Thick Neck Thursday is upon us once again. What are you doing today to work that “stack of dimes you call a neck?!” Me, well I think I’ll just take a walk with the sled!! 😉😂 This was always one of my favorites, and guaranteed to make people driving past my gym back in Houston slow and shake their heads!!! #powersportstrengthconditioning #oldstrongguysrule

Damn right a percentage should go back to the ABA players in need!!

This is all sorts of WRONG on the NBA’s part

I train early mornings, I can’t take care of others if I don’t take care of myself

What a great way to end an absolutely beautiful day here in the Florida Panhandle. Awesome sushi at The Slippery Mermaid with a view of the ocean then back home to a espresso, a sweet and of course watching football with Miss Dora (my cat) #powersportstrengthconditioning #oldstrongguysrule

2006 Houston Highland Games Can’t believe it’s been 20. Damn. Years!! I absolutely loved competing in the Highland Games. What I think I miss the most are the guys I competed with, the banter and laughter standing out in the field shagging weights and stones was contagious and of course wearing my Kilt!!!

Yeah maybe … umm yeah I might know a girl like this 🤣😂😂😂

Thick Neck Thursday is upon us again, I’m gonna share one of my favorites that I like to use on heavy lifting days!! I’ll usually pair it with isometric holds with my forehead down on a bench (if that makes sense) and shrugs (because you gotta have thick traps to go with that thick neck) You’ll feel it from neck all the way down to your ass!! NO PENCIL NECKS ALLOWED #powersportstrengthconditioning #oldstrongguysrule

Jumping in on ‘Thick Neck Thursday’ with an oldie but a goodie…Manual Neck!!! When I was a GA at Baylor University under Robb Rogers we did Manual Neck all the time. You’d have a massive PUMP after all the groups were done!! Truth be told it’s Thick Neck Every Session for me, I start every workout with neck and traps. Gonna have to find the videos of some neck work I love to do because your neck and traps can never be too thick!! #powersportstrengthconditioning #oldstrongguysrule #thickneckthursday

Oh my oh my…. it’s finally here The First Day of SQUATOBER 🎃💪 @Sorinex #powersportstrengthconditioning #oldstrongguysrule #powersportstrengthconditioning #squatober

2003 Highland Games - Masters World Championships!! Keg for Height!! This was the extra event after the competition. Earlier in the year I had taken over the San Antonio Highland Games and added throwing a Keg for Distance, other games I’ve competed in have had Farmers Carry, Stone Loading, Caber for Distance, Tossing a Heavy Stone for Distance (+100 pounds) and I even Tossed a Champagne Cork for Distance when I competed in France. Highland Games Athletes… what extra events have you done!? #powersportstrengthconditioning #oldstrongguysrule #highlandgames

Scrolling through pictures on my phone when I stopped at this one and realized THIS is the day that Old Strong Guys Rule was born!! Back in March of 2015, my buddy Dan Burk had come to Houston to train with me and Darren Williams. We had a blast sharing stories while we trained hard as hell!! When Darren says “old guys rule” and I smiled and said “NO, Old STRONG Guys Rule” #oldstrongguysrule #powersportstrengthconditioning

Good Morning Rich…. you have a great day but I need you to send me some breakfast tacos to Destin!!! Getting ready to train and listening to this guy!!! @RichOToole Damn good Texas County music!!!

It was a THICK kinda day!!! Single Arm Floor Press superset w/ Barbell Rows Seated Shrugs Kelso Shrugs NECK!!! (3 exercise superset) Finished with Heavy D-Balls ground to shoulder (60-80-100-150) #powersportstrengthconditioning #oldstrongguysrule

What in the hell was I thinking!!? 😂🤣 My sister Laura shared this picture a while back and it just came back around to haunt me over on Facebook!! My baby sister Barbara and of course my Dad (if you can’t tell) That hair…. those pants… and the shirt!! 😂😂🤣🤣🤣 I laugh but then stop and think, my Dad and I never had the Father / Son relationship that most have, my Dad took his own life back in Sept of 2015, and even though he was rarely there for me I set that aside and we had begun to get closer over the years, the past 11 years I’ve really missed “Old Man Bob” as I referred to him. #powersportstrengthconditioning #oldstrongguysrule

DAMN!!! That’s relentless ain’t no stopping him and the tackle.. WOW … now that’s football

Happy Birthday to my friend Mike Graham an icon in the Iron Game who was another very early influence and inspiration on my own career in the Iron Game 💪 I first met Mike in 1984 when I visited his iconic Texas Athletic Club in Austin Texas. I have a great story from that first visit but that’s for another time and it’ll definitely be in the book I’m writing!! I use to drive up from Corpus Christi to Austin to train there then later at his other gym Hyde Park, I’d pick his brains on training, always buy a shirt then go to UT to visit with Terry and Jan Todd and find food before making the long drive home!!! There were times I was so exhausted I’d have to crash for a few hours at a rest stop on the way home. When I was moving to San Antonio, Mike (and a few others) told me to train at Olympic Gym, he judged me (and gave me useful advice) when I competed in Bodybuilding, him and his awesome wife Carol came out to the Austin Highland Games to watch me compete (Carol gave some solid technical advice) and just a couple years ago I went to see them in Lockhart to learn about the UltraWeight Heavy Weight Throws Pentathlon and of course before I moved away I went to train at Mike’s awesome gym at his home in Lockhart. Hey Kathryn, when I come for a visit in October we need to go train at Mike’s in addition to going to The Stark Center @thestarkcenter #powersportstrengthconditioning #oldstrongguysrule

Every Strength Athlete knows this guy!!! What a presence Kaz had and still has!!! If you’re a real Strength Athlete then you’ve seen him competing at WSM, I especially remember at the 1981 WSM when he decided “fuck carrying the kegs” during the loading medley and just casually tossed them like they were nothing!!! Think they were 250 pounds each. I was in Las Vegas to watch the 1997 USA Strongman Nationals and Worlds Strongest Man, Kaz walked past and he was still HUGE!! Folks thought he was coming out of retirement to compete!! In 2018 at Sorinex Summer Strong I got an opportunity to meet Kaz, and spend some significant time talking to him!! We talked about Powerlifting, Strongman and even the Highland Games telling me he loved the WOB!! Told him how I’d gotten a picture taken next to his picture (follow along with that 😂😉) at The Stark Center, he wanted to see it and smiled when I showed him. Thankfully my friend Kathryn is always there to take a picture for me!! #powersportstrengthconditioning #oldstrongguysrule