As a Strength Coach you MUST have a commitment to your students / athletes. Your commitment to helping others succeed will lead to your commitment to seeking greater knowledge. You will always want to better yourself. Bettering yourself leads to bettering others.
Your commitment to your students will help you rise above when you’re feeling tired, having a bad day, your girlfriend or boyfriend dumped you, etc. That’s what commitment is – putting someone else at a priority level that trumps all else.
If you’re tired, no one should know. Problems with a loved one? Oh well, hide it, swallow it, be strong & solve it. It’s not anyone’s problem but your own. It’s time to GIVE to your students…. give em’ ALL you got… then give some more.
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Here’s a compilation of squat workouts and videos from The Underground. Throw some weight on your back or somewhere on your body, KIDS!
Take a minute and drop your thoughts or comments below!
In Strength,
-Z-
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My workouts have been going VERY good lately and after this past weekend’s seminar at my gym with Mark Bell and Jesse Burdick I have a gained a BIG time greater amount of knowledge AND respect for powerlifting and getting stronger and more explosive.
I have many more videos to share regarding last weekend’s powerlifting seminar so hang tight for these 
This seminar seriously blew me away. The amount of knowledge I gained during my first 3 hours was awe inspiring. Jesse Burdick coached me and a crew through speed squats and then some heavy deadlifts during our first workout. EVERYONE was hitting PRs left and right, either in strength, speed or BOTH.
After 22 years of training, I NEVER felt like I knew it all or knew enough about training, I was ALWAYS hunting for more and better info for myself and my athletes. When Jesse and Mark spoke I listened to them as if I was a rank beginner, and, compared to their knowledge, I was! I asked over 50 questions on the first day. I couldn’t learn enough!
Ironically, I contacted a good 30 or 40 coaches throughout NJ, NYC and Pa regarding this seminar and NONE of them even replied to my e mails. I find it strange and somewhat annoying that Strength Coaches are not interested in learning how to become stronger from 2 world class coaches? Something about Strength Coaches not wanting to learn from two experts regarding strength, speed / power and training methods confuses me.
After all, if you’re a Strength Coach, Strength should be respected, right?
I get pissed when I see people NOT respecting strength, experts of strength or the tools of strength.
Strength Coaches should know and study from men like Ed Coan, Louie Simmons, Kirk Kaworski, Bill Seno, Mark Bell, Pavel, Marty Gallagher, etc. Educating yourself on training is similar to the approach you take towards training in general – consistency. You train regularly, you should also learn regularly.
You can learn TONS from watching video footage of people training: olympic lifters, powerlifters, etc. What can you learn from this video of Ed Coan, below? TONS. What about the inspiration that comes from this video?? TONS!!!
I can learn from anything: books, videos, seminars, phone conversations, e mails, etc. If you’re serious about breaking records and gaining strength then you should find a way to learn like this as well.
It’s time for strength to gain it’s respect once again. If you’re considering yourself a Strength Coach then you need to learn how to become strong and explosive. Period.
All this lack of respect began in the mid 90s, when fitness came onto the scene. Soon, there were skinny guys 
on magazines who weighed 140 lbs sporting abs. Somewhere along the way being weak with 6 pack abs became the “In” thing for a large crew of people.
Hardcore gym owners somehow lost their brains and shut down their gyms thinking hardcore was over, BUT, they were WRONG. Hardcore strength addicts had nowhere to go, I was 18 or 19 years old when this happened, and I was left to find my own community because I felt alone and like odd ball out inside of a gym packed with people who looked at you strange because I was constantly chasing MORE strength and MORE muscle. Those who left either stopped training altogether or they built garage and basement gyms.
Heavy barbells and dumbbells, power racks for squats, benching and deadlifts. Dip stands and pull up bars. NOTHING fancy, just a burning desire to get strong as hell and jaaaazzzaaaaacked!
I’m sure the resourceful guys went to scrap yards to pick up anvils, used free weights and car axles for deadlifting with tires on each end.
If you respect strength, I’m proud of you! I’m disappointed in myself for being disappointed at the “Strength Fitness Coaches” for not even attempting to learn about strength. This seminar blew my mind and motivated the heck out of me!!
Now it’s time to pass on the great info to my athletes and Undergrounders around the world.
More videos to come, just wait and see!
Please leave your comments below, looking forward!
In Strength,
–Z–
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If you’re not training to become stronger, bigger, faster, leaner, meaner and tougher than yesterday than what the hell are you doing taking up space and breathing in the very air that Gladiators need!?
Every day you need to be better than yesterday.
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Martin Rooney and I talk about what life is like as a Strength Coach and give you a preview of what’s about to go down with “The Human Crane”.
Check the video and pay attention….
When I saw Martin box squat 405 for the easy reps it made me re-think and realize the carry over his training has towards his absolute strength.
I’ve seen Martin Bench Press 315 for a solid 6 reps and he weighs around 200 lbs, lean and mean.
The regular practice of sprints and bodyweight training have had a tremendous carry over to his strength, and these are NOT just my observations only. Martin told me that from doing all his push up variations and other challenging bodyweight movements so often they have a tremendous carry over to his powerlifting.
I have experienced the same effect so NEVER neglect the importance of attacking and mastering the challenging bodyweight exercises.
Lead from the FRONT or get the Hell out of the Way!
–Z–
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Filed under Announcements, Articles, Calendar, Q & A, Strength Building, Success, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Zach's Workouts, muscle building by on Apr 25th, 2010. 7 Comments.
My homeboy Joe DeFranco said this about The Prowler:
“This thing has kicked more ass than Randy Couture”
How true he is.
This workout was nuts. 10 dude blasting away on box squats.
Then, as the atmosphere was getting crazier and crazier, I had to unleash the beasts and get them outside, regardless of the cold.
They were game, so off we went.
I had no predetermined sets or time limit.
We would go until someone quit or vomited.
Watch and see what or which happens first!
Kill it!
–Coach Z–
PS: This JUST in! Pat Rigsby told me that he and a few other bruddahs from http://GetProGrade.com would be down for sponsoring slightly over 1/2 the tuition for 2 peeps who wanna attend this weekend’s Underground Strength Coach Certification. That means you 2 peeps will have the opportunity to explain why they should be chosen for this sponsorship and will have 2 payment of $ 250, rather than 6 payments of $ 199. Stay tuned for video on this manana.
PPS: This week (Wednesday or Thursday) I will announce the resale rights to the 5 DVD Set of Bodyweight Training DVDs. I will announce slightly earlier via http://twitter.com/zevenesh
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