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I’ve been riding with Lost Empire Herbs since their early days, and let me tell you straight: this sale is a full on game winning three pointer at the buzzer moment you’ve been waiting for. Prices like this don’t stick around. The clock is ticking – only eight days to load your cart and transform how you feel, train, and dominate life. If you’ve been eyeing their testosterone boosters, energy elixirs, or recovery powerhouses, now’s the time to pounce before the sale vanishes like a weak set on leg day.

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Strength Training Anywhere Using Isometrics

 When it comes to strength training, there are plenty of ways to do it but one of the most grossly underrated forms of it is Isometrics. You don't need to move at all, just contract at any given angle and breathe into it. Simple enough right? For sure but how long the intensity and contraction goes depends on what you shoot for. Guys like Steve Justa was famous for practicing Isometrics in many different ways from long duration holds that lasted at times for 3 minutes to what he called Pulse Reps or Isometrics where you contract for 2-3 seconds and repeat for reps on countless exercises from squats to arm wrestling pulls, deadlifts, pushing and twisting. Another was The Mighty Atom that used Isometric Training to build that power to bend and twist horseshoes, bend and even bite down nails, break chains and other things.

Isometrics are more than just strengthening for things like weights and steel bending, they are a crucial element to prevent injuries and problems in the joints, tendons and ligaments. Many these days shrug it off as boring and believe they don't do much but as we age, it's going to become possibly your best friend. When you train them consistently, they help you move better and even enhance your flexibility and mobility. They give you that suit of armor from within that format of strengthening the body that reduces the chances of osteoporosis, tendonitis, tennis elbow, arthritis and maybe MS but that may be stretching.

Some of the strongest men on the planet used Isometrics to amplify their feats beyond logical understanding. Even the great Warren Lincoln Travis who was known for lifting extremely heavy weights in partials used Isos as one of his major components. Even was a counterpart to the Mighty Atom, although their strengths were night and day, they both understood what they were best at and were the strongest in. WLT was a lifter and Atom was a Steel Bender, very different types of strength but both were phenoms at what they did.

For  everyday people? Isometrics can have an impact on their daily lives where they can handle groceries, moving furniture, open a jar of pickles, mow the lawn, chop wood, climb stairs and all kinds of things. When you push/pull/squat/grip in all sorts of directions, you're building strength that has true function and importance. If you're a gym goer, you can do isometrics by holding weight at certain angles like the mid point of a db or bb curl like you're carrying a tray, hit a stopping point in your squat to build strength for that position, even on machines where you can hold the mid or end point of a lift and hold it. Many different ways you can do Isometric Training. 

One of my favorite things to use is the World Fit Iso Trainer where you can mimic just about about any movement in the gym isometrically. My basic exercises is the curl, deadlift, zercher squat, overhead press, lunge and seated row. Those alone have helped me prevent knee pain, elbow problems, shoulder issues and other things. You can even use it to strengthen pull-ups, assisted pistol squats, rows, push-ups and more like the TRX. Take it with you anywhere and enjoy workouts that don't put wear and tear on your joints. 

Be amazingly awesome and be successful in your goal setting, wish you nothing but the best in what works for you. 

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What I Get Out Of Doing 30 Minutes Of HIIT With Dopa?

 When it comes to conditioning, it is where I find things the most challenging these days. With circuits, the exercises vary but the amount of work stays within a 500-1000 rep range. Sometimes I take breaks between circuits, sometimes I don't where I just mark it down and proceed to keep going. However; the Interval Workouts are the ones that truly test me.

I do them maybe no more than twice in a week which considering the way I do it, even a fit guy I've met in our Complex Rec Room has said he couldn't do what I do. Doesn't mean I'm better than him, it's a nice compliment but his training is different from mine and he's doing things for a guy his size that is awesome and he's roughly 60 lbs lighter than me. I'm still maintaining size, strength and cardio because of workouts like this and has made me better as time goes on. It's even helping me lean out more little by little. For 30 minutes, I'm kicking my ass but always leaving with some gas left in the tank.

The way I've programed it is simple but not easy. 5 Exercises which includes usually a push, pull, squat and core along with the propeller exercise which targets practically everything and adds the agility and coordination aspect to the workout. Each exercise is 45 seconds of work with 15 seconds rest and will do them a total of 6 rounds which adds up to 30 minutes. I don't count reps, I keep going for as many as I can do, sometimes (especially in later rounds) my hands start to slide away from the knots so I have to readjust which really only takes seconds and get back at it. Some of these exercises can be very hard to maintain form because you're feeling the burn from having to keep going. It's not always pretty looking and my focus has to be on point as much as possible.

One of the keys that really makes these workouts test your endurance is how you breathe. As you get into later rounds, controlling the breathing can become a challenge and might slow down the pace a bit so you can stay efficient and not every exercise will have the same breathing patterns. Sometimes because of lactic acid build up like in the shoulders, legs or even your grip cause you got to hold on the entire time, you may have to take a step back or two (even by an inch or so) towards the anchor point to reduce a bit of the stress but still have the energy to keep fighting. It is a lung strengthener that's for sure but a thing to remember is to keep your breathing under control as best as you can and be able to "relax" so to speak as you move through one exercise after another. 

When I say "relax", I don't mean to just let yourself be loose and just flop around, you still have to engage muscles but in a state like the breathing where the movements and patterns become automatic and your mind prevents the muscles from fatiguing quickly. When you're sweating hard and the band becomes slippery at times, we can't completely prevent things from sliding and having to readjust, but we can utilize what is possible, adapt quick and keep on going. Those 15 seconds of rest isn't about stopping to catch a couple breaths, it's really to take a small window to move into position for the next exercise.

The early days of working the band and doing Intervals, it was to get the timing down and learn how work with what I can do and rest for equal amounts of time or even longer. As time went on and I got more conditioned, I would add rounds, add more time, lessen the rest and test my abilities. Workouts at times last 10 minutes, 15, 20 and so on and would see the intervals that wrestlers would use and work around that. Once I can do the 45/15 protocol for a half hour, that was my sweet spot. 45 x 5 equals 225 seconds of work, multiply that by 6 and you get a total of 22 1/2 minutes of work and less than 8 minutes of rest total. That's pretty brutal and if you believe that's easy peasy or some bullshit, you haven't learned the meaning of hard work. It's pushing limits of your capabilities and not just your lung capacity, but your mental toughness, adapting to fatigue and strengthening your will to keep going. I would love to train with somebody with these bands and see how they handle a workout like this.

What am I getting out of it? Like I said, it's a sweet spot for me but also because I'm not counting reps, I'm building the capacity to keep things flowing as best as possible even when that burn comes into play. Reps can go as high as 50 in some cases but I don't know for sure, I just keep going LOL. I like finding out what I'm capable of and seeing what is possible when fatigue sets in and aspects of my mind and body want to quit. These workouts always feel different every time. I believe in having gas in the tank when I'm done. The funny thing is, despite having anything left in the tank, the burn and build up always hits differently, sometimes early on, other times towards the end but it never reveals itself until it smacks you in the face. It teaches you to expect the unexpected and to not panic when it starts getting really tough. At times, I'll think of Bud Jeffries in my head telling me I got this or thinking of a wrestler who makes workouts like this normal for them and I'm fighting to stay alive and they cheer me on. 

Do I ever get sore from these workouts? Believe it or not, no. It doesn't mean I didn't work hard enough, these are tough as shit but because of how I apply certain things; like pacing, breathing and quick adjustments, my body is able to recover very well when in most cases for many, they would need a day or two just to feel whole again but for me, I bounce back pretty fast and can do circuits or decks of cards the next day and be fine. My conditioning is at it's peak at the moment. Nowhere near the level of a pro athlete or even a well conditioned wrestler, but for someone who trains and works on his health and well being, I'm in pretty damn good shape and feel incredible. This is the type of training I like where I can push myself without losing ground and making other tasks seem easier. Hiking is not a problem for me, if someone needs help with moving into a place, I have the stamina and strength to go as long as needed, chopping firewood? Fun as hell to do. 

Keep being amazingly awesome and head on over to Dopamineo.com to get your bands. Use my code POWERANDMIGHT to get an added discount on your order(s) which can be great for deals that are already added for bundles and military discounts. Conditioning is your greatest asset, don't neglect it. 

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A Mindset Beyond The Gym

 There are people who are so adamant about training in the gym, they often times become conditioned to believe that's the only place one should be training at. Not true whatsoever. Every individual who trains in the gym have their reasons, some are good, some out of desperation and others go because it is therapeutic for them. The gym has its place and if it works for someone, make it worthwhile. However; it isn't the only option.

