Articles tagged with middle school athletes

As Football training becomes fancier and fancier, the issues I see in Football remain the same. Players afraid of contact. Players lacking durability. Players who are strong in the weight yet Minimal transfer to the field. Players who are tough in the weight room yet struggle with grit on the field. This is where we go back to the early days of The Underground to add unconventional methods to build the mind, the body and the "in between muscles". This Video shows how to take Football strength & conditioning to the next level!...Keep Reading

In the May 2024 Underground Strength Movie you get a massive behind the scenes look at our training for athletes at The Underground Strength Gym! You will also see screenshots of our training cycles from The Underground Strength Gym as well as Zach's online training group, Gladiator STRONG. Take these exercises & workouts to develop powerful, strong, explosive, durable & SUCCESSFUL athletes!...Keep Reading

For June 2023 Underground Strength Workout & Movie of the Month you're gaining access to 27 minutes of behind the scenes training footage of our athletes. From speed training to power / plyometric training to strength, GPP and everything in between. You'll see middle school, high school and collegiate athletes putting in the work. This is not your common squat, bench and clean video footage that we see everywhere. This is a blending of training tools and methods to build BadA** Athletes. Dig in and enjoy!...Keep Reading

For April and May, we have 15 minutes of behind the scenes Video footage at The Underground Strength Gym as well as screenshots of what we're doing at The Underground. You'll see the exercises and programs that we're implementing with our athletes to gain a deeper understanding of how athletes need to be trained today, ranging from middle school to high school to college athletes. 15 minutes of fire coming at ya.......Keep Reading

The March 2023 Underground Strength MOVIE of the Month brings you almost 20 minutes of behind the scenes training footage at The Underground Strength Gym. From warm ups to speed & agility, from in season to off season training, from middle school to high school you'll see athletes getting after it as we attack TOTAL Sports Performance from ALL angles. Dig in and get your learn ON!...Keep Reading

Over 40 minutes of video and training footage from The Underground Strength Gym. In Video #1, Zach goes over the breakdown of our recent training cycle and methods so you understand how we tweak and adjust training during the holidays, how we work around injuries and how we focus on building BAD MFers at The Underground. Video #2 is a compilation of behind the scenes training footage so you can see EXACTLY what we do at The Underground, from Strength & Conditioning to plyometrics to speed and agility and everything in between. Dig in and get your learn on!...Keep Reading

In this article I break down program design methods and my experiences in transforming beginner and intermediate athletes into BEASTS. LOTS of Coaches talk about it, some write about it, and the rare few, we actually DO THE DAMN THING. This in-depth article explains how to assess athletes, program design tips, exercise selection and more.......Keep Reading

In this video you'll see 10 + minutes of behind the scenes video footage for training & program design. How do we program our training cycles for athletes? How do we adjust for groups that blend middle school, high school & college athletes together? What about in season VS off season? It's ALL covered in this video. Enjoy this Underground Strength Workout of the Month!...Keep Reading