Josh Bryant

Tired of all the latest exercise “advancements” delivering no results? For less than the cost of a day pass to any trendy chain gym, you can get Jailhouse Strong. With innovation and dedication prisoners make incredible strength gains. Jailhouse Strong offers functional strength training with a workout system that is based on the training habits cultivated behind bars. Through interviews with personalities ranging from a former Mr. Olympia, who started lifting behind bars, to a co-founder of the Crips Street gang, Jailhouse Strong describes the workouts prisoners use to become lean and powerful. Jailhouse Strong includes programs for lifting, bodyweight movements, and conditioning with unarmed combat techniques. The workouts require minimal cost, equipment, time, and space and they can be done at home, in a hotel, or just about anywhere. Whether you are doing 10–25 or working 9-5, Jailhouse Strong can fit into your schedule because Jailhouse Strong provides the fitness habits that are crucial for getting strong and for maintaining a level of emotional balance amidst the volatile reality found on both sides of prison walls.

Continuing with their Amazon #1 best-selling series, Jailhouse Strong, Bryant and benShea return to deliver a guide on interval training. Instead of performing endless hours of long, slow cardio that makes you weaker, slower, and eats away at your muscle, Jailhouse Strong Interval Training is a time efficient way to lean out and harden up. Whether inside a posh gym or limited by space inside a cramped hotel room, the workout programs included inside of this work offer a means to make the most of your environment and enhance your current reality. While the workout approach of this book is rooted in the physical culture cultivated behind bars, this book takes the subject of interval training well beyond the confinement of prison walls. Whatever your current reality, these interval training workouts can get you leaner, harder, and improve the trajectory of your physical development. Praise for Jailhouse "If you are looking for something that is simple and you do not have to have very sophisticated equipment, this is the book to read. I strongly recommend that you buy Jailhouse Strong." Charles Poliquin - World Renowned Strength Coach "Now you have no excuse to get yourself in fantastic shape!" Fred "Dr. Squat" Hatfield, PhD - President of ISSA "Jailhouse Strong is good for grapplers, cage fighters, and everyday folks!" Ricardo "Franjinha" Miller - Founder and Head Instructor of Paragon Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Academies "There's no gimmicks here...It's about results!" Zach Even-Esh Josh Bryant has held world records in powerlifting and won the Strongest Man in America title in 2005. Now, he is referred to as the “trainer of the superstars” because he works with some of the world's strongest and most muscular athletes at Metroflex Gym in Arlington, Texas, and via the Internet. To contact Josh about seminars, online coaching or to sign up for his free training tips newsletter, visit www.JoshStrength.com. Adam benShea is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and has won the California, Pan Am, and World Championships. He teaches Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and is a college lecturer on California’s central coast.

Are you tired of cardio that leaves you with low testosterone and a dadbod? Then start rucking! Rucking can be simple. Grab a backpack, throw some weight in it, and start walking. The benefits of rucking include fat burning, heart health, improved posture, strength building, less stress on the body than running, getting you out in nature, and that is just the tip of the iceberg. Rucking is simple, but rucking for real gains requires sound form and a comprehensive program. This is where Rucking Gains comes in. We teach you the fundamentals of rucking, provide a program, and explain correct technique. And, if you're preparing for elite military selection, we got you covered. Let’s make some rucking gains!

Are you tired of being afraid to go shirtless at the neighborhood pool party? Are you fed up with not meeting diet goals? Are you trying a reach a new weight class in your given sport? Do you just want to get healthier, so that you can be around for the grandkids? Turn physical flaccidity into a hardened and honed physique, with this new, user friendly book from the bestselling authors of the Jailhouse Strong series! This book provides a brief background on the Keto diet, then gets right to the meat of it and tells you how you can implement this low carb method of eating into your life. With scientific research written in laymen’s terms, you will be able to follow the provided guidelines and finally reach your physical goals. With an individualized program you can customize the low carb diet to fit your specific needs. Rather than an elaborate meal plan which results in a mile high stack of Tupperware that causes you to feel ostracized in the office lunch room, you will now be able to follow a nutrition program that isn’t a burden on your lifestyle. From a sample meal plan to drinking on the keto diet, this book has you covered.

A developed and muscular neck protects your back, brain, and entire body from trauma, damage and injury. It is your shield. For the combat-sport athlete, this means safety and success in the competitive arena. For the tactical athlete, this can mean the difference between making it home for dinner at 6:00 or being six feet deep. While the emaciated cover model may have airbrushed abs, traps are a true strength-status symbol. Well-developed, diamond-shaped traps are like cobras, coiled and ready to strike. Together, the traps and neck serve as a foundational centerpiece for a no frills, no-nonsense physique. They are YOUR shield. With this book we provide you with the exact prescription to build your shield. Every exercise, every set, and every rep is spelled out. If you have the work ethic, we offer you a proven way.