For me, I'm just not part of that culture. I don't even feel my full potential is in those places, not anymore at least. I'm in the process of canceling my own membership because I just don't have that passion or drive to go to a building where I feel out of place, not being myself or do what works best for me. It was fun for a while and picked up on a few things again but that fire died out a long time ago and I was just going through the motions exercise wise. 

Training outside the gym has always been my thing for the last 20+ years. Strength Training through Isometrics, Sandbags, Hammers, Band and Bodyweight feels more primal and exciting to me. Barbells and Dumbbells are cool to play around with but nothing gave me that true power and fire than the things I just mentioned. The world is our gym, we have the ability to create any workout we want with the right knowledge and tools. Having a home gym in my opinion is a far better option because you can set it up any way you want, lift with what you have and never have to worry about other people around you. I like training at home, the park, the beach, in a hotel room or wherever. I don't have to wait around for anyone and I don't want anyone to have to wait on me to use something. Plus, I'm not the most social guy when it comes to the gym anyway, yeah I give others props for their training but in reality, I've always lived by my motto "Either join me, or stay the fuck away from me" when it comes to the things I do. 

 I met a few guys at the gym that were cool and had some solid strength for the things they did. They complimented me a time or two telling me that my strength was impressive to them and doing some crazy weights without using straps, my grip strength I think impressed them the most but it is what it is. It just didn't give me what I wanted out of it and I was fighting myself to either go and fight to get a good workout in or whatever. It also took a lot of time out of my day where normally, I would train for less than a half hour and either be back home in a few minutes or just go about the rest of my day at the house or whatever. I was walking 45 minutes to an hour to go to the gym, which in and of itself might as well be my cardio, lift some weights for another 45 minutes to an hour, do a possible finisher for about 20 minutes (only done it a couple times) and then have the energy to walk all the way back home. That's over 3 hours of my day just to try to get some training in. That's not who I' am and what is worthy of me to do. On top of that, I was going after goals outside of the gym that took up even more energy than I wanted to. 

I wanted my energy to be useful, not burned out of necessity just so I can try to do stuff in a little building LOL. Some days I would go with my wife so we can go together and she can do her thing and I'll help her out every now and then but even then, I barely even knew what I wanted to do, I can work any exercise in there if I wanted to and knew how to do them but being out of the gym culture game most of my adult life, I had no structure or plan for anything, I just picked up weights and if I went heavier, cool or do pull-ups and dips. I had greater structure outside of it and I just don't want to fight that, you know what I mean?

Fitness is a journey that takes you on many paths, if its in a gym, that's awesome and wish everyone nothing but success but some of us have a journey that doesn't include that and making something of ourselves that takes us beyond that mentality of being in the gym. That's just my take on it and have greater freedom to roam. I want to have that energy to do what I love, be there for others and not be so damn exhausted for just a small window of exercise, I want to be able to keep going and not push myself to the brink of possibly injuring myself. If I truly wanted to get into an exhaustive phase, I'd rather it be on the mat wrestling or some other martial art and/or moving furniture. Something along those lines or hell be able to hike and swim, I love that shit. Fuck, I rather get winded after messing with a sledgehammer than mess around with a barbell. 

All in all, that part of my journey, is not a priority for me anymore and I want to make things happen the way I feel I was meant to do. The gym will always have a place in my heart, it was my first area of training when I was a teenager during and after high school briefly and will always tell people, if you're going to be going to the gym, make it successful for you and learn the basics from the old timers and not some textbook influencer who's most likely on steroids telling you the latest trends. Train with passion, train with that fire within and give each session the best you have that day, even if you're not 100%. If that's your style of training, don't ever let it go. Be amazingly awesome and kick ass in your journey. 

Push-Ups? Who The Hell Needs Them? Just Use The Dopa Band

Some may even say the other way around but truly, who cares? Now that we got that out of the way, Certain aspects of training is different for everybody. If you took 100 people in a group and put them through the same regimen, the same exercises, the same order, the same amount of time and the same rep and set scheme, what would happen? Will they all have the same exact results? No, some may have very few changes while others have exceptional results. 

Expecting people to have the same results or better yet, think they can follow the same protocols or they're a loser and didn't do it right is a downfall for any influencer or fitness author. It's really about adaptability, finding ways to be challenged yet still have the enthusiasm to continue their journey. Remember that show The Biggest Loser? Where they took people who were morbidly obese and put them on programs that were meant for people on a near elite level of professionals? Sure they lost weight, a bunch actually but what happened was the aftermath. Many of them had complications and even gained back not just all the weight but added on. How that show lasted as long as it did boggles the fuck out of me.

We all have our own journey, our own lives and our own ways of juggling things in order to better ourselves. Some don't always make it through and other others can do things they never imagined being able to do. Some "influencers" are so desperate and dogmatic about their perfect programs that they forget how to be human to other people. They act like leaders of a cult that their way is the only way and if you're not a part of it, you're the problem and it's your fault for being a part of this perfect world of fitness. It's all bullshit.

There are programs that people aren't meant to do and not because of the program itself, mainly some don't have the time, the level it requires and at times they're injured and can't make the prerequisites. It's not the end of the world. Hell, there are those out there who expect others to drink 10 liters of water a day because it'll make them better health wise. Do the math on this for a moment...Do you know how many liters are in a gallon alone? Round it out to the closest denominator and it's about 4. Now tell people to more than double that and you're getting from a poundage stand point 22+ lbs for the equivalent of 10 liters. Regardless of weight, regardless of age or health factors, that's dangerous in and of itself and might as well be telling people to poison themselves or they're losers. Pretty pathetic. That's the type of person that expects others to do their programs that they're not ready for and have to be this extreme all the time or they are considered F*ggots. On a given day unless it's hot out, I mostly never go past a gallon and that's pushing it LOL.

Real influencers like Matt Schifferle for example, take a program and have it be adaptable and do what's possible for just about anyone. Very little of his training protocols go past basic or even intermediate levels but that's not the point. The point is, if it's just basic exercises, you're learning to control and utilize technique so you can develop the results you're looking for. Is his style the end all be all? Hell no, he'd tell you that himself and treats others with respect and dignity, not belittling and talked down down to. 

What certain things boil down to when it comes to Marketing scammers like WaterBOY above here (emphasis on the word boy) is how to manipulate and find the gullibility in others to fill their pockets with broken promises, verbal and emotional abuse (sometimes they'll act like your friend and then stab you in the back) along with believing their own hype. There are other factors but with some of the things I've seen, it's not hard to believe that guys like that are the type that would give you all the reasons to have you buying a Rolls Royce when in reality you get a POS Lemon that looks more like a loaner out of a shitstorm of a shop. 

No program in and of itself is perfect for everybody. We all know that, well maybe most of us while some people think theirs is the Queen Of England or Shiva for that matter. What it comes down to is the individual who wants to find something worthwhile that they'll find a way to put the time in, the effort and evolve in their journey. We have all sorts of information at our fingertips, but it can be overwhelming at times and it's important to find the differences between the genuine article and the asshole scammers. The asshole scammers have tactics that can be convincing they're genuine but digging in, they always slip up, some don't even hide it anymore and have this anger, this rage and need to be the best when in reality they're fooling themselves and make up the most outrageous claims that bare no actual evidence, VERY one sided and even copy and pate other people's work and pass it off as their own. Let me put it this way, I treat people like this like Voldermort, he who must not be named. 

Guys like Schifferle, Brooks Kubik, Darryl Edwards, Logan Christopher and Eero Westerburg have done the research, they don't beat around the bush and they'll tell you like it is. I've been around one of these guys and trained with him on many occasions and what you see is what you get. The genuine article and a person of humility and generosity but still have the heart of a lion and the strength of beyond the average person. Either one of these guys will bring it with a vengeance but yet have a positive influence that's memorable and full of hope that someone has a real soul for this world. 

Be amazingly awesome and find the program suited to your journey and watch out for those scammers. Some of them don't even know how to treat a woman let alone know how to help people in fitness, most of the time, they just steal other people's money and are full of hot air. Remember, you think you're getting a RR but end up with a Lemon. You deserve better.  

What Is Wrong With The Dopamineo Bands??? This Is Very Important

People will say what is great about certain gadgets and products and write about them as if they're some kind of superior thing. Now, this will be treated almost like a negative review on Amazon but bare with me guys because this isn't easy for me to write. I'm ashamed to admit, there are things wrong with the Dopa Bands that I never wanted to talk about, I mean it is one of my favorite tools in this whole wide world, which is why this is so damn hard. I can name many things wrong with them but I'll share a few with you here.....

1. It has way too many colors. Black, orange, red, green, teal and others. It's like fucking skittles without enjoying the taste of them. What a letdown man.

