Underground Inspiration Contest – Why Did You Build It?

Hi Zach
Since a few months have my own Gym. I’m strength and condition coach with a baseball club. But by a good appointment with the Board, so I can now let other athletes train im mine Gym. I now have some players of the national base and softball team train with me, but also wrestlers and mma fighters. I was inspired by yours method of training, and now I bring that enthusiasm over on my athletes, so Zach keep up the good work and continue to inspire us.
Sincerely
Ben

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Here ya go, Zach. I figured it would be MORE INSPIRATIONAL to see where I STARTED my training rather than where I train now…You’re in for a treat! hahaha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITElQuREupI

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Alright Zach here is a quick video of my main gym. I also coach at CrossFit by Overload and workout in my garage from time to time but this is where the majority of the work happens…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZplUzGeCqM

This place isn’t as Underground as I’d like but we’ve got a good Rogue kit and put in some good work here. My inspiration comes from the Marine I lead everyday and every other Soldier and Sailor serving our country overseas. There isn’t been a bigger motivator than that!

Keep kicking ass!

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admin Reply:
December 16th, 2011 at 10:31 am

@PJ: PJ HOLY SHIT!! Are you on a Marine Base there? That is SIC, the freakin Tank and The Truck in the back??

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PJ Reply:
December 16th, 2011 at 2:15 pm

@admin:
At Camp Pendleton CA and yeah I’ve got a few tanks laying around! So next time you get out of the dirty jerzee and out to so cal you’ll have to hit me up an come chck it out!

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Waddup Zach!

Here is my vid for the challenge. I like to GSD quick so here it is. Habitual Action Taker.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_Rii_M9uns&context=C34b79c4ADOEgsToPDskIOe9YB5OYgLxCBCA9fA_6v

Hope to sit down with you sometime and get into your real inner circle.

Hope you like my Gym

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admin Reply:
December 16th, 2011 at 12:04 pm

@Brett Summers: congrats on your gym, homie, LOVE it

I am jealous of the long turf!!!

Dirty Jerzee needs to lower their rent prices here! ha ha

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6DIoT7mJnY&feature=youtu.be
Here you go zach thanks

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Ahh ha True, Rent could always be a little cheaper.

Turf is cool but it looks like I need scoop up a Tank now too….man just when I though I had something cool.

I wonder if I could find one online

Great set up PJ!

Nice to see that the people fighing for our country aren’t LAZY excuse makers and they take care of business. Awesome

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Thanks for watching!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp-slclrkWs&feature=plcp&context=C3e96e53UDOEgsToPDskJ5Yr9OxxMpxbDyi-SXPdjm

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Hey Zach whats up I just purchased a book called the 4 hour body, what have you heard about it. I see that you are one of the contributors.

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admin Reply:
December 17th, 2011 at 7:40 am

@Matias: bro I LOVE that book and was with a friend last night and we were raving about it! That book is BadAss, I reviewed it on my blog, search for it in the search bar on the right hand side.

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Z, hope these are posted in the right place

http://youtu.be/FPYkDZqJ410

http://youtu.be/lGHJkTYrt3s

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http://youtu.be/zeLWiPZC-Cs
hope you like it

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Great video PJ!

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Hi Zach!

I’ve been following your stuff for a couple of years, this is my entry for the contest. We train in Cancun México but since there were no true gyms in the area we had to build our own on the backyard. With blood and sweat we built it, and with blood and sweat we train! as you will see in the video, hope you guys like it!!!

http://youtu.be/MTXLtZWZu40

Roberto Aguilar

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admin Reply:
December 19th, 2011 at 11:24 am

@Roberto Aguilar: Roberto amazing to see how you built this training area my brutha!!!! AMAZING!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4zWhn-jdSg&context=C32358c7ADOEgsToPDskLbDboybGkK2JLq2mFt8vZp

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Also wanted just to say that opening and running the gym like you say it goes further and deeper than just big muscles and i know this sounds cheesy but its changed the way I am in life the way I think about things the way I act my whole outlook on life, made me a much happier person.also the friendships you make with people that come to your gym and the way it changes their life’s seeing people leave the gym feeling good about themselves is the best feeling for me I love just seeing people in the gym working out just standing back and saying this is what it’s all about!! Building a family helping each other become better people physically and mentally! That’s my passion.peace

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Thanks for the post-redirection Zack… here it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzApPxBlxnM

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Heres my video link! Enjoy!!!!

http://youtu.be/0KYa3ihl1ig

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7M_DmtWr8Y&feature=youtu.be

Peace!

