My old bedroom and my old book shelf! You gotta see this! Am I wrong here? Did the Golden Era really rock today's lifters? Today we have less comraderie, more complainers, more cry babies, more fancy methods and people still want more fancy methods. Here and there I get a complaint about me not showoing anything new. Is new better? Maybe I can hang myself upside down, use a kettlebell, rubber band and a wooden spoon, that's new! There ya go, it's my next video!I sure wish the camraderie would … [Read more...]
Underground Strength Show, Episode # 6: Lost Treasures of Strength
Check out this trip through my early beginnings and a hilarious story of what started out as my weakest day from over 20 years ago! How many of you remember your beginnings in the world of strength? I'd love to hear about them, post em' below! --Coach Z-- … [Read more...]
Underground Strength Show, Episode # 5: Backyard Stone Traning
Check out some of the good times had with stone training. This is just a small taste, but don't forget, basics kill, not the fancy stuff! Post your thoughts in the comments below! --Coach Z-- PS: Want more stone training, No rules training and workouts that will get you kicked out of your pansy ass gym? Click HERE and get your workouts. Enjoy! … [Read more...]
Take you back to the garage and backyard – Episode # 4
Take a look where it all started... Stay tuned for the next episode! They are getting crazier! Kill it! --Coach Z-- P.S. - I'll be at The Ryan Lee Boot Camp this September, and, I'm gonna snag a small conference room for members of The Underground to do an open Q & A on training and business, and Kyle Battis, my web manager, will be answering biz questions as well, which you don't wanna miss. He's got some killer ideas! P.P.S. - Those who are signed up for a USC certification or have … [Read more...]
Trips through my old stomping grounds – Episode # 3
I take you through a little trip down memory lane, through an old playground, which used to be way better than what we see in the video :( More trips to come, and some, in NOT so nice places! Look out! Kill it! --Coach Z-- … [Read more...]
Underground Strength Show – Episode # 2
In this episode I give you an inside look at one of my fast paced workouts, and, you'll see my pasison for the barbell....this entire workout was ALL barbell! Okay, Okay, I added glute ham raises :) Do you own a barbell? If not, maybe you need a crappy, rusty barbell with 500 lbs in plates. I started with 300 lbs in plates and man were those workouts amazing! Tell me about your Underground workouts, I wanna hear how you Kill it! --Coach Z-- … [Read more...]
15 Minute Muscle Building Workouts
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...]
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...]
333 | Interview With Louie Simmons of Westside Barbell Club: Lessons from The Westside Barbell Book of Methods
STRONG Life Podcast ep 333 This is a throwback interview I did with Louie Simmons, back in 2008. Back then, there were NO podcasts. I was using a landline to record these audio interviews for https://UndergroundStrengthCoach.com This was done after Louie released his book, The Westside Barbell Book of Methods. I devoured that book in NO time and could NOT put it down. … [Read more...]