Tired of all the latest training “advancements” that leave you physically flaccid and mentally numb? For half the cost of a day pass to a trendy chrome palace gym, you can have access to the most comprehensive strongman system and book ever written. Powerlifting is limit strength, bodybuilding is all about muscle hypertrophy, and Olympic lifting is explosive strength—strongman training is the synergistic blend of all three! When it comes to strength training, there is good, better, and best. Tactical strongman training is the best. Tactical strongman training is not a pie in the sky theory. Our programs have worked with world strongest man competitors, NFL players, and some of the sharpest tactical athletes on the front lines. Tactical strongman training is a game changer for the ex-jock Mr. Jones, the aging Mrs. Jones, and the elite athlete alike. Bottom Pop that Bosu ball, because there is nothing more functional than picking up some heavy weight and moving with it. If you have the will, we give you the way.

Eat the foods you love or stay lean. This played-out dichotomy has plagued dieters since the first fad diet in the 1830s and it has only become worse. Who wants to give up milk shakes and fried rice? If you want to get lean while indulging in some of your favorite foods along the way, welcome to intermittent fasting. Look, you already fast daily. Depending on your sleep patterns, most people fast 10-12 hours a day. By extending that window by a few short hours, you will achieve greater fat loss, improve health markers, and become mentally sharper. This will all be achieved by doing less, not more. World religions and great philosophical traditions both include the universal element of fasting! So, whether your goal is to shape that dad bod into a physique of raw steel and sex appeal that turns the heads of coeds at your local community pool, improve your mental acuity, or take your spiritual awareness to the next metaphysical plane, you need to give " The Fast Track to Fat Loss" a go. This plan is backed by science and proven in the trenches.

The bottom line is that many roads lead to muscle building Now, you could stay on the long, meandering, played-out paths. Or, you could get on the fast track to muscle growth. We are offering you a direct route to a time-efficient system that triggers hypertrophy, strength, greater work capacity, and more fat loss. In fact, this training protocol is built around getting more muscle in shorter intervals of training. With precise prescriptions and subtly important tweaks to individualize the programming to your needs, we take the guesswork out of your workout program. Training sessions in the Tactical Density Training program are divided into four quarters, just like a football game. Each quarter is symbolic and has a specific purpose, intention, and goal. It is an easy to follow route to your muscle building destination. With Tactical Density Training you will spend less time in the gym while getting more results.

Are you putting in the time at the gym without the bench press to show for it? Take advantage of the methods Josh has used to produce multiple world record holders in the bench press.This book is a science-based approach to building a bigger bench press, all in an easy to understand format. For the cost of a couple energy drinks, you can gain the knowledge that has taken Josh years to acquire through practical experience and stringent academic study.See what the experts have to say:“Josh has proven that his methods work!! This book is the most comprehensive book ever written on the bench press. I recommend it to everyone wanting to get fantastic results....”-- Eddy Coan (The Undisputed Greatest Powerlifter of All-time)"There is no doubt in my mind this is the best book ever compiled on the bench press, its science and how to train it."– Dave Tate, founder EliteFTS.comGreat book Josh, just got done reading it some really great concepts. It is Officially the Bench Press Bible- Eric Spoto (All-Time World Record Holder - Raw Bench Press 722 Pounds)You will learn:• How to bench press more explosively• How to use isometric methods that have been kept secret until now• How to use plyometrics to increase your bench press• How to use partials to realize your full potential• How to incorporate bands and chains• Access to routines used by champions• Miscellaneous science that can increase your bench pressAfter implementing what you learn in this book, you will bench more!

Are you tired of entering meet after meet with minuscule increases in your total as you perpetually burn out? Stop burning the candle at both ends! A properly planned powerlifting off-season separates the champs from the chumps. The Jailhouse Strong 8 x 8 Off-Season Powerlifting Program will give you the tools to hone your technique, use new exercise variations to stimulate muscle hypertrophy all while increasing your work capacity and preventing mental and physical burnout. Join the strongest people in the world on what was once a closely guarded secret by hopping on the Jailhouse Strong 8 x 8 Off-Season Powerlifting Program!

