Ask me anything by commenting to the post. I’ll be answering the questions over the next few days 
Have fun and ask away!
Dedicated to your success,
–Z–
P.S. – I get PSYCHED when I receive e mails such as these:
“Hi Zach, just wanted to let you know that thanks to some of the training tips from your site i won silver at the British amateur arm wrestling championships in the 220lb+ class, i weighed in at 245 and pulled a couple of guys much bigger than me. I’m now going to ramp up my training to make sure that i take gold next year, keep up the good work and stay strong.”
Dan Thomas
Cambridge,
England
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I’ll be checking my questions tomorrow. Tonight might be a late night
Looking forward!
–Z–
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Wow, what a night Thursday was….
Sorry for the delay on this, I’ve been pretty wiped out
since Thursday night
Stay tuned though, because I will have some cool
trip footage of my times Thursday night to be posted here on the Blog
If you haven’t heard, last Spring and Summer a film crew was recording every second of action at Joe D’s place and it was churned out and whipped into an amazing documentary.
I’m tlaking about the stuff you’ve seen in Pumping Iron, except there is more training footage and more emotion behind this.
Yep, it’s a freakin’ classic already, I loved it.
It made me laugh, almost had me crying, gave me goosebumps and really hit home as to how big of a deal it is when we can touch and change people lives by the slightest bit from our information.
Read more on a night at the movies with Joe DeFranco…
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In case I forgot (which I think I did….)
On Saturday, May 10th, at 12 Noon, I will be holding my annual LIFT Strong fundraiser, a strongman contest for my athletes who are raising money to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Feel free to come and watch. Looks like we have approx. 15 competitors attending.
This event is done out of respect and admiration for my close friend and mentor, Alwyn Cosgrove who created the product at http://LIFTstrong.com.
There is no fee to come and watch, but it would be great if you took action now and picked up your 800+ page jam packed copy at http://LIFTstrong.com.
I hope to see you there! We’re located in the same parking lot as Apollon Gym.
Our address is:
160 Talmadge Rd
Edison, NJ 08817
See you next Saturday!
In Strength,
–Z–
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This was passed on to me by a close friend and actually my first ever business coach, Jim Labadie.
Between this video and seeing Joe D’s movie premiere, things are about to radically change for me. I hope you’re on the path of finding yourself as well
Enjoy….
Filed under Success, Videos, Zach's Workouts by on May 3rd, 2008. 3 Comments.
This Saturday, our LIFT Strong fundraiser is going down.
The competition will be heated and anyone who doesn’t have the eye of the tiger is lunch meat for the rest, it’s that simple.
The training has been hard, but maybe not hard enough. You know I am ultra motivated after seeing DeFranco’s documentary and the recent video I published about “Living”.
There will be lots of spectators, remember, you’re also invited
The events will be: Read more on it’s going down!…
Filed under Announcements, Articles, Success, Zach's Workouts by on May 5th, 2008. Comment.
Wow, those were some wild days.
Back when I FIRST began taking on clients as a profession, a five bucks per hour profession none the less
I was training a few athletes from my Dad’s garage, his backyard and the local parks.
At the time, Kurt, was a high school basketball player.
His Dad owned a truck and I offered to train him all summer for free if he can help me pick up some gym equipment.
I purchased a long dumbbell rack, a chin – dip combo bar, a boat load of rusty ivanko plates and a barbell.
Good times.
I had some other tools in the garage, stuff that was confusing to me as I never used it, but my close friend used these tools like crazy and he was training everyone with them
I’m talking about stability balls and balance discs.
Read more on he trained with me in my Dad’s garage…
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Just making sure you’re deadlifting….if not, maybe this pic will motivate you.
Lift big weights off the ground, lift them overhead, pull them from the ground up, push them and pull them….squat them….
Get to work.
–Z–
PS – Wanna develop a thick, rugged, strong as hell physique? Check THIS out.
Filed under Articles, Success, Zach's Workouts by on May 6th, 2008. 1 Comment.
Got a question via e mail and wanted to share this bad boy….
Question: I own a small gym in St Louis and have recently added a few thick bars to my collection. I had a new member ask me an interesting question the other day, he wanted to know what muscles were benefiting from using a thick bar that would not benefit by using a regular size bar. He also asked if you only used the thick bar would that hurt him in the long run because he is a pitcher and a quarterback on his high school team. I told him that I would ask someone with more knowledge than I had on the subject.
Please help
DeAndtre D.
Answer:
Read more on Q & A and stories on grip strength…
Filed under Announcements, Q & A, Zach's Workouts by on May 6th, 2008. 1 Comment.
I have been getting back to my roots lately, even with my time crunched workouts, I’m hitting the underground bodybuilding methods and it’s paying off big time.
It’s amazing how quickly you can add muscle and strength when you’re putting together the right formula.
Most of the time, as you know, my workouts are rockin’ at warp speed.
I’ve been finding ways to mix bodybuilding, powerlifting, strongman and gymnastics type movements into one pot.
I guess you always go back to your roots
I was looking at my current strength on certain lifts, such as squats and benching and saw that my numbers were VERY big back when I was bodybuilding.
I squatted 455 for sets of 6 – 10, squatted 315 for 20 – 25 reps, squatted 225 for 45 – 50 reps. My bench was at 275 for sets of 6 – 8. But, now I am deadlifting 550 lbs, farmer walks with 200 lbs per hand, dragging sleds that weigh almost 400 lbs and much more.
Now the brutal combination of past and current knowledge is meshing together.
Read more on my underground bodybuilding methods…
Filed under Articles, Zach's Workouts by on May 7th, 2008. 2 Comments.
As a husband, a father, and of course, first and foremost, a son to my mother, Mother’s Day has take on new meaning to me.
It’s a BIG deal. If you’ve been reading my Blog, you know how proud I am to be a father, and how seriously I take it. Without my mother, without my wife….things would be quite different around here.
As challenging as it is to balance all of these amazing things in my life I am very, very blessed.
And, I need to make sure I kick some serious ass for my wife this Mother’s Day. She is pregnant and due in June, but feeling “early”.
Plus, she is always cooking for me and helping me keep my head on straight, because as you know all too well, I am a bit crazy….just a bit
I’m going to be reducing the price of 2 of my e books until Monday morning, 7 AM EST.
Check em out here….big savings on two bad ass e book…
http://UndergroundStrengthManual.com
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