Now that I’m strong enough (if there is such a thing) to be a big fish in a little pond in both realms of powerlifting and strongman, a common question I get is “which one do you like better?” The best equivalent I can give is to ask this question, “Are you a butt or boob person?”
Read MoreFor the majority of my life, I have been skinny. This was particularly disheartening for me because we all know chicks dig gains, and I was tired of people grabbing my arm and putting their hand around my wrist, touching their thumb and middle finger together to demonstrate how small my wrists were.
Read MoreIf you could go back and give your beginner-self one piece of training advice, what would it be?
Read MoreI peeled my 350lb self off the couch a year ago and decided to try and do something with myself. Though I’m not quite jacked and tan yet, here’s some things I learned along the way:
Read MoreAs I made my way down into the cold, dark basement, I heard the familiar sounds of aggressive metal music. I was on the right track. I followed my ears until I was standing in front of an enormous steel door. The type of door that they stopped making a hundred years ago. The type of door with levers and chains and counterweights. After pushing, pulling, twisting, and leaning into it, I finally figured out the door lever. The sounds of metal poured out of the open doorway, and I was in…
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