Want to look jacked with the bonafide strength to back it up?But, how do you get ripped AND build raw strength?Enter powerbuilding!Powerbuilding uses the best training ideas from bodybuilding and powerlifting to develop size, symmetry, and strength.Powerbuilding only works with a plan.And we have you covered with Powerbuilding Breakdowns.The Breakdowns approach consists of three distinct rep ranges including low reps, medium reps, and high reps. You will hit heavy weights for low reps to build strength. You will smash light weight for high reps to increase endurance, the “pump,” and muscle acidity. It’s time to implement Breakdowns, the ultimate periodized powerbuilding plan!

The glossy bodybuilding magazine routine of three sets of tens reps from the 1990’s is played out. Unfortunately, its biggest benefit is nostalgia.While a stroll down memory lane is fine, we need results and that routine won’t cut the mustard for the serious powerbuilder.Thankfully, there is a better way and that way is cluster sets!For over 70 years, record-setting strength athletes have reaped the benefits of cluster sets and more recently so have smart bodybuilders.So, what exactly is a cluster set?Cluster sets mean a set is divided into several parts. That intraset rest period allows you to lift more total weight, for more total volume—the ultimate recipe for gains in strength and size!The bottom line is cluster sets are superior for powerbuilding. We teach you all about cluster sets with the most effective powerbuilding program ever assembled.Uncluster your training with cluster sets!

In your hands, is the book people are saying will be the most talked about and most widely used bodybuilding and strength book ever written!Inside its pages, here is what is waiting for you…The lifetime training secrets revealed by one of the world’s top trainers.The never before seen exercises and photos that will inspire you to train TODAY.The most advanced scientific tips (backed by hundreds of scientific research studies and citations), ideas, and concepts ever for muscle building and fat loss.The proven methods and routines used by champions and people just like you, for results you thought were simply impossible to achieve.The book that will become the best investment you’ll ever make…IF you want to get bigger and stronger.Get ready to be amazing.Get ready to get built.Get ready to take your body to its full potential.Get ready to get Built To The Hilt!

The modern dreariness of sedentary screen time results in you staring down at a midsection growing faster than the national debt.Well, it’s time to look up from that navel gazing and out toward a sincere symbol of unapologetic vigor, vitality, and virility.Across time, grip strength endures as the initial indicator of physical and moral strength. Massive forearms pop out from shirtsleeves and a firm handshake is the classic symbol of integrity. Your grip is the limiting factor or the limitless catalyst to all things strength.For the tactical athlete, martial artist, and strength enthusiast increased grip strength results in lifting more weight, tighter submissions, and a better hold on reality.Additionally, recent studies show that grip strength is an important indicator of overall health.Big, jacked forearms are the centerpiece of a no-nonsense physique and they are a foregone conclusion when you follow the training program included in this book.Knowledge is power. Empower yourself for half the price of a sugar-filled smoothie with Tactical Grip Training.

Riding the momentum of the Amazon bestselling Jailhouse Strong series, Josh Bryant and Adam benShea return to share a unique story about mentorship, legacy, and tradition. Told from the authors’ point of view, the reader is introduced to the world of the fabled Tijuana Barbell Club, its unforgettable characters, and its distinctive method of muscle building. A collection of groundbreaking strength training methods are woven inside of a personal narrative about the golden age of physical culture at the Tijuana Barbell Club in Old Mexico. During their pursuit of high school athletic glory, the authors trained at a local gym. While working out, they meet a mysterious old lifter with a rich story to share and a legacy to be passed along. Through an ongoing dialogue, the stranger becomes a mentor and tells them about the training system utilized by the legendary group of bouncers and strongmen of the Tijuana Barbell Club. Each conversation reveals another segment of the lost art of physical culture from Old Mexico. This includes Wave Loading Programs, intervals specific to bar fighting, the introduction of the rigorous Seven Day Shock Method, and many other unique training protocols. The Saga of the Tijuana Barbell Club brings you into a forgotten history of strength and dispenses lessons on lifting and living which will serve you in the gym, on the street, and throughout your journey.

Every bodybuilding fan knows about the “Golden Age” of the sport. But, there is a forgotten legend from that fabled time. An OG of street and stage, Craig Monson outweighed Arnold by 40 pounds, dwarfed Lee Haney and had superior aesthetics. A mass-monster with Michelangelo-like symmetry, Monson was that rare mixture of form and functional strength. Now his story AND his workouts can be told, shared, and understood. Born in the Jim Crow South, Craig was taken by his mother on a Greyhound bus exodus to the land of sun-kissed beaches and Hollywood dreams. A world away from the Pacific Ocean, Craig came of age in Los Angeles’ inner city. In this urban environment, Monson found street heroes and became one himself by founding the notorious gang “The Avenues” (a forerunner to the infamous Crip gang). Realities of life in South Central Los Angeles eventually landed Craig in some of the most feared penitentiaries. Inside of the system, Monson built his body into a mountain of muscle and, upon his release, set his sights on bodybuilding glory. Training across the Southland and putting on spectacles of strength at the renowned Muscle Beach, Craig became the biggest and strongest bodybuilder of the 1980s. Learn about his mythic journey from urban streets to the bodybuilding stage! Follow the exact training programs utilized by the legendary Craig Monson!

