What a blast I had chatting up life & lifting with my bro, Brandon Lilly on The Sorinex Be Legendary Podcast. We talk about some early history of The Underground Strength Gym along with many other topics life and lifting related, here's just some of those topics: - What type of person gets accepted into training at The Underground Strength Gym - What kind of set up do I prefer with The Underground Strength Gym regarding size and space? - What I would have done differently at age … [Read more...]
STRONG Life Ep. 85: Life & Times Of A Strength Coach w/ Aaron Ausmus
STRONG Life Podcast Ep. 85 with Aaron Ausmus. Aaron takes us through his journey as a high school athlete to a walk on athlete at The D1 Level and his journey to winning a D1 National Title as a shot putter. Not only does he win a National Title his Junior year, he won his National title only a few days after Squatting 600 lbs! Hello "Deload"! ha ha This STRONG Life Episode covers a lot of ground..... … [Read more...]
Matt Vincent Interview, Highland Ganes World Champ
1) Matt - not enough people know about you and your awesome-ness. Seriously, I didn't know a lot about you until we met at Sorinex Summer Strong and I was shocked when you answered questions on the QnA Panel and in between questions nonchalantly threw 300 pls pounds over your head. In a nut shell, WHO is Matt Vincent? … [Read more...]
6th Annual Lift Strong 2013 Fundraiser For Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
6th Annual Lift Strong 2013 Fundraiser For Leukemia & Lymphoma Society [youtube width="640" height="360"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuYXHdK-yag[/youtube] - Date: Sunday, July 21st, 2013 - Location: Underground Strength Gym of Edison 160 Talmadge Rd / Edison, NJ 08817 (Same Parking Lot As Apollon Gym) - Start Time: Arrive at 9:30 AM to Register & Warm Up! - Registration Is IN PERSON At The Gym. Drop A Comment Below If You Are Attending 10 AM Competition Begins! - … [Read more...]
WHY Iron History Is SO Important
I've traveled around the country and have done some crazy things to get my hands on vintage, historical strength training equipment. There is a special history in these older weights, where the men and women were EXTREMELY strong. The passion behind training back in the day for these men was NOT about pumping light weights. Training had a MUCH deeper meaning, as it does for the rare few men of today. Here are some photos and videos - some from my experiences and some from others. Enjoy. … [Read more...]
9 Lessons Learned At Sorinex Summer Strong – Pt 1
Here's a recap of just some of the lessons learned at Sorinex Summer Strong. More than just lessons, these were the main themes that simply kept coming back around, full circle. If any of the lifters and coaches disagreed, it was on maybe 10% of our thoughts, if that. The other 90% or more of our thoughts were all on the same page. [youtube width="640" height="360"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIfjcnyMVhs[/youtube] In a nut shell, here is a list of common themes that were given if you wanna … [Read more...]
How To Build An AWESOME Home Gym / Garage Gym
There is something PURE about training in your very own home gym - be it the garage, basement, backyard or spare bedroom.... Heck. I've heard of some home gym set ups in people's kitchen's! No matter where, there is magic that happens in a kick ass home gym. I recall reading from Dr. Ken, that even though he owned a large gym (I believe it was Iron Island Gym?) he still did his own workouts in a custom made home gym, where he also trained NFL players and other BEASTS. I've got video footage and … [Read more...]
Episode # 139: Vintage York Barbell Gym Tour, Part II
Woops, almost forgot about this BEAUTY thanks to my insane schedule :) Check out this beautiful vintage gym in a south jersey basement. I snagged about 600 lbs of vintage strength weights from this gentleman. I need to clean them up a tad and my son will be getting 4 or 5 VERY vintage York barbells for him to use. Could there be anything more amazing than some old york weights in your hands? OK, never mind, don't answer that question. Anyway, check this amazing video, and if you love … [Read more...]
Underground Strength Show # 29 – Daddy gots to be STRONG!
The warmin' up is done, it's time to start training.... There's more to come this week....they are all filmed and edited....so, the changes for next week, I'm gonna clean up the language. I get a little too excited when I'm around the iron and tend to drop one too many S and F bombs! Kill it! --Coach Z-- PS: I was almost the guy who made excuses for not ebing able to afford this seminar, or that info product - lucky for me, I never was, and because of that, my life is starting to kick a**, … [Read more...]