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...]
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...]
The Underground playground assault
Loooong, looong ago I wanted to film an outdoor training DVD and when I finally did it, I moved super slow to finish a big project I had, mainly b/c I opened the gym and wanted to focus like a laser. Those who snagged The Russian Lion Deluxe Course got what you see below, now, I know you cna get some ideas just from this short video. I wanna hear about your outdoor workouts. As for me, I freakin' love training outdoors, absolutely love it! Kill it! --Coach Z-- … [Read more...]
The uncomplicated strength workout
Keep it simple, nothing fancy, hit the weights hard, hit em' heavy, go light when your body tells you to back off, and, if you're feelin' like a beast, go ahead and kill the weights.....and I do mean KILL IT! That's 585 x 2...... I'll break that record soon enough....so stay tuned, it'll come your way via The Underground Strength Show! Kill it! --Coach Z-- P.S. - Tell me about your latest simple, ass kicking workout? … [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...]
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...]
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...]
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