2. They're just not going to make you look like a Super Saiyan God no matter how much you may want it to be or in the real world, make you look like Jack Lalanne in his prime. It's not a bodybuilding type of apparatus that will have you moving boulders and doing handstands. The workouts can only do so much for someone looking to get fit.

3. They don't automatically give you the opportunity to win gold medals or win world championships. I know that's hard to read but it's true. Even some whack jobs that copy and paste other people's stuff and call it their own knows that. It only builds enough to make it through a tough session.

4. The world isn't always going to agree with what bands do or don't do, they don't give a shit. It's not like many really understand what they do anyway so why fight it? They're not meant for certain people that consider themselves "Experts". Those people are far too advanced for silly looking tubes right?

5. Why would this company market to mainly fighters and wrestlers, is nobody else worth the effort? What about those who just want to live their lives healthy? Why don't they cater to those who have never been on the mat in their lives? Talk about a wasted opportunity.

6. These bands just can't cut it when it comes to building real muscle. Weights & Bodyweight are a true warrior's form of fitness like many claim. Even ones who think they're the GOAT of one exercise out of countless, guys like that know what is up. Can't deny it, they'll tell you what really works and will die on that hill defending it and you know what? Maybe the bands don't do enough, it's beneath them after all and think they're easy as hell. They are in some aspects.

7. What really grinds my gears about these things? Yeah, they got spunk and have that rebellious outlook of "beating the man with the Iron Pills", but they can't match up with the real world lifts like a Bench Press, Deadlift, Sandbag & Squat. Those are the true measures of strength. 

I can go on and on about what's wrong with them and why I should just cut them loose and throw them in the trash since I wasted money on them. The truth is.....

 All of these things that are wrong are the very reasons why it is ridiculous to even think such things. The only real wrong thing about them is that they're not promoted enough regardless of how much publicity they've had for years from some of the greatest athletes on the planet.

They provide real world function and can help you build lean muscle that is useful. They're the perfect tool for warming up, working on technique and be able to mimic just about any gym movement. They give you that extra juice to show your efforts in a post workout session that potentially gives you a high edge over your competition or enhance your own goals and aspirations. 

Those who have never laid a hand on them and tell you how awful they are wouldn't know his ass from his elbow how incredible these bad asses can be. So what if some shmuck with an ego the size of Texas thinks of them, he couldn't handle them on his best day. It's true, they wouldn't last 5 minutes with these things, then again, probably couldn't keep up with me in a workout with the bands but hey, they're more than welcome to find out if they're willing to give it a go. Besides, most who talk a good game would get their asses handed to them faster than the length of Vegeta's Galick Gun Technique. Hot air is all they really are and live jealous, pitiful lives. Damn shame. 

It's true they won't turn you into a Mr. Olympia, but that's not the goal. The goal is to make you one hell of a machine little by little or for most, make you fitter and longer lasting than the average person. It's ability to upgrade your conditioning is one of the reasons why it's successful and it's not just elite athletes, people in their 60's and older use them to help maintain youthful bodies with great mobility, agility and durability. It's not meant to be stupid heavy you can't move them, they're meant to move with you using a level of resistance that hits the muscles from many angles. 

The colors of the bands, it's freaking awesome, like a rainbow of badassery. Each level goes with a person's weight class/fitness level and able to work them to their advantage. It's a coach and will tell you what you need to work on and what to look for in building a mastery over them. Being able to work with them for even as long as 30 minutes with very little rest puts you in a level that is high above what most gym goers are willing to do. Sure it's a different level of training but the mere fact that they can give you that lasting strength when it matters is all the reason to get your hands on them.

The bands are a tool like anything else. They work with what you're willing to put into them. They give you many health benefits and challenge even the toughest men and women in the world. They don't snap easily, quite frankly, even the Great Gama doesn't stand a chance snapping these fuckers and he was arguably the greatest wrestler of all time that had strength that is unmatched today. The type of agility you can acquire and mobility you will gain, lessens the chances of injuries and has far less impact on the joints than weights or even bodyweight for that matter but both can co-exist with the bands in great synergy. You can do all sorts of workouts with them like Supersetting with Push-ups or Squats, attach them to a barbell and not need to add weight, Crawl or sprint with it around your waist and go after a slam ball and so much more. The only limit to these is your imagination. 

You can do great things and become a stronger and fitter person than you have ever been. Add these to your regimen or on their own and you will find a pathway to many abilities some will consider to be unnatural. Take a chance and grab a band or two right now and unlock new ways to train than ever before. Be sure to use the code POWERANDMIGHT. I thank you for reading the article and hope you all have an amazingly awesome day. 

5 Updated Exercises On Youtube And Still Killing It With The Dopa Band

 Training these days has its moments where sometimes it can be a pain in the ass but other times, everything is just right and feeling like a Super Saiyan. My Dopa training has it's fair share of ups and downs of doing everyday since Jan. 1st but I'm keeping at it and have hit roughly 35,000 total reps with it doing 500-1000 a day and done a few HIIT workouts where you do as many reps as possible, so it can be brutal some days. Will I hit 50,000 by the end of the month or going into April? Who knows?

With the circuits, I would change up the type of muscles I want to work on or at least target. Not so much to isolate them cause with the band, it's never isolating, it builds stabilization and you have to be in control at all times otherwise it's not going to look very pretty LOL. Some days I'll do chest presses and rows for the chest and back but sometimes I'll hit the upper arms and do curls and pulls for the triceps. I switch up exercises doing squats by either doing my Uppercut To Squat combo, Resistance Squats where I hold the band at it's tightest, Butterfly Power Squat Combo or Hook around the arms and do squats that way. Core work is mainly doing the Propellers but I'll do another exercise that hits those particular muscles. 

When it comes to the gym, it's cool going there and playing around doing mainly Pull-Ups, Dips, Bench, DB Curls, Sandbag Work and working with the rack. I'll do Farmer's Carries with 65 lb DBs in each hand and walk the length of the gym and do sets of that. This past week, on Thursday, I decided to try Rack Pulling for the first time in ages. Partials were always fascinating to me cause you can move much heavier weight while only moving less than foot, often merely inches. So on this day, I pulled 225 for 20, 315 for 10, 385 for 5, 405 for 3 and then on the final set, I wanted to go even further. I put another 25 lb on each side and got 2 reps. Remember, yeah I'm not pulling at full ROM but I put everything I had into this and the bar came off the rack with 455 lbs. That's the heaviest I've worked with a Barbell in more than a decade. Here is one of those reps....455 Rack Pull.

With the band, I've been testing out different exercises to film and see what they can do for others and since I've had some repeatable ones, I thought I'd add some new exercises to my playlist so people can get an idea of what's possible with this. filmed several exercises and put up about 5 yesterday that got a little bit of attention right away so I'm proud of that. These 5 alone can be used for circuits or regular sets and reps schemes to work on technique, control and strength. These aren't done fast like some of the others, these are deliberate, methodical and focused based. Each working the muscles as they need to be and because it's a heavier band, the stabilization is more laid out. 

Oblique Twists

Hammer Curls

Tricep Pulls

X Reverse Flys

Chest/Push Press

Each done with more of a closeup on how they're done. My intention was to show the muscles being worked as much as I could and utilize the techniques with great detail. It was fun doing these before my workout doing a circuit of Chest Presses, Oblique Twists, Resistance Squats, Front Raises & Wave Pulls. Typical 10 reps each and only rest was marking it off. I didn't focus on speed, more on control and technique along with building strength in those areas. 500 Total reps by the end, felt great. 

Have an amazingly awesome day everyone. Keep at it and kill it out there. Train with passion, drive and heart. Don't be an ego maniac that thinks his way is the only thing that matters and if you don't go along you're a loser. Usually when I hear stuff like that it makes me think of THIS. Those people are not worth your time and effort and they're just bitter children trapped in an adult body or better yet, think they're intelligent when in reality they act like a 13 year old who didn't get past 5th grade, believe me I can say far worse things but you get my point. It happens sometimes. We can all learn how to be strong and kind like Goku, it's not always easy but it's better than acting like a person who's got that engine running but nobody behind the wheel. 

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A Conditioning Powerhouse: DopamineO Bands As A Tool For Lifelong Strength And Health And How Would It Do In The Bronze Age Of Physical Culture

That's quite a mouthful of a title don't you think?

This isn't about some trendy little gadget. I’m not here peddling the latest gimmick or some gym membership. No way bro. I’m all about tools that build the kind of rugged, unbreakable body that lasts a lifetime—the kind the old physical culturists may have used if they had access to in their time. Right now, in 2026, that tool is the DopamineO Band.

