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New site

Ok new site is up and running, though still need to keep adding a few things. But all my new posts will be there. Come and check it out Http://TheStrengthDoctor.com

Moving

I will be moving this blog in the next few days. I will leave a link on here when its ready for you to explore.

The Excitement Builds

So some exciting events are unfolding for me. I was talking to a new friend of mine Smitty from the Diesel crew last night and he is developing a new training program. It looks like I will be testing his program out and providing feedback. The program is called Accelerated Muscular Development

As part of the program I will be taking progress pictures and keeping a journal of my work.  From time to time I will also post  my progress on this blog to keep you all informed of my progress. I’m getting excited to start and see what can be accomplished.

Also starting today I will be increasing my efforts to develop this blog and progress into a full fledged site with programs to help you improve your strength and health. Stayed tooned for future updates and to watch all the exciting progress!!

Till then check out my new friends at www.dieselcrew.com

Willing to pay the price?

Wondering why you don’t have any money?  Do you set New Years resolutions only to still be fat and smoke a year later?

We all have goals that we want to accomplish in our lives. Unfortunately most of us never reach them, let alone reach our full potential.  How many times have you said it, “I want that new car or I wish I could fit into those jeans.” 

I have done the same things over the years. I would get upset that nothing was working out for me and it felt like I was spinning my wheels while stuck in quicksand. Fortunately I have discovered somewhat of a secret.

The so called secret is behavioral congruency. Congruency for short, is acting in line with the goals you want to achieve. Find out the steps you need to take to reach your goals and do them. If you want to make a million dollars or become a fitness model, find someone who has reached that goal and do the same things they do.

This is a relitvely simple idea, but most people fail to do it. Say someone wants to lose weight, what do they do. They may workout or go on a diet for a few weeks, but soon they lose their enthusiasm and stop doing the daily things they need to do. If you do not consitently take action, you will never become what you want.

Notice I highlighted the word daily in the last paragraph. This is because you need to take daliy steps toward your goals.  You can’t just workout once everyother week or still eat fast food every other day and get that body you want. You have to be willing to pay the price for what you want.

It’s amazing how well this works when you truely give it a shot. I have started to take daily action towards my goals and have noticed a huge difference. I am occomplishing so much more then I ever have before. I can now see progress towards my goals and am no longer spinning my wheels. If you simply take action each day instead of  sitting around thinking about what you should do or worse yet complaining about the current state of things, you would be amazed by what you can do.

To end here is a good qoute that goes with this idea:

“Action beats meditation” – Gary Halbert

Yours in Helath,

P.S. there is always a price to pay. Even if you choose to do nothing, you end up paying the price of poor health or being broke.

Carry Like Crazy!

By Zach Even – Esh    http://tinyurl.com/9fp2fe

The simplest movements can often yield the most powerful results. Is this why I never saw anyone doing farmer walks with the 180 lb dumbbells at some gyms I’ve been to? Or heavy rack pulls, heavy squats, heavy military presses (standing not seated) or heavy barbell rows? These movements pack on the real muscle and make you stronger than a Bull!

What about farmer walks with the farmer walk bars? I snagged a great pair of farmer handles from http://elitefts.com I used the econo farmer bars and they arrived 2 days later! These long bars make the carries much harder and really hammer the lower body. Normally we used our 130 lb dumbbells or heavy kettlebells but these long bars were different and better for full body work!

You can also perform the other basic carries with dumbbells and sandbags. These movements will develop full body strength and you want to include these HEAVY in your workouts on a regular basis. These are the basics. After the basics you can start getting more advanced by using cross carries or mixed carries. I’m talking about zercher carries and bear hug carries using sandbags or carrying a stone around the backyard in between sets of kettlebell work. The cross carries can be used with dumbbells, kettlebells and even sandbags. All you need to do is hold them in two different positions. This awkward loading of the body strengthens the muscles and the body from unique angles that don’t get worked through traditional movements. some more of my favorite are rack walk + overhead carries or overhead and farmer walk mixed together. Carrying heavy objects of any type are awesome for full body strength development and work capacity. In addition, the first rep of every set is some form of a power clean and / or deadlift just to get the weight off the ground. Putting the weights down requires control, so no dropping, only squatting / deadlifting the weights down under control.