Heredity only deals the cards - your training plays the hand. We are laying our cards on the table and sharing with you our ace in the hole, Speed Strong. Whether your goal is to stay #GasStationReady, get Chippendales ready for the neighborhood pool party, or just slow down father time by shaking off that decrepit body stiffness, Speed Strong is for you. The Speed Strong program targets fast-twitch muscle fibers with an overload of slower, high-force strength training coupled with explosive, high-force movements. The result is the perfect union of performance and aesthetics. Get jacked and haul ass with Speed Strong.

Are you tired of high-priced, fad diets that are low on results? The reason you’ve failed in the past is because you’ve done nutrition someone else’s way. It’s time to do nutrition your way! For the cost of a meal at your local fast food joint, you can have the ultimate nutrition blueprint that shows you exactly how to design a nutrition plan customized to your lifestyle, preferences and commitment level. Nutrition, Your Way teaches you the exact principles organized in a hierarchy that begins with calories and ends with supplements. All the information has been proven time and time again in the trenches and backed by science. Your life, your terms, your way!

Tip the scales of muscle growth in your favor and transform your sagging results by turning to Time Under Tactical Training. Whatever your path, we have the road map to gains. For the tactical athlete, we have the Gas Station Ready Time Under Tension Program! If you're more aesthetically driven, the Chippendale's Ready Time Under Tension Program is for you! At home or a hotel with no gym? No problem! Our Quarantine Ready Time Under Tension Program requires nothing but YOU! Three programs - one book; keeping you ready, so you don't have to get ready!

Here is the second book in the Built To The Hilt Series that you’ve been waiting for... Built To The Hilt—The Strength and Power Edition. If you want more strength, power, and better conditioning, then this is the book for you. Written by world-renowned speed, strength, and conditioning coach and bestselling author Josh Bryant, Built To The Hilt—The Strength and Power Edition, gives you Josh’s best tips, advice, and strategies to help you get the strength, power, and conditioning you want.

The authors of the Amazon bestselling Jailhouse Strong combine their respective experiences and backgrounds to bring you the most comprehensive guide for building grappling strength. Starting with a history of grappling disciplines (such as folkstyle wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, judo, and sambo) and their particular techniques to ensure the reader’s familiarity with key terminology, this book offers a funnel-like structure for training. The program begins broadly with general foundational strength (which most grapplers lack), its importance, and how to develop it. The training program then evolves into functional training specific to the unique demands and movements of grappling. Traditional core lifts, strongman training, bodyweight movements, and plyometrics are included, explained, and utilized in this program. To ensure that you’re prepared for the rigors of competitive grappling, a complete periodized program is included that takes you from building your limit strength base to grappling specific workouts.

Are you tired of fad diets that don’t produce results and seem to drag on forever?Then begin our 21 day, aggressive fat-loss journey, designed specifically for males with greater than 15 percent body fat and females with greater than 24 percent body fat.The journey will be short, but intense. Some may call it extreme.We will empower you to pursue your fat-loss goals with intent, force, and unwavering tenacity.By moving forward aggressively, you will make it through to the other side with a new sense of self-worth. You will also be leaner, harder, and look better naked.If you have what it takes, we provide you with a blueprint for your rapid fat loss transformation!

Are you a hard worker? Are you tired of busting your butt and not having the size and strength to show for it? You can’t reach your goals in the gym without a plan! Now you will never have to hit the gym without a set workout again!What you have in your hands is the ultimate blueprint to a bigger, stronger you! Now all your hours sweating and toiling away on the weight pile won’t be in vain.Even the most seasoned gym veterans and highly skilled trainers have difficulty consistently coming up with fresh and effective workouts. But for those willing to put in the time (the lazy and uncommitted need not apply), the Size and Strength Blueprint is here to take your strength and physique game to the next level. In this book we show you exactly what to do to put on pounds of quality lean muscle mass, and strength levels to match, in a matter of weeks! These are not theory-based workouts. They have been tested and proven on world-class athletes from IFBB Pros Johnnie Jackson and Branch Warren, World Record Holder Jeremy Hoornstra, professional athletes, and some of the strongest men in the world. Josh and Noah Bryant have “been there and done that” and are full-time trainers whose clients make up the A-List of the weightlifting world. You can now use the secrets and methods of two of the world’s best trainers in your own program.Imagine, in just a couple of months, being more confident, feeling better physically and mentally, and reaching goals you previously thought unattainable, all without living in the gym and doing hours of cannibalizing cardio!The Blueprint is going to be the greatest training investment you have ever made and is an absolute necessity for any serious strength athlete or personal trainer.If you have the work ethic, we have the plan!