You've been reading about the crazy workouts I've done with these. HIIT Style within 30 minutes, Circuits for up to as many as 20 Rounds, even knocking out reps using sometimes two decks of cards in a row because why the hell not? These aren’t your cheap rubber tubes that snap mid-set and leave you with a welt across the face. These are engineered silicone tubes—solid core, not hollow junk—with a formula that laughs at heat, water, sweat, and time. Lifetime durability with proper use, a full one-year warranty, hypoallergenic, and they come with lifetime access to over 300 training videos. Five resistance levels from Fly (perfect for kids or rehab) all the way up to Heavy that’ll smoke a 220-pound beast. Whether you’re 80 pounds or 250+, there’s a Dopa Band built exactly for you.

I want to get into the conditioning benefits, because that’s where these bands separate themselves from most pieces of equipment on the planet. Traditional weights are great, don’t get me wrong and they can be beneficial when done right and without ego lifting, but the resistance remains the same. Dopa Bands give you variable resistance: easy as you move closer to it, brutal at the peak contraction when you bring it further away. That means your muscles are under tension exactly where they need it most, building strength-endurance like little else. You’re not just moving; you’re training the way wrestlers and old-time strongmen actually moved—explosive, full-range, never stopping.

Throw a Dopa Band around a tree at the park or anchor it to your door at home and you’ve got a full gym. Pulls, pushes, squats, rows, face pulls, core crushers, wrestling-specific drills—you name it. The constant tension fires up your stabilizers, improves mobility and durability while packing on functional muscle. I’m talking real-world power that carries over to the mat, the job site, or just chasing the kids around without blowing out your back.

Now, long-term fitness and health? This is where the Dopa Band becomes potentially a lifestyle weapon. Most guys train hard in their 20s and 30s, then their joints start screaming by 40 and they quit. Not with these. The elastic resistance is joint-friendly as fuck, no heavy iron crashing down on your spine or knees. You can train daily, even multiple times a day, because recovery is faster and injury risk drops through the floor. I’ve used them for micro-workouts when I need a pick me up, five minutes here, ten minutes there and the conditioning compounds like compound interest.

Your heart gets stronger through high-rep circuits and HIIT. Next to bodyweight training in this manner, this is the next best thing. Blood flow improves. Grip strength benefits as well (especially if you pair it with the Gi Simulator Trainer for specific work like BJJ or Judo). Hormones stay optimized because you’re moving heavy resistance without the cortisol dump of marathon barbell sessions since some gym goers feel the need to train for more than 2 hours. And mentally? There’s a reason they’re called DopamineO—the endorphin rush from crushing a band circuit even within 15 minutes flat is addictive in the best way. Consistency becomes effortless. You train everywhere—hotel room, backyard, airport lounge—and that consistency is what builds the body that lasts decades, not years. It can even be a phenomenal finisher to your gym routine.

I’ve said it before and I’ll scream it from the fucking rooftops man: conditioning is king. You can have all the raw strength in the world, but if your engine craps out after three minutes or less, you’re done. The Dopa Band fixes that. You build incredible stamina while building muscle that won't look like something out of a comic book but a real world functioning physique. Long-term health? Lower blood pressure from the cardio effect, better posture from the pulling movements, stronger bones from the progressive overload, and a nervous system that stays sharp because you’re constantly adapting to new angles and tempos. This isn’t hype, this is what happens when you use the right tools every single day.

Now here’s the part that gets me fired up every time I think about it: imagine if the old timers, the legends of physical culture and catch wrestling from the early 20th century had these bands.

Eugen Sandow, the father of modern bodybuilding and physical culture. The man popularized Free Weights and other things of that era. A portable Dopa Band set would’ve let Sandow train on the road during his world tours—hotel rooms, backstage at theaters, anywhere. Variable resistance perfect for his “muscle control” routines. He could’ve isolated every angle of the chest, shoulders, and arms with band flies and presses that hit harder at the top where it counts. Sandow preached health and aesthetics over pure brute strength; these bands deliver both without the joint tax of heavy iron. He might’ve lived even longer and influenced an entire generation to train smarter, not just heavier.

Frank Gotch 

Joe Stecher 

Ad Santel

Lou Thesz

All of them. These were mat-tough legends who built their bodies through labor, conditioning drills and basic training. No fancy gyms. A Dopa Band would’ve been perfect for them: little equipment needed, unlimited workouts, and the ability to train specific weaknesses on the fly. Stecher’s famous scissors? Band-resisted leg curls and adductor work to make them even deadlier. Gotch’s chain wrestling? Band drills for explosive hip escapes and bridging. They traveled constantly, bands fit in a suitcase and never break. Injuries that sidelined them for weeks? Rehab with the Feather or Light band and they’re back in days (possibly).

The old physical culturists were geniuses of will and volume, but they were limited by the technology of their time. No portable variable resistance. No lifetime-durable tools that let you train every day without wrecking yourself. If DopamineO bands had existed in 1900-1920, these men would’ve been even more dominant, it's not even a debate (unless you believe it to be). Their conditioning would’ve been off the charts, their careers longer, their influence wider. Sandow might’ve written an entire book on “Band Culture.” And the rest of us would’ve inherited an even richer legacy of functional, lifelong strength.

Look, I’m not saying drop the barbells or your regular gym work. I'll still hit the weights a couple times a week myself. But for pure conditioning, portability, and long-term health—the Dopa Band is unmatched. It’s what the old timers would’ve killed for. It’s what we need right now. Bodyweight Training is the foundation, there's never been a doubt or even a debate about that, bands like these are the next evolutionary step where they work the body in aspects that Bodyweight and Weights can't hit. That's not a knock down, it's part of the journey. 

Grab yours today at Dopamineo.com and use the discount code POWERANDMIGHT for 10% off. Military bundles and other discounts available too. Whether you’re building the body of a modern wrestler or just want to move and feel strong into your 70s and beyond, these bands deliver.

Train hard, stay consistent, and keep being amazingly awesome. The old timers are watching. Make ‘em proud.

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The Strangler Vs The Great Gama: Arguably The Greatest What If In Wrestling History?

 

If there were two men who solidified wrestling into a status that was beyond legendary, it was Ed Lewis & The Great Gama. One was undefeated his entire career, the other was part of a trio that shaped the bridge between actual contests in Catch Wrestling to the spectacle we know today as professional wrestling. 

The history between these larger than life titans is not only unbelievable but it begged the question among the inner circle of wrestlers as to why these guys never squared off to see who is the true GOAT. With it never coming to pass, it's only speculation for reasons beyond our own consciousness and research to how good they actually were.

To start off, let's get a glimpse of Gama....Born as Ghulam Mohammad Baksh Butt in what was British India that became Pakistan. Growing up, he was already being groomed into wrestling through his family that had a high stakes in the sport of Kushti. Before he even was a teenager, he already dominated other wrestlers by his level of conditioning and outworked many experienced masters in a contest consisting of squats, push-ups, mace and club swinging. Wrestling was his life, his job and his source of fame. 

The man was a beast at the peak of his career standing roughly 5'7 but weighed at best 270 lbs of pure wrath. His strength was jaw dropping to the point of being able to throw guys much taller and at times bigger than him. The amount of Bethaks (The Hindu Squat) & Dands he performed were documented as many as 5000 & 4000 each practically daily while doing runs, wrestling as many as 40 sparring partners and devouring one opponent after another in competition that lasted often less than a few minutes at a time, consistently in seconds. 

The most famous wrestler he faced was a champion in his own right named Stan Zbyszko who was probably the closest wrestler outside of Gama's native India to give him a hard time but as fate would have it, As powerful and solid he was as a wrestler, he still couldn't get the Punjabi Monster down for the count. It was surreal to how this man kept up such a record for so long that what happened to guys like Gotch, Hackenshmidt and others of that era that never faced him? His record as far as history is concerned is still in tact and will mostly stay there for all time, like Cy Young's Baseball Wins Record or Joe Montana's Undefeated Record as a Quarterback in the Super Bowl. 

Moving onto what many arguably say is the greatest American Wrestler of all time or should I say the greatest Catch Wrestler of all time, Ed "Strangler" Lewis.....Born as Robert Julius Fredrick in the rural towns of Wisconsin, he became a man that would shape the very foundation to what would become what we know today as Professional Wrestling. His style was considered boring to paid audiences but to the wrestlers that sparred, competed and watched him work, he was a living masterpiece of an athlete. He was also the man that would succeed Frank Gotch after his death in 1917. A dangerous Hooker by trade (meaning he could cripple opponents with submissions that tore ligaments, bones and dislocations to practically any part of the body. He didn't look like he was carved into a Greek God by any stretch of the imagination, he was built closer to a gorilla at a whopping 260 at his peak at 5'10 but what seperated him from other wrestlers was his stamina. Despite his appearance, he could outwrestle just about anybody that came across him. To such a degree that Lou Thesz (Ed's Protégé) has said that when Ed had sparring partners, using as many as 5 for 5 minutes each for hours, he would just as fresh at the end then when he started.

