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Saddle Up Your Mind: The Small-Town Pharmacist Who Hacked the Subconscious
by- Josh Bryant He wasn’t a guru or mystic.He was a small-town pharmacist in France—Émile Coué.A working man in a white coat surrounded by drugs—until he found something stronger than medicine: belief. The Accidental DiscoveryWhen Coué said, “This will help you feel better,” people did.When he said nothing—they didn’t.That’s when it hit him—belief might be…
The Sprint Prescription: Power, Muscle, and Longevity in One Shot
by- Josh Bryant Josh — flying up some Texas limestone. Whether you’re trying to up your Tinder batting average, outrun the 5-0s, dominate the company flag football league, or just not get winded hauling groceries—sprinting delivers. Sprinting’s the Swiss Army knife of training.It builds horsepower, carves muscle, melts fat, spikes endurance, and rewires your nervous…
Follow the plan. Grow the man.
by- Josh Bryant Any talk about ‘training optimization’ without addressing adherence is just an intellectual circle jerk. You can have the most scientifically sound, data-backed, PhD-approved training plan in history—but if you don’t follow it, it’s about as effective as 15 minutes on the elliptical after gorging on pizza and Tootsie Rolls at Planet Fitness.…
Healing Won’t Make You Strong—Work Will
Sedona’s entire economy runs on “healing.”Vortex crystal retreats. Chakra realignment. Breathwork to manifest “abundance.” It’s a comfort culture moonlighting as enlightenment—people with more time and disposable income than discipline. And thanks to the self-help industrial complex, this mindset has gone nationwide. Therapy culture has not only made perpetual venting acceptable, but made you a Neanderthal…
My Biggest Mistake: Why Majoring in the Minors Almost Benched My Career
by- Josh Bryant Josh doing cheat front raises in 2006 at Metroflex Gym One of the biggest mistakes I ever made in my strength career wasn’t skipping workouts, eating junk, or being lazy. It was the opposite. I worked harder than an ugly stripper but I put my intensity in the wrong place. I majored…
Bench Press Mistakes and Fixes: From the Outhouse to the Penthouse
by- Josh Bryant Never Miss a Rep – Bulletproof Your Bench with Josh & Mark Bell In parts of Appalachia, a boy’s rite of passage wasn’t a trophy or a certificate—it was Pawpaw leading him down a muddy creek bed with a mason jar and a grin. You’d wade through Laurel Fork or Tug Fork,…
Reps for the Mind: Stop Loops Before They Kill Your Brain
Most people think memory loss comes from bad food, being a booze hound, bad sleep, or just Father Time kicking your ass! A 2024 Chinese study (424 adults, PMID: 40457276) found something more sinister: :Repetitive negative thinking. The mental loops of stewing, worrying, and overthinking crank stress hormones that torch your hippocampus—the same way saltwater…
New Level Strong: What We Can Learn from Brendan Todd’s Breakthrough
Brendan’s 2104 total in action. Too many strength coaches hide behind hundred-dollar words while moving fifty-cent barbells. That kind of circle jerk might impress academics in the ivory tower, but it won’t build cock-strong, son-of-a-bucks in the real world. Let’s look at something that does work in the real world—and has built one of the…
Your Calves, Your Second Heart, and Why Context Runs the Show
by- Josh Bryant Folks argue all day about whether walking counts as exercise. If you cracked the top 10 at the Boston Marathon last year, a 20-minute stroll after dinner is basically active recovery—like flossing your teeth, not pulling one. But if you’re 450 pounds, logging 800 steps a day, and rocking a resting heart…
Train Violently to Be Violent: The Path to Explosive Power
By Josh Bryant and Joe Giandonato Explosive Strength Training with Josh: Lost in Translation While maximal strength sits atop the food chain, being strong as an ox, but slow to show it just means more splinters in your ass from riding the pine. The great ones don’t just hoard strength—they unleash in fractions of a…