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My goal’s always been simple: give you ridiculously more value than I ask. The problem: words eventually hit their ceiling . Essays are nice; but actual progress comes from systems—from programs you can run, tools you can use, a…
Let’s establish something right off the bat: Building muscle isn’t as complicated as most people think. In fact, the process is surprisingly simple, at least in theory . Your body needs three things to grow: Stimulus. Recovery.…
If I had a time machine and could go back in time and give myself one piece of advice without somehow creating a butterfly effect & altering my timeline (AKA still have my wife and son) it would be what I’m talking about in this…
I made an absolutely terrible mistake… What I wanted to do was create a little PDF highlighting the main movers and shakers to focus on to achieve a high level of health and fitness. What I did was get entirely too hyper-fixated…
Every single one of us is guilty of ignoring advice or thinking we’re special or the exception to the rule and “Oh, that could never happen to me. I would never”. That hubris could very well be your downfall because life is…
Odds are if you’re reading this, you probably think how amazing it would be to never have to leave your house to get an awesome workout … The idea of being able to get the same quality workout and results you can get from a…
If your goal is to build your own iron sanctuary in the comfort of your home, that allows you to get commercial gym results without needing to step foot in another zoomer-infested commercial public gym, then I have excellent news…
This is the official “Training Program Directory” of the Strong As An Ox Substack. While I have the “ Start Here ” page ( that I’m always updating) , and the search function, I wanted to compile all of the training programs (and…
We humans have this incredible ability to break things down into two extremes, choose one of them, and decide that is the hill we will die on. I mean, I get it. Naturally, we just want to simplify everything and turn it into…
My ultimate ambition, which I am not so shy to talk about , is I want to take over and change as much of the fitness industry I can as possible. My goal has always been to under-price and over-deliver what I do because I like to…
I am an observant type, you could call me a “creeper”, but I am far too handsome, so thus observer is the proper term. When I go to the gym, I like to look around and observe what others are doing. This helps me become a better…
At this point in my life, my version of finding $20 in the pocket of an old pair of jeans that haven’t been worn in a while is finding workout programs I made that I completely forgot about. I have no idea when or where I posted…