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Zach Even-Esh

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Building Grit & Mental Toughness in Athletes “Safely” + 5 Training Tips

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Mental Toughness. Here we go again. One of the most overused phrases in the coaching world. What is it? How do you help athletes "Get Tough" and why is it even important? Well, being a kid who grew up in the 80s and experiencing countless training styles and coaches, I am smart enough to see the changes and the evolution. And with all this experience comes a lot of mistakes and knowledge. What worked in the 80s and 90s doesn't always work today. As a high school athlete, my coach … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Live The Code, Mental Toughness, Motivation, Muscle Building, Powerlifting, Strength Building, Underground Strength Show, Videos Tagged With: 5 x 5, art of coaching, coaching, grit, high school strength and conditioning, leadership, lehigh wrestling, mental toughness, prison training, ssp coach, strongest shall survive, tough training, underground strength coach, underground strength gym, wacky wednesday

Random Thoughts November 2020

by Zach Even - Esh 4 Comments

Sometimes I write for no other reason than to write for myself. That's right, just for me. It's a great way to cleanse the mind and get something out of your head and onto paper or in this case, on the computer. I don't care that "blogging isn't cool anymore" or whatever other bull shyt people like to spout. The photo above is because I often talk about a "cabin in the woods". Yes, that will happen. I look forward to that day..... OK, here goes, for the rare few who actually read and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Announcements, Articles, AWESOME Business, AWESOME Life, Live The Code, Mental Toughness, Motivation, Muscle Building, Strength Building, Strength Coach Business, Underground Strength Challenge, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Wrestling Training, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: abundance mentality, college strength and conditioning, covid, health, lehigh wrestling, strength coach, strength coach business, trap bar deadlift, underground strength gym, underground strength store

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...]

Filed Under: Articles, Bodyweight Bodybuilding, Kettlebells, Live The Code, Mental Toughness, Motivation, Muscle Building, Nutrition, Old School Strength, Olympic Lifting, Powerlifting, Strength Building, Underground Strength Challenge, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Wrestling Training, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: athlete workouts, athletic warm up, athleticism, football workouts, high school workouts, john mccallum, keys to progress, lehigh wrestling, mike webster, nutrition, old school strength, plyometrics, speed and agility, speed training, Squats, stronger athletes, trap bar deadlift, underground strength academy, underground strength gym, weight gain shake, wrestling workouts

Ep 227 | Wrestling BEAST, Gabe Dean & Strength Coach, Dan Flanick: CRAZY Stories of Zach & The Underground Strength Gym

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Photo Cred: FloWrestling.com & Tony Rotundo STRONG Life Podcast ep. 227 with Gabe Dean & Dan Flanick. I've known Gabe since my days of coaching at Lehigh (2014-2015) when our best guy was battling Dean all throughout the season. And last Summer, I got to work with Dean while filming new episodes for The Spartan Up Podcast series, which I will also share below. This is a BEAST of an episode. Gabe & his podcast partner, Strength Coach Dan Flanick really got me sharing some wild … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, AWESOME Business, AWESOME Life, Live The Code, Mental Toughness, Motivation, Old School Strength, Q & A, Spartan Way, Strength Building, STRONG Life Podcast, Success, Wrestling Training, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: cornell wrestling, dan flannick, dean's list talk show, gabe dean, garage gym, lehigh wrestling, spartan up, spartan way, Success, warehouse gym, Wrestling

5 Tips for Training Athletes for Strength AND Toughness

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There's a lot of chatter going on regarding training athletes for speed and strength. Some coaches feel we're not doing enough speed / sprint work. Others realize that MANY athletes are too weak to sprint properly. And, have we forgotten? We need athletes to be TOUGH. Give kids an opportunity to train on their own in a weight room today and you'll see some benching and lots of "chest work" and of course, lots of curls. NO back training. NO DEEP Squats. Farmer … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Bodyweight Bodybuilding, Mental Toughness, Motivation, Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Powerlifting, Strength Building, Underground Strength Challenge, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Wrestling Training, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: dr ken, high school strength & conditioning, kevin tolbert, lehigh wrestling, mental toughness, odd object training, strength training, strongman training, tire flip, tug of war, underground strength coach, underground strength gym

