As founder of www.MyTrainer.com, I get around to a number of training facilities and because I learn so much about training, I like to try many different forms. For starters, the cross training and social benefits are awesome, and I have always found that various forms of fitness build on each other.

Well, recently, I met up with an old friend and we starting training together at what was at one time a rival gym to one that I owned here in new Jersey; it’s called Diamond Gym; one of the most authentically hard core training facilities in the country.

The exercise machines, I’m not kidding (and to it’s credit) have not been replaced in some 30 years. It’s hard core. Yes they now have a second floor that has everything from cardio equipment to step aerobics, but the main floor is like muscle beach. Just like my old gym with body building pictures everywhere, including Arnold!

I haven’t been in a gym like this in 15 years, at least, maybe more. I used to be a competitive bodybuilder and when I was done, I was DONE!

But never say never, or forget your roots. These are my roots and this is the kind of place where I first learned how to train. And how wonderful it was to train like I used to.

For now, this feels right, because exercise and training is always about much more than exercise and training; it’s about the social, psychological and personal development that comes with it. Always remember this!

This training is right for all those aspects of my life right now, including the full circle experience that comes with it. It has enlivened, awakened a part of me, that can only come out in a place like this. If you’ve never experienced coming into a gym like this, just for the heck of it, try it, even it your conscious mind says "that’s not for me".

The people are wonderful, no matter how big or intimidating (looking) they may be. They are people, and they respect you no matter what you’re experience or size. They will help you I’m sure.

It will also bring something out in you; something you may have never experienced before. Like say… the animal that you are.

Here are a few video’s of my recent training experience. 
 

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 John Allen Mollenhauer is the creator of Fit For Power a Performance Lifestyle Solutions, the better healthier, more successful ways to achieve your goals in life, business and sport. As a former worn down workaholic turned Healthy High Achiever, John Allen (aka “JAM”) will teach you how to Live Like a Pro, optimizing your lifestyle the way athletes do for better results. He is the creator of the Healthy High Achiever – Unleash the Full Potential of Your Lifestyle to Perform, Look and Feel Better!