Welcome to the Get Fit Guys quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

My name is Ben Greenfield. I'm the Get Fit Guy. And in today's episode, you're going to learn how to get very, very strong without a gym.

So I remember as a boy that one of my favorite shows to watch on television was the world's strongest man competition.

In each episode, enormous men with thighs the size of my entire body would compete in crazy events like semi-truck pulling, boulder carries, car lifting, and tire flipping.

Well, recently in the episode, Strong Man Workouts for Fat Loss, Muscle Gain, and Performance,

and I'll link to that in the show notes, by the way, over at quick and dirty tips.com.

You'll just want to look for the show notes to this episode, episode number 267.

You learn that this kind of training is not only for the strange subset of the male population

who weigh more than 300 pounds, speak with Scandinavian accents,

and have an obsession with moving heavy objects. But rather, this style of training is for anyone

who wants lean, functional, strong, athletic muscles. Now, to achieve this type of strong man

superhero-esque strength, many athletes, strength and conditioning coaches and exercise enthusiasts

will swear by heavy,

multi-joint barbell exercises like squats, deadlifts, and presses.

And while squats, deadlifts, and presses will certainly get you very strong, very fast,

these traditional lifts aren't the only way to get strong man-like strength.

Let's face it, some people just don't have access to a gym.

They can't afford a gym membership or their gym doesn't have lots of heavy lifting equipment

like barbells or big stacks of heavy plates. But as I mentioned in that original article I talked

about, you can find plenty of potent strength building equipment for free or simply lying around

in nature. Now, for example, if you live near a river, you have

instant access to plenty of smooth river stones and a huge variety of shapes and sizes. If you live

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