Mike Chapman who has written countless books on the sport of wrestling has said that even in his mind that Ed was the best period. He could beat anybody, anywhere at any length he wanted to. What truly needs to be noted is that Ed rarely if at all lost in a legitimate contest and most of his loses came from performing matches throughout the 20's and 30's. When it came down to it, he only lost because he allowed it, if he wanted to rough a guy up especially of championship caliber, Ed could do it and make his opponent work like a mule until he wore him down. His match against Joe Stecher was considered at that time and I believe since, the longest match in Catch History. They went at it for 5 1/2 hours to a draw. By the time it was all said and done, the audience was practically gone and 4 referees were exhausted (one at a time bowed out). 

Because of the press and the need for action, Ed had partnered up with two other guys; Billy Sandow and Toodts Mont to form what became famously known as the "Gold Dust Trio" where they turned the slow scientific matches into a much faster paced spectacle where time limits became the it factor and inventing "show holds" meaning holds that they can put on that could get the audience riled up along with flashy moves of the time like the Drop Kick for example. Traveled around putting on cards that took them into the stratosphere of making bank. Eventually the trio separated due to conflicts of interests and having Mont being quite the backstabbing greedy businessman he was. For the record, Toodts was a capable and legit wrestler himself and Sandow (no relation to Eugene) was a smart businessman. 

For Ed as time went on, although still able to go at a high level, was having health issues due to trachoma, heavy drinking and womanizing that would make Babe Ruth blush. His body began to wear down and what once was a powerful barrel chested master, became a morbidly obese of a man that could barely travel, let alone wrestle. He did live life to the fullest that's for sure and his successor in Thesz proved that with great knowledge from the true masters, wrestling will never die. The closest peers Ed had in his prime would be Ad Santel, Ray Steele and George Tragos. Look into these guys and you'll understand why the Hookers were feared men of the mat. 

Now, let's get down to it, who really was the GOAT of wrestling out of these two monsters? Well, like I said, it's speculative but let's see what we can make of it. First off, their styles are completely different from one another; Gama's ability was to throw, toss and takedown opponents that had a combination of Freestyle & Greco-Roman. Ed, was a well known Submission Specialist, meaning he could tie a guy up anyway he wanted and put him in holds that were known to be illegal or crippling to a degree where he could put you in the hospital just by tearing a knee or dislocating a shoulder in several ways. 

Both had a ridiculous amount of stamina from their perspective ways of conditioning and strength training as well as grappling itself. In some retrospect, Ed has more of an advantage because if it were a legit Catch Contest where submissions were allowed, Gama most likely wouldn't know how to handle him, he can't rely on his strength and cardio alone and Ed would have the ability to set him up well even if Gama thinks he's got him on the ropes so do speak. So there's that when it comes down to it.

If it were a a contest that was suited to Gama's style, I don't believe he would have that high of advantage but here's a thing that we never got into. They're 12-13 years apart in age so Gama may have an advantage due to experience of his style of the sport. Ed was a solid shooter, he had to be because it was just second to being a Hooker and if a Hooker couldn't go with a Shooter, it would be embarrassing and that wrestler may get blacklisted because Hookers were meant to be the better wrestler. So in a shoot, Gama would have somewhat of a piece ahead of Ed but I only say that because the contest would go a lot longer than Gama would be used to. Sure he can go for hours if he wanted to but if you look into his competitive history, his matches never went longer than 15 minutes at best I believe. Ed can work a guy in any way he wanted so toe to toe, he would give Gama a run for his money and test his durability. 

Safe to say in some aspects, they're pretty even in terms of being able to go at it and give each a hard fought match. I would say in most cases, it would be a draw but if it came down to submissions, Ed would have Gama within an ankle lock or Double Wrist Lock within 20-30 minutes tops. If submissions weren't allowed and based on age and experience, Gama is the victor but not by much, he would have to work his ass off to get Ed down or thrown. I could see a match of that caliber go at best 3 hours before Gama had him down. There would be a chain of moves and because of Ed's Defensive abilities, he would have Gama making changes that he could adapt to but not easy to conjure up. 

That's really my take on it considering their history and their impact on the sport. No bias, no rage baiting or anything. Just a pure observation of their legend as wrestlers and where that match might have stood on the premise of their respective status. I can't really pick who could really win but from the observations I made above, I think I analyzed it pretty well. Hope you enjoyed this piece and let me know in the comments what you think or leave a comment on social media after I post it. Be amazingly awesome and let's keep Wrestling History in our minds and share it. 

HIIT Workout In 30 Minutes Or Less With The Dopamineo Band

 One of my favorite workouts to help my conditioning is working the Dopa Band in interval fashion with heavy emphasis of resting very little. This is a way to keep going and as you rest, you're only able to change the position of an exercise and then work with what is possible. 

This is more of an advanced form of training so if you're new to it or experience at an intermediate level, start with doing it only a couple times and then build up. The way I like to do it is to take 5 exercises, do each for 45 seconds and then 15 seconds rest. A couple of rounds takes only 10 minutes at best. Once you start getting in better shape, start adding rounds like 2-3 every 3 weeks or so. This type of training is really only to be done 2-3x a week tops. If you're training for a sport like wrestling, maybe 4x a week tops. It's harder than it seems and it isn't some just little cardio session either. It tests limits, makes you work not only your physical capacity but your mental as well. You will sweat, you'll be firing your lungs and it'll be a full body blast.

Once you can hit enough rounds of this type of Interval timing, it should be no more than 30 minutes for the entire workout. If you wish to go longer, that's up to you but for me, 30 minutes is the sweet spot and have gotten results from this. I don't do it all the time like I i have with the circuits and cards lately since I have other training going on that if I go too hard without backing off a bit, it can bite me in the ass. When I do it, I keep the pace at a clip where it's kicking my ass but I'm not going so fast I burn out. What my true goal is when I do this, is to control my breathing as best as I can so in the later rounds, I still have that gas left in the tank to where I can finish strong and not feel like I'm about to collapse from exhaustion. So usually a day after this workout, I would do a circuit but with longer rest periods in between and my pace is slightly slower than doing the intervals. This has worked for my recovery and avoid getting too fatigued.

This type of conditioning works well to keep your mind sharp and have that long lasting strength and endurance. Some people can go for 15-20 minutes and that's their sweet spot, wrestlers would do this kind of training possibly as a post practice finisher to work on certain drills for less time so they can get that last bit of endurance training as they prepare for a match or tournament. For the sake of training with the band on its own, keep in mind that it is a taxing workout and not something that should be taken lightly, You will feel it so let things naturally come, don't force anything and progress according to your level as you ascend. For a 30 minute workout, it's only 6 rounds and even in solid shape, around the 3rd or 4th round, things will have you mind bending shit to find out what you're capable of. 

I would believe because of the use of cables and bands wrestlers have used since Russians have been dominating for a number of years, when it comes to our American style (Catch, Freestyle), old timers like Lou Thesz and Billy Wicks would get a kick out of these bands. Maybe even kept Ed Lewis leaner who knows but these Bands are unique, durable and fun as fuck to do. Seriously, with the kind of conditioning Ed Lewis had, one can only imagine if these bands added even 1% of what he was capable of in his prime. If you knew how long that guy can go on the mat, it would blow your mind just on that principle alone, get an extra 1%, he would have given someone like Gama a hard time or even beat him.  

Be amazingly awesome, get in killer condition and do what's possible for you. Go get it and see you later. Get bands here at Dopamineo.com and be sure to use my code POWERANDMIGHT. Join the family and help support these great athletes. 

Micro Workout For The Legs To Wake Up The Body

 

One of my recent articles was talking about a good routine of animal crawls to do in the morning to wake up the body and even the brain. Here's another option you can work on if you'd like especially when it comes to leg strength, hip mobility and getting the heart rate up for a few minutes to start the day.

Getting the legs going to start the day can have incredible benefits especially if you plan on going for a hike, move around at work or climbing stairs. Having conditioned legs go a long way and as we get older, it becomes more crucial in being able to stand up without help and move with as much ease as possible. Nothing wrong with wanting strong legs from weights but that's only a piece of the puzzle if you do that kind of thing. When it comes to squatting with weights, my main form of it is doing squats with a sandbag, hammers, maces, kettlebells or a 45 lb plate. I don't do barbell squats whatsoever anymore and haven't done it in roughly 15 years. 

