Undergrounder Strength Nation…. Let’s DO this!
I hope you had a powerful day yesterday…..
I had MANY obstacles to overcome yesterday as the past few days have been tough and the stress was mounting.
Was it easy? NO
Did I get it done?
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Here’s your Underground Strength Challenge for April 17, 2012
It’s ALL about the basics in this one, post your comments, weights used, etc in the comments section.
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Here are 10 Exercises that you simply can’t go wrong with (minus if you have any injuries, physical limitations, excuses, etc).
Check em’ out and decide how you can put them to use into your current training regime. You’ll also a unique video from one of my workouts this week….
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Last night was a rough workout for me…. as many of you know if you’ve been here for a while, my workouts don’t focus on solely the physical development of strength aspect but largely on the mental toughness aspect and pushing myself to greater heights.
Last night started with about 10 sets of snatches. My body felt like it was on “empty” from the get go. Once I finished my snatches, I told one of my coaches that it’s time for me to crank a “mental toughness” workout. Once I finished that first set of deadlifts I felt as if ALL my energy was sucked out.
Those are the times where you must push through…..
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Here’s your Underground Strength Workout for Monday….. or, if you’re gonna sneak in a workout today, this one can get done pretty fast, so crank it out before family festivities begin.
Add weight as the sets go on while keeping rest between each round minimal or even zero for at least a few sets.
10 Rounds
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I’ve got a question for you…..
Please drop a comment with your answer. Looking forward to hearing who and what inspires the men and ladies of Underground Strength Nation!
Peace
–Z–
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I have a high school Football Player / Wrestler who broke his hand / wrist in 8th grade. Now, he’s a sophomore and strong as hell (naturally 
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After his hand and wrist were fixed via surgery, it wasn’t quite fixed. Ironic, right?
Benching and holding horizontal weights in the hands is tough, the wrist deviates big time & causes pain no matter how strong we work the hands, wrist, grip, etc. Neutral grip barbells and dumbbells feel somewhat better and stronger.
But, when it comes to snatching a 80 lb Kettlebell, flipping a 450 lb tire, farmer walking 185 lbs each hand, dragging sleds…..
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The more I utilize dumbbells & bodyweight for my workouts as well as for teaching others how to use dumbbells & bodyweight exercises the more I realize dumbbells & bodyweight training get NO respect. If you’re looking to develop full body strength using dumbbells and a few bodyweight exercises, check these out…..
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I arrived in Austin last Friday after an early 6 am flight (which means I was up at 3 AM & on the road for 3:30 AM). This was my 3rd time in the ATX, and, thinking it would be my last time, at least for a year. I figured I’ll take a trip elsewhere for The USC Cert next year. Go somewhere else, be adventurous, right?
You see…. I’m not much of a traveler and I actually perform my best knowing I’m coming home to my family every night… my wife and my kids. Even if it’s a hectic work day, a late night, simply knowing we’re under the same roof and waking up together gives me a strength difficult to describe.
I’m asked often times to go here and there for The USC Cert, from California to Colorado, Puerto Rico to London, Costa Rica to Italy…..
But, EVERY time I’m in Austin I am fired up WAY beyond the norm. If you know me even somewhat well, you know I’m already fired up on the regular, but there’s something about Austin…. Austin Powers, that takes me from a level 20 to a level 30. And I’m talking on a scale of 1 to 10.
In a nut shell, while I’m in Austin, I feel like I’m with family. That feeling calms me down AND empowers me at the same time.
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I always tell my athletes, “Eat your push ups & pull ups for breakfast!”
You MUST be GREAT at these 2 exercises, they are the foundation for upper body strength and power and work wonders for muscle building. I recently got a copy of The Convict Conditioning Push Up Series Course and the FIRST thing that struck me was all the coaching techniques, regressions and progressions.
I am AWAYS shocked when I have athletes at my gym who trained elsewhere and they are NOT performing the push up properly, NOT 1 good rep. To me, this is a failure of the Coach and a failure of Physical Education.
How can a high school athlete be unable to perform ONE perfect push up?
Has the high school PE Teacher been that UNcaring?
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