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The Coach’s Eye, Squats & Being AWESOME (At a “Old School” Gym)

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Let me take you on a trip through my "coaching brain". You see, I've been training with weights since 1989. in 1988, I began my obsession with push ups. In 1995 I began coaching at a hospital fitness center. I've seen and experienced THREE decades of training and movement which is more than some coaches age. I'm about to share with you a bit of a brain dump after training in a globo gym. If you're a Coach, pay CLOSE attention. If you're not a Coach, pay CLOSE attention to the mindset … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Live The Code, Mental Toughness, Motivation, Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Powerlifting, Strength Building, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: 5 x 5, ankle injury, ankle mobility, how to squat, old school strength, Squats, starting strength, the coach's eye, training age

How To SQUAT Properly + My Disdain For Low Standards In The High School Weight Room

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I love Squats, especially when I see someone doing them properly. But I'll be brutally honest, I get fired up hearing the athletes we work with at The Underground Strength Gym telling me what they do at their high school weight room. Why do I get fired up? Because the standards have been dropped. The technique has been given a lower standard. Because standards are dropped and technique is ignored, the results that come from the squat are dramatically reduced. For 9 years now, I … [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: back squat, deep squats, half squat, high school strength & conditioning, high school weight room, high school workouts, how to squat, louie simmons, squat properly, underground strength gym

Squats: The KING Of Lifts – 7 Squat Tips From Chad Wesley Smith

by Zach Even - Esh 4 Comments

Guest Post by Chad Wesley Smith The squat is the best! Plain and simple. If you want to run faster, jump higher, tackle harder or just be stronger and hence, more awesome, the squat is your best ticket. The squat is the ultimate developer of quad, hamstring, glute and hip strength and these are the muscles most responsible for sprinting and jumping ability. So whether your goal is powerlifting dominance, weightlifting supremacy or improved physique and athletic performance, you need to squat … [Read more...]

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How to Squat: DEEP Squats and Dinosaurs – Are BOTH Extinct?

by Zach Even - Esh 18 Comments

Walk into a typical high school weight room and you'll see a 1 rep max test on the squat every month. Typically, you'll see kids hitting 315 to 495 on the squat. Kids that weigh 185 lbs are doing this, some weight 135 lbs and squat 315. Amazing. On the bar is a THICK Pad to cushion the back. The thick pad replaces the need to build up the traps. After all, who needs a set of BIG, thick traps to support the neck and reduce chances of neck injuries while playing football? Perhaps you'll … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Olympic Lifting, Powerlifting, Strength Building, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: brute strength, deep squats, dinsoaurs, high school squats, high school strength, high school strength coach, how to get big traps, how to pack on muscle, how to squat, old school strength, olympic lifting squats, powerlifting, powerlifting squats, underground strength gym, warehouse gym

Mark Rippetoe Interview on Building Functional Muscle & Brute Strength

by Zach Even - Esh 10 Comments

Enjoy the audio interrogation with Coach Mark Rippetoe. Apologies for the little static during the first 2 minutes but it clears up after the 2 minute mark. Have mercy on me as my office is out of a military back pack since moving out and awaiting for our new home to be ready and I don't have a land line :) Regardless....The information in this interview is Golden and make sure you READ the article linked below. It is what I would call EPIC!!". … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mental Toughness, Muscle Building, Nutrition, Old School Strength, Olympic Lifting, Powerlifting, Q & A, Strength Building, STRONG Life Podcast, Underground Strength Show Tagged With: barbell training, big 3 lifts, big 4 lifts, coach ethan reeve, coach mark rippetoe, coach ripp, how to bench, how to build functional muscle, how to get strong, how to military press, how to power clean, how to squat, jim wendler, mike webster, olympic lifting, powerlifting, prowler, starting strength

There Are NO Secrets

by Zach Even - Esh 25 Comments

Some say they have secrets for packing on freakish amounts of ripped muscle and insane amounts of strength. The internet is famous for click bait, louring you into something that sounds profound, but in a nut shell is a gimmick. Continue reading if you want the truth. Be warned though, the truth comes hand in hand with WORK! Freak Strength, Brute Strength, Functional Strength & Rugged Muscle - if you want ALL of these traits, then you better Squat and Deadlift. You better fall in love … [Read more...]

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