by: Josh Bryant It’s 4th and goal. One yard to go. Game on the line. All you see is elbows and assholes. And the fullback? He’s that son of a bitch with a Polish last name—30 carries deep, jersey stained with someone else’s blood. His dad’s the plant supervisor who opened up a can of…

by: Josh Bryant I was outside El Paso one night and stopped into a little place called Tejano Rose. Neon lights buzzing, jukebox howling out Freddy Fender, air thick with smoke, sweat, and small-town bravado. That’s when he walked in. A square-jawed Chicano cowboy, boots dusty from the desert, pearl snaps halfway undone, and a…

by: Josh Bryant Josh explains the 7 Grandaddy Laws In an era where every gym bro and pseudo strength coach is inventing the next “sport-specific” exercise, let’s get one thing straight—just because something looks cool doesn’t mean it works. No matter how flashy or fun a movement is, if it doesn’t transfer to real-world strength…

by- Josh Bryant Reminiscing about training with George Brink Back in 2016, I was on the seminar circuit with the GOAT Dr. Squat (RIP) at the San Antonio stop. He drags in this haggard old bastard—think Texas ex-powerlifter turned ranching cowboy, the kind of guy Doug Young would’ve been at 75 if he’d lived that…

by: Josh Bryant Snoozebutton Sam’s think facts and perception are the same. Champions laugh at this. Facts are the ground you stand on; perception’s the lens you see it through.  One guy sees charity as a wallet drain, another as a power move. Which perception wins?  Both—because what you see is what you get. Most…

by: Josh Bryant Exercise Demo! Whether you’re chasing a bigger bench for the powerlifting stage, a fuller chest for the bodybuilding stage, or looking to steal the show on the Chippendales stage, one thing’s certain—a massive, well-built chest turns heads and commands attention. Big pecs spark admiration in the hearts of men, prolonged feminine stares…

by: Josh Bryant Do you want the tap dancer you saw downtown by the art museum shuffling away for spare change to get the pigskin across the line, or do you want the well-conditioned, blue-collar son of a buck who could pull your pancreas out through your nose yet still change direction on a dime?…

by: Josh Bryant 8 years ago, a much larger, more gravitationally-gifted Josh speaks on warm-ups. Warming up is like putting on a collared shirt so you can get into the country club’s party and eat the prime rib smorgasbord for free—you don’t want to do it, but sometimes you gotta deal with a little bullsh*t…

by: Josh Bryant Natural Bodybuilding Demigod Nick Deltoro training arms with Josh at Metroflex A big, strong neck might keep you off the pavement after a Waffle House parking lot brawl when some big-city, high-falutin’ fool rolls in, talking pretty big for a one-eyed fat man. But when he follows it up with some pseudo-Tae-Kwon-Don’t…

By Josh Bryant and Joe Giandonato Building Triceps with the Texas Press As a teenager training at the Santa Barbara YMCA, I still remember the tension between this huge black dude we nicknamed “Zeus” and this yolked-up cat we called “The White Power Guy” because of his white power tattoos. My friends and I spent…