Dave Whitley’s: Lessons of the Old-Time Strongmen

By Bud Jeffries | Published: December 23, 2010

I remember back in the day hanging out with Dave and showing him some of the bar bending and old time strongmen stuff I was doing at the time. Who knew the incredible progress Dave was going to make as a strongman? I don’t know if you’ve seen him up close lately, but he evidently [...]

Posted in Product Reviews, Strongman Training, Video | Also tagged Bar Stuff, Dave Whitley, Digestible Format, Directions, Forearm, Foundational Principles, Gorillas, Job, Knowledge, Old Time Strongmen, Real World, Strength And Fitness, Strength Athlete, Strength Athletes, Train, World Application | Leave a comment

Amazing gains with two new PRs and a Great Sale!

By Bud Jeffries | Published: November 17, 2010

So – most of you who are reading this know that I’ve been on the road going into the 10th week now. Touring the US speaking to schools doing a strongman show and anti-bullying program. Along the way I’ve been able to hook up with many cool people and do a ton of cool things [...]

Posted in Amazing Lifts, Barbells, Bodyweight Exercise, Hand Strength, Mental Training, Program Design, Seminars, Strongman Tour, Strongman Training, Super Strength, Training Ideas, Weight Loss, Workouts | Also tagged Amazing Science, bending, Bud Jeffries, Circumstances, Competent Trainers, Cool People, Cool Things, Dan John, Feats Of Strength, Gist, Incredible Things, Intensity, New Dvds, Pavel, Pavel Tsatsouline, Penny Nail, Personal Program, Prs, Real World, Specifics, Strength Program, strongman shows, Trial And Error, Variation | Leave a comment

13 Most Powerful Conditioning Exercises

By admin | Published: November 10, 2010

Mixing combinations of these exercises will give you a lifetime of powerful conditioning and can take you to all new levels: 1. KB Swing 2. KB Work 3. Sprawls 4. BW Exercises 5. Sled Pulling 6. High Rep Strongman 7. Light Barbell Complexes 8. Heavy Bag Work 9. Sprints/Hills/Stairs 10. Sledgehammers 11. Cable Exercises 12. [...]

Posted in Barbells, Bodyweight Exercise, Cables, Conditioning Exercise, Explosiveness, Kettlebells, Training Ideas, Workouts | Also tagged Animal Movements, Bag Work, Barbell, barbell complexes, Bw, Combinations, conditioning, Exercises, heavy bag work, kettlebell swings, Lifetime, Sled, Sledgehammers, sprawls, sprints, Stairs, Swing | 6 Comments

Post workout nutrition

By Bud Jeffries | Published: October 25, 2010

Much is made of this topic and if you know anything about my stance on food as it relates to strength and health you won’t be surprised to know that I think it way over-complicates the subject. However millions of dollars are made on selling pre or post workout nutrition and the accompanying hype. Yeah, [...]