Dhani Jones used to train with my homeboy Joe DeFranco....in a storage closet and sometimes outdoors on a Football field, flipping 600 + lb tires and throwing around Kegs. Today, Dhani Jones has his own TV show and "Tackles the Globe" while competing in the respective country's sport, many of which are combat sports. Check out some footage of Dhani below, and, notice how much of his preparation for each sport requires some unorthodox methods - combining these Underground methods with his … [Read more...]
Crankin' the Bodyweight Training with Joel Marion, Body for Life Champion
Ya gotta love bodyweight exercises - ALL of them. You can do them anywhere, anyplace, anytime. Push Ups are a bodyweight exercise I LOVE! Watch the Video below and then I have a CRAZY story for you regarding push ups and other bodyweight exercises.... That's the end of my quick workout with Joel Marion. It was at the end of a loooong night and Joel has been cranking away with his Underground Nutrition Tips so I KNEW that a fast and furious bodyweight workout would get the juices … [Read more...]
Episode # 130: Training with Sandbags, Powerlifting and Bodyweight
Everything is just a tool. The barbell will always be the King of the weight room, but man do I LOVE heavy dumbbell work. Heavy sandbag training is awesome as well. Explosive bodyweight drills can't be denied either. Check out one of our athletes, CJ Hart, 16 years young, a Football Player and Wrestler. Box Squat 385 x 2 (barefoot) 130 lb Sandbag Clean & Press x 6 easy reps Pull Ups on Steel Beam for the added grip strength challenge I have mentioned many times before about those … [Read more...]
Lost Secrets of Strength Seminar is OPEN!
Lost Secrets of Strength Seminar II is Open The Most Bad Ass Strength & Conditioning Seminar You Will Ever Attend! Check out a Highlight Reel from The 2008 Lost Secrets of Strength Seminar Registration is finally open for The Lost Secrets of Strength. Please remember: Last time we accepted 20 people and the seminar sold out in 45 minutes. It's time to stop making excuses and start making shit happen! If the sign up link does not work, it means you procrastinated and waited too long and … [Read more...]
Lost Secrets of Strength Seminar Returns!
OK, BIG News...watch the videos below and mark your calendar for Thursday, April 9th at 9 AM EST Joe DeFranco and I are gonna light up the state of NJ with the energy that's gonna bust out of this seminar! Watch the Announcement below! Watch a highlight from the FIRST Lost Secrets of Strength Seminar! OK, you know the dealio now. 15 people, first 15 in and then i will shut down the Sign Up Link. We'll grab lunch together at a REAL Italian Pizzaria with great food. Training will be in the … [Read more...]
Power Bodybuilding for Gains in Speed, Strength & Muscle
Episode # 120 Baby... If you ever read the old Strength & Health magazines or Arnold's ORIGINAL Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding you would have seen HEAVY lifting going on, calisthenics / gymnastics movements, lots of jumping, rope climbs and speed in all movements. Hence, you're about to witness a lil' taste of what goes down in my gym and DeFranco's. Check it and post your comments... Wanna see footage of what we would do after a workout like this? Let's get 20 + comments and … [Read more...]
Episode # 114: Just Another Warehouse Gym?
Watch as I take a trip to the north side of the dirty Jerzee, up to Joe DeFranco's warehouse gym. Not your typical warehouse gym. Thought's on what you've just seen? Post them below. Want to hear how Joe D trains his athletes and kills it? Click HERE. I witnessed college Football players thick bar benching 400 + lbs. I would listen to the Dude if I were you. Kill it! --Z-- … [Read more...]
Episode # 105: Start Your Kids the RIGHT Way!
Growing up I watched the movie Pumping Iron a million times. When I first got it, I must have watched the movie a dozen times in a row! I seriously just kept rewinding the tape and watching it over and over and over.... I then finally got to see Raw Iron: Which were all the outtakes from Pumping Iron. Same thing....watching it over and over and over.... Today, there is something awesome out.... And, my 7 month old son is learning the RIGHT way! Check this out..... The movie is called … [Read more...]
Episode # 86: Underground Strength Gym Start Up
Stuck in a dead end job? That's YOUR choice. I hear of people WAITING for work to pick up. FUCK THAT! Go out and make business happen. In this video you'll see two certified Underground Strength Coaches talking about living their dreams, NOT dreaming their life. Joe DeFranco chats about how and where he started briefly, but more of that is HERE. Yes, it takes "balls", if you will, to take the jump. 4 years and 2 months ago I payed Joe DeFranco for an in person consultation. It took 6 … [Read more...]
Episode # 85: The DeFranco’s Log Throwing Contest
On the 2nd day of 'The Lost Secrets of Strength Development' seminar at Joe DeFranco's Gym, I arrived slightly early and Joe D was rolling up slower than me. The entire crew was waiting out back and my eye was caught by a stone and a log. To ensure I was not to be arrested I went for the log and announced a log throwing contest. I screwed the rules up b/c I allowed the distance to include the rolling of the log. I figured on cement it would be tough to get a clear and accurate pinpoint of … [Read more...]