Bud Jeffries

Bud Jeffries is a professional performing strongman, Lifetime Drug Free World Champion Powerlifter, strength coach, author and motivational speaker. He has written nine books and produced over 30 DVD titles on different styles of training and motivation. Bud began his strength training at the age of 14 while training as a high school football player. He quickly was setting local, state, regional and national records. He began speaking at churches using feats of strength as part of his demonstration at the age of 17. A walk-on offensive lineman for the University of Florida gators he continued his strength pursuits in powerlifting, strongman, Highland Games, and as an MMA fighter. In 2000, Jeffries wrote his first book, "How to Squat 900lbs without Drugs, Powersuits or Knee Wraps," detailing his pursuit of a drug free 1,000lb squat. Quickly followed by Twisted Conditioning and Twisted Conditioning 2 - Training which showed how to combine strongman, bodyweight, and traditional weightlifting for an all around fitness. Other books followed including Strength & Endurance for Martial Arts, How to Have Your Most Amazing Life, Maximum Functional Mass and I Will Be Iron - the book which documents his 120lb weight loss utilizing his normal training methods and intelligent, clean foods. Bud toured the US from 2010 till 2014 doing anti-bullying assemblies for schools as a single performer speaking to over 300,000 students, performing over 1,000 shows across the nation in 44 states. Utilizing different feats of strength as object lessons he would speak on his life, having a purpose, believing in one's self, and that the strongest thing we can ever do is to stand up for others. Bud's ability to move the weight and implements he does is nothing short of miraculous as on three separate occasions in his life doctors said he would never be able to walk again let alone, survive. His mother's obstetrician recommended she have an abortion due to her exposure to measles during her pregnancy. He warned her the baby would most likely be still born, but at minimum blind and disfigured. Born via emergency c-section after fetal heart monitors indicated no heartbeat, Bud's health was perfect. Struck and run over by a speeding van at the age of five, which fractured his thigh at the hip as well as his skull, his parents were told he would most likely not walk again and one leg would be shorter than the other. Spending a month in the hospital and three months in a body cast and finding he could in fact walk, his mother enrolled him in Tae Kwon Do as a strengthening and rehabilitation activity. This training became a catalyst for his interest in physical fitness. At the age of 17 while driving his car, another driver ran a stop sign, impacting Bud's driver's side door, sending the car through the intersection, over a ditch and into a telephone pole, snapping it in half. Bud was thrown forward, his head breaking the windshield of the vehicle leaving him unconscious. His parents were told he would most likely not survive, yet he walked out of the hospital just six hours later with only a broken nose and a concussion. Bud's pursuit of strength, wellness, health and positive mental focus are the building blocks of his life, which he chooses to share with others that they too may have their best possible journey. He prefers outside-of-the-box training that incorporates multiple skills of strength, balance, endurance and coordination as well as fun. He chooses an all around balanced approach knowing that no discipline of strength or fitness is more important than the other, but that they all work together for the greatest overall success. Bud uses his platform of strength and demonstration to help bring awareness to the non-profit he and his wife, Heather, built, "Noah's Army Foundation," in memory of their 21 year-old son. Noah passed from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in October of 2017. He lived his life with a dedication to others and always in pursuit of excellence. Bud and Heather chose to create the foundation so Noah's spirit of kindness and helping could live on in their community towards causes Noah was passionate about and benefiting those who Noah planned to live his life as - a first responder. The foundation is dedicated to first responders, helping women in crisis leaving domestic violence, as well as developing a music program for children in long-term health care.