Recap of our first ever Iron Monger Pro/Am plus we had Tommy (our resident tattoo artist) join us so he could share his experience of tattooing people at our powerlifting meet.

Mike and I recap Reebok Record Breakers and Monger Mayhem plus preview the USPA North American Championships all while eating some delicious L&L Hawaiian food.

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t excited to have this guest on, she is one of my longest running members and has asserted herself as one of the main players in Iron Mongers.  That being said it’s well deserved and we got to hear how she approaches her lifting, coaching, job, many cats and everything else that goes on in her life.  She’ll be competing at the USPA North American Championships and as her coach we expect to put the 165 weight class on notice that they better not overlook her.

WOW! Not even sure how to describe this episode, I guess “we started from the bottom and now we are here” seems to be the best description.  This was minimal lifting talk but man this was a huge episode for me to just sit and listen as Mike and Ryan shared their stories of rehab and life after that. This is a good one guys, I hope you enjoy.

What goes through your head before a big lift?  Does it get you fired up or does it cripple your potential?  Hearing Brannon talk about this today was very interesting to me because I’m fascinated by the mental aspect of sports and with Brannon starting to push his potential in Strongman and test out powerlifting, I know I found this fun to talk about.  Anyways, listen in as we cover that and as always many other fun topics.  All this while we enjoy some tasty island food.

Anthony @benchpress_junkie on IG although we might have convinced him to change it to @that_one_leg_Monger joined the show today. Anthony is an incredible inspiration not only to people in this gym but anyone who might follow him or meet him, listen to his story about being a kid who had to make the decision to keep or amputate his leg.  Pretty amazing story and if you ask us he’s only on the first chapter of his book, we believe there is so much more to come for him.  If you don’t follow him please do, he truly is a great dude.

This is episode 19 in the Monger Mayhem podcasts but today will be episode number 1 with my Co-host Mike Delgado.  Mike has been a great addition to this gym for over a year now and we have similar styles in the way we approach lifting, coaching and programming for our athletes so it only made sense to bring him on and add his knowledge to the show.

@MongerMayhem will be our official IG page for the show so we can put up questions, polls and all the other goodies you guys want to hear us talk about plus, more guests and supporters of Iron Mongers Gym.

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BATTLE OF THE JOHNNY’S

BATTLE OF THE JOHNNY’S

Now do Alex and Rick have something to say on top of this? I’m thinking they do…

BATTLE OF THE JOHNNY’S