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Zach Even-Esh

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335 | Old School Bodybuilding Methods for Athletes, Nutrition Tips, Lessons from Rocky & Much More!

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STRONG Life Podcast ep 335 Old School Bodybuilding Methods for Athletes, Nutrition Tips, Lessons from Rocky & Much More! This was a podcast that I did with Marc Lobliner and Bryce Biel, called The Legacy Project. Their first episode they did was with Coach Tommy Moffitt and they've been posting to YouTube. They have excellent content. I'll share a clip from their episode with Coach Moffitt below so make sure you check it out. This was a GREAT conversation and I highly recommend their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Announcements, Articles, AWESOME Business, AWESOME Life, Iron Roots, Kettlebells, Live The Code, Mental Toughness, Motivation, Muscle Building, Nutrition, Old School Strength, Powerlifting, Q & A, Sports Performance, Strength Building, Strength Coach Business, STRONG Life Podcast, Success, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: athlete nutrition, bill peanuts west, bodybuilding, high school strength and conditioning, iron roots, legacy podcast, marc lobliner, nutrition, old school strength, rocky training, teenage athlete

Ep. 213 | Do You Skip Leg Day in the Gym AND in Life?

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STRONG Life Podcast ep. 213, here we GO! Skipping leg day in the gym is 1 thing, skipping leg day in LIFE is another thing! There are NO shortcuts to achieving REAL Success. We ALL know this, but, how many people LIVE this. I had an athlete recently ask me, Do we have to train legs? I almost had to look around for the hidden camera, I thought it was a joke. But, it was NOT a joke. You see, people of ALL ages are weak minded. They seek comfort. They want easy. They think we OWE … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, AWESOME Life, Live The Code, Mental Toughness, Motivation, Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Powerlifting, Strength Building, STRONG Life Podcast, Success, Underground Strength Challenge, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: bill peanuts west, mental toughness, skip leg day, Squats, strength coach, strong life podcast, underground strength coach

1967 Mental Toughness Tips from Golden Era Bodybuilding

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It's amazing that even in a 1967 Golden Era Bodybuilding Magazine (Muscle Builder) that people were talking about "This generation has gotten soft". This article was called Mom-ism May be the Reason Why You are NOT a Champion. As a parent myself, it is a reminder that the easy life and giving your kids everything you didn't have is NOT helping our kids. In fact, it only hurts them. This is also why I HATE when people send me gifts. Call me crazy but I want to EARN it. I want to BUY it. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, AWESOME Life, Live The Code, Mental Toughness, Motivation, Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Strength Building, Success, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: bill peanuts west, bodybuilding, dave draper, freddy ortiz, golden era bodybuilding, louie simmons, mental toughness, momism, muscle builder magazine, old school strength, strength coach, westside barbell

Iron Roots Podcast Ep. 7 | The History Behind The Box Squat

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In this episode of The Iron Roots Podcast, I get into the History behind the box squat. I also share how we use the box squat at The Underground Strength Gym along with proper application of the box squat. I see a LOT of mistakes with the use of the box squat, including when I see footage from D1 University weight rooms. That is NO good. My first exposure to the box squat was from watching Louie Simmons' Westside Barbell VHS tapes. Louie learned how to Box Squat from these original … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Iron Roots, Motivation, Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Powerlifting, Q & A, Strength Building, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Wrestling Training, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: bill peanuts west, box squat, plae pro, powerlifting, special strengths, Squats, underground strength gym, westside barbell

Iron Roots Podcast Ep. 4 | The Touch System

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Iron Roots Podcast Ep. 4. In this episode, I talk about a technique used for spotting that is more psychological than it is physical. In fact, I was using this myself in my late teens when I began pushing heavier poundages in the Squat & Bench Press. Little did I know, this was being used in the mid 60s, originally by the ORIGINAL Westside Barbell crew in Bill Peanuts West's garage gym! Check it out! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Iron Roots, Motivation, Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Powerlifting, Strength Building, Videos, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: bench press, bill peanuts west, how to spot correctly, iron roots podcast, muscle builder & power magazine, old school strength, original westside barbell, powerlifting, squat, the touch system

Those Golden Era Bodybuilding Days!

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I'm not even sure I can write anything that will speak louder than this training video of Craig Monson, below. When I see these videos, I sometimes think I was born in the wrong era. The Golden Era of Bodybuilding was beyond different, you can literally FEEL the energy exploding out of these videos. Powerlifting in the 70s & 80s? The purity of hardcore gyms that were legitimately "hardcore" - there's not too many of those gyms around anymore. The word is, You can't survive being … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, AWESOME Life, Motivation, Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Powerlifting, Strength Building, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: bench press, bill peanuts west, bodybuilding, craig monson, gladiator project, gold's gym venice, golden era bodybuilding, muscle beach, pumping iron, venice beach weight pit

140 | Training for LIFE w/ Zach & Jim Steel

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STRONG Life Podcast ep. 140 with my man, Jim Steel. This episode is great, and really, any time I chat with Jim it's like we're just hanging out and talking life. You're gonna love this episode as we discuss the following: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: AWESOME Business, AWESOME Life, Live The Code, Mental Toughness, Motivation, Muscle Building, Nutrition, Old School Strength, Powerlifting, Q & A, Strength Building, STRONG Life Podcast, Success, Underground Strength Challenge, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Wrestling Training, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: 140, bas barbell, bill peanuts west, dogs, functional strength, jim steel, man strength, marty raney, old school strength, strength coach, strong life podcast, training for life, training in your 40s, training in your 50s, underground strength gym, warehouse gym business, weight gain diet, westside barbell

The 6 Most Effective Strength & Muscle Building Methods

by Zach Even - Esh 10 Comments

I've been doing a LOT of thinking about the various ways I have trained since starting back in 1989, well over 25 years of experience. I thought about the methods that wasted my time and didn't produce anything but all show and NO go muscles. Those days bother me BIG time because they have scarred me for a lifetime and unfortunately didn't help my success in athletics. I also thought about my days of squatting 455 lbs for reps. My days of breaking away from what the other guys in the gym were … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Olympic Lifting, Powerlifting, Strength Building, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: 5 x 5 method, arnold, bill peanuts west, denny gable, diamond gym, golden era bodybuilding, iron roots, louie simmons, maplewood, old school strength, phil grippaldi, Squats, underground strength system, weightlifting

The Great Biceps Training Debate

by Zach Even - Esh 11 Comments

The biceps training debate isn't a debate if you truly understand the need to be strong all around. In addition, if you've ever worked with someone too weak to perform a push up and pull up, you find a way to put muscle on their body, anywhere! Biceps are last on my list of "things to do" but to leave them out completely? My thoughts.... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Powerlifting, Strength Building, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: biceps debate, biceps training, biceps workout, bill peanuts west, cheat curls, how to build muscle, kirk kaworski, phil grippaldi, power curls

Are Box Squats Better Than Olympic Style Squats

by Zach Even - Esh 13 Comments

The past year or so we've gotten away from box squats at our gym. Is it the BEST answer? In Strength & Performance, there are BETTER answers but not always "the best" answers. I recall having ONE kid, who could box squat over 405. But.... there were flaws. The box was set a bit high as he would squat with guys taller than him. At the time, we had a 50/50 mix of free squats vs box squats. When this kid tried to free squat 315 he got CRUSHED. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Olympic Lifting, Powerlifting, Q & A, Strength Building, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Wrestling Training, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: bill peanuts west, box squats, california strength, crossfit, dave tate, football workout, free squats, glenn pendlay, mark smelly bell, olympic squats, underground strength gym, westside barbell

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