This Saturday, our LIFT Strong fundraiser is going down. The competition will be heated and anyone who doesn't have the eye of the tiger is lunch meat for the rest, it's that simple. Predator or Prey. Your training will tell the truth at LIFT STRONG. The training has been hard, but maybe not hard enough. The Competition will tell us if we have done our work or not. There will be lots of spectators, so remember, you're also invited :) The Events Will Be: … [Read more...]
Another most inspirational video!
This was passed on to me by a close friend and actually my first ever business coach, Jim Labadie. Between this video and seeing Joe D's movie premiere, things are about to radically change for me. I hope you're on the path of finding yourself as well :) Enjoy.... … [Read more...]
You’re invited to my gym!
In case I forgot (which I think I did....) On Saturday, May 10th, at 12 Noon, I will be holding my annual LIFT Strong fundraiser, a strongman contest for my athletes who are raising money to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Feel free to come and watch. Looks like we have approx. 15 competitors attending. This event is done out of respect and admiration for my close friend and mentor, Alwyn Cosgrove who created the product at http://LIFTstrong.com. There is no fee to come … [Read more...]
a night at the movies with Joe DeFranco
Wow, what a night Thursday was.... Sorry for the delay on this, I've been pretty wiped out since Thursday night :) Stay tuned though, because I will have some cool trip footage of my times Thursday night to be posted here on the Blog :) If you haven't heard, last Spring and Summer a film crew was recording every second of action at Joe D's place and it was churned out and whipped into an amazing documentary. I'm tlaking about the stuff you've seen in Pumping Iron, except there is … [Read more...]
Underground Q & A with Zach
Ask me anything by commenting to the post. I'll be answering the questions over the next few days :) Have fun and ask away! Dedicated to your success, --Z-- P.S. - I get PSYCHED when I receive e mails such as these: "Hi Zach, just wanted to let you know that thanks to some of the training tips from your site i won silver at the British amateur arm wrestling championships in the 220lb+ class, i weighed in at 245 and pulled a couple of guys much bigger than me. I'm now going to ramp up my … [Read more...]
Look in the mirror, dig deep…
As the world becomes a busier and busier place for so many of us, it seems that rather than think for ourselves, and do what is best for us, too many people blindly copy other materials. I'm talking about copying someone else's workout, rather than take bits and pieces of what works for you. I'm also talking about the endless information on the web. Watch me write about a topic and rather than a fellow strength coach create his own idea, he takes the words right from my pages without his own … [Read more...]
stories of eatin’ clean and trainin’ mean
I think it's much easier than people make it when it comes to getting stronger, adding muscle and getting faster....and I mean getting these results FAST! Make no mistake regarding "easy" and "simple". Easy is walking in the park...simple is hitting one arm rows with 150's for 10 reps per hand without wrist straps. Even simpler is a set of squats for 15 - 20 reps....but damn are the results amazing! We have our athletes on a system of training that just keeps on dishing out results, and … [Read more...]
lessons of wolf and man
A few weeks ago one of my clients saw me training before they were about to tear it up. I had about 15 minutes so I tore through some heavy power cleans supersetted with ring dips. He knew I was ALSO going to train at the end of the night to finish off where I left off. He asked me, "Don't you feel exhausted and weak at the end of your work day, after so many hours of work plus the workout you're doing?" … [Read more...]
awesome day, awesome lunch, awesome advice for you
Today I was at my homeboy Ryan Lee's Millionaire Workout Workshop. Ryan delivered some hard hitting info and I was sitting front and center to soak it all in. Being a student at all times is critical for success. Should we ever stop learning? We both know the answer all too well. The most successful people have HUGE libraries.....and BIG TV's. I suggest starting with the BIG library first :) The take away point I want you to realize first and foremost is that at this event I was spending time … [Read more...]
How I trained an 88 lb. weakling
Slightly over 2 years ago a young wrestler began training with us.... He weighed 88 lbs at the time and was 1 month out from wrestling season in which he would be wrestling at 103 lbs. We had little time to prep before the season and in the first 3 weeks of the season he broke his collar bone during a wrestling match. When you're weak and have little strength and muscle, you can bet that your ligaments and bones are also weak. Through the years we trained him with our Underground … [Read more...]