Pay attention. Pay attention to the details. Deny them as I did and eventually your body will be put in it's place through injury, pain and frustration. In this Video I discuss breathing through the belly, or as Elliott Hulse often says, "breathe into your balls". This could be one of the most important Videos for your health. It all depends, as I like to say. When you are young and in your 20s, you feel indestructible, but, as the mileage of training builds up, you look back and wish you … [Read more...]
Proper Warm Ups For Mind AND Body: The Shyt No One Wants To Talk About
Talking about warm ups just ain't cool. Talking about feeling your age is something people fear to admit, but the truth is the truth and I wanted to give you some insight into how I warm up, how I train, what runs through my mind as I prep to train and how you can smart about training and STILL train hard enough to satisfy your Warrior mindset. … [Read more...]
Solo Workouts, Cold Weather & Mental Training
I am excited to crank this blog post, as ALWAYS! The photos of old school greats and Golden Era bodybuilding always fires me up. Energy is sky high lately, I've been fasting often and experimenting with my nutrition and it's feeling GREAT. On a mission to get to 205, lean and mean.... agile, mobile and hostile! I haven't had a scale of my own since about 10 years ago so I'm gonna start tracking everything & dialing in the nutrition to keep my discipline and goals on track. LOTS of my … [Read more...]
Are You Evolving?
I see MANY Strength Coaches REFUSING to evolve in their training. They sit back and poke fun at others, talk shit and act as if their methods are the end all be all method for training. They are NOT evolving. As an athlete, a Coach, a human being... you must evolve. My training is evolving BIG time right now, my warm ups are getting longer and longer, evolving into play AND training and I'm feeling 100 X better.... My lifestyle is also changing. I've gotten back to doing what I USED to do … [Read more...]
Density Training, Mental Toughness and BadAss Workouts
When I first heard about Density Workouts is when Coach Ethan Reeve was describing his very own workouts from when he was a college wrestler back in the 70s. He would crank intense workouts for 20 minutes, going for maximum rounds. The workouts would give an ass whoopin' to ALL of us. The Rutgers Wrestling Team is learning ALL about these Density Workouts as we crank many of our workouts based on time. It forces you to push the pace, minimize rest and in turn, mental toughness improves along … [Read more...]
Episode # 28: Just gettin’ warmed up!
Training is emotional for me. It brings me joy, laughter and sometimes even tears. It gives me that funny feeling inside, you know what I'm tlaking about.... It's a place where I lose myself and find myself... Here we go.... It gets tougher, so stay with me! Kill it! --Coach Z-- PS: Wanna spend a day hanging out with me? We'll talk training, business and anything else you wanna ask. It's a no rules type seminar. F**k the rules! Info HERE - Click It Baby! … [Read more...]