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A VERY Special Speaker has just been added to The Underground Strength Conference Line Up!

You will NEVER see this person speak at a conference like this, EVER.

For those who have KILLED their excuses and have decided to OWN their destiny, Prepare to hear one of the most Powerful, Straight Up Presentations EVER!

Your mind and attitude towards life, success and being a business owner is about to get Body Slammed like NEVER before.

Those who attend will be ready to Kick Ass & Take Names like NEVER before.

Excuse Makers…. move out of the way or we’re running you OVER.

Stronger Than Yesterday!!

The Underground Strength Conference

Honesty, Integrity & Ethics

NO Egos, NO A**Holes

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If you want to learn to succeed in life then you need to learn train hard. REALLY hard.

I’m talking Hard physical training that pushes the mind to the next level, making you uncomfortable…. pushing you FAR outside your comfort zone.

I’ll tell ya this much….

This style of training is NOT the best style of training to become stronger in the realm of deadlifting 500 lbs, benching 315 lbs, etc.

You MIGHT get to those numbers but that isn’t the main goal. Your main goal is the development of the mind and body at levels that are NOT the norm for most men.

These workouts or challenges often times push you to the brink…. you question WTF you’re doing, you question your performance, you question if you should have done heavy deadlifts instead of carrying a pair of 70 lb kettlebells for a 1/4 mile or some other type of crazy workout.

Sometimes you don’t make it through the workout as you hoped for or expected, in turn, you learn how to better deal with the ups and downs of life. Is this considered a “failure”?

Only YOU can answer that question. It REALLY depends on the lesson you learned and if you’re willing to take stock in what went wrong and how to correct it, coming back stronger and mentally tougher for the next time.

The science gets thrown out the window and the workout becomes a battle of will.

I’ve mentioned this MANY times before, a piece of advice given to me by a former Navy SEAL:

“The worst thing a man can do in his life is lose his edge.”

He was right.

It’s time to MTFU (Man The F**K UP).

That means you gotta do it in lifting AND life.

If you run a business, then push out of the comfort zone and create MORE success. Do you WANT MORE success? Then you must create more value for others.

Do this:

1) Drop a comment, tell us the kick ass workout you’re gonna do today or tomorrow to develop your body AND mind

2) If you’re a biz owner, push the envelope, get to The Underground Strength Conference.

Let’s DO This!

Committed To YOUR Success

–Z–

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Underground Strength Challenge: 4/23/2012

In life, sport, business…. you name it, there is ALWAYS someone better than you. There is always someone doing the little extras to get ahead of you.

That someone might be your competition in life, sport or business.

Are you doing ALL the little things, ALL the extra things, ALL the right things to get ahead of the competition, and, even more, to get ahead of yourself? Are you bettering yourself?

If not, that person doing the little extras might be the person who puts you in second place…. puts you out of business….

Often times we think we have it tough when deep down, we don’t realize we are living a life of luxury.

We think we’re working hard, until someone comes along and kicks your ass in your chosen sport or business.

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Step out of your comfort zone in life, training & business by doing one little thing today.

Strength Coaches / Fitness Trainers, don’t miss The Underground Strength Conference, details HERE

For your Underground Strength Challenge, here is one I did Saturday from my garage, passed on to you as today’s challenge:

5 Rounds, 5 reps per exercise, Heavy Weight:

A) Thick Bar Pull Ups

B) Strict Press

C) Thick Bar Pull Ups

D) Kettlebell Farmer Walks x 200′

E) Box Jumps (I used the 3 stairs in front of my house)

Drop a comment with your time and / or weight used.

If you haven’t signed up for The Underground Strength Conference, think of this. What if someone attending is a Coach in your area who will be do the extras that you’re missing out on?

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Yesterday, I saw this video and it REALLY motivated me to RUN.

You see, in high school, back when I weighed 160 or 170 lbs or less, I ran on the regular. In season wrestling runs were 4 – 5 miles every other day regardless of the freezing temps or snow. I hauled ass….. It wasn’t a slow, easy jog…. it was an all out WAR, running hard through the cold night while Metallica blared through my head phones in my Sony Walkman, circa 91′, 92′ and 93′.

After getting heavier, bigger and bigger, running became painful…. it became something I hated, and that hate for running REALLY affected me emotionally. I was very upset with myself for having this relationship with running.

Today, this video changed me. I felt calm while running. My breath was relaxed. As I ran, I envisioned the Navy SEAL in the video below, reminded myself that the body can handle 20 X more than I have been setting limits on.

Yesterday, I ran beach side with my wife while my son rode his bike. I felt good running, which almost felt weird. I was running without getting tired as I used to. I started to feel that love for the run again.

Tomorrow, my truck will be getting a new stereo, navigation and DVD player for the kids. I plan to run to every place I need to get to without the truck. I am excited.

I miss running. I will keep you posted on this journey, as I evolve, I hope you evolve as well.

Check this video out, of a Navy SEAL….

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I’m letting go of the “performance thing”…. things like “don’t do anything except sprints or you’ll be slow…..”

I’m gonna run for what it does for the mind. Plain and simple.

Today’s Underground Strength Challenge:

1) Run 1.5 miles

2) Kettlebell Snatches x 5 minutes x max reps (perform equal reps on each arm)

Please take a moment & Drop your comments on: running, this running video with Navy SEAL David Goggins, running for mental toughness and of course, drop a comment with ANY results regarding this challenge (weights, reps, time, etc.)

Hope to see you at The Underground Strength Conference!

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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?

YES….

Mission Accomplished.

I had to focus on what I wanted and where I wanted to go, what I wanted to MAKE happen and ultimately what my best outcome looked like and felt like.

VERY Important: Keep focusing & putting Your Attentions On Your Intentions

The mind is what made all the pieces come together.

