After countless e mails coming through asking me to "Please review my workout" or "Write me a workout...." it baffles me that 99% of the people who have gotten the free gift when subscribing to The Underground Strength Insider are still looking for some soft of a fad or gimmick. If you train in a globo gym / commercial gym, a garage, your basement or in some corner of your backyard, you CAN become a freakin' Monster. All you need to do is commit to the basics listed below, the Top 10 muscle … [Read more...]
How To Use StrongMan Workouts For Mental Toughness, Strength & Power
When utilizing strongman training for athletic performance there are various ways to implement the exercises and methods for different results. Whether you need more muscle mass, more strength, more speed & power or perhaps greater mental toughness, you can tweak strongman workouts to achieve all of those goals. Here are 7 tips to incorporate in your own training when utilizing the strongman lifts. My Simple Suggestion: Test them, and like all things in training, absorb what is useful and … [Read more...]
You Can See It In Their Eyes
The eyes say a lot about the person. You can get a vibe from someone by looking at their eyes. If you've seen Rocky III, you recall Apollo talking about "that look". The Eye of The Tiger is what Apollo called it. I pay attention to these details, especially when training athletes. Those who have that look are those who will rise above and fight through all the training. Those who don't have that look are those I will need to build and transform. And unfortunately, some will never … [Read more...]
Breaking The Rules Of Traditional Strength Training & Muscle Building
I came up learning from the Golden Era Greats of Bodybuilding and the late, great John Kemper, the owner of Diamond Gym. These men were strong, jacked and ripped. They lifted heavy and often did supersets, even with the big compound movements. Even if they trained on machines, you would see guys loading up the machines and then rigging up the machine to add more 45s to the stack of weights. When I followed their routines of aggressive and heavy training using mostly free weights, my … [Read more...]
Zach’s Top 11 Bodyweight Exercises For Strength, Muscle & Performance
My friend, Coach & Mentor, former Navy SEAL, Brad McLeod, asked me to crush a video for his friends on the best Bodyweight Bodybuilding exercises. Below is the video and also a list of The Top 11 Bodyweight Exercises along with added variations, regressions & progressions. Adding the many variations to each of these bodyweight exercises makes this more like a top 15 or top 20 list of Bodyweight exercises. Bookmark this page and USE these exercises. They are POWERFUL! If you feel I … [Read more...]
2 Critical Kettlebell Technique Tips
It was a brutally cold winter night. The year escapes me? 2003, I think..... I took the drive up north into Bergen County, NJ to pick up my first set of Russian Kettlebells, a pair of 53s and a pair of 70s. I remember being nervous, questioning why the hell I just spent $550 (With Discount!!) on only 2 sets of Kettlebells. I was already heavily in debt from years of poor lifestyle decisions but I couldn't stop thinking about using Kettlebells for my training. Since then, it's been well over … [Read more...]
Underground Strength Bodyweight Workout Challenge
I got the e mail from "that guy" who got too caught up reading one too many articles on the secrets of building speed and muscle. "I weigh 130 lbs and I wanna be a BEAST! I am gonna follow the Football program at my high school and was wondering, can I use Bodyweight Bodybuilding on my off days? Bodyweight is just good for finishers, right?" That question may have come from a high school football player but I get the same question from guys in their 20s all the way up to their … [Read more...]
Odd Object Lifting For “Functional Strength”
Through my own experiences as an athlete and training other athletes, I was taught a powerful lesson that was once (and perhaps still is seen as a fad): Training ONLY with free weights and bodyweight exercises is limiting your potential in developing strength above and beyond the "norm", especially if you're an athlete. The body quickly gets bored and adapts to training methods unless you implement variety. Variety can be the training tools, the speed of the exercises, the range of motion, the … [Read more...]
The 9 Best Sandbag Strength Training Exercises
Sandbag training has been one of the most powerful methods I've implemented with training my athletes. The various sandbag workouts & exercises have developed a type of strength and mental toughness that is unique to say the least. Using sandbags has helped with developing explosive power, brute strength, mental toughness and has even reduced injuries and weakness in odd / awkward positions that tend to happen during sports such as the round back position in wrestling, lifting opponents … [Read more...]
Strength Training Wisdom from Arthur Saxon & Old School Strength
Words of Wisdom from Arthur Saxon..... "If a man seriously proposes to go in for lifting heavy weights, he should make a point of practicing certain lifts every day. This daily practice is essential to the achievement of any real success." -Arthur Saxon I'd like to share with you some words of wisdom in the ways of old school strength, or what Arthur Saxon coins, "Genuine Strength" Here is my take on old school strength, greatly influenced by Arthur Saxon and George "The Russian … [Read more...]
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