Ground Up Strength

Weapon Disarms, A Whole Lot of Groin Kicks, And A Little "Bullshit"

What do a gun disarm, numerous groin kicks, and Thai Chi have in common? They're all featured in the following 3 videos!

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The One Punch Hammer Fist...Or Not

As part of my newly found passion for punching and kicking things I have begun subscribing to few websites. This morning I received an email newsletter from one of them titled; "Hammer knockout blow for street fighting!". Of course I was immediately intrigued, especially since there was a video demonstrating the technique.

Following the link in the email, I was brought to this article.

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DIY Training Equipment Guide: Building a Hub

In Part 1 and Part 2 I went over the general method of building your own equipment. In this entry I'll go over the steps to building a hockey puck hub. I'll also include a couple of other ways you can build a hub.

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Gripper Guide Continued

The original Gripper Guide focused on the beginnings of gripper training. In that post I used CoC grippers as my standard gripper (hence the table is based on CoC resistances only) and laid out some suggestions for picking resistances and how to train. The reason I use CoC is simple. They were among the first to take grippers to the next level and they have a very good product. This part of my guide is centered around the very first thing you will do in your grip training. Buying a gripper! I've also got some other training tidbits and advice thrown into the mix.

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DIY Training Equipment Guide: Part 2 - Design and Construction

In Part 1 we talked about planning and material selection, in part 2 we're going to talk about the design and construction aspects.

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DIY Training Equipment Guide: Part 1 - Planning and Material Selection

Recently I've been getting involved in more and more aspects of grip training and strongman training however, these endeavors require specialty equipment at times. Anyone that has ever looked at buying training equipment knows that it can get expensive in a hurry, even for a couple of seemingly small things. The shear cost of equipment, combined with the fact that shipping to Canada can be just as much money as the item you're buying, has sent me into the workshop to build my own equipment. This series of articles will serve as a general overview to building your own equipment. I'll include a basic outline of how to come up with ideas, how to build, tools that you may need, building materials, etc. and I will do my best to make it as comprehensive as possible.

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For the Love of...Pullups And Chinups

So many people, myself included, started out with lat pulldowns and didn't give a seconds thought to doing pullups. Having been converted from a lat blaster on the pulldowns to a weighted pullup junkie, I can honestly tell you that I will never go back to the pulldown machine even if one day I can only do a single pullup. (At which point I will be revisiting this article)

But why do I have so much love for vertical pulls? Let me count (or maybe list) the reasons:

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The Crosswise Brick Exercise

When talking about lower arm and hand strength we here at GUS have referred to an exercise known as the "crosswise brick exercise". This is a fantastic exercise for strengthening the wrist and the fingers, the best part being it can be performed with a few bricks!

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