5 Exercises
5 Reps Each
5 Rounds
This is a Hellish workout….. 5 Rounds of Hell, check the Vid Below…
Later that night, I did 4 trips with the sled and prowler, approx. 150′ each trip. I also did plenty of hanging leg raises and band pull aparts.
If you dare give the workout a go, please let me know how it goes.
Questions or Comments, drop em’ below, you KNOW I love hearing from you guys and gals.
Lead from the Front!
–Z–
PS: The 2 Day Underground Mentorship has sold out as well as The Level 2 Mentorship.
Just around the corner is the 1 Day Mentorship so get in before the doors shut for good!
Click HERE to sign up for the 1 Day Underground Strength Coach Mentorship.
Filed under Announcements, Calendar, Strength Building, Success, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Zach's Workouts, muscle building by on Mar 10th, 2010. 19 Comments. 
Lots of people often ask for my recommendation on how to set up a home gym, especially when limited on space, funds and time.
Well, as you can see, I just cranked out some nasty Sandbag Complexes with The Underground Sandbag.
Being in a new home myself AND not being close to my gym I’ll be setting up a nasty corner of Underground Equipment by simply using a Russian Kettlebell and The Underground Sandbag.
In my office you’ll find a Power Wheel, Jump Stretch Band and some Grip Training Devices.
With fresh air and the beach near by I will also by hitting more running and mountain bike riding. My runs will be on the streets, the sand and the trails of the nearby state parks which are HUGE and offer plenty of odd objects for lifting as I make my way through the trails.
I love training with free weights, but, with my lack of space I’ll be forgoing any traditional home gym equipment here and will save my powerlifting for my time at The Underground Strength Gym in Edison, NJ.
When you get a chance, try the sandbag complex I cranked in the video above.
1A) Sandbag High Pulls
1B) Sandbag Bent Over Row
1C) Sandbag Zercher Squats
1D) Sandbag Back Squats
1E) Sandbag Reverse Lunges
1F) Sandbag Good Morning
Before I attacked the sandbag complex I cranked a bunch of reps of the clean, press & squat combo.
Give it a shot yourself and get the bucket ready!
Lead from the Front!
–Z–
PS: Sandbags are available at http://UndergroundSandbag.com or by clicking HERE
PPS: Every day I wake up and get to do what I love, if you want to fast track yourself to running a gym or being a Strength Coach, then meet me HERE.
Filed under Articles, Calendar, Q & A, Strength Building, Success, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Zach's Workouts, muscle building by on Mar 8th, 2010. 6 Comments.
Man, it’s AWESOME to see those putting to use what they’ve learned during Underground Strength Coach Mentorship Courses.
Check out my boys from The UK, Zoran Dubaic and Sean Keefe. They sent me their opening highlight video and some good words and I am BIG time honored.
I LOVE seeing people following their passion and achieving their dreams!
They just opened their gym a few weeks ago, check the video below….
Pretty damn awesome, if ya ask me 
And here is some footage of Sean, Zoran and the rest of the crew that attended an Underground Strength Coach Mentorship.
“Zach Even-Esh is one of the most inspirational people we have ever had the pleasure of meeting. His encouragement, support, enthusiasm and passion for helping others has been instrumental in helping us achieve our ultimate goal of owning and running our very own warehouse gym.
We traveled all the way from Manchester, England to complete Zach’s Underground mentorship and it is the BEST thing we ever did! Thanks again, Zach, for helping us realize our dreams”.
~ Zoran Dubaic and Sean Keefe ~
Directors of Strength and Performance Ltd.
http://strengthandperformance.co.uk
Who else is gonna go after their dreams?
Drop a comment with your thoughts and / or questions.
Lead from the Front!
–Z–
PS: We still have some room at the upcoming Underground Mentorships below.
But, this will be the last 1 Day Mentorship I plan on doing. Lots of peeps request them yet very few that request step up and sign up. I hate talkers, I wanna work with doers!
1 Day Mentorship – Click HERE for Details
2 Day Mentorship – Click HERE for Details
PPS: Talk about Action Takers!!!