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admin Reply:
December 19th, 2011 at 11:14 am

@Mateusz: Mateusz LOVE it bro, thanks so much, my brutha, your English to explain what you do and your set up is awesome!

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Hey Zach,

I have been reading your stuff, following your youtube and got your lost secrets to strength. You are the man. I use your training methods with myself and now also with my son and daughter.
Sal is 7 and Marisa is 10. They train twice a week using med balls, sleds, wheelbarrow walk and many other of your suggestions. Your methods are making them animals on the field. Thank you for everything. I hope you are impressed.

Sal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXoBEt9figo

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admin Reply:
December 19th, 2011 at 11:12 am

@Sal: Sal, this is AWESOME!

Your kids seem like they REALLY love this, and I am psyched to see a Dad committed to helping his kids

LOVE it!

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Hi Zach, Thanks for watching.

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http://youtu.be/CiKn6Pvyg-I

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admin Reply:
December 19th, 2011 at 11:07 am

@Nick: ur DOING it in a globo!! Nick, u rock!

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Hey Zach,

Here is my underground inspiration video on why i got started. I love you material and your philosophy on training.

http://youtu.be/th4re6tk7q8

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Here it is, bro! Thanks for the inspiration!

http://youtu.be/dbBa-lcNV_I

Adam

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Here you go Z, (finally) was nervous as hell filming this lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5gsaznLE6I&feature=plcp&context=C3d63247UDOEgsToPDskL8UCN635wh-E-EdA9ll33c

Looking back at it, I still don’t think I got my message/passion truly across, but hope you can get an insight from it.

Im just a 20 year old, taking the challenge to do what I love doing – It ain’t easy scraping by, infact its far away from it, but nothing in life worth achieving is easy- You know this.

Respect

Josh

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admin Reply:
December 19th, 2011 at 11:02 am

@Josh Pearson: brutha, you’re a f**ing 20 year old BEAST!

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hey Z
my undergorund inspired vid. managed to work out how to load it. not for an old bloke like me.
cheers
http://youtu.be/3tohUfw2MmA

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Hey Zach,

Just back late last night from Lookout MTN, TN, trail running race…so this is a little rough around the edges. But, I wanted to put it in the mix if it wasn’t too late! DARE GREATLY like a warrior!!!

http://youtu.be/lhvdC-S6SGE

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Here you go, Zach!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-V5sQJ4U4g&list=UUcU23byqsVs1mSVnQ1wT1Og&index=1&feature=plcp

Stay strong!

Yun

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Not sure if this got posted…

Hey Zach,

Just back late last night from Lookout MTN, TN, trail running race…so this is a little rough around the edges. But, I wanted to put it in the mix if it wasn’t too late! DARE GREATLY like a warrior!!!

http://youtu.be/lhvdC-S6SGE

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admin Reply:
December 19th, 2011 at 11:03 am

@Kip Koelsch: Kip I dig it! The 2 x 4 pull up bar is SIC!

You’re x-treme endurance athletes, HUGE respect!

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Kip Koelsch Reply:
December 19th, 2011 at 11:52 am

@admin: Thanks, brutha! Always striving to get a little SIC-er!!! Nice thing is that all the x-treme endurance dudes I hang and train with realize the benefits of having the strength (if not the size!) of a beast. So much of what we do is off-road (adventure racing, trail running, orienteering) or in the woods (mtn biking) or on the water (rivers, ocean, gulf) that we need to have functional strength that can deal with movement in multiple planes in environments that are rarely uniform, smooth, flat or calm. The Underground mentality fits us VERY well!!! Bring it on.

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I made this video early in the am but was just able to post right now.

http://youtu.be/Chb6Xxqb3kE

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http://youtu.be/Chb6Xxqb3kE Here is the Hoboken Boot Camps entry!

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I got a question about sleds, If I were to take a wheelbarrow and take off the wheel and then drill a hole in it for rope, would it be the same as a sled that you would buy?

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Late i know, but here ya go big Z – http://youtu.be/8EsTa3evNeI

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