I just put up another article in the Strongman Profile series at Breaking Muscle featuring another small framed strongman – Otto Arco. Strongman Profile: Otto Arco Teaches Us About Muscle Control Techniques Otto Arco was a Polish strongman and wrestling champion. Born in 1881 as Otto Nowosielsky, he didn’t have the …
Victor DeLamarre
French Canadian strongman and weightlifter Victor DeLamarre was born in 1888 in Quebec and he stood at just 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighted only 150 pounds. DeLamarre is best known for bent pressing 309.5 lb in a theater in Montreal, breaking Louis Cyr’s record and setting a new …
Paul Anderson, The Mighty Young Apollo
He nearly died several times while performing, broke 30 world records in feats of strength, held 50 weightlifting records, got injured dozens of time and you’ll barely find anything about him online. The Man You Cannot Hang, the God of Steel, the Mighty Young Apollo, The Greatest Strongman of the …
Strongman Competition WIN!
I’m very pleased to announce I took 1st place in the Men’s Light Weight division at the Santa Cruz Strength Strongman Challenge 2 this past Saturday. It was a hard-fought battle and I’ll be sharing every detail and video I have with you here in this article. Preparation for the …
Toughen Up Your Neck Using These Four Drills
My newest article at Breaking Muscle on making your neck injury-proof has received quite a good reception. 4 Drills to Strengthen and Injury-Proof Your Neck I was pretty scrawny growing up. But a year or two after I started serious training, when I saw an old acquaintance of mine, the …
What’s Wrong with Mobility WOD’s and Movement Screens?
Yes, there is something wrong with mobility WOD’s and movement screens. I’ll get to that in a second. Let me start by saying that they’re not all bad or useless. There’s something useful in just about any system but methinks they’re missing a secret ingredient. This guy I know, who …
Khalil Oghab
Iranian born strongman Khalil Oghab, also known as The “Iron Man from Iran” was the first man to organize strongman shows in Iran. Born in 1924 in Shiraz, young Khalil was active in varzesh-e pahlavani, an ancient traditional Iranian system of athletics that has been used for warrior training. Khalil …
Reach Your Fitness and Nutrition Goals Using EFT
The final article on using EFT to improve your performance has been put up on Breaking Muscle. Use EFT to Achieve Success in Your Fitness and Nutrition Goals In my previous articles on EFT, we’ve discussed how you can increase motivation and desire to achieve your goals, how you can …
Become Pain Free With ETF
A new article on mental and emotional aspects of an injury has just been put up at Breaking Muscle. How to Banish Your Pain Faster and More Completely Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) can be a phenomenal tool to help you overcome injuries. Sometimes it’s simply our emotional pain that keeps …
The Legendary Strength Philosophy
The other day on an interview I was asked what my philosophy of health and fitness was. Of course, I mentioned a few things there, but it made me realize I had never taken the time to clearly write out what my philosophy was. Before this the only way to …
Improve in Any Exercise Immediately
In the forth article in EFT series at Breaking Muscle you’ll discover how to immediately improve in any exercise. For real! How to Instantly Improve in Any Exercise How would you like to be able to improve in any exercise instantly? I know that sounds full of hype. But if …
Set Personal Records and Improve Results With This Secret Technique
In my last article at Breaking Muscle I wrote about putting EFT to use for better results in the gym. Now you can check out my secret technique which will help you with setting PR’s in the gym. My Secret Technique for Getting Results and Breaking Records What is the …
Practicing vs. Training vs. Testing
The following is an excerpt from Practicing Strength and Movement: How to Gain Any Skill FASTER! which is the new manual now available. In working around the idea of “strength is a skill” I came up with the following continuum. Previously I have pointed out the difference between training and …
The Strength-Endurance Continuum
The following is an excerpt from The Ultimate Guide to Bodyweight Conditioning. In the training world you’ve likely come across these terms before: strength, strength-endurance and endurance. What is the difference in these? What makes something a feat of strength versus a feat of endurance? You may think of deadlifting …
Put EFT to Use and Thrive in the Gym
A couple of weeks ago I wrote the first article about Emotional Freedom Technique. In the newest guest post at Breaking Muscle you’ll find out how to actually put this technique to use and overcome challenges in the gym. How to Use EFT to Overcome Challenges in the Gym In …