Since the explosion of the internet and the fancy shmancy gyms that have been popping up on every corner of every town, notice how everyone struggles with results?

You shoulda seen the gym Lou Ferrigno trained in when he was in Brooklyn, preparing to compete against Arnold. Oh man, what a little dungeon that was, with barely any room to move…..

Barbells and dumbbells and what else???

Come on, you know the deal….

sweat, blood, blistering effort, intensity…..

This is what training is about…. going in there and getting it done and not fearing what may happen to you.
You block out the pain, block out the sacrifice and focus on beating your previous best.

I kid you not, get yourself an old barbell from e bay or craigs list, some used dumbbells and then go to town on them!

You’ll freak people out with the speed you’ll slap on muscle and gain strength.

Kill it!

–Coach Z–

P.S. - This is the course I follow when it’s barbells, dumbbells and bodyweight only. Nothing fancy, you don’t even need a bench for this! Check it out HERE!

This was my latest article from http://Elitefts.com

The title….. ‘NO Respect? Go to the Bsement!’

It’s been pissing many off but making more people happy that  said what I said.

Figured I’d leave this gem right here for you to read, enjoy and feel to free to comment and share with others you know

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Above, 1 arm high pulls with a 150 lb Globe dumbbell.  

Strength training seems to teeter totter between ultra basic to ultra fancy and then back to ultra basic.

Fancy never worked too good, yet people cry and moan when they see the basics are encouraged. They then claim they were the originators of these basics whether it’s with a barbell, a sandbag a stone or a variation of certain bodyweight exercises.

I have books from the 1800’s with all of this information. It is powerful, powerful stuff. It’s powerful because I use and so do my clients.

Still, I’m hungry to learn more. So today, i took part in Day 1 of Valery Fedorenko’s American Kettlebell Club Certification. Valery is a world champion in Girevoy Sport, aka, Kettlebell Lifting.

Now, although he is a world champion, he still has a Coach. And, although he is a world champion, he utilizes ONLY the basics to improve his lifts. Why the basics? You know the answer: They Work!

I have also said this before: Everyone knows how to bench press, squat and deadlift, yet VERY few are moving hundreds and hundreds of pounds in these lifts. The basics can be tweaked and combined with other movements to increase your results dramatically.

The magic of program design is critical, but more importantly is your desire and determination combined with your discipline to keep working those basics over and over again.

The complainers of basics who bed for fancy training will always be talkers and skinny, those with the grit and determination to sweat and get under the bar will rise to the top.

Which one are you?

In Strength,

Zach Even - Esh

P.S. - The ultra basics can be found here. They work, but they also require VERY hard work.