We just had a gym in Texas sign 10 of their Coaches up for a private, tailor made Underground Mentorship. Now that’s what I call a bunch of SERIOUS Ass Kickers Who Wanna WIN!
Filed under Announcements, Articles, Calendar, Success, Underground Strength Show, Videos by on Mar 1st, 2010. 20 Comments.
Let’s finish off the Full Body FREAK Strength Workout with some bodyweight circuit training using chains, shall we?
Check it out below:
Three Rounds of chins, dips and squats.
I used 20 lb chains and increased by one chain each set, 20, 40 and 60 lbs total.
Finished the night off with ab work and glute ham raises….. lots of glute ham raises!
Drop a comment with your thoughts or questions BEASTS!
Peace!
Lead from the Front!
–Z–
PS: Chains are non rust and freaking awesome, get em’ from http://EliteFTS.com
PPS: Live Events are rockin’ and fillin’ up FASTER than ever before. Who wants to experience a life changing event? Check em out by clicking HERE.
Filed under Announcements, Articles, Calendar, Strength Building, Success, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Zach's Workouts, muscle building by on Feb 26th, 2010. 14 Comments.
I cranked the tunes.
Warmed up…. calisthenics, bands, soft tissue work, glute ham raises, ab work….
Lined up the tools….. sandbag, dumbbell, atlas stone, anvil….
Then, it was time for WAR.
But, this is only the Beginning.
Part I, Enjoy.
Sometimes, you need a workout that includes an ass kicking.
All full body lifting.
I cranked a few rounds, but, you can also set a time limit, say 20 minutes, and keep cranking for 20 minutes and see what you got.
In Part II, I pick up the pace. Stay tuned.
Lead from the Front!
Peace!
–Z–
PS: The Live Events are filling up FAST.
Level 1 Mentorship in Va. Beach is coming soon. Attendees all get hooked up with constant support through private web sites, mastermind areas and ass kicking training and business information.
Bring your A Game!
Level 1 on March 20, Click HERE
Level 1 on April 9 – 10, Click HERE
Filed under Articles, Calendar, Strength Building, Success, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Zach's Workouts, muscle building by on Feb 24th, 2010. 16 Comments.
Check the video below. Athletes are throwing weights overhead. I don’t think we need a crying argument here whether this is a push press, military press or whatever you want to call it.
The arguing is for the internet gurus who sit on their fat ass and don’t lift jack shit anyway.
Weakness is NOT good. If you have a weak point, attack it with ferocity. Throwing weight over your head makes you strong from head to toe.
I just interviewed Jim Wendler, who favors the strict press, and we spoke about weak areas and attacking the hell out of them.
Lots of people argue that overhead pressing is bad for you.
It’s bad to be weak, period.
It’s bad if you never cycle your lifts or movements which leads to overuse injuries.
Check out Matty Wichlinski, throwing heavy weights overhead.
We believe in STRENGTH here, what do YOU believe in?
Lead from the Front.
–Z–
PS: Matty & I will be unleashing a kick ass Underground Mentorship come March 20th, check out the details HERE.
PPS: 2 Day Underground Mentorship is Open HERE. Serious Applicants Only.
Filed under Announcements, Articles, Calendar, Q & A, Strength Building, Success, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Zach's Workouts, muscle building by on Feb 9th, 2010. 10 Comments.
Once in a blue moon you come across an athlete or a gym rat who, as some of us may have said, is “Built like a Brick Shit House”.
In my 21 years of getting under the bar, traveling the world and being in countless gyms I have seen my fair share of Dudes who are built like BEASTS.
You know the look I’m talking about, right? It’s that Powerful look, thick, densely built muscles that you AUTOMATICALLY know represent the look of Strength, Power and Might.
There aren’t too many guys like this in globo gyms nowadays because they have all defected to training in basements, garages, warehouses and hidden dungeons that only the world of hardcore lifters know of.
Most of today’s problems regarding the pussification of the human race would be solved if gyms stopped sounding off sirens anytime someone dared lift heavy or grunt.
