Check out Part II of my interrogation with Vince DelMonte below..
Vince: What do you mean when you say stuff like, “I’ll help you slap on rugged muscle…”
Zach - Rugged muscles comes from the old school movements that so many people miss out on, especially in these fancy gyms. Look at the bodybuilders from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. They had that rugged, chiseled look that came from an intense focus on the basic lifts with heavy loads. Today’s bodybuilders are puffy and bloated.
Vince:: If I could only train 3-4 x a week for 15 minutes, what would the workout look like?
Zach: Start with a good warm up and then get going with a heavy “core” lift, which simply means a serious compound lift such as the deadlift or the dumbbell clean and press. After a few hard sets in the 3 – 8 rep range, crank out some supersets that are push / pull movements for the upper body or for quads / hamstrings.
So for upper body we could start with the 1 arm dumbbell clean and press, followed by supersets of mixed grip pull ups and weighted push ups non stop for the next 7 – 8 minutes.
Vince: You’re all about getting STRONG STRONG STRONG. Why is this so important? What if I hate lifting heavy weights?
Zach- being strong is a critical way to adding muscle. If you want to add muscle, your muscles must be forced OUT of their comfort zone. You can’t add muscle just with pump weights. If you hate lifting heavy you will not develop that look of a Gladiator, that look of raw power.
In addition, the mental edge it will give you knowing that you are stronger and tougher than the next guy is a BIG plus.
Vince: Quick glimpse of your personal life if you don’t mind – why were you inspired to make Real Man Muscle Building/
Zach: I work a full time job, run a gym and run my internet business. I’m also a husband and a father of two. I MUST represent for my family and children that being a man means being strong, fit, healthy and hard working. I don’t feel “right” if I was the typical weak, soft and flabby Dad. That is embarrassing, plain and simple!
Vince: How your workouts COMPLETELY different than all the other options out there?
Zach: I have removed all the fancy, scientific mumbo jumbo and taken the complications out of these workouts. There are WAY too many overly scientific workout programs that do little to nothing for getting results.
Vince: Who would you disqualify from using your workouts immediately?
Zach: Anyone who doesn’t want to work hard.
Vince: Share some final insights on your philosophy on nutrition and supplements?
Zach: I’m not a big fan of supplements. A great multi vitamin, some extra vitamind C throughout the day and some calcium at night before bed. The rest must come from high quality nutrition. I suggest laying low on milk, breads and dairy. Focus on quality protein from meats and fish and maybe a daily meal replacement shake. 1 salad a day, fruits and veggies scattered throughout the entire day and tons of water.
It looks great on paper, but most people don’t keep their house stocked with enough quality foods, or, they don’t cook in quantity which leads to irrational choices for eating.
Eat 5 meals per day:
1) breakfast
2) lunch
3) mid afternoon meal
4) dinner
5) late evening meal
For more muscle building info for the busy man, using dumbbells and bodyweight (I’m tlaking HEAVY sh*t, nothing light) then check out http://REALManMuscle.com
The extra videos are being removed tomorrow night, midnight, EST.
Time to step it up and kill it!
–Z–
Busy Man Muscle Building + Hard Core Videos HERE
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Filed under Announcements, Articles, Q & A, Strength Building, Success, muscle building by on Mar 12th, 2009. Comment. 
Man, if there is 1 thing engrained into my DNA, it must be that I LOVE to train hard & heavy.
But, lately, I’ve been straying away from the heavy barbell, rocking the dumbbells, kettlebells and bodyweight a lot more.
I’m feeling healthier, and still strong as a mofo.
It doesn’t make me feel good when my back is so f**ked up that it hurts to change diapers.
As I grow, I evolve.
Does this mean I will never touch a barbell again? Hells NO!
I still use them, but I am finding “other” ways.
Check out the video below…
The complex above is one I sometimes hit, and often times heavier, like 225 – 275.
Lately, the dumbbells and kettlebells have been getting abused by me 
Till the next time, Kill it!
–Z–
PS: Until Friday, Midnight, I am offering some hard core, bad ass videos as a bonus to http://REALManMuscle.com – a strength training system I evolved into as life became busier and busier as a father, husband and biz owner. You will Love these Bonus Videos and all the hard hitting content inside the training manuals.
