Sometimes its good to do something completely different for your body. I’m not a big proponent of “muscle confusion” but you certainly need variety to stop plateaus from occurring. And sometimes you need a complete break from what you’ve been doing in the past. Isometrics are a good opportunity for …
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 …
Don Athaldo
One of the most famous Australian strongmen was Walter Joseph Lyons, better known as Don Athaldo. He used to perform as a circus strongman, but his mail-order offering “The Athaldin System” was the one that bought him real fame. As a circus strongman, Don Athaldo was involved in a variety …
Rotating Deadlifts
Learn how to do the rotating deadlift in this video. This move is also known as the hockey deadlift. This is a great way to train and strengthen your spine in movements that it is generally weak in. Some “spine experts” say you should never bend and rotate the spine …
Max Unger
Max Unger, better known by his stage name Lionel Strongfort, started his career way back in 1897 when he was most popular for the Human Bridge Act. About fifteen years later, following the end of his stage career, he successfully launched a mail order course called “Strongfortism” which has been …
How to Get Started Bending Nails
Want to learn how to get started bending nails? This video will show you how. Bending nails is one of the classic feats of strength. Here are five steps covered in this video: Here are five steps covered in this video: 1) Building a foundation of strength to ready yourself …
Antone Matysek
Antone Matysek is best known for his feat of strength where he lifted a custom made bicycle with three riders using a single hand, as shown in the picture below. He started his teaching career very early, at the age of 18 and won the “Strongest Man in America” at the age of …
5 Steps to Becoming a Strongman
Here are five steps to becoming a strongman. 1) Strength – To be a strongman you must be strong. No surprise there but you might be surprised at in what way. By going outside the box you can become well known for one feat of strength, without competing against the …
Martin Farmer Burns
Martin Farmer Burns was an American world champion in wrestling with more than six thousand matches of which he lost only 7, regularly winning against opponents who outweighed him by 50 or more pounds. He also managed to earn the American Heavyweight Champion and the World Light Heavyweight Champion titles. Feats of …
Warrior Upper Body Video
Here is a guest video from Tyler Bramlett showing you two great, and advanced, exercises. The Muscle Up on rings and the Bent Press. Go grab his brand new Warrior Upper Body Training System here.
Podcast: Stronger Pressing
This podcast features my good friend and fellow trainer Tyler Bramlett. On this call we talk about all different forms of pressing. [display_podcast] The Getup and Press, a phenomenal exercise for shoulder strength and health Is the bench press non-functional? Why hand balancing is the ultimate form of bodyweight pressing …
Maurice Deriaz
Maurice Deriaz was a famous Swiss strongman and a wrestler. Apart from various feats of strength he used to perform, Deriaz also won a wrestling tournament once where he beat 44 opponents. In the picture below, we can see Deriaz showing one arm clean and jerk using 228 pounds weight. …
How To Blend Bags, Bells, and Bodyweight For Extreme Gains In Strength, Power, and Conditioning
Check out this guest post from Travis Stoetzel. Back before I had my gym I can remember the good ol’ days of rolling around in my Jeep, AKA my “mobile garage gym” and cranking out some of the best workouts ever. I didn’t need a gym. Just some open space, …
Pat Casey
Pat Casey is probably more famous for the record in 1967 when he managed to bench press 615 lb. Pat also broke another record when he squated more than 800 lb in another official contest! Imagine someone of his size doing a weighted dip with 380 extra pounds…Well, that’s exactly …
Milo Barus
Milo Barus was a German strongman most famous for numerous feats of strength, including but not limited to: Wrestling bulls to the ground Phonebook tearing Car pulling with teeth Horse lifting Steel bending Nail driving and much more He won the “Strongest Man in the World” title as well as …