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…

Planning and Programming with Josh Let’s be real—any discussion about squeezing the best results out of a training program without first addressing adherence is just an intellectual circle jerk. And if it’s an internal debate, it quickly devolves into mental masturbation—pointless, unproductive, and only exciting yourself. At the end of the day, if a plan…

by: Josh Bryant Ultimate Orange: The Original Preworkout, with a little more than just caffeine. Back in 2001, I was rolling through Ozona, Texas, on one of those road trips where the gas stations are the only landmarks. I pulled into a truck stop for a bite to eat—one of those places where the menu…

by: Josh Bryant During my teenage years in Santa Barbara, I manned the front desk at Santa Barbara Gym & Fitness—a hardcore haven for iron addicts. That’s where I met a man we’ll call “Irving”—a former CIA case worker that lived in his van turned gym philosopher with a chip on his shoulder! His stories…