Check it out & get your Bonus Videos.
Kill it!
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Since the explosion of the internet and the fancy shmancy gyms that have been popping up on every corner of every town, notice how everyone struggles with results?
You shoulda seen the gym Lou Ferrigno trained in when he was in Brooklyn, preparing to compete against Arnold. Oh man, what a little dungeon that was, with barely any room to move…..
Barbells and dumbbells and what else???
Come on, you know the deal….
sweat, blood, blistering effort, intensity…..
This is what training is about…. going in there and getting it done and not fearing what may happen to you.
You block out the pain, block out the sacrifice and focus on beating your previous best.
I kid you not, get yourself an old barbell from e bay or craigs list, some used dumbbells and then go to town on them!
You’ll freak people out with the speed you’ll slap on muscle and gain strength.
Kill it!
–Coach Z–
P.S. - This is the course I follow when it’s barbells, dumbbells and bodyweight only. Nothing fancy, you don’t even need a bench for this! Check it out HERE!
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Wow, those were some wild days.
Back when I FIRST began taking on clients as a profession, a five bucks per hour profession none the less
I was training a few athletes from my Dad’s garage, his backyard and the local parks.
At the time, Kurt, was a high school basketball player.
His Dad owned a truck and I offered to train him all summer for free if he can help me pick up some gym equipment.
I purchased a long dumbbell rack, a chin – dip combo bar, a boat load of rusty ivanko plates and a barbell.
Good times.
I had some other tools in the garage, stuff that was confusing to me as I never used it, but my close friend used these tools like crazy and he was training everyone with them
I’m talking about stability balls and balance discs.
Read more on he trained with me in my Dad’s garage…
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There is a myth behind the term “functional strength”.
Back in the day it was all about balancing on a ball,
a wobble board or anything unstable.
Nowadays it’s all about kettlebells.
When I think about “functional strength” it means
one thing to me and that is my ability to display
strength regardless of the situation I am in.
I want to be able to lift big…that means
being able to squat, deadlift and olympic
lift heavy weights. I want to be able to
flip 600 lb tires with ease, sprint up a hill
faster than all heck, and be able to kick
ass and take names if a bar fight breaks out.
Read more on the functional training myth…
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Time for some action.
Time to do it your way, finally, not anyone else’s way.
Seriously. Stop doing what you see everyone else doing. Stop copying the concentration curls, the lat pull downs, the smith machine presses….everything performed seated of course.
Every workout does NOT have to be the perfect balance of push / pull, or upper / lower body work.
Who ever said that everything must be in total harmony and balance is full of it. Ask the guys in the pen about balance and instead they’ll tell you about benching, curling and doing sit ups every single day. They’re also stronger than the majority of gym goers I have ever run into!
Breaking the rules is what leads to success very often in performance. Notice I didn’t say all the time, absolutes are impossible to come by.
I’m talking human performance and business performance. Not the type of legal rules that can put you in jail so stop making excuses before we even get you to break ONE rule.
STOP training like a pussy, plain and simple.
It’s time to rebel, to break the rules and to train like a Gladiator.
This is how Underground training was birthed….
Read more on the trail blazer…
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We haven’t been following a ton of rules here at The Underground. This is a BIG reason why our clients are developing in strength and muscle so quickly.
Compare our style of training with the typical program that has light dumbbell curls, lat pull downs, crunches and calf raises to someone flipping tires, hoisting heavy barbells overhead, deadlifting and squatting hundreds of pounds – it’s no secret why the old school program works better than today’s “powder puff” workouts.
Sometimes all we do is press weights overhead, from the ground to over our heads on every single rep of every single set, using different implements every few sets.
Start with a barbell for a few sets, then some kettlebells, next up…an anvil, next up might be some old round head dumbbells, next might be sandbags…..on and on, ripping weights from the ground to overhead, pushing the body into foreign territory.
The mind and body will let you go where ever you desire, so push past your limits, soar to new heights and demand more of yourself.
Go get em’!
In Strength,
Zach Even – Esh
P.S. – Wanna take your training to new heights, see how break ALL the rules HERE!
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