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Zach Even-Esh

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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

Iron Roots Podcast Ep. 3 | Training for Life | Dr. Ken

by Zach Even - Esh 5 Comments

  Here we go! Iron Roots Podcast, Episode 3. In this episode of Iron Roots, I talk about someone I NEVER met, yet he was a mentor to me from all of his writings & videos I had come across through the years. I am talking about none other than Dr. Ken Leistner. Dig in and enjoy the show! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Iron Roots, Mental Toughness, Motivation, Muscle Building, Old School Strength, Strength Building, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: dr ken, episode 3, farmer walks, football strength, iron roots podcast, ken leistner, kevin tolbert, mike gentry, odd object training, old school bodybuilding, strongman training, tire flips, truck push, underground strength coach, underground strength gym, virginia tech football

Why The Easy Life Breeds Weakness In AND Out of The Gym

by Zach Even - Esh 3 Comments

After returning from a great vacation, I shared a story with my kids to remind them just how good and easy they have it. And, many times I wonder, is this "easy life" hurting my kids and humans in general? My Dad would take us on "vacations" that included canoeing or rafting. Another "vacation" was fossil hunting after my Dad saw an article in the newspaper about people finding old fossils, so off we went! The Canoe trip was more of a death defying stunt than a "vacation". First off, I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, AWESOME Life, Bodyweight Bodybuilding, Kettlebells, Live The Code, Mental Toughness, Motivation, Muscle Building, Nutrition, Old School Strength, Powerlifting, Strength Building, Success, Underground Strength Show, Videos, Wrestling Training, Zach's Workouts Tagged With: bands and chains, conjugate method, easy life, gladiator strong, golden era bodybuilding, how to build muscle, how to get stronger, muscular development, odd object training, old school bodybuilding, robert kennedy ironman, strong life

Prison Strength Training & Convict Conditioning

by Zach Even - Esh 19 Comments

MANY years ago (2005 or 2006) I took a trip to the prison where the movie Lock Up was filmed with Sly Stallone. I wanted to learn how the inmates trained. In a nut shell, I was hungry to learn from anyone who was strong, fast and powerful. I had seen a documentary on how inmates are training every day and I found out a friend of mine had a family member who was a LT working with "The Lifers". This friend of mine introduced me to her Dad who was open to bringing me in to chat with these guys … [Read more...]

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