I was in a bit of a rush Friday before clients were heading in to The Underground Strength Gym and I was finishing up some work on the Blog. Not to worry, as I knew I could crank out some brutal work for myself with limited time. Hey, 15 minutes sounds like nothing but when you're as insanely busy as I am, it works when you need it to work, and, you learn to cut out the crap and focus on the meat and potatoes. Getting stronger in both the physical and mental state is what I TRULY love. … [Read more...]
A Day at DeFranco’s – The Strongman Challenge
Yesterday I made the one hour trek up north to my homeboy Joe D's gym, and damn, what a gym it is, I'm in heaven there. The atmosphere is always high octane and steel is always clanging together or being dropped on the floor. It was our 2nd year competing in Joe D's strongman contest, and this year we brought 1 high school athlete and 5 college athletes. Unfortunately, 2 were unable to attend due to injury and family vacation. I had a wedding to attend yesterday and I was big time pressed … [Read more...]
The Underground Success Show – Episode 1, THE Premiere!
I am on a crazy motivated mission to start changing things "out there"..... More to come soon...... Kill it! --Coach Z-- … [Read more...]
Serious or not at all
Yesterday, we had a high school Football player pop in, asking about training. The H3 he pulled up in looked familiar, so i asked if he was related to a certain someone who trained at The Underground Strength Gym... for 2 days. His older brother, had his Mom pay for the training for a month. After 2 workouts he disappeared...no phone calls returned....no e mails returned. I was pissed off that a young kid wasted his Mom's hard earned money and thought nothing of it. With his brother … [Read more...]
Purposeful Primitive Book Review
Above, Kirk Karwoski, world record powerlifter trained under Marty Gallagher, Author of The Purposeful Primitive. One week ago I got a new training book I ordered in the mail, 'The Purposeful Primitive'. It's been a while since I got excited about a book that was published in today's day and age. Most of the info I tend to find accurate, effective and awe inspiring is at least a few decades old but this book has shocked me! All I can say is this: Holy s**t is this book rockin' my world! … [Read more...]
You’re kidding, right?
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 … [Read more...]
I used to….
When I was 13 I started getting heavily into bodybuilding. But what impacted me most was the info found in the original, Arnold Schwarzenneger Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding. In this HUGE book were tons and tons of black and white photos of the rugged bodybuilders from the 50's - 70's. These guys were more like what I call a "power-bodybuilder". They hit heavy deadlifts, heavy olympic lifts, heavy powerlifts, heavy cheat curls, HEAVY EVERYTHING. They developed incredibly rugged, … [Read more...]
Jonny Hinds & Kettlebells in Action: The Kettlebell Prison Style Workout
My homeboy, Jonny Hinds, is tearing it up with kettlebells and box jumps with his favorite style of training, "Prison Workouts". Prison workouts usually involve some sort of: Descending / Ladder Style reps Total Rep Challenge … [Read more...]
“Sky’s the limit!”
If you're in a slump, don't worry, I'll help you step it up and make your way out of it. It's mind power, and you and ONLY you can control your mind. The mind must be trained, just like your body, if you want it to be strong, powerful, mighty and fierce. I can relate to you, trust me, I have heard many tell me I can't do "it", and what I'm doing won't work, etc, etc. Other "Big" names try to stop me, trash talk me and slow me down. Sorry, there will be NONE of that. I'm picking up momentum … [Read more...]
What trail are you blazing?
So, you wake up every morning, same routine, same time, same breakfast, same..... You know the routine, dontcha? Well, let me make you feel a bit uncomfortable for a moment, and uncomfortable is good, it's REALLY good. Because when you get comfortable, you start letting life slip through your finger tips... Not good. I wake up every morning and fall asleep every night with a vision, a vision that gives me chills. I want people to do what they love, I want people to make a living following … [Read more...]
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