Do you want to be strong, or do you want to be highly conditioned?
Do you want to be explosive, or do you want to be agile, mobile and hostile?
How about training for all of these traits?
I know, many people say you must specialize to get optimal results. But, in the real world, you need everything. You gotta be “in shape”, and that means having the perfect blend of many physical traits: strength endurance, power endurance, aerobic endurance, and overall conditioning.
Finding the right balance is key, and most people don’t have the discipline to let go of what they enjoy doing, when they really need to focus on what must be done.
Can one truly blend powerlifting, strongman, metabolic conditioning, gymnastics based movements, mobility and more into an overall program?
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Training is easy when you wake up after 8 hours sleep, someone does your laundry, cooks for you, and there is all the time in the world to do what you want. Those days ended long ago for me, but, that doesn’t mean those days will never come back.
Having a Chef and a cleaning team is certainly something I plan on having, but, in the mean time, I am usually getting 5 – 6 hours of sleep per day, working from 7 am – midnight.
Training is never perfect with such a schedule, and getting strong, lean, ripped and in great condition is much more challenging, still, I have no excuses, and get it done. Lead from the front, represent, make it happen, no matter what.
Tonight, I trained for about 20 minutes with only a few hours of sleep in me. If I waited for the day that I had 8 hours sleep, all my meals in place and perfect weather then I would never “get it done”.
I took home two olympic dumbbell handles as well, adding to my collection of Kettlebells.
The basics will be covered with just these two simple tools. No worries, I’ll easily add some stones, playground workouts, calisthenics and plenty of sprints to this simple yet brutally effective mix.
What will you be doing when the often “not the right time” comes around?
In Strength,
–Z–
PS – If all you had was One Kettlebell, you could still get in ass kicking workouts by adding calistehnics and anything else mother nature could offer you and you could find. Our results prove this, because it’s what we have done for years on end!
PPS – I’ll uncover every angle of my simple, no frills training methods at The Gladiator Seminar. Are you in? Space is filling up and time is running out.
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I have been a big believer in hand walking ever since my undergrad class in Gymnastics.
My instructor was Mr. Gozales, he was an All American Wrestler and the owner of a Gymnastics school. He was ripped and rugged, built like a rock solid statue.
One of the students in my class was wrestling for the University as a freshman when Mr. Gonzales was a Senior. He told me how Mr. Gonzales would do back flips to escape from take downs and was faster than a bolt of lightning.
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OK – bring the hate mail 
Calisthenics does have its limits. But guess what, so does every other training method and tool out there.
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I have been adding a boat load of videos to The Underground.
I’m getting crazeeeeeee with these videos, let me tell ya, I can’t even keep count of how many I have been adding lately
It’s finally a way for you to see how we do things at The Underground – raw and uncut.
Our latest video is a circuit that we put many of our combat athletes through, but, it’s perfect for anyone who wants to develop some sick work capacity. You’ll see David Ellis going through the paces as he preps for the Judo Nationals, which he just placed 3rd at.
David is quite the beast – he competes in the 200 lb category yet he only weighs 185. Strength and power endurance are critical factors for so many athletes and I personally use these circuits myself.
Why do I use them? I need to get in and out of the gym with my hectic schedule….so when the wife is callin’ me for dinner, it’s time to get BUSY!
If you’re not yet a member of The Underground, just remember, it’s a small investment that equals 3 cups of coffee a month. Plus, all members get special discounts that non members are not privvy to enjoying
If you have any questions for me regarding training, ask away at the forum.
I hope to see you at The Underground soon enough!
In Strength,
Zach Even – Esh
P.S. – Many people e mail me about my own personal training, and yes, you’ll see my crazy ways on video as well. I do admit, I can get a bit hyped up and I fear I’ll blow the speakers off my little Sony Camera! ha ha
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Every Friday our ‘Gladiator Crew’ shows up to battle it out with some intense training.
A powerful mixture of powerlifting, strongman, old school bodybuilding and calisthenics are incorporated. They never know what might come next. Will it be a powerlifting focused workout, possibly tons of old school bodybuilding, or maybe an entire day of body mastery where we use nothnig but their own bodyweight?
Read more on Inside the Gladiator training program…
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On April 5th you will have the awesome experience of attending one of my hands on seminars at Notre Dame Prep in South Jersey….in a Bomb Shelter!
Tha’s right, the Notre Dame “weight room” is housed in an old bomb shelter, and the place is HUGE!
There is a turf track, a wrestling mat, a HUGE weight room, endless kettlebells and sandbags and tons of free weights!. On the Football field there are tractor tires and more strongman toys…
Who knows what we’ll use or what we’ll reveal, only you can find out on April 5th.
Space is limited and starting to run low as I’ve just spoken to one of my co-presenters, Pamela MacElree. Her and Jason C. Brown will be tearing up the floor along side of me.
See you soon!
Details are here: http://www.crossfitphilly.com/Events.html
Dedicated to your success,
Zach Even – Esh
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Have you ever heard of Herschel Walker?
If you’ve read my Blog for the past year, you certainly have.
Pull ups, push ups, sit ups – hundreds and even thousands of reps every day…..
Sprinting with a tire and rope strapped around his waist….
Hill Sprints…
Throw in some power cleans…
We have quite the recipe for amazing strength, speed, conditioning and mental toughness….
That is a list of 5 exercises. Work the heck out of them for the next 2 months, or maybe the next 3 months, or how about from now until September 1st? Will you commit yourself to kicking the crap out of those few exercises and working harder than ever before on them, aiming to get an extra rep or an extra 5 lbs added to the bar every week?
The consistency and die hard dedication is what most people lack. So, I say remove the complication and go hard with the list above.
It will work, you just have to put in the time. Plain and simple.
Dedicated to your success,
Zach Even – Esh
P.S. – I have always loved plain and simple. Herschel Walker would have loved This Training Kit!
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