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Total Performance Sports

Hardcore Gym #48
Total Performance Sports
Boston, MA

Last month we visited the well-oiled machine of Seguin Fitness and learned that Gary and Susan are great powerlifting meet directors. But we have no beef against the disorganized brutes of this world ? all hail the weak minds and strong bodies of the powerlifting and strongmen world!
To prove this point, we?ll visit Boston, MA to meet the self proclaimed human version of Homer Simpson: C.J. Murphy. C.J. Murphy runs a gym in greater Boston called Total Performance Sports. I?ll let him tell it:
I'd like to submit my gym for consideration for the Hardcore Gym of the Month in PLUSA. The gym is Total Performance Sports; you sponsored my strongman contest this summer (thanks!). We are greater Boston's only fully equipped strongman/powerlifting gym.
Here's a partial listing of what kind of toys we have: monolift, rack, reverse hyper, glute/ham, Twinstack pulldown with 300 pound stacks, 2 safety squat bars, 7 million bands, whole bunch of chains, 100 pound medicine balls, bars - cambered, buffalo, Texas power, Okie deadlift, custom 3" bar, axles, and a few I can't think of right now. We have everything you need to train strongman too - stones, boxes, tires, sleds, more logs than anyone needs, car deadlift, Viking press, Conan's wheel, farmers walk handles, 2" farmers handles, kegs, throwing weights (42 and 56), giant pieces of granite, sand bags - ouch my hand is killing me from writing all this.
Basically, if you want to get strong, this is the spot in Boston. We also have way more grip training devices than anyone needs. (Note to readers: send stories of your grip training strength to HOUSE OF PAIN!)
The gym has a regular crowd who competes in IPF, IPA, APF, USAPL, powerlifting, and NASS strongman events.
We regularly have the best names in the industry here to teach too - Tate & Wendler from EFS, Svend Karlsen, Fred Hatfield, Jack Barnathan, and more.
CJ, 7 million bands plus big heads? Count us in! We love it!
Send a little info on yourself, tell us who the gym owner is, and
all that jazz - then I'll figure out your angle. We'll be happy to
feature y'all! Seriously, what do you do with a 100# medicine ball?
We use the 100 lb ball for throws and conditioning, and to teach the
girls how to lift stones. Phone calls are easier for me for info because
I type like Homer Simpson. If that's no good for you let me know. I'll
type something up.
Murph, OK, I?ll try to call when I get caught up. What?s wrong with Homer Simpson?
I am the humAN VERSION OF hOMER SIMPSON! (Murph?s final response.)
We love Homer Simpson; and we love Murph, too! Total Performance Sports was chosen as one of the Top 20 gyms in America by Men?s Health ? but he wasn?t sure that the PLUSA crowd would appreciate that! (Kind of like wearing a nice dress to a powerlifting meet. It might be nice, but it?s still a dress?) Before you jump on him for that recognition from the weak-sister publication, check out the photos with this article ? these guys are serious!
Next month, we?ll find out where Marge Simpson trains. Or not.
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