I’ve met some seriously strong men who never touch free weights, their strength came from manual labor carrying objects, lifting them, throwing them, power cleaning them into truck beds, etc. The guy who used to pick up our garbage when we were remodeling our house had an old pick up truck, it seriously looked like Steve Justa’s truck! This guy’s name was Tony. Tony picked up junk for people as a side job, but it was always heavy stuff. Odd objects that makes you stronger than a freight train. He would pick up all our stuff: toilet bowls, dish washers, heavy contractor bags filled with sheet rock, an old deck and more! I remember talking to him about strength training (as I always did) while we were loading his pick up with 20 + bags of sheet rock. He was holding one bag with a straight arm as he causally spoke with me! I was using two arms and my entire body to heave those bags up and I was starting to sweat bullets. Tony was used to carrying car parts, scrap metal and other seriously heavy and odd objects. Essentially, all he did was carry junk. But, remember, like I said, when you carry objects, you power clean them up / down as well as deadlift the weight up / down. It can’t get any simpler than that!

Now it’s time you begin to carry some odd objects!

About the Author Zach Even – Esh is a Strength & Performance Coach from Edison, NJ and is the owner of The Underground Strength Gym and creator of  http://tinyurl.com/9fp2fe.  Zach’s Underground methods have spanned the globe and have helped men and women of all ages to dramatically improve athletic performance, pack on rugged muscle and develop brute strength. Zach is the Strength & Conditioning advisor for TapOuT Magazine and is also a featured writer for Men’s Fitness Magazine. To learn more about Zach and his methods visit  http://tinyurl.com/9fp2fe

Step Outside The Box

Most people have a huge misconception when it comes to fitness and working out. They have this narrow view of the possibilities that are available.

 

O’ God, I don’t want to spend hours on a treadmill and waiting to be next on chest press machine. I don’t have time to drive to the gym, besides it is such a pick up fest there!

 

These are just some of the typical responses I hear. I agree that if you only look at the typical workout routine and gym these things might be true. However, there is a whole world out there that they have not explored. There is a whole workout culture of people who workout anywhere that interests them. They use their bodyweight, every day items, and even stones and heavy branches.

 

I must confess I am one of these people. I get bored very easily, especially just using weight machines. This has caused me to be less then consistent with my workouts in the past. However, now that I have stepped outside of the box, my workouts are shorter, more intense, and much more fun. In fact, I would say that it is almost addicting coming up with new ways to work my body.

 

Getting started

 

One of the ways that I first started was watching the Worlds Strongest Man competition on TV. This has become a yearly event for me to watch every December. Most people sit there and marvel at the strength of these athletes. At first I did too, until I realized that what they were doing on TV I could be doing as a workout.

 

Think about it flipping tires, pulling objects with a thick rope, and lifting stones among other things can give you a great workout. If you look at any elite athlete that needs power for their sport, they are starting to incorporate this type of training into their workouts. They know how effective it can be.

 

Here is my challenge to you. First, watch a strongman competition on TV the next time it’s on. While you’re watching brain storm how you can do some of the lifts at home. Here are a few ways to get you started:

 

• Fill a wheelbarrow  and push it around the yard for time
• Find a heavy stone and pick it up for reps
• Get a sand bag to lift and carry across the yard
• Find a old tire and tie a rope to it, put something heavy on the tire and pull it

 

These are just a few quick ideas. If you are creative, you’ll be able to find many more.

 

Secondly, start looking at every day items and finding a way to exercise with it. After a while, it becomes a game of how many exercises could I do with this object. This summer I did a whole workout with just the picnic table. I was breathing heavy and beat afterwards. So not only did I get a great workout, but I didn’t have to drive to a gym and be stuck inside.

 

I look forward to hearing what you all come up with. It’s always fun to share creative exercises with others.

 

Yours in Health

What Would You Do??

