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Zach Even-Esh

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Building Stronger, Tougher & Faster Athletes: Eventually, Athletes Need a Heavy Bar on their Back

by Zach Even - Esh 2 Comments

Times have been changing for quite some time..... Strength training with the basics is just not "cool" anymore. "Experts" hate on squats and now we have high school kids who can barely squat bodyweight. And this COVID shutdown of gyms didn't help. When gyms were open, at least the kids were in there training. Now, parents are afraid to send kids to a gym and we have everyone locked down in a "safety bubble" You see, many athletes took it upon themselves to do NOTHING during the COVID … [Read more...]

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3 Reasons Why Leg Training Builds the BEAST

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I was in my early teens and training at my first "Hardcore Gym". This gym was 7,500 sq ft. NO AC, just a bunch of stand up industrial fans. ALL the plates were deep dish Ivanko plates and there was rumbling throughout the entire gym, blended with some old rock cassette tapes that blasted through the gym. Usually AC/DC or Metallica, sometimes Def Leppard. The back 1/3 of the gym was lined up with leg equipment. Plenty of squat racks, 2 leg presses, 2 hack squats, 2 leg extensions, 2 leg … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Live The Code, Mental Toughness, Motivation, Muscle Building, Powerlifting, Strength Building, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: athlete training, athlete workouts, covid workouts, football workouts, grit, hill sprints, mental toughness, running, Squats, strength & conditioning, tom platz

How to Build BEAST Athletes Without the BS Fads & Gimmicks in the Strength & Conditioning Industry

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Here we go, Fam! This is a HUGE post with 2 BONUS episodes for The STRONG Life Podcast. Bonus # 1: This episode was a Great interview with DJ Hillier, a CrossFit Games Athlete and gym owner. This was a GREAT chat on the Strength & Conditioning methods I have been using and evolving at The Underground Strength Gym. I never would have imagined to see so much BS out there in the strength & conditioning industry but it's here and I have NO time for it. There is a unique view I … [Read more...]

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Ep. 131 | Building STRONGER & TOUGHER Athletes + Strength Coach Career Regrets

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STRONG Life Podcast Ep. 131 In this QnA I answer some GREAT questions that center around Building STRONGER & TOUGHER Athletes + my very own Strength Coach Career Regrets. In between these questions I dig into mindset, training to be dangerous, nutrition, discipline, training adults vs younger athletes and a slew of other topics ALL strength related. This is a passionate and intense episode as I discuss how the ways of the world are incorrectly guiding how we train, the excuses we … [Read more...]

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Strong, Slow & USELESS | The Problem with Modified Powerlifting for Training Athletes

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I've spoken at length regarding my "Strong & Useless" rants when I see athletes who can set the records on the weight room wall but they can't last through a sports practice or they're always "hurt" but not injured. I want to share with you a few tips that you can use with your workouts or with athletes you train that will have you feeling infinitely better in a very short time. Less joint strains, more athleticism and overall, more dangerous in your sport or work related field. I no … [Read more...]

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