Ronald Walker was a lifter born in 1909 in England with an incredible all around capacity. Ronald never really cared much for showing off with awkward feats of strength, but instead focused on forty two strength tests set by British Weightlifting Association. At his prime from 1931 to 1937, Ron …
Wilbur Miller
Wilbur Miller, the “Cimarron Kid”, is a strongman and bodybuilder born in 1932 in Kansas and he didn’t show any interest in weightlifting until the age of 24. Before that, Miller was quite successful in running the mile and once he even managed to finish 3rd in the state finals. …
Wayne Smith
Wayne Smith was a strongman born in 1932. He became interested in training in early years, along with a twin brother Ward, but he actually started training after he joined the Navy. During his service in Hawaii, Wayne became a friend with Tommy Kono and below is the picture from …
Ian Mac Batchelor
Ian Mac Batchelor was a strongman and arm wrestler born in Scotland. At the age of 5, his family moved to the US and that’s where he became famous. Mac was most famous among wrist-wrestling champions, but his strength in other areas was incredible as well. Believe it or not, …
All About Round Back Deadlifting
A new article all about round back deadlifting has been put on Breaking Muscle. Deadlifting With a Rounded Back: If the Best Do It, Why Can’t You? “You’re going to CRIPPLE yourself!!!” It’s annoying. For whatever reason, YouTube seems to be the worst place for receiving the most off-the-wall and …
505 lb Deadlift (again)
In working towards a 600 lb. deadlift I have broken the 500 lbs. once again. You can compare this to my deadlifting 505 almost two years ago. It took a little longer than expected to get back to this level, but truthfully I think I’m stronger. I did this much …
Podcast: NLP for Strength Training Part 2
This podcast explores NLP in more depth as we take a look at beliefs, time and perceptual positions. Click here for Part 1. [display_podcast] Reasons why my progress seems to be accelerating even faster! A 5 Question Belief Assessment Tool How to step into the Future to better achieve your …
Bob Peoples
John Robert Peoples (Bob Peoples) was born on August 2nd in 1910 and he was never small or weak. He grew up on a farm where he started training at the age of 9, using his father’s 50 pound dumbbells and heavy stuff around the farm he could lift. Until …
How Using “Proper Form” Is Setting You Up For Injury
The following is a guest article from Professor “Stone” Paul who you can also catch in this week’s podcast on the Isometric Mind here. Yes, you read correctly. Contrary to what everyone has told you, using “proper form” is indeed setting you up for injury. Yeah, I know it sounds …
Podcast: My 2013 Training Goals
In this podcast I discuss setting goals for the New Year and what my specific training goals are for this year. [display_podcast] What are my training goals for 2013? Public commitment as a double edged sword. The positive and negative sides to this tool. The difference in planning for a …
Quick Barbell and Bodyweight Leg Workout
Check out this guest video from Tyler Bramlett featuring a quick and easy, yet effective, barbell and bodyweight leg workout. Grab the $7 Warrior Lower Body Course here. (Limited Time Offer) The Warrior Lower Body System has been designed to show people the safest and most effective way to perform …
NLP 9 – Submodality Shifts
Submodalities are the HOW behind your thinking processes. The common modalities are visual, auditory and kinesthetic, known as sight, hearing and feeling in layman’s terms. So the submodalities make up the qualities of those pictures, sounds and feelings, for instance, their location, size, volume, intensity, texture and many more. As …
Tactical Strength Challenge 5-5-12
Just finished my second ever Tactical Strength Challenge this past Sunday. Competition is fun! It is quite different between training in the gym, and then being forced to be at your best on a specific date and time. Luckily this time I didn’t have to drive to Sacramento to compete …
Jefferson Lift
The Jefferson lift, also known as the Jefferson deadlift, Jefferson squat or straddle deadlift, is not a commonly seen exercise. In fact, I would put it as something that is forgotten or unknown by 99% of the population. According to my research it was named after Strongman Charles Jefferson. But …
505lb. Deadlift
I entered the gym, later than normal, as I had got caught up in a bunch of work earlier. I was feeling pretty good and wondering what exercises I would do today. Then it popped into my mind… “You can deadlift 505 today.” Deadlifting more than 500 lbs. has been …