At age 44, I am still learning and evolving with my training. 31 years into training and unlike many lifters and coaches, I am not moving forward with a closed mind. Listen, if you want to get better, you need an open mind. You need to have the hunger and desire to keep learning and keep improving. A closed mind helps no one. I've been adding a few new things for me but they are not new in the realm of training methods. Some of these training methods that I have started implementing with … [Read more...]
BONUS: How to Attack Life for More Success in Health, Business & LIFE
In this BONUS episode of The STRONG Life Podcast, I am the guest on The Living Strong Podcast with Gianluca Masella. GREAT times here talking about taking life head on with a Spartan approach. Gianluca, the host, is no stranger to attacking life and crushing goals. He was once over 300 lbs and lost over 100 lbs by taking action with motivation and inspiration from The Spartan Up Podcast! Dig in and get fired up. It's important to surround yourself (even virtually) with high achievers. … [Read more...]
5 Reasons to Surround Yourself with GREAT People for GREATER Success & LIFE
I say it all the time and I can not emphasize this enough.... You MUST surround yourself and engage with battery chargers, NOT battery drainers. On Monday, Dan Goodman (Co Owner of Varsity House Gym) traveled down to The Underground Strength Gym of Manasquan with his Head Coach, Adam Menner. We trained, talked business, shop and LIFE. I wanted Dan to take a birds eye view of my business as we work on the next strategy of growth & impact for my various businesses: - The … [Read more...]
You are NOT Special
I've got NO time and ZERO TOLERANCE for excuse making lazy folk. Seriously.... Shut Up and get INTENSE. Do some Research & STOP telling me you don't have time. People seem to have PLENTY of time to WASTE endless hours every day on Instagram & Facebook. Do NOT get fancy on me. Do NOT tell me about YOUR special program. YOU are not Special. … [Read more...]
DESTROYING Your Sensitive Mindset & Choosing STRENGTH in Mind AND Body
There's lots of sensitivity floating around nowadays. Everyone gets offended by your words, not just from people but from words on the internet, from people they don't know and will likely never meet in person. People argue over politics, training programs, taxes, etc - then they waste hours on end posting their thoughts and feelings on websites or comment sections that will never create change in this world. The truth is, your Instagram or YouTube comment is NOT going to create … [Read more...]
10 Tips: How to Dominate In Life & In Training
I have updated my YouTube for you BIG time. LOTS of new exercises, QnA Videos and More. Take this info and put it to use. That's right, DO THE DAMN THING. * High Performers are Work Horses. Action Takers. They learn something and take FAST action while others dissect everything until it's too late. * High performers take the obstacles and turn them into Opportunity. What else do high performers do? … [Read more...]
An Important Message….
This is an e mail I recently sent to The STRONG Life Insider and it has expanded into this blog post. I feel it's REALLY important to read from top to bottom. So sit down, get rid of all your outside distractions and give yourself this time. Print it out if you want ..... Enjoy, my friend :) This morning I received an instagram message from a young man saying he was super grateful for coming across my Instagram. He was crying as he sent me an IG message because of the tough times in … [Read more...]
Why Our Youth (Middle & High School Athletes) NEED Great Strength & Conditioning
It's amazing to look back to my early days of training athletes from my garage compared to today. The BIG shocker is how much knowledge I've gained since 2002 when I REALLY began my journey as a Strength Coach. Back then, it was ALL about winning. How can I help this athlete get a D1 Football scholarship? How can I help this wrestler win a state title? Until I began paying closer attention to the deeper details such as..... … [Read more...]
177 | Jim Steel & Zach Talk Leadership, Bodybuilding & Life
STRONG Life Podcast ep. 177 with my man, Jim Steel. GREAT times during this chat as Jim and I discuss the following topics: - Leadership lessons learned from sports as well as what we see today on college teams - Our lessons learned from Football & Wrestling - Thoughts on Football for kids - Bodybuilding in your 40s and 50s - Jim's recent bodybuilding experience … [Read more...]
176 | Strength Coach Toughness & Success, Training Athletes Today vs Early Days of The Underground Strength Gym
STRONG Life Podcast Ep. 176. This is a Power packed blog post because I added a hard hitting, TRUTH Bomb intro for Strength Coaches before sharing my interview with Joel Smith of Just Fly Sports. Joel asked me some awesome questions and this was my second time being featured on his podcast. Also below is a question that was asked to me regarding how I overcame my tough times 5-6 years ago as a Strength Coach. From opening multiple facilities to working at two D1 Universities, I have … [Read more...]
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