Bodyweight Squats are a different story, the multiple variations you can use at your disposal have their place. Shit I do 100-200 squats with the band everyday lately and it keeps things rocking and rolling man. It's more than just doing a typical squat, it's being able to control your body and move with power, explosiveness and even durability. Stationary Squats like Hindu Style, Sumo, Air, One-Legged all work and are beneficial for those who do them consistently. Sometimes however, it's fun to play around with certain aspects of exercises. 

One routine I like doing is what I call the Step + Squat where it's basically walking and squatting at the same time. For those who want an idea of how this goes, check out the VIDEO here from the Bioneer. It's a great micro workout to get the blood flowing and play for a bit, you can do this anywhere and do it in intervals, in a row or in sets. Whatever works for you. For today, it's about doing it in a interval fashion. If you're new to it, get the feel for it just by taking a step, squat down, come up, take another step and repeat to get the technique down. Pay attention to your form and control. Once you get an idea, start timing it. You can start with 20-30 seconds of work and 30 seconds to a minute of rest for a couple rounds. Work up to maybe 5 rounds and then add time like 10 seconds and then reduce the rest to 45 seconds. Over time, work up to going for a minute or longer and rest for 30 seconds or less. For a micro workout, 3 rounds is great. This is roughly 4 minutes total, if you want to add rounds, go for it, personally, I never went past 7 rounds which is a total of around 10 minutes for the whole workout. 

Micro Workouts are awesome for anyone who is short on time and wants to get something quick in or help get their energy levels up during the day in increments. For more info about this check out Matt Schifferle's book Micro Workouts. They're bad ass time savers and can get you jazzed up whenever you need a pick me up. Push-ups, Squats, Isometrics, Intervals, whatever you'd like to do for a few minutes at a time. They can even be used as a finisher to your regular routine to spice things up. 

For more on Squat Walking, check out this VIDEO as well.

Be amazingly awesome and get your body going so the blood flows with strength and power. You got this and wake up springing into action. 

The Legendary Beast: Joe Stecher, The Scissors King Who Crushed The Wrestling World

Hey guys, I'd like to share with you about a real legend in the world of Catch Wrestling, Joe Stecher. If you're into old-school mat wars, or want to know what it's like to have that unbreakable farm-boy strength, this guy's story is gonna fire you up. I mean, in an era when wrestling was raw, no-holds-barred shoot fights that could last hours, Stecher wasn't just competing; he was dominating like a force of nature. Born on a dusty Nebraska farm, this dude turned his body into a weapon that terrorized the ring for decades. His savage techniques, those epic rivalries, and why his legacy still kicks ass for anyone grinding in the gym today. 

Let's go back in time: It's April 4, 1893, in Dodge, Nebraska. Little Josef Stecher pops into the world, the son of Bohemian immigrants scratching out a living on the plains. Farm life back then? Brutal as fuck. You're hauling hay, wrestling livestock, and building that functional strength that no fancy gym machine can replicate. Joe wasn't some pampered athlete; he earned his physique the hard way. By high school in Fremont, he was already a multi-sport monster – crushing it in baseball, swimming like a shark, and yeah, pinning fools on the wrestling mat. But here's the kicker: his legs. Talk about Legendary. Working the fields gave him thighs like steel cables, and he honed that power into something deadly.

Stecher turned pro in 1912 at just 19 and he explode onto the scene. This kid racked up 51 straight wins – no bullshit, straight falls against grizzled vets. He was dismantling guys like Jess Westergaard, Ad Santel (the man who supposedly was paid to tear up Hackenshmidt's knee in a training session), and Marin Plestina in under 15 minutes each. We're talking pure catch-as-catch-can mastery: hooks, holds, and submissions that left opponents gasping. But the real breakthrough? July 5, 1915, in Omaha. With the great Frank Gotch watching from ringside – yeah, the unbeatable Iowa legend himself – Stecher takes on American Heavyweight Champ Charlie Cutler. At 22 years old, Joe snatches the World Heavyweight Title with his signature move: the body scissors. Imagine clamping your legs around a guy's torso like a vice, squeezing until ribs crack and breath fails. That was Stecher's nuclear weapon, and it made him a star.

Stecher held the world title three times, totaling damn near 2,000 days as the top dog. His first run was a whirlwind of defenses, but the shadows loomed. Gotch's retirement left a void, and everyone wanted that dream match. Instead, Stecher clashed with rising beasts like Ed "Strangler" Lewis. Shit, their rivalry? Pure fire. On July 4, 1916, they went at it for five and a half fucking hours – one of the longest match in wrestling history. No pin, no sub, just a grueling draw that tested every ounce of endurance. Stecher's legs held firm, but Lewis's headlock game was no joke. They traded the belt back and forth like heavyweight boxers swapping haymakers.

Then there's Earl Caddock, the WWI hero and farm-strong grappler from Iowa. Their 1920 showdown at Madison Square Garden? Epic as Goku vs Vegeta. Over two hours of technical warfare, with Stecher finally locking in those scissors for the win and reclaiming the title. Caddock was tough – a legit shooter with army-honed grit – but Joe outlasted him through sheer mental warfare. That's a key lesson here: wrestling ain't just physical; it's breaking the other guy's will. Stecher embodied that. He'd grind you down, hour after hour, until you tapped or snapped.

Speaking of techniques, let's break this down like a workout circuit. Stecher was a scientific wizard of the mat, well known as a Hooker – not some sloppy brawler. His base? Catch wrestling fundamentals: control the mat, chain holds, and transition like a predator. But those legs, man. The body scissors wasn't just a hold; it was a finisher that could crush organs. He'd wrap 'em around your midsection, head, or neck, applying pressure that made grown men quit. Farm work built that power – think endless squats hauling bales, turning quads into pistons. He also mastered arm bars, toe holds, and ground control, always one step ahead. In 100's of matches, his record was insane: 317 wins, 31 losses. That's not luck; that's relentless prep and adaptability.

Rivals? Stecher had a murderers' row. Besides Lewis and Caddock, there was Stanislaus Zbyszko, the Polish powerhouse with a Greco-Roman vibe. In 1925, at 32, Stecher schooled the 47-year-old Zbyszko to snag his third title. Wayne Munn, Jim Londos – he faced 'em all, often in front of massive crowds. These weren't scripted spectacles; they were shoots where one wrong move meant injury or humiliation. Stecher's ferocity? Unmatched. Lou Thesz, the successor to Ed Lewis, sparred with him in the '30s and said even retired, Joe mopped the floor with him. That's longevity – staying elite through smarts and conditioning.

By 1934, Stecher hung up the boots after wrestling's gold dust era faded into the Depression. Sadly, mental health struggles landed him in a VA hospital for 30 years, but his skills never dulled. He passed in 1974 at 80, but his induction into halls of fame – National Wrestling, International, you name it – cements his spot among the immortals. Alongside Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey, he was a 1920s icon, proving wrestling was America's gritty passion play.

So, what can we take from this beast today? In a world of Instagram posers and ego-lifting bros, Stecher screams functional strength. Build legs like his – hit those animal crawls, heavy carries, and band work until you burn. But more? That mental edge. He wrestled hours without breaking, turning pain into fuel. Next time you're gassing out on the mat or under the bar, channel Joe: squeeze harder, get into that Super Saiyan mindset. It's not about gym PRs; it's real-world might that carries over to life. Wrestling, MMA, or just daily grind – Stecher's blueprint is gold.

Be amazingly awesome, keep killing it, and honor the old guards by testing your own abilities. 

Dopa Deck Of Cards Training 2026

 Man, can't get enough of these workouts with the Dopa Bands. The last couple days, I switched from circuits that I've been doing to doing it with the Deck Of Cards. Saturday, I just did one deck that was 500 total reps, yesterday was doing the deck twice in a row totaling 1000. 

The energy, the sweat and the only rest is flipping a card and getting back into position. These workouts are great cause it's never the same one twice and you can change up the exercises however you like. I usually keep it to Pushing, Pulling, Squatting, Jumping & Core Work. You never know what you'll come up with. Since I'm a collector of decks of cards, I don't always need to use the same deck. One day, I can do a deck with Pirates on it, Back To The Future, Marvel, DC or Animals. Endless combinations 

A key point in doing the Deck twice in a row for me is to instead of doubling the number for each card and doing a deck once, do a complete deck and then reverse it. So if the Jokers are more towards the end, when it's reversed, they start practically at the beginning but that's only if you shuffled them that way otherwise, things can get very interesting. I don't time myself doing this so my thing is to just keep going without much rest at all instead of focusing on the clock. 

