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Check out the Cal Strength blog here: http://calstrengthacademy.com/?cat=3 This recipe was written for me from my good friend and teammate Donny Shankle! I’m going to have to test it out after the arnold 🙂

My training for the past 2 weeks had been absolutely terrible. That is why I hadn’t posted too much about it. I wasn’t lifting very well and my numbers weren’t up to par. However, I finally got things changed around this weekend. I was able to hit a 140kg snatch on b

John Broz is really one of the main reasons I got started in weightlifting. He is a coach at Average Broz Gym in Las Vegas. I stumbled upon his youtube interview and wanted to know more. So I started surfing the internet and found a bunch of forums that he was posting on. His methodol

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/12915589 hahaha go ahead and check it out..There is like 2 hours of lifting first. But, I’d recommend skipping to 2:04:45…It is pretty darn funny. This kid will have a full ride to Cal as a quarterback and many offers from other places. Prett

I first read this article back in 2004 when Mike Alesch sent it to me. Anything he ever said or sent to me was taken completely to heart… It is a great read even for non-wrestlers. You have to find reasons why you should win, not reasons why you should lose!! Randy Lewis is a fo

Arnold Classic– March 4th. I am 8 days out from this meet. This will be my first meet as a team member of California Strength! This meet is held in Columbus, Ohio. Collegiate Nationals– April 9th. This meet is held in Shrevport, Louisiana. At this meet I can possibly quali

Today’s training was pretty rough. We started out the morning by snatching up to 130kg (286lbs), then coming back up on a 2nd wave up to 130kg again (286lbs). Then, I Clean and jerked up to 150kg (330lbs). Then, in the 2nd session I snatched up to 135kg with no misses, then miss

This was really the saying that changed my competitive mindset. I was in 7th grade and we were in the middle of our junior high wrestling practice. Bryon Hoffman was our coach at the time. He is one of the most fiery guys you have ever met. He might have had the biggest impact on my c

The PERFECT way to end my wrestling career that started when I was 5 would be a state championship. My career would be complete. So I thought. It was a minute after I had been crowned a state champion and I was crying…out of anger. I was angry with the way I wrestled in the fina