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How to Take Charge of Your Training & Your Life

Jason Ferruggia — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:01:33 +0000

Stop worrying about shit.

It’s as simple as that.

And doing so can dramatically change your life.

Never worry about that which you cannot control.

To spend time thinking “what if,” or stressing about things that potentially may go wrong is a total waste of your time here on this planet.

If something is beyond your control there’s no use even thinking about it. Focus only on what you can control and don’t waste time worrying about anything else.

“What if my boss yells at me for trying this new approach?”

“What if this marketing campaign fails?”

“What [...]

Top 50 Old School Hip Hop Workout Songs

Jason Ferruggia — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:03:28 +0000

“After 12 I’m worse than a Gremlin, feed me hip hop and I’ll start trembling.” - Rakim

I’ve had an intense love affair with hip hop music since it’s birth. I grew up listening to Run DMC, Public Enemy, Slick Rick, LL, The Beasties and Big Daddy Kane. In the early 90’s I spent my free time mixing records on Technique 1200’s.

This is a subject I’m very passionate about and have spent decades studying. I was originally gonna simply list the top 50, but I figured that would be a cop out.

To [...]

How a Beat Up 39 Year Old Finally Got in Shape

Jason Ferruggia — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:21:11 +0000

Guest Post by Renegade Inner Circle Member, Mark Lockwood

I was stuck. I mean really stuck.

One day’s gains were next week’s losses and, by the end of the year, I was usually right back where I started.

Six years of hard training had given me good relative strength in the big lifts, but very little had changed in recent years. I was starting to wonder if at age 39 it was even possible for me to make substantial gains.

Then I stumbled onto Jay’s website and I was hooked. The guy had some [...]

Winners of the Renegade Diet Free Giveaway

Jason Ferruggia — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 18:11:18 +0000

Firstly, I want to thank all 98 people who shared their amazing stories. I know I said we were giving away five free copies of The Renegade Diet but it was too tough of a decision… So, after a group of us voted on the top stories we decided that instead of giving away five copies we’re giving away TEN printed copies. These will ship out next week as soon as we get your address. We have most of your email addresses but just to confirm if you have been [...]

10 World Champ Training Tips

Jason Ferruggia — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:05:31 +0000

The NFL season has come and gone. Here in America we are entering that great sports void that happens every year between the end of football season and the beginning of baseball season. It’s the dead of winter, there’s very little to do and neither of the two most popular sports is on TV for your viewing pleasure. A difficult time for fans, to be sure.

The good news is that gives you more time to dedicate to your training. There’s only about 16 weeks until Memorial Day weekend so there’s [...]

My Personal Journey to Hell and Back

Jason Ferruggia — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:41:22 +0000

Maybe you screwed up last year. You showed signs of weakness or lost your way.

Maybe it was your fault or maybe it wasn’t.

Maybe your dad died or you got fired or divorced.

Thing is, none of that matters now. You don’t have to forget any of the hardships you endured but you do need to leave them behind you. Sitting around thinking about what was or what could have been does no one any good.

When my step dad, Ed, died a few years ago it seemed like all I could do [...]

4 Lessons From Tim Tebow

Jason Ferruggia — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:13:46 +0000

Yesterday, the magical streak of Tim Tebow came to an end and there were a lot of happy people.

That’s because people hate Tim Tebow.

Tom Brady and the New England Patriots put a temporary end to Tebow-mania as Brady showed the youngster how the position of quarterback is meant to be played. As a result there were a lot of unhappy people.

That’s because people love Tim Tebow.

He’s a polarizing figure who, over the last few months, has become one of the biggest sports stories of the year.

Like him or hate him [...]

New Look, New Goals, New Questions

Jason Ferruggia — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:12:19 +0000

People don’t change. That’s what they say, right? But who are they? And who are you, as a free thinking Renegade to listen to them anyway?

Perhaps heeding the words of someone a bit wiser, like the great American poet, Henry Rollins would be a better idea…

“I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.”

This has been a guiding principle throughout my life; reinvention and constantly trying to better myself.

That’s what [...]

Renegade Attittude

Jason Ferruggia — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:15:28 +0000

There are thousands of people who read this site every day who will never make it to Jersey to train at Renegade. So I debated even posting this since it won’t really apply to most of you. But then I realized that no, that’s wrong. It will apply to anyone who trains hard, takes this stuff very seriously and expects the same of all around them.

I’ve mentioned my close friend, Mark Crook plenty of times before. He would be a great addition to any serious gym or group of training [...]

A Day in the Life

Jason Ferruggia — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:19:10 +0000

“I never sleep, cuz sleep is the cousin of death.” Nas- New York State of Mind

I was supposed to be Eminem. At least that’s the way I saw it back in ’88. It was my freshman year of high school and the Beastie Boys were yet to be taken seriously, so I figured I could be the first great white rapper. I practiced my rhymes all the time and just knew that within a few years I’d be on tour opening for Public Enemy. Then 3rd Bass came along and crushed [...]