Well, lots of trash talking going on here, ha ha, just what I expected

I need to step up my game and crush some of you BIG mouths! muahahahahaha

Watch me prepare!

Going back to my roots: hard core, old school, gladiator style workouts!

Comment below and let us know how your training is going!

Kill it!

–Coach Z–

PS: Wanna see my blue print for developing brute strength? Check it out at http://UndergroundStrengthManual.com

OK, before we roll with the videos, a quick announcement.

The Lost Secrets of Strength Development Seminar sold out in 48 minutes!

Action takers and passionate iron junkies moved asap while procrastinators have been sending in e mails and making phone calls with hopes of bribery - NO such luck

The world wide pull up contest that was announced has REALLY fired some people up.

The trash talkin’ is definitely ON!

The freaks are OUT!

The Rules needed some clarification so we’ll get really tight here:

1) Chin must clear the bar

2) Overhand grip

3) NO kipping

4) Weight classes: over / under 205 lbs

5) Categories: Men / Women. Women have one weight class, sorry

6) Friday, November 14th all videos must be submitted via response to a blog post I will be making on November 14th. Simply include your link via you tube with the video title being ‘Underground Pull Up Contest with ___________ (your name).

7) Have FUN! I hope I didn’t need to list # 7, but some people cry and complain about everything. Just have fun and look to break your records.

OK, now, Joe DeFranco sent me two videos, and man am I hyped like a mofo! I don’t think I have been this hyped since watching the WPO at The Arnold 2 years ago!

Watch these 2 videos, and, do NOT be discouraged, instead, be Motivated and aim to Kill it more than ever!

If you’re not fired up now, more than ever, then check your pulse!

It’s time to Kill it!

–Coach Z–

PS: If you did not make it into our Lost Secrets of Strength Development Seminar, the next best thing to learn from Joe and I is to check out http://UndergroundStrengthManual.com - it’s all about developing Brute Strength, so come get some!

Wanna see how I kill it on the grill?

Check out this vid, Martha Stewart got nothing on me!

If you’re a vegetarian don’t hate me

To each their own

If you want to compliment your caveman diet with some caveman / Gladiator style training, then click HERE and start killing it.

–Coach Z–

PS: Stay tuned and pay very close attention to a BIG, BIg announcement for a seminar I’ll be doing here in NJ. It’s my last bash of 08′, my November certification sold out and this seminar will VERY likely sell out in 24 hrs, I kid you not, it will sell out that FAST!

This latest video I take you inside my mind (don’t remind me, I already know I’m crazy) and I show you the old school bodybuilding basics that deliver freakish results.

—> http://www.undergroundstrengthcoach.com/public/475.cfm

I also talk about what I learned in the state prison..

The movements I used back when I quit going to commercial gyms and packed on more muscle than ever before.

It’s all here:

===> http://www.undergroundstrengthcoach.com/public/475.cfm

It’s all F-R-E-E

And, it’s freaking 15 minutes of killer info.

Tell all you friends about this video if you really want to thank me and show some luv

OK, time to chow down some chicken and rice…

till the next time,

Kill it!

–Coach Z–

====> http://www.undergroundstrengthcoach.com/public/475.cfm

PS: Tomorrow I have a special message for you, stay tuned, you don’t wanna miss it.

I’m going back to my roots, let’s see what the heck happens!

I’ll be recording as many of these old school, golden era bodybuilding workouts as possible for you to see.

Let me know what you think of the Golden Era…those were the days

Kill it!

–Coach Z–

Holy cow, there has been an insane response to creating the most intense 15 minute workouts.

I am really up S**t’s creek trying to pick the best one, it is near imposisble, I have really painted myself in a corner this time, ha ha!

I am really digging Dave Morgan’s beastly workout, and at the young age of 60, this man is a frightening beast. Dave is post number 9.

Then we have number 46, Steve McElroy, tearing it up in his basement and making anyone struggle through this simple yet brutal circuit!

Workout 47, by Parker, reminds me of something I read in a 1940’s Strength & Health Magazine, LOVE IT!

And workout 58, Kirsten Gobel, what a crazy girl she is, pushing a prowler with a sled attached to her waist and 100′ rope pulls.

I am gonna have to pick the numero uno from the list above, but, does that mean the other 71 workouts go without a prize?

I think not

I have an idea for all of you, but, my tech skills are not all that geeky supreme, so, I will figure it out and make it happen for you guys.

Thank you BIG time for all the wonderful responses.

If you’re short on ideas, get back to the blog and test drive one of those beastly workouts.

Gotta run for now, I have a BIG power lunch with someone in 2 hours.