This was originally written by my friend Bill in his blog at bodybuilding.com http://blog.bodybuilding.com/ninjabill/ . I thought it was a worthy cause and decided to tell as many people as I could. I urge you to help out!  Please read on:

Okay I must of had my head in the sand! I just found out today a very touching story…. one of great sadness, one of great courage, one of great hope and one of pure hearts with no boundaries! What would you do if you lost a child? I can not imagine the pain in that…. or would I want to!  Well today I read for the first time the story of little Jayden Riley Deluca. A beautiful little girl that was taken at a very tender age… and the strength that her Parents have shown to honor her!  Then you add the desire of some beautiful women of bodyspace to help….and what started as a story of sadness… has twisted to a story of hope! You can read the story for yourself! —– >   http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/clabs/bodyspacecalendar.html  and after you do… I pray you will find it in your Heart to Help!  I know if this was my child…I would want your support… or if I had a child that’s life might be saved by finding a cure / Treatment.  Health and Fitness are very important to use all….but nothing is more precious than a child! So please find it in your Heart to either Purchase a Calendar of 12 lovely women with giving Hearts… or make a donation directly to http://jaydendelucafoundation.orgMy Heat goes out to the Deluca Family / my deepest Sympathy!… and also in admiration to all the Lovely ladies who have done their part to help this very important cause… in memory of a very special little Girl! Please Help!

What the heck is BEAST Training?

Hey. You gotta check this out. I just got this email from the Underground Strength Coach himself – Zach Even-Esh

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I always call the guys at our gym Beasts after I’ve seen then work their asses off to transform themselves from what and who they once were.

I say what AND who because changes occur inside and out. The training here effects the emotional and psychological as well as the physical aspects.

Here’s a perfect example: one of our BEASTS, David Ellis, a Judo Black Belt and Brown Belt in BJJ. At 185 lbs or so he is very unassuming, but when he trains he unleahses a ferocious intensity that sends shockwaves through the gym!

As you know, we follow the guidelines I lay out in The Ultimate Underground Strength Kit.
http://tinyurl.com/9fp2fe
Our Football players follow suit. We want to develop an insane amount of work capacity, and this means developing strength, speed and conditioning that NEVER quits.

But, here’s the REAL beauty of finding a training program like This.

It becomes a time and place where you lose yourself and find yourself.

The training has a very spiritual and emotional aspect to it that makes you feel great from within.

Once you begin changing who and what you are from within, the physical will take care of itself at a whole new level, faster than ever before!

It’s time you began your journey with a system that gives you much, much more than simply bigger muscles.
In Strength,

Zach Even – Esh

P.S. – With all the craziness that we encounter on a day to day basis, the stresses of life, you need a place of calming, a place that brings you back to feeling great about yourself and life.

Yes, this will become a kind of therapy for you, and it’s a beautiful thing when you get to experience the powers of our Underground Kit!

http://tinyurl.com/9fp2fe
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Killer right?

Zach is right on about how this underground style of training makes you feel.

It’s my favorite way to train.

Try it. It will be your favorite as well.

Just go here….

http://tinyurl.com/9fp2fe

Yours in Health,

Tim Hull

P.S. This is Zach’s course that I highly recommend:
http://tinyurl.com/9fp2fe

WOW!

Feeling the effects of yesterday’s workout, a great “you did something” muscle soreness.

 

It was the first workout of the year and the first intense workout since I injured my shoulder. All I can say is “WOW” it was one of the most intense outings that I have had in a while. I hope you have felt that amazing feeling of being in the zone when energy, mental focus, and “take no prisoners” intensity come together in a workout. If you haven’t its hard to explain, it’s like when you get done watching a great action movie. Afterward you’re feeling unstoppable, like the biggest baddest M-fer in the world. You could go out and bench-press a bus!

 

While we are on the subject of intensity, I believe it is one of the main factors in making progress towards your workout goals. I have seen way too many people approach fitness and working out as a social event. We have all seen them, do one set of exercise and then talk to a friend for 10 minutes before doing another set. Maybe this is why people think they have to workout for several hours at a time. If your doing it correctly, you should be exhausted within a hour if not a half hour!! I have done many workouts that killed me within 15 to 20 minutes.

 

So as you begin your New Years training, go out with intensity. Don’t be one of the people who look like their half asleep, slowly going through the motions. Show some intensity and energy. You’ll feel a lot better and will make gains those other posers never dreamed of.

 

Hint: This works in other parts of your life as well. Those who approach life with intensity and massive action are the greatest successes!

 

Yours in Health