Art of Coaching: How & Why Strength & Conditioning Is MUCH More Than Sets & Reps

by Zach Even - Esh 2 Comments

I've watched the worst movers in the weight room achieve some of the highest levels of success in their chosen sport. I've watched the highest achievers in high school struggle at the D1 Level and give up altogether. I've watched the strongest & toughest guys in the weight room demonstrate the least grit & toughness in their sport. These stories of irony go on and on. They are ironic only when you are new to training athletes. Once you've coached for a while, you see how … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, AWESOME Business, AWESOME Life, Muscle Building, Strength Building, Success, Videos, Wrestling Training, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: absolute strength, art of coaching, brett bartholomew, confidence, d1 sports, dyanamic effort, kurt hester, lehigh wrestling, max effort, psychology, underground strength gym

We Need MORE People Getting Farm Boy STRONG

by Zach Even - Esh 8 Comments

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Too many Coaches have gotten entirely too nice with athletes and their training. Or, they refuse to learn and refuse to change, in turn doing dangerous and stupid training that either doesn't work and / or injures athletes. "This is how I always trained....." is what they say. Small minds refuse to change. Small minded people never succeed beyond their own mind. Don't be "that guy". Everyday is a learning opportunity. I learn everyday, not just from other coaches, but from my athletes as I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Live The Code, Mental Toughness, Motivation, Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Strength Building, Underground Strength Challenge, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Wrestling Training, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: bobby hull, crossfit strongman, crossfit workout, edison gym, farm boy strong, football workout, keg lifting, lehigh wrestling, manasquan gym, mental toughness, nhl, odd object workouts, sandbag workouts, tire flip, underground strength coach, underground strength gym

STRONG Life Ep. 46: AWESOME QnA, Training Different Athletes, Lehigh Wrecking Crew & NO Best Biz Books

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It's been a while since I've crushed a STRONG Life Podcast and I am sorry. My voice has been MIA for a solid 3 weeks and it's on the way back. I felt great physically but my voice didn't work. It was kinda like pushing the gas pedal on your car and it drives nowhere. That's how my voice was (not) working. In this episode, we have a loaded QnA which allowed me to delve into some awesome topics that you will love! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, AWESOME Business, AWESOME Life, Kettlebells, Live The Code, Mental Toughness, Muscle Building, Powerlifting, Q & A, Strength Building, STRONG Life Podcast, Success, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Wrestling Training, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: bodyweight and kettlebells, hybrid kettlebell workout, kettlebells, lehigh wrestling, mobility, rehab and prehab, strength coach business books, underground strength coach, underground strength gym workouts

3 Key Truths In Training You Must Accept To Maximize Size & Strength Gains

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There are 3 critical keys that have been largely responsible for my success in training as well as coaching. Yes, there is science behind it, but most of all, there are these 3 keys behind the training. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Live The Code, Mental Toughness, Motivation, Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Olympic Lifting, Powerlifting, Strength Building, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Wrestling Training, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: 3 keys, attitude, bill kazmaier, edison gym, hard work, heavy lifting, how to build muscle, how to get strong, intensity, ironmind, lehigh university wrestling, lehigh wrestling, manasquan gym, powerlifting, trap bar deadlift, underground strength gym, wrestling workout

What REALLY Matters Is NOT A Best Seller

by Zach Even - Esh 2 Comments

My book launched on a Monday and by Wednesday morning it hit # 1 on Amazon Kindle Exercise Section and was also sitting in the top 10 for physical books. I was pumped when I got the news that we hit # 1 on Kindle, NO lie. I was psyched and fired UP! I was finishing up a training session with my buddy at The Underground Strength Gym in Manasquan and I sent my wife a text message right away. But then, I got an e mail from a Dad of 1 of the kids I train at my Underground Strength … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, AWESOME Business, AWESOME Life, Live The Code, Powerlifting, Success, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Wrestling Training, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: best seller, lehigh wrestling, mark bell, powerlifting, The Encyclopedia of Underground Strength & Conditioning, vision quest

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