Kill it,

–Coach Z–

P.S. - Don’t forget, November 1st and 2nd the 3rd Underground Strength Coach Certification is on. If you want in, read the web site first at http://combatgrappler.com/coach.html - then, e mail me for an interview.

Wanna get bigger? Wanna look rugged, lean and mean?

Then you better plan on getting stronger, period.

Heavy weights, low to moderate reps, some high rep sets here and there, lots of quality food, quality rest, basics, basics, basics.

So many people wonder why they aren’t getting the results they want, and I always laugh because even though I tell them how, they still have excuses.

They look at one of our freaks at The Underground Strength Gymnasium, Curls, and they think he has special genetics and some sort of secret weapon.

Let me tell you this….

I have known Curls since he was in 4th grade. He was a chubby kid with the LEAST athletic potential. In tag games he was usually tagged first. He couldn’t do 1 good push up.

In middle school, he bagn thinning out, getting taller and performing lots of calisthenics on his own as well as playing various sports: Football, Basketball, Soccer and Track and Field.

He hit the weights HARD in high school. Harder than everyone else.

He joined The Underground when we were in the garage and field, and when he wasn’t training at The Underground, he was training at the high school, running stairs, doing pull ups on soccer goal posts or tree branches in the park. At night he did push ups.

He never skipped breakfast, or any meal for that matter. He brought protein bars to school to eat in between classes.

Today, Curls trains with the furey of a mad man. He can move BIG weight AND move at a VERY fast pace. A pace that makes others run to the designated “puke spot” around the corner of our gym.

That’s one story of a guy who had the least potential and is now the strongest guy in our gym and on his team (and that was as a Freshman in college!).

If you have excuses, then you’ll never build strength or muscle the way you want to.

Less talk, a lot more action = building a lot of strength and a lot of muscle.

You choose.

In Strength,

–Zach–

P.S. - See how we build freaky strength and muscle with our Underground Methods. We don’t mess around.

Today, I feel like I have trained all day.

From the running of the hills with my daughter in her jogger, to a short yet powerful dumbbell workout in my backyard, to the unplanned full body work I did today at my Underground Strength Gymnasium.

Here’s what I did today with my buddy Grif.

Grif warmed up with 2 sets of sled drags and then began squatting. I didn’t plan on training but after his squats began the barbell forward lunge, so I decided to jump in.

We hit barbell forward lunges for 3 x 6 each leg.

next was a Kettlebell superset:

2A) double Kettlebell swings 2 x 6

2B) double Kettlebell cleans 2 x 6

I worked up to double 88 lb Kettlebells on my last superset.

After the Kettlebell work I hit one set on the sled and one set on the prowler.

People underestimate the power of unilateral leg work and Kettlebell training.

Unilateral leg training is awesome for lower body strength and adding muscle.

Kettlebell training is great for countless reasons, but for the superset I performed, we’re working grip, hitting the lower back and hamstrings heavily and developing tremendous hip and lower body power.

After the sled and prowler work I finished with 100 reps of bodyweight pushing exercises broken down like so:

push ups x 50 in a row

rest 60 seconds

push ups on parallel handles x 25

followed by 15 dips and 10 push ups on the gymnastics rings

Before I went home I hit 4 sets of mixed grip pull ups for 10 reps each and a few sets of power wheel roll outs for 6 reps each.

What a day and what a workout!

Feels good to grind out some serious training!

Most days I am waaaaay too busy for these workouts, but I was lucky and got them in today! REALLY lucky!

Now its your turn!

Go get em’! Attack whatever you do!

In Strength,

–Zach–

P.S. - If you like seeing these workouts, I post all our workouts on The Underground Forum on an almost daily basis! Click HERE and get in on the action!

My gym, The Underground Strength Gymnasium, is connected to an auto garage. On the side of that garage, the owner throws old tires away. Some with the wheel still intact, others just the tire. I snagged a few and helped guys make these tires into sleds. They were happy

Can you build muscle and build strength through the use of things you might find in a junk yard?

You better believe it.

 Check out the video below and fast forward to the 1 minute mark. I am not too fond of the partial reps and pump training this fighter does, although he can kick my ass

Many athletes are successful in spite of their training methods because of their high skill levels.

There are many incomplete and / or incorrect training programs, and for any athlete, the partial reps and light pump training is what I wouldn’t want to see, unless it was a deload session.

The explosive work with the tire in this video is some really good stuff.

You can do this with a light kettlebell as well.

Check out the video and pay attention to how you can get in some tire training or any other form of Underground Strength Training to deliver ass kickin’ results.

In Strength,

–Zach–

P.S. - When my athletes stopped following the traditional workouts most people use in gyms today, their results exploded. I want you to learn these methods, either through the up and coming Gladiator Seminar, or through Underground Strength Coach.

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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