Happy Friday, IRON Brother - I'm sipping on some tea and honey before I hit the road to The Underground. One of the OG Edison athletes reached out to connect. I toldhim, of course, come and train with us and then we'll grab some coffee. I love that I am still in touch with athletes from years and now, almost decades ago. I remind myself, How would I want my own children to be treated by someone. Sometimes my old athletes reach out for some clarity, some fire and some "life stuff". Just when...
2 days ago • 1 min read
Good afternoon, IRON Brother - I had an amazing 24 hours, I took a trip to visit my daughter and nothing could be better :) We went shopping at a farmers market in Pa with allThe Amish and we ate BBQ, I bought honey, sourdough bread,coffee and shared the great times with my baby girl whohas grown up too fast for me :( Even better, her class was cancelled this morning and wegot breakfast together :) Super Grateful for the gift of love and time together. I know not all readers are Dads, but we...
3 days ago • 1 min read
Good morning, IRON Gladiator - I was thinking about something yesterday after recording the latest STRONG Life Podcast. And here it is: Weak men create problems Weak men hate others. Weak men want to see you fail or to never see you win as much as they win. Weak men blame, point the finger, avoid responsibility and don't inspire their kids to do the right thing. I can go on and on..... And as I am seeing more and more today, it proves this: There's something missing in today's world. Strong...
4 days ago • 1 min read
Happy Tuesday, IRON Gladiator - Can you hear it? The IRON is calling. I can hear the plates rumbling.... I can feel the cold steel in my hands.... The air is a bit chilly in the air until bodies get moving. Last week I trained Monday - Saturday, and when other men ask why, I tell you, my brother: IRON THERAPY. You need the IRON for the mind just as much, if not more than your body needs it. The Golden Era brought in high volume training whereasThe Silver Era was more about 3 x week Total Body...
5 days ago • 1 min read
Good late morning, IRON Gladiator - I just crushed a great podcast with my buddy, and am a bit delayed to get you this email. So, first off, here is the latest STRONG Life Podcast: ==> https://zacheven-esh.com/ep-585/ This was a great podcast as I was a guest on a big podcast, you will love it. This week, I will record a few shorter episodes and wantto cater them to YOU. Reply and give me ONE question - preferably a topic I have not covered many times before. I got my training in this morning...
6 days ago • 1 min read
Good morning, IRON Gladiator - Happy Sunday, my brother. Day light savings was last night and so here we go, old man Winter coming in..... Unless you live somewhere that the weather is warm all year, that is some good living! I had to share with you these tips from a 1967 magazine articlethat is BIG time applicable to today's world. Why do I love the "old school" info so much? Because it actually worked, unlike the BS of today. These are Golden and Silver Era Tips in training for strength,...
7 days ago • 1 min read
Good morning, IRON Gladiator - Well, good afternoon, it's 11:17 AM here in NJ. Daylight savings tonight, clocks go back. I trained this morning at The Underground with the 8 AM Adult Crew. It was awesome...... That was 6 days in a row training and I was SORE but mentally, felt the urge go DO the WORK. At 9 AM when athletes came in, I spent time talking with a Dad of one of our athletes and we had a GREAT convo. I am 51 in 5 weeks, this Dad is late 40s. He trains at 5 AM but trains alone - he...
8 days ago • 1 min read
Happy Friday, IRON Gladiator - I hope you crushed your training already and if not, fuel up and get some good coffee to mentally preparefor the WORK ahead. Yesterday I did something I said I would never do - make one of those reaction videos - HERE. I had to turn off the comments because each negative comment got dumber and dumber. "How many Olympians have you trained?" "He's a World Champ, what have you done?" "Russia is the BEST!" As I KNEW would happen, the uneducated, inexperienced, dumb...
9 days ago • 2 min read
IRON Gladiator - I had a great 5:45 AM session again - today at The Underground was more of a circuit, pump your heart and kick some a-- type work. I came back later with a pair of OLD IVANKO dumbbells from the 70s. They are 40s but feel heavier. The grip diameter is 2" which is very unique. Ivan said back in the daythey would put rebar in the handles, how cool is that! Make sure you see what's happening at IVANKO on their website. Pre 2010 I bought an IVANKO curl bar that fits in a squat...
10 days ago • 1 min read