What is My Commitment To YOU?

I will continue to commit to training you in the various ways of empowering your mind because the mind is what motors everything you do, fast or slow, it’s up to your mind.

Yesterday, 2 of my athletes ran from their house to the gym. This is not odd for either of them as both are highly committed
athletes, one is only  a 7th grader while the other is an 8th grader.

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BOTH of them were on their “off” days, where they can come in and train anyway they want to train. Coach Reeve calls these “Champion Workouts” – where you do the work when no one tells you to do it, ALL through your own motivation and inner drive.

Both of these boys run between 1.5 – 2.5 miles. The younger athlete, a wrestler, ran both here and back, no car ride home.

The older, a Football player & Wrestler got to work on the jump rope immediately.

The gym was crowded so he took the rope to the street, without shoes, barefoot…..

After he was done “warming up” he practiced the many bodyweight exercises we favor:

- push up variations

- hand stand holds

- pull up variations

- rope climbs

From there, he jumped in on a workout with one of our wrestlers, which, at the time was 3 rounds of farmer walks carrying 130 lb military cans filled with sand coupled with tire flips for speed….

Yes, he did this barefoot…..

Why am I sharing this story?

Because you must train your body to get uncomfortable, even if it means little by little.

It’s amazing how fast the body will adapt.

Strengthen your feet and ankles, get rid of the shoes but keep it SAFE.

Hate Running? Change WHERE you run…. today I’ll be running on the beach, next time in the park, next time in the trails.

Do you suck at a certain exercises, perhaps the squat? Then start  squatting during your warm up at least 3 x week with some added weight.

Rule of thumb: “If It’s Weak, Attack It.”

Stronger Than Yesterday.

Thank you for being a part of Underground Strength Nation.

Let’s DO this!

–Z–

PS: One of our speakers, Elliott “The Incredible” Hulse will be presenting on something very unique and powerful.

He calls it his ’4 Layers of Strength’. He shared some of his info with me and I know that learning from Elliott with his life changing lessons will be worth the small investment of The Underground Strength Conference.

You’ll notice discounts are available to Inner Circle Members along with a special link for you to gain discounted access to The Inner Circle

I’m doing ALL I can to make this event as affordable as possible but hurry because price increases SOON.

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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.

** Increase weight on each Set of trap bar deadlifts & squats **

1A) Trap DL 5 x 5

1B) ANY Back Squat 5 x 5

2) 100 Push Ups AFAP

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Post your weights / comments / times below.

Looking forward to seeing how you did.

Live The Code

–Z–

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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….

1. Squats

2. Deadlifts

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3. Barbell Snatches

4. Jumps

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5. Pull Ups

6. Push Ups

7. Rope Climbs

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8. Hanging Leg Raises

9. Hand Walking

10. ANY Ground to Overhead

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Dan John once said that if all you did was clean and press you could become awesome. As I practice the snatch I see exactly what he means. His message is of commitment. Are you committed?

11. Farmer Walks (Carry ANY Object)

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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…..

Overall, I was unsatisfied with this performance, the workout should have been completed in half the time, all sets and reps unbroken. BUT….. This is LIFE.

What if you have to go for a day without eating and at the end of the day you encounter a physical confrontation? This is why we say, “Train for LIFE!”

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Here’s your workout for today: 04-11-12

1) Snatches from Floor: 3 x 5 reps light weight, 2 x 3 reps medium weight, 3 x 2 reps heavy weight

AFAP: 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 reps

A) Bodyweight Deadlift

B) Push Ups + 20 lbs

C) Pull Ups + 20 lbs

If you need 20 lb chains, get them HERE

Post your comments, weights used, times, etc in the comments section

Let’s DO this!

Train For LIFE

–Z–

PS: Mark your calendars for June 1st and 2nd, the FIRST Underground Strength Conference is going down in NJ. Details to be announced this week.

Recommended Resources

The Underground Strength System

30 Day Trial for Underground Inner Circle

Renegade Diet

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We always hear about “old school strength” but what is it, really? Well, one thing’s for sure, we don’t see a whole lotta dumbbell training going on nowadays.

Back in the day, “old school strength” books and magazines show athletes and lifters using heavy dumbbells (dumbbells weighing 100- 200 + lbs) for movements such as:

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- Military Presses

- Snatches

- Clean & Press

- Bent Press

- Windmill

Let’s get back after these old school lifts.

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Try the “Old School Strength” Workout below using as heavy a weight as possible for at each rep range.

1A) Sandbag Power Clean x 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 reps

1B) Strict Dumbbell Military Press x 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 reps

Post the weights you used in the comments section.

If you’re pushing your work capacity and endurance, set the clock and post your time as well.

Your weights can vary with each rep range and you don’t necessarily need to choose a weight light enough to complete each rep range consecutively.

Post your weights / time in the comments section below.

Peace!

–Z–

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The Underground Strength System

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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.

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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

1A) Double Jumps x 2 (over hurdles, boxes, benches, etc)

1B) Snatch from Floor x 2

1C) Squats x 2 (use any back squat variation: sandbag, barbell, specialty bar, etc)

Doing this workout for time is optional. I prefer NOT doing it for time and focusing more on moving maximum weight with the best technique I’ve got, especially if you’re practicing snatch technique as I am.

Post your weights used in the comments and if you go for time, post your time for “10 rounds” as well.

Below are videos of our Football guys using just the jumps and squats as part of their lower body day. Adding the snatches will change this workout BIG time. The blend of jumps, olympic lifting + power lifting will make these 10 rounds feel brutal.

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Get after it

–Z–

Recommended Resources:

Underground Strength Cert in Washington

30 Day Trial Underground Inner Circle

Underground Strength System E Course

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