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My Thoughts On Training As You “Get Older” & The BEST Workout Program

I was 27 years old and getting my car filled up on gas at the local gas station. It was almost Summer time and I was wearing shorts and a t shirt. A guy I knew saw me and said,

Excellence Is Your ONLY Option

It goes back to my days of getting my knee injury checked out in high school and Dr. Medina would ask me what I was going to do with my life. WHAT was I going to BE? Of course, at

STRONG Life 55: Strength Coach QnA + What Trait Makes The BEST Athletes?

In this episode of The STRONG Life podcast I answer a start up strength coach business question as well as discuss the KEY trait that I’ve seen to be what makes the difference between champions achieving greatness and those who

Lessons From Weightlifters & Weightlifting Inspiration

If you read my Encyclopedia of Underground Strength & Conditioning you KNOW I have a HUGE regret, which is that of NOT knowing what weightlifting was back in 1989 when “Andre The Giant” made me cry. I could have had

The Story of The Infamous BIG Curl Bar

It was a summer morning in 1990 and I had arrived at my favorite place, The Metuchen YMCA. This wasn’t the updated YMCA with their brand new equipment, nicely painted walls and senior citizens aimlessly roaming the gym floor. This

Hard Work Is BEAUTIFUL!!!

Hard Work is BEAUTIFUL. That is the first step towards success in any endeavor, Loving work rather than fearing work. You’ll find resistance all around you as you work your ass off to achieve greatness in any endeavor, be it

Warrior Workouts [March 2015], Random Thoughts & Various Inspiration

I am always finding inspiration. For some reason, everything I see inspires me in some shape or form. I am inspired to be better than I currently am as well as to not be like the things I see

STRONG Life 54: Jeff Nichols, Former Navy SEAL & Strength Coach Excellence

In episode 54 of The STRONG Life Podcast I connect with Jeff Nichols, a former Navy SEAL & owner of Virginia High Performance. I met Jeff at Sorinex Summer STRONG and he blew everyone away with his blend of being

Warrior Training & Defeating Mr. Resistance

Above, new art work at The Underground Strength Gym…. The day before I had a good workout. Not a Great workout, just good. Good is the death of Greatness, don’t forget that. I was motivated to crush today’s training and

USC Cert Highlight & Random Thoughts [March 2015]

I’ve pumped up some east coast travels into overtime leading up to this summer with my seminar schedule. In addition, there are enough events happening at Underground Strength HQ in NJ for anyone who wants to be an aggressive learning

"Zach Even - Esh is the Charles Atlas of Powerlifting / Weightlifting / Athletic Training. He is a walking inspiration. A kick in the ass for all of us."
- Steven Pressfield, World Renown Author
War of Art & Turning Pro

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