Here’s a list, in no particular order, of some beliefs that could hold you back in a variety of ways. I’m don’t have the motivation to workout Only beginners make fast progress I don’t have great genetics I’m too old to do a handstand It’s not possible for me to …
Belief Change Process
Beliefs are interesting. And the human beings that have them are even more so. What is a belief? It is something that is held in the mind about how the world or ourselves are. The funny thing is that they don’t necessarily reflect reality, yet in having them they organize …
I Sucked at Squats
Take a look through my youtube channel. Until recently you wouldn’t find any videos of me squatting heavy weights. Not like the deadlift, where there’s tons of videos up. Take a look at my body and you may see why. I’m not built to squat. Although this is true, in …
PR Report 10-19-13
As I mentioned last week I did belief change work around heavy squats. Since doing that, squats have been in every one of my workouts and I’m making great progress. Of interesting note, in doing research on Bob Peoples for an upcoming article, he stated that he like to deadlift …
Edmond Desbonnet
Edmond Desbonnet was a French physical culturist, photographer and academic born in 1867. Due to his poor health, he was forced to perform gymnastic exercises from the age of seven. Five years later, Edmond discovered photo of a strongman which he soon started collecting on a regular basis. Professor Desbonnet …
Strongman Film with Stanless Steel
Strongman was named one of the best documentaries of 2011 by Roger Ebert, and selected as a New York Times Critics’ Pick, STRONGMAN documents the life of strength performer Stanless Steel over the course of ten years. Official synopsis: Stanless Steel—“The Strongest Man in the World at Bending Steel and …
What It Takes To Be A Strongman
The following is a guest article from Jarell Lindsey. As an athlete, you can have many goals. A soccer star may wish to be the best defensive mid, so focus on some speed, some blocking accuracy, and a strong leg to send the ball back up the field. A competitive …
Isometrics Training by Alexander Zass
Strongman Profile series on Breaking Muscles continues with another prominent oldtime strongman – Alexander Zass. Strongman Profile: Alexander Zass Teaches Us About Isometrics Alexander Zass was a strongman in the circus, traveling around Russia for many years back around the beginning of the twentieth century. He was born in Vilnius, …
Buying an Eighth of a Cow
One of my favorite foods is beef. It tastes good and can also be good for you. So much of the “nutrition world” still believes that red meat is bad for you. You look at things like The China Study or documentaries like Forks Over Knives and you’ll get this …
PR Report 10-12-13
Not a whole lot of action this week, as I was busy filming for the new Strengthen Your Structure course, which will be coming as part of the new Strength Health Mind Power Inner Circle. (If you’ve never filmed exercise videos before it can be quite intensive even just demonstrating …
8 Years of Kettlebells
I’ve been using kettlebells for a fair amount of time. And over that time I’ve used them for many purposes and with many different methods. In this article I’m going to encourage you to go outside of the box on whatever methods you may have come to know and use …
Chuck Sipes
Unlike most old time bodybuilders, Chuck Sipes who was born in 1932 in Illinois was deeply involved in feats of strength as well. While he was still a teenager, Chuck’s family moved to California where he wanted to join a school’s football team. Unfortunately, he was too skinny to be …
Top of the Kettlebell Swing Position
The top position of the kettlebell swing is where many people make mistakes. To do it properly, start with a couple of kettlebell deadlifts. Just keep snapping the hips, but don’t use your upper body to bring the kettlebell up. Do not bend your elbows in the top deadlift position …
Rotational Kettlebell Press
How to do the Rotational Kettlebell Press properly? This move actually comes from Girevoy sport competitors, a weight lifting sport with kettlebells. It’s a very efficient movement and unlike hard style kettlebell techniques, you aren’t using your legs or upper body primarily, but a rotating body movement. As you can …
Bruce Randall
Bruce Randall was a professional bodybuilder born in 1931, most famous for losing an extraordinary amount of weight for the Mr. Universe contest in 1959. Bruce started weightlifting at the age of 21 as a marine during his service at Norfolk Naval base. He was trained by a weightlifting coach …