It's a whole other realm of physical and mental conditioning. It teaches you how to be prepared for the unexpected and that just when you think it starts to get easy, a joker or some other card may pop up and you'll have to work your reps hard and do quite a few of them. The pacing isn't the same either, you can go pretty fast for a bit but then those higher reps may slow you down a bit. Jokers in this case are 50 reps of the Propeller Exercise so if you get those towards the beginning (for the 500 total), you can do pretty well with the rest of the deck but if they're towards the end and you're doing the deck twice, it's going to test you with a vengeance. I do my best to keep a good clip going and since I have the Chosen Higher Band, the speed is a lot higher compare to the Black Band which is meant for heavier guys so the resistance will have a much greater difference in how you work a deck. 

Conditioning is a person's greatest asset and decks of cards workouts are a top of the line test for that. You'll sweat and you'll feel fatigued but it's a test of wills to push through. This is also where your breathwork comes into play cause if you can work your breathing doing stuff like this, it'll give you hints on how much stronger your lungs can get. Your breath can determine whether you start to wear down or not so learn to control your breathing just like in a wrestling match, a fight or whatever sport you play. Whether you're a student of the mat, a warrior on the gridiron or a strategic player on the diamond, conditioning will be the ultimate assurance. This is why having Bands like these are powerful cause they're not just things that stretch, they help you with technique and can be added to any routine. 

Temporary strength is a good thing to have when it's needed but too many rely too much on how they can lift instead of how long they can last. Long term strength is more suited to certain things because even when you're tired, you can still have strength left in the tank to do some amazing things. Having both however, is a deadly combo because when you have the ability to call upon your strength whether it's a few seconds or several minutes, it tells you what kind of athlete you are. As General Patton has said, "Fatigue, makes cowards of us all" it is important to be in the best condition regardless of age and to be able to have reserves that could be life saving whether your own or to help someone else. 

I highly recommend you grab a band and make use of it whether on its own or as part of your current program, doesn't matter if its weights, bodyweight, sports or just weekly fitness sessions. You don't even have to pay full price for them when you can use my Discount Code POWERANDMIGHT to shave off a few bucks. Unlike other bands, these won't snap as quickly, matter of fact even Goku or Vegeta may have trouble snapping these fuckers and those fighters are freakishly strong. My black band, I've had for years, put through some hardcore workouts and not one scratch or tear in it. They're pretty damn close to being indestructible. The Chosen Higher Band, I've already done thousands of reps with it already and still going strong. When you get one, let me know how I can help and tell me your feedback with it, I want to know your progress and how you do them. 

Be amazingly awesome and keep killing it.   

FYI...The Black Band is on Pre-Order at the moment due to the popularity and being out of stock. It will be available again next month so if you wish to pre-order it now, go for it, my discount will still apply to the order. If you rather wait until it's available again, there's nothing wrong with that either. Believe me, this is far better than those who put products on Pre-Order that go on for YEARS and never coming around and just swindle you out of your money. I feel sorry for those people who have to wait for something that will never show up. Nobody deserves that. Don't waste your time and hard earned money on people like that. This company is way more professional, honest and will help you in any way they can. You deserve the BEST!!!

Leaning Out Little By Little

 

My journey continues as to becoming a better version of myself. Training is going just as strong as ever and making the most of what's possible around me. These Dopa Band (10% OFF Code POWERANDMIGHT) workouts are kicking my ass, having fun in the gym lifting stuff like the sandbag and doing pullups for strength along with playing with Barbells and Dumbbells. Right now, I'm roughly under 235 last time I checked like around 233ish which I'm happy with. Slow process to get lower again but hey it's just part of the process and weight fluctuates from time to time. Still way fucking better than when I was closer to 300 lbs at 275. 

When I'm in the gym, I don't go as heavy as I did in the past which is awesome. Think my only ego lifts were the near 300 lb Pin Press with the Fat Gripz and the 500 lb Leg Press for reps. Lifting weights has its perks and I can still move some decent weight. Can still lift my bodyweight in several lifts but the majority of the time unless it's shrugs or something, I don't go past maybe 250-260. I don't even do deadlifts or barbell squats anymore, it's not my style to train for. 

The majority of my training right now is doing conditioning stuff with the band with a goal in mind which by now I've completed around 20% of. I'll do bodyweight and Isometric stuff which has always been a go to when I need it and have reduced to going to the gym 2x a week instead of 3x lately. I can go, do upper body one day, lower the next one and then the rest of the week do whatever else I love to do. I don't have a particular routine except the Dopa Band and I don't even do the same exercises with it all the time either, I switch them around some days but still get in 500-1000 Total Reps whether with the Heavy Band or the Lighter Band doesn't matter, one of those numbers will be accomplished. No days off man.

My true goals is to stay consistent and avoid injuries as much as possible while hitting my workouts hard but not so extreme it's going to burn me out or worse. I feel great, I might get stiff in some areas but some good stretching from DDP Yoga and some animal crawls usually do the trick. Some days I'll throw in push-ups and squats to keep things in check and/or do 500 Step ups or more to keep my legs from having imbalances as much as possible. I'm pretty good training in the morning but my best form where I'm like energized to the gills is usually around late morning or early afternoon which is where I feel way more at my best. In the early morning, yeah I can do stuff but rarely ever feel like I'm at my true best. I was never that much of a morning person anyway LOL.

Everyday is a new chapter in my journey and seeing what I can do. I've said before, I don't go so hard I can't walk or move well for hours on end after, I do just enough that I still have gas in the tank and say "fuck you I still win" to whatever I do training wise. My food intake is better little by little. Usually I eat about 2 big meals a day and snack on things here and there but not a ton. My first meal is something with chicken or steak, sometimes eggs up to 4-6 at a time whether scrambled or fried, might have a homemade burger or make nachos. On occasions I might grab a Subway or order some BBQ or a big burrito packed with steak, rice and veggies. My second meal the majority of the time is whatever dinner is, sometimes I'll cook, sometimes my wife cooks and we'll either have Burgers and Fries, Chicken Breasts with veggies, Quesadillas, Tacos with turkey meat, Pasta or bake a frozen pizza one night. Simple things and limiting my soda intake. I'm a sucker for Coke. I'm doing my best to drink up to 100 ounces of water a day, most of the time it's about 80. With the Liquid Death Sparkling Water, that helps with Soda Cravings.

I'm not strict about what I eat but I'm a lot better than what I did use to eat. I was really into sweets like Cookies, chocolate (Dark & Milk) and pudding but I've cut those down by maybe 85%. I'll still eat them but I'd be lucky to have one of those things a couple times a month instead of multiple a week. If I do overeat at times, I'll just fast until I'm hungry again and even though I can still eat quite a bit, I don't push it like I did in the past, like with tacos, I use to eat sometimes 12 in a sitting but these days I rarely go past 5. Tacos are the fucking bomb man. I eat for fuel, it's the way to go.

There's always room for improvement and as time goes on, I get a little better about what I eat and train on. Be smart about what you do, be consistent and keep being amazingly awesome. Hope you enjoyed this one.     

15000 Reps With The Dopa Band

Well, the first month of 2026 is close to an end. This past month has been a great part of my journey especially with my Dopa Band Training. Every single day so far, I have done 500 Total reps of my Band Circuits. Some days I change up the exercises or work on ones I know and I love to do but also been giving new ones a go. Some of them work well, others are more for those who have better experience than me. 15000 Reps has been done with this thing and I'm just itching to do more of it.

No matter what whether I was in the gym or not, I made the time to do a circuit a part of my daily training. Even did one as a finisher after a gym session. That was brutal and really tested my conditioning. Quite honestly, I don't know why I'm not sore from that. With the new addition of the Chosen Higher Green Band (which I've had my eye on for weeks), it's going to be a crazy ride to keep at it with this style of training. Think my first workout with it will be either a circuit totaling 1000 Reps or do a Full Deck Of Cards twice in a row with it which is also 1000 rep total. I'll have to flip a coin on that one. Yes I' am that crazy. There is no third option LOL.

Seeing great athletes use it keeps inspiring me and seeing folks in their 50's and 60's use it to keep themselves healthy and in shape is incredible. These bands have made led many wrestlers to medal in both the Olympics & World Championships. One of the best wrestlers that also went into MMA, Henry Cejudo credits Dopamineo Training as a go to for enhancing his conditioning and technique. You can hear the man himself HERE!!! Seriously, this dude won Gold in the 2008 Olympics, 2x gold and 1 Silver winner in the U.S National Championships, 3x Pan American Champion, UFC Bantamweight & Flyweight Champion and won his first 10 Fights in MMA in a row. That's a Hall Of Fame career man. 

It feels great to be a part of this community. I ordered the Green Band along with their anchor strap from one of their champions, a BJJ prodigy named Helena Craver who has been named the #1 No Gi Women's Grappler pound for pound by FloGrappling. If you ever find some of her videos on her training, you're going to find a lot of them have a dopa band in her possession. I wanted to support her journey in Grappling because at her age, she's already reached levels most women don't in their whole career. She's only 19 years old and and has potential that may even hit Ronda Rousey status, who knows where this kid will go but I'm proud to have at least contributed something that will help her along the way. 

When you add your current routine or even do it in and of itself on days off from your regular training with the band, there's going to be some killer benefits that will be in your corner; Stamina, Mobility, Conditioning, Flexibility, Technique Building, Coordination Skills, Explosiveness, Recovery and more. It can be used for rehab or prehab, a warm up or a finisher, you can go slow or fast if you want and it's virtually indestructible. It's like the name it was given, DopamineO with the O being "Oh shit, that was great".  Build new skills, breathe new life into your fitness and be able to take it with you practically anywhere. 

I will be continuing doing these workouts for a while since I've got something cooking that I can't share with you just yet. Be amazingly awesome and be sure to grab a band at Dopamineo.com and use my discount code POWERANDMIGHT to get 10% OFF your order. There are bundles, add ons and discount plans for those in the Military. 

Being Passionate About Your Training Has Its Own Rewards

In those moments where time seems to stand still but you're doing what you love and having a blast, it becomes more than what is taking place. There are days where things may not go so well but you push through anyway and do what you can and still get that work in. Sometimes we're not always mentally there or get frustrated and our focus shifts that it isn't the right time to be motivated to train. On Tuesday, I was having set up issues that I had to fix from putting the band together with where I was setting it up and had one of those frustrating moments. After a few attempts and trying to do what I went there to do, I wanted to see some exercises I can give a go for the circuit, a couple exercises just didn't feel right and after maybe 2 unsuccessful rounds, I switched to exercises I knew well enough to work with that I liked and it was off to the races completing those exercises and my 10 Rounds (500 Reps Total).

Sounds petty but there is a point to this. Out of frustration, it can be difficult to shut off once it hits you but when your instincts kick in and you still have that drive to do what you are passionate about, it rewards you later with the fact knowing even you don't always have the motivation and you have something fixated on your brain that doesn't leave you right away but you don't let it stop you from getting back up and keep going. After that workout, yeah I was still pissed off at myself still fighting inside my own head but I also knew that doing that 500 Rep workout needed to be done for me and I made it happen. My mind wasn't all there but I was still willing to go through it because it is who I am, someone who puts in the effort everyday regardless of what's going on in my life, even the little things. The passion was still burning.

Yesterday however, I wanted to film some stuff just seeing what could be fun to do, did several takes each of the things I was doing and it became kind of a warm up for me before I did my workout with the Band again. The end result of what came out to a demo is what you see below. The workout however, just doing simple exercises for my circuit and starting up my tunes, the fire wasn't just burning within me, it was like something poured gasoline on it. I was pumped, energy was electric and I was cruising through that fucker with a vengeance and felt invincible. It was like the day before was a blur and something not only kicked in but made me think I was superhuman. I love moments like that. It may not happen 100% of the time but when it happens, it shows that if you're consistent and you keep at it, you will have those moments when they're meant to. No one was around me, I never talked to anyone or even go into some meditative state beforehand, it was right there and my mind & body were connected in that moment in time. I want to have that feeling again and again.

Sometimes your training won't always make your day better but you can make things happen that will have an impact on you that makes your day interesting. There have been days where my workouts seem to drag on but then something kicks in and it just goes. Other days, I have that fearless and take charge kind of thinking and those workouts turn into an epic session. It happens at times when you've done some kind of a workout every single day for 20+ years straight even if it was for 5 minutes. Certain things will come and go but when you always have that passion, that drive, that fire, every workout will do something to you whether you're having a bad day or whatever. It's one of the reasons I call it my second language, it's instinctive and fluent. 

Training with a passion comes with its own rewards, there are pros and cons to doing something every single day but the pros far outweigh the cons and when you do something, it may not seem like anything at first but the more you get into it, it turns into something beautiful and practically spellbinding. I can give you small hints of what the rewards are but in order to understand them, you have to figure them out yourself by experiencing it. You don't get benefits from looking at words, you get them by feel, by moving, by discovery of what you're capable of. With passion, you will feel things that you don't get with other things. Don't wait around to find out, get after it and be fucking amazingly awesome. 

A New Addition To Dopa Conditioning Is Going Green

 Training is about discovery and learning how to handle certain methods not just in research but also in what your capabilities are. You've seen enough posts of the Dopamineo Band I use since I enjoy it so damn much but something within me decided to step things up a notch.

Last night, I made the decision to order their newest band that may or not be around much longer which is the Chosen Higher Band. It's the same material, same length but the resistance is much lighter and it's suited to just about about everyone since it's a one size fits all type of band. The reason why I got this wasn't to replace the black one I have, it's to utilize another approach to my conditioning with the bands by working technique, control and some power/explosiveness with one band and really hammer out my speed, reflexes, quickness and agility with the other. 

I look at it as doing one or the other on certain days and if anyone is up for training with me and doing a workout with the bands together, I'll give you the green band whether you're advanced or just a beginner with this kind of training and we can tackle a kick ass session together. It's a win-win in my book. The band is great for adults, teens and kids who are looking to stay fit and build up their condition and stamina. 

This particular band is awesome for working techniques in various sports like Wrestling, Boxing, Judo and even Football. College level athletes use bands like these to drill and work on moves that can be used in regular games. Some of the best wrestlers in the world work with bands like these as high up as the Olympic & World level and quite a number have won medals in the process and credit these bands for developing their technique, leg drive, speed and durability. Little kids can even use this thing for youth sports training and even get excess energy out that can be a part of doing bodyweight and playing on the playgrounds. 

One of the best perks of having bands like these is that it's virtually indestructible. They've even had contests from various practitioners on who can snap the band. As far as I know, none of them were able to do it and these bands already can be put through the grind. If I venture to guess who can possibly snap a band, maybe Brian Shaw or a strong wrestler with insane grip and shoulder strength. Other than that, this thing has been tested in ways 95-98% of other bands would snap within seconds of even on the first use. Myself, I have pounded this band on concrete, dirtied it up, stretched it to the best I can from sprints and explosive training and still don't see a scratch or even a tear in this fucking thing. These bands, make chest expanders and even ones powerlifters use for training look weak. 

Working with the band has helped my training outside of it very well and strengthens my mobility and flexibility. At 41 and seeing many athletes my age already having knee replacements, hip replacements, ankle tears, joint problems and are in constant pain, I feel it's my duty to help those minimize those things to living pain-free as best as possible along with my own training. You've heard enough of my story and some of the things I've been through and you know that I've had enough dealing with pain that I wouldn't wish on anybody and don't want to experience it again. I don't believe in going to such extremes anymore of doing things that challenge the risk to reward ratios. With the band and even bodyweight I'll do high rep work (in total) but not make it my whole existence, I want to walk out of a session with gas left in the tank, not feeling so sore I can't move well hours or even a day later and also don't need to push it to the point of feeling pain. That whole "no pain, no gain" thing is bullshit, it may be something bad ass you want to think of in your 20's, maybe 30's but 40 and beyond, it'll be harder to heal up again and injuries are at a greater risk of happening. I'd rather have a brutal session that makes me feel great and alive than to go so hard that my bones are tested to see if they snap. 

Conditioning is your greatest asset along with long-lasting and temporary strength but that's for any age. As we get older and priorities change even by the smallest fraction, the ability to get up off the floor, being mobile, limber and agile becomes assets that you'll want to have moving forward. That doesn't mean you can't have insane sessions, as long as you can keep at it without needing to go to the ER or be sore that it takes away certain aspects of your daily life for a period, do what's possible. I have believed in since I was 21 years old that daily training is valuable and in part necessary to have a long and quality life, but it is important to understand when to go hard and when to back off a bit and focus on things that keep you moving. 

Made many mistakes along the way but as of right now, I'm where I'm supposed to be at this point in time and I'm loving that I don't live in pain, able to climb stairs with ease, walk for miles with a vest on and workout anywhere I want. This band will be a great addition (not supplementary) to my arsenal of continuous training and building knowledge of what I can do as time goes on. Come and grab one before it's gone at Dopamineo.com. Use my discount code POWERANDMIGHT to get 10% off the order, that's $8.30 from the full price so nearly 10 bucks off just using my code. What have you got to lose? 

Be amazingly awesome and keep killing it in your journey. Live pain-free and own your workouts.