Hard Training has now been outlawed by pansy ass gyms such as Planet Fitness – I am still confused why they don’t understand that it’s OK to train hard and heavy and perform exercises with dumbbells heavier than 50 lbs.
What if a gym was created where there was nothing LIGHTER than 50 lbs and sirens went off and your membership was revoked every time some half assed lifter checked his cell phone or wasn’t training with gut busting intensity?
Now THAT would be a GREAT GYM!
If you want that thick, power look then you need to push the limits and get strong as hell using the following lifts with barbells or dumbbells:
- Squats of all variations: back squat, box squat, front squat, zercher squat
- Power Clean, Hang Clean & High Pulls
- Clean & Press or Push Press
- Barbell / Dumbbell / T Bar Rows
- Bench Press, Floor Press, Incline Press
- Farmer Walks
- Deadlift Variations: Romanian Deadlifts, Trap Bar Deads, Rack Pulls and traditional Deadlifting
You should also make some of your own training tools such as heavy handles for swings which can be loaded up with a bunch of 25 lb plates. Swinging heavy weights is excellent for developing your hips, hamstrings, glutes, low back and upper back.
Let us not forget your ability to dominate movements such as chins, dips and rope climbs. Don’t gain fat and excess body weight if you can’t pull yourself up for double digit reps or perform dips and push up variations for high reps.
Can you run? Fast? Sprints of all types are excellent for leg power and even adding muscle to the legs. I suggest Hill Sprints.
Come to think of it, on weekends, go to an empty parking lot and push your car or truck around with the engine off and geared in neutral.
You need to be with me on this mission to end the pussification of the human race.
Drop a comment below.
Peace!
–Z–
PS: If you want workouts to help you build that thick, dense, rugged, powerbuilding look, then you better be training like THIS – The BEAST Workout.
PPS: Want your own hardcore training business? maybe you just wanna get neck deep into the world of hardcore, no nonsense training?
Check our mentorships:
March 20th, Click HERE
Filed under Announcements, Articles, Calendar, Strength Building, Success, Zach's Workouts, muscle building by on Jan 28th, 2010. 37 Comments.
I am speechless with how to even explain what has happened here….. So many e mails asking me to talk about my mindset to leave a BIG job behind, how I support my family through the gym and internet and who my biggest influences have been in learning business.
In the next few episodes you’ll get some insight into my business mind and Joe DeFranco’s business and training mind.
Most of all, these videos are NOT just about the Business Mind, they are about the WINNING MINDSET, I highly recommend you watch them as mindset applies to LIFTING and LIVING!
In the last Blog you saw your previews for our upcoming Lost Secrets of Strength” The Business Files, slated for release the first week of December.
This is long stuff, so definitely whip a protein shake for these 2 bad boys…. Take some notes!
Till the next time….
More MeatHead Cribs coming tomorrow…
Peace!
–Z–
PS: Questions or comments, drop em’ below. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
PPS: If you want to learn the business and training systems that I use to grow my business and leave my job and do what I love with a family, then check out the up and coming Underground Strength Coach Mentorship in Florida, Dec. 5th.
Filed under Announcements, Articles, Calendar, Q & A, Success, Underground Strength Show, Videos by on Nov 24th, 2009. 7 Comments.
Many, Many, MANY years ago, as a young teen, reading Arnold’s book, ‘Education of a Bodybuilder’ I remember Arnold speaking about being Fearless.
I would keep taking the book out from the school library, renewing it every 2 weeks so noone else could read about Arnie and learn his secrets. Just me, it was all mine!
I remember laughing to myself as my name was the only name to fill up both front and back of all the sign out cards for this awesome book.
Arnold was Fearless to go heavier and move HUGE & Massive poundages that others feared.
Arnold would perform calf raises with over 1,000 lbs, loading the calf machine to maximum 
capacity plus having his training partner stand on the machine!
Arnold went the extra mile and did NOT fear the heavy load sitting on his back because he was sooo freaking hungry to make his calves grow because he wanted to win so badly!
