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Don’t limit yourself

Simple mace warm up http://cavestrong.net from Frank DiMeo on Vimeo. There are many ways to get stronger and more fit. One of my favorite mentors, Zach Even-Esh, said, “I won’t discriminate against anything that can make me stronger.” I agree 100%!

Do you have an immunity to learning?

Once you stop learning, you are done. When you think you have arrived, you are fooling yourself. Any time you think you can’t be knocked out of first place, you are doomed. You get the point, I hope. One thing I find to be very prevalent in the fitness world is a refusal to ventureContinue reading “Do you have an immunity to learning?”

Getting strong from every angle

Life is unpredictable, at best, you never know what you might be facing that day when you get up in the morning. I believe that our training should build a well-rounded readiness for any situation. If someone were to ask how we train at the Cave, for instance, “Do you do Powerlifting or Olympic Weightlifting?”,Continue reading “Getting strong from every angle”

How the culture tries to profit from “aging” you early

One thing I hate is someone trying to make me think, act, and live how they think I should at a certain age. They first try to get to you when you turn 50 and they send you an invitation to join a very large “geezer’s” organization (it starts with the letter “A”). Forget it!Continue reading “How the culture tries to profit from “aging” you early”

Try, fail, try, fail, try again, success eventually

Lifting mindsets–open rage or silent fierceness?

The longer I live and lift, the more important the mental aide of training becomes. Of course, the mental side of training is vitally important in other types of training, also. I was first introduced to mental aspect of training during my early years of martial arts practice. It has stayed with me ever sinceContinue reading “Lifting mindsets–open rage or silent fierceness?”

kettlebell helicopters & sliders

Building mass with bodyweight exercises

I love to lift barbells and other heavy things. That kind of training gets results! However, my other training passion is bodyweight training. Bodyweight exercises are deceptively hard to do. Most don’t look that difficult, but wait until you try them! Here’s an excellent training resource on bodyweight training, which I have studied already. IContinue reading “Building mass with bodyweight exercises”