I remember my left shoulder and right knee feeling the pain by the time I was 16 years old. At the time of this writing, I am 44. Time flies yet I have never stopped training, EVER. What am I to do? Sit home? On the couch? Do that and you literally become the couch. Training must go on. I must continue to learn and evolve. Not just for myself, but for all the athletes I train. Coaching others is a privilege. When an athletes tells me this or that hurts, I ALWAYS have an answer and a solution. … [Read more...]
5 Reasons Why You Need Circuit Training
Almost every Friday and anytime I am busy and fighting the clock, I have a Go To system for my training. I often do this on Fridays as a way of "Earning my Weekend". However, I usually get in a Saturday morning training session but sometimes I take the entire weekend off. Below I will outline how to design these circuits and you can perform them with heavy or light weights, or, blend it all together depending on your goals. … [Read more...]
Strength Coach Tips: Training Youth Athletes VS High School Athletes
I must admit, it breaks my heart when I see a “strength coach“ having a 12-year-old kid maxing out on the deadlift or maxing out on the back squat. I'm seeing kids who weigh under 100 lbs performing round back deadlifts, crashing onto a bench for a "box squat", benching while hip thrusting the heavens. This kind of dangerous training gives us ALL a bad name. Parents do NOT know the difference between the Coach who is training a young kid in the same manner of an adult powerlifter. In … [Read more...]
STRONG Life BONUS: Zach Goes on The Garage Gym Coach Podcast
In this Bonus episode of The STRONG Life Podcast, I am interviewed on The Garage Gym Coach Podcast. We crushed some great questions for you and covered the following topics: … [Read more...]
Should You NOT Squat, Bench & Deadlift?
I was chatting with a friend over the weekend over dinner and I train his son for the past 2 years. He told me how another Dad was worried about training at The Underground Strength Gym because his son was 14 and he was afraid he would squat, deadlift, bench, etc. First off - These 3 exercises are NOT bad. Context matters here. Let me explain why...... … [Read more...]
203 | Marty Gallagher on Minimalist Strength Training
Photo Credit: Marty Gallagher's Purposeful Primitive Book STRONG Life Podcast ep.203. I LOVE talking training and life with Marty Gallagher. We speak often and we do it the "old school" way, via phone! Imagine that! In this episode Marty and I discuss the following topics: - Training 1 x week and getting stronger on a consistent basis. - How to adjust volume and intensity in your training for longevity and results. - Sprint Training and lessons learned from Charlie Francis. - … [Read more...]
Program Design Tips with Zach & Matt Wenning
There are MANY program design methods and variations that fall under each category of specific styles of program design and program organization. For example, we have the conjugate method, which is essentially an endless array of variations and options. We have progressive overload, aka linear periodization which many people talk down upon yet I have found this to work GREAT with athletes and even for myself. You can use linear progression with conjugate exercise selection. In the … [Read more...]
202 | Underground Strength History, Building Hammers & Balancing That Strength Coach Lifestyle
STRONG Life Podcast ep. 202! This was a GREAT QnA episode where I dug deep and answered your questions with some awesome stories and in depth info. Here's just some of the questions I answered: - How do you start the conversation with an in person or online client that you know is not compliant with your program? - Dating back to the original Underground Garage-give us an example of a “basic” (anything but!) workout you would put those kids through. Love that stuff man! Keep it up … [Read more...]
Trap Bar Deadlift vs Conventional & Sumo Deadlift – Pt 2
Here we go in part 2 of what will be a 3 part series. What is better? The Trap Bar Deadlift or Conventional Deadlifts or Sumo? Well, as I always say, It depends! I explain why it depends from both a physical and mental / psychological standpoint in this video. And if you're hungry for program design and learning exactly what we do at The Underground Strength Gym to build Hammers AND a successful business, then check out The Online Underground Strength & Sports Performance Cert … [Read more...]
Program Design Tips for Athletes / Coaches & How We Train Youth to D1 Athletes at The Underground Strength Gym
With the release of The Underground Strength & Sports Performance Course, I wanted to give you a taste of what you'll be learning as you begin your journey towards becoming a Certified Underground Strength Coach. How do we run things at The Underground Strength Gym and how can you take these methods and apply to your existing sports performance program? Well, things have certainly changed since 2002 and guess what? Things change here on the regular. A BIG reason why is of course … [Read more...]
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