Are you falling short of your living your best life? Are you living SMALL, but dreaming BIG? Are you fed up with Sunday nights alone, Monday mornings at a job you can't stand, and long hours at the gym without noticeable results? Let us help you! The authors of the Amazon bestselling Jailhouse Strong series provide a guided journey of improvement that turns dreams into goals and goals into reality. With reflective thought, direct planning, and intentional action, you will be shown the way to enhance seven areas of your life, ranging from athletics to finance to relationships. This process of enrichment gives you the tools to chip away the loose pieces and reveal your best self!

Tired of busting your butt in the gym without seeing the benefits of your hours of toil? For less than half the price of a personal training session at a corporate box gym, you can unlock the secrets of the two most successful Metroflex Gym trainers. Josh Bryant and Brian Dobson have put their heads together to bring you there closely guarded training secrets in an easy to understand format. Metroflex Gym, in the heart of Arlington, Texas, is the breeding ground to scores of bodybuilding and strength champions including Ronnie Coleman and Branch Warren. Both of whom have trained under the tutelage of Josh or Brian. Not only does this book contain over 50 different routines and 170 exercises that Josh and Brian have used to build champions, but it also gives you the tools necessary to build and execute your own program. You will learn how to incorporate strongman training, interval fat-loss conditioning, and assistance exercises into your workouts. Whether you are a novice bodybuilder, elite powerlifter, or just want to gain some muscle, this 300+ page book will benefit your training. You will see how old school training methodologies can be combined with cutting edge techniques to create a bigger, more powerful you.

We believe in heroes and Strength Heroes is your ticket to the storiesof physical culture greats and the legends of the iron game. These arethe ones who didn’t just walk the walk but paved the way.These strength stories are backed by solid research and can serve asyour blueprint for greatness. Follow the examples set by the greateststrength legends, discover the common patterns found across stories ofthese old-time heroes, and learn how you can emulate their success.Not only do you get stories of trial, tribulation, and achievement,but we also include the exact workouts utilized to attain incrediblefeats of strength and success.From antiquity to the modern day, you will uncover stories of strengthheroes who cleared the way for the path you’re treading today.Find your heroes. Find greatness.

Are you tired of cardio that leaves you with low testosterone and a dadbod?Then start rucking!Rucking can be simple. Grab a backpack, throw some weight in it, and start walking. The benefits of rucking include fat burning, heart health, improved posture, strength building, less stress on the body than running, getting you out in nature, and that is just the tip of the iceberg.Rucking is simple, but rucking for real gains requires sound form and a comprehensive program. This is where Rucking Gains comes in. We teach you the fundamentals of rucking, provide a program, and explain correct technique. And, if you're preparing for elite military selection, we got you covered.Let’s make some rucking gains!

Are you tired of reading regurgitated "mindset” posts on social media from folks who have disastrous personal lives, relationships, and have achieved nothing worthwhile in their chosen endeavor?Even the “experts” offer no real tools beyond feel-good memes. Focused mind power is one of the strongest forces on Earth. YOU control your thoughts. You have the freedom to do great things or completely sabotage yourself.To access and control this power, you need to train the powers of the mind with the right mental conditioning exercises.Powers of the Mind assists you in enhancing focus, recovery rate, performance and physical strength.Powers of the Mind unlocks the endless possibilities that lie dormant within you. We bring you a comprehensive range of science-backed, proven, in-the-trenches mental training techniques.This step-by-step guide teaches you how to execute and apply these proven mental training techniques to your strength-training routine, your next business meeting or whatever lies in between.Clear instructions show how to best execute and maximize each exercise’s benefit. Additionally, we teach you how to adjust and customize our mental training system to your needs and capabilities.Empower your mind, with Powers of the Mind.

ISSA Certification Course TextbookAs a Bodybuilding specialist, you will learn training, recovery, motivation, and nutritional strategies to prepare you to work with bodybuilders.

Why do some folks have their dream home and spouse, while others bounce from one failed relationship to the next as they live out a meager existence in a slum?In a large part, the answer is LUCK.Some people seem to get all the breaks.Other people, if it were not for bad luck, would have no luck at all!In this short manual I cover four simple behavior practices, backed by science, that will help you BECOME LUCKY in every area of your life.