Arnold also understood that this going the extra mile, or sometimes only the extra few inches is what created the greatness that so many others feared doing.
Are you going the extra mile?
What about the extra inch?
On Sunday my athletes were invited to come in for a free workout with the Coaches going through the certification / mentorship. It was a 10 AM workout.
2 kids who said they would show, did not. That is missing out on inches and miles.
That is FEAR of waking up and doing something when perhaps your mind and body are not wanting it. Sometimes, ya just gotta say ‘F**k it!”, right?
Arnold was Fearless to travel to America to compete against the best bodybuilders in the world when he did not speak English.
Fearless to tell people of his lofty goals of becoming the best built man in the world, moving to America and becoming a Hollywood star known around the world.
Everyone else around Arnold focused on how crazy he was, and how he should not have such “dreams”.
His passioned toppled and trampled over all obstacles and road blocks.
Arnold’s most powerful weapon: His Mind.
Your most powerful weapon? Your Mind.
Only if you so choose.
Most people remain scared their entire life and fear the risk of doing what Arnold did; Achieving Greatness.
Greatness to you may not mean becoming a Hollywood action hero and Mr. Olympia.
It might mean benching 315 lbs, quitting your lame 9-5 suit & tie job and not waking up to an alarm clock.
YOU decide what Greatness means and only you can define it.
But, just like Arnie did, you gotta have that “F**K It!” attitude and go for it.
You gotta believe that you too, are Numero Uno!
Above, Arnold believed he was Numero Uno, even when he wasn’t smokin’ The Ganja Mon!
It’s OK to be scared, the trick is, not allowing your fear to control you!
Want to know more ways to achieve greatness and become fearless?
Listen to this Audio Interrogation that I did with Matt Furey, author of The Unbeatbale Man.
** Feel Free to download the Kick Ass, Guaranteed to “Pump You Up” audio with Matt Furey and I to your I Pod as well! **
Click HERE for the Greatness & Fearless Audio Interrogation with myself and Matt Furey…
Or….Click Play Below while you listen….
This was obviously just the scratching of the surface.
But, I definitely want to hear your thoughts on how you overcome fear and what you do to achieve greatness in your life.
What does greatness mean to you?
I am psyched to see what you write in the comments section!
Peace!
–Z–
PS: If greatness and becoming fearless means opening your own fitness business, then you owe it to yourself to meet me HERE!
PPS: If you need to give your mind the right food to become fearless then you must read The Unbeatable Man HERE.
Filed under Announcements, Articles, Calendar, Podcasts, Q & A, Strength Building, Success, muscle building by on Oct 12th, 2009. 14 Comments.
I get busy again and finish off the workout and give you the low down on what it REALLY takes to get strong and how you can build muscle.
Plus, you can see that I get BUSY because I am sweatin’ buckets after my workout!
In a nut shell, so you can see my workout, here is how it all went down:
1) warm up with movement prep, soft tissue work, indian club training, bands, abs
2) Barbell Military Push Press: 2 heavy sets
3A) dips 2 x max
3B) mixed grip chins 2 x max
4) 1 Arm dumbbell row (Kroc Rows) 130 lbs x 25 reps ea.
5A) dips 2 x max
5B) bent over shoulder raises 2 x max
5C) Dumbbell Cheat Curls 2 x 8-10 reps
Later that night I worked the sleds, prowler and did some running and ab work.
Just another day in the office, Kids!
If you wanna join me on the quest to adding muscle and getting animal strong, then Click HERE.
Peace!
–Z–
PS: Some Upcoming Events & Awesome Stuff you don’t wanna miss with me:
1) The Underground Strength Coach Mentorship / Certification: November 14th, Click HERE
2) New Underground Strength Training Articles HERE
3) The Book I am Reading Right Now & So Should You, HERE
Filed under Announcements, Articles, Calendar, Q & A, Strength Building, Success, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Zach's Workouts, muscle building by on Oct 8th, 2009. 6 Comments.
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