G'Iron Body, Mind & Life

06/14/2026

Same practices bring the same results

06/14/2026

As we grow older the choice is simple exercise or suffer, live life not a slow death 👍👊🏼💪🏼🙏🏻

06/14/2026

Just 1 hour 2 X per week could change the way you feel, the way you look, the way you move, the way you breathe, the way you live, weight training is the closest thing to the fountain of youth, not exercising is the closest thing to standing in quick sand

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06/13/2026

You didn't have to be a competitive weight lifter to cause damage to our structure, I've often said use free weights long enough especially a barbell there's a great chance you will experience pain, and most will blame it on "just getting older" which is not necessarily true, a barbell even though it's a great tool and has been for many years and will continue to be long after I'm gone it still is a tool that isn't designed to work with the natural position of our hands which is why years down the road most will experience shoulder pain or elbow pain and the stronger we get the higher the stress level gets on our joints, tendons and ligaments, as we age knowledge get more important in trying to avoid living with pain 👍👊🏼💪🏼

06/13/2026

Good morning friends, and again thank you for joining this page, awhile back I asked a friend at the gym who has a great deal of knowledge, he trained at Gold's Gym Venice in his prime, I asked him (with my own answer already in mind) in your estimate what percentage of the people here at the gym train properly and his answer the same as mine "1% and probably less", the reality is the only thing I have to gain from creating this page is the satisfaction of helping others, so if you feel you would like to learn some things about weight training then by all means I am going to be sharing and explaining the science and logical approach to weight training, if you're interested check in from time to time as I will try to not duplicate any post unless I feel it's important to get a point across, and if you have any questions I will do my best to answer them and I will never stop wanting to learn something new if you have anything to share or post on this page by all means please do so, another reason I chose to start this page is because exercise isn't for everyone and I would rather separate this page for those that want to start exercising or already are, since the age of 13 it's been a part of my life just as taking a shower, brushing my teeth, going to work, exercise is something we owe to our bodies, muscles are the engine of the body and if you have ever known or heard of a senior falling at home and not being able to stand back up on their own then that alone should make you aware of the importance of having strong muscles as we age, and the beauty of weight training is that properly done 2 or 3 workouts per week is plenty you don't need to be a gym rat and later I will get into that and explain why, thank you 🙏🏻 and enjoy your weekend 👍👊🏼💪🏼

06/11/2026

Pretty confident I have the equipment to change the way you feel, look, and breathe just a little kickin along the journey

06/10/2026

Today marks the 25 year passing of one of two men that had the greatest influence on my approach to weight training, he was by far the most intellectual bodybuilder of our time, he chose not to follow the pack rather follow the logic and science on what actually worked, I was fortunate enough to meet Mike just before he stepped away from competition and devoted his time to personal training/ consulting and writing pushing his beliefs of high intensity training, a couple friends of mine actually drove to Golds Gym in Venice to train under Mike, I can honestly say that Mike was one of two men that saved me time along with my joints to still at my age be doing the things I do
Thank you Mike RIP 🙏🏻💪🏼
Pictures are of Mike posing and Mike training Olympia champion Dorian Yates

06/10/2026

Have you ever been in a weight training gym where there wasn't a dumbbell, barbell, bench, or squat rack in sight? Well my friend Owen has a gym in the Bay area he opened 10 years ago and those are exactly what you won't see in his gym, what you will find is a full line of MedX machines again a name most of you don't recognize and why, because MedX machines are not cheap and you don't see them in the majority of gyms, however they produce some great results, I feel very fortunate to have 9 pieces of MedX machines as part of my gym and I can honestly say the years of research and engineering that went into these machines shows, never have I trained on machines that are as smooth and I will share more on this later but for now I just wanted to share that there's more beyond dumbbells and barbells, the pictures are from his website and yes those are some Bay Area rates but to have been open for 10 years you have to have some really satisfied customers 👍💪🏼

06/10/2026

Your body keeps score.

Not of your intentions. Not of your excuses. Not of the man you say you're becoming.

It reflects what you repeatedly do when nobody is watching.

Every workout skipped. Every promise kept. Every late night. Every disciplined choice.

Over time, your habits stop hiding.

A man can say anything about himself.

His daily actions eventually make the introduction for him.