Articles tagged with plyometrics

Underground Strength Movie - May 2025. In this behind the scenes video (16 minutes), we open up with some throwback footage from pre 2010 when we were training a group of college athletes who started at The Underground in their younger years. You will see how we train athletes and adults at The Underground. Get an insider look at how we build athletes up in this world where athletes are NOT athletic. A must watch for all Coaches working with athletes today....Keep Reading

Edwin Woods is our guest Strength Coach instructor for Kettlebell technique and training inside The Underground Strength Coach Cert (USC Cert). In this video, Edwin shares the technique for properly, safely and effectively learning and teaching the Kettlebell clean. If you're tired of smashing your wrist and being an amateur with Kettlebells, watch this video and turn PRO. Technique is a priority for all of our training. Commitment to excellence!...Keep Reading

The FALL 2024 - Underground Strength Movie! This movie is 30 minutes of behind the scenes video footage of our athletes in training as well as our new group, our Adults! Get the best behind the scenes look at what happens at The Underground Strength Gym. Steal these ideas for your own training or for those who you train, regardless of age. We've got athletes from middle school through collegiate as well as our new adult program. Keep the white belt mentality going and get your Learn On!! Enjoy!...Keep Reading

Multiple Training Videos (Over 1 hour of Videos) footage of our warm up mixed in with some lighter strongman training. This warm up addition has been an instrumental change in boosting our athletes GPP and for our adults, it has been FUN and great for their overall functional fitness. Every year we see athletes struggling more and more with GPP so these warm ups that segue into lighter power work are crucial for building durable, fit, powerful athletes....Keep Reading

In this QnA Video Zach breaks down how to properly and optimally organize strength training for wrestlers both in season and off season. This method of adjusting volume and intensity can be used for ALL athletes. Extra Video shows Medicine Ball Power Training, GREAT for In Season AND Off Season and of course, Great for ALL athletes....Keep Reading

You've seen many videos of the variations of The Underground Strength Gym warm up and here is yet another variation with the wrestlers who are training for international and Olympic level competition. Whether you train wrestlers or not, this style of training can be applied to any sport / athletes who need greater athleticism, strength and power. Enjoy yet another powerful video from The Underground Strength Academy!...Keep Reading

Inside The August 2024 Underground Strength Movie and Workout of the Month. You'll get a 15 minute behind the scenes video and screenshots of our exact training from The Underground Strength Gym to see exactly how our athletes train and how we build BEASTS. From training athletes to adult men, you'll see a variety of training footage: strength training, jump training, speed training, plyometrics, trunk stability and athletes ranging from