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You’re Not Joining a Gym – You’re Becoming Someone Who Trains
Most people walk into joining a gym with the wrong mindset. They think it’s about access: But access alone doesn’t create lasting change. Real transformation happens when your identity shifts. Not when you start working out. When you become someone who trains. There’s a real difference here: Working out depends on how you feel. Training…
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Strongman Log Press: Techniques to Improve Your Clean and Press
The log press isn’t a shoulder exercise. It’s a full-body event disguised as an overhead lift. If you treat it like a barbell strict press, you’ll stall. If you understand how to pick it, lap it, roll it, and drive it with your hips, you’ll start adding weight fast. The difference between struggling with a…
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Strength Training Classes
Strength training classes provide structured workouts designed to help individuals build strength, improve physical performance, and learn proper lifting technique in a guided environment. These classes combine coaching, progressive resistance training, and group motivation to help participants develop strength safely and effectively. At Gegns Gym, strength training classes are built around real strength development. The…
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Strongman Sandbag Training: Enhancing Grip and Core Strength
Sandbags are one of the most versatile and effective tools in strongman training. They challenge your grip, your core stability, and your total-body coordination while forcing you to control a load that’s constantly shifting. Unlike barbells and machines, a sandbag moves unpredictably, so your body has to stabilize, adapt, and produce force in real time.…
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Competition Mindset for Strongman Events
Strongman competitions test more than your strength. They test your decision-making, your composure, your adaptability, and your ability to execute under pressure. You have to perform across multiple events, manage your fatigue, and adjust to unpredictable conditions, often all in a single day. A strong competition mindset is what lets you stay focused, make smart…
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REIGN at West Coast’s Strongest Man & Woman
This past February 7th and 8th, West Coast’s Strongest Man and Woman brought athletes from all over the region to Gegns Gym for a full weekend of competition. REIGN Total Body Fuel was on-site with us the whole time, connecting with the athletes, the coaches, and the spectators. Supporting the Athletes and the Environment All…
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Accommodating Resistance: What It Actually Changes, Who It’s For, and How to Program It Without Getting Beat Up
Accommodating resistance is one of the most misunderstood tools in strength training. People treat it like an advanced badge of honor. Chains rattling on a barbell. Bands stretched tight across a rack. As if complexity by itself makes a lift more effective. It doesn’t. Like every training method, accommodating resistance changes specific mechanical demands inside…
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Overcoming Plateaus in Strongman Training
Plateaus are a normal part of long-term strongman development. Progress doesn’t move in a straight line. Strength stalls, event performance slows, and your motivation can drop when the results feel stuck. The athletes who keep improving are the ones who learn to recognize a plateau, adjust their approach, and keep moving forward. Breaking through a…
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Strength Training Articles
Strength training articles provide educational resources that help athletes and individuals better understand how to develop strength safely and effectively. These articles cover a wide range of topics related to resistance training, including exercise technique, training programs, recovery strategies, and the science behind strength development. For both beginners and experienced lifters, strength training articles serve…
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Building Confidence in Strongman Events
Confidence in strongman isn’t built through motivation alone. It’s built through preparation, repetition, and proof. You become confident when you repeatedly put yourself under challenging loads, refine your technique, and watch measurable progress stack up over time. Confidence is what lets your strength show up under pressure. Without it, hesitation and doubt cap your performance.…
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I Keep Starting and Stopping the Gym – Here’s What Finally Fixed That for Good
Most people don’t actually struggle with starting the gym. They struggle with staying. You sign up full of excitement. You go consistently for a few weeks. Then life gets busy. Work deadlines, family demands, fatigue sets in, motivation dips. The routine quietly disappears. A few months later the guilt kicks in, you rejoin, and the…
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Strength Training After 40
Strength training after 40 is one of the most effective things you can do to hold onto your health, preserve your muscle mass, and keep improving your physical performance as you age. A lot of people assume strength development slows way down with age, but both the research and decades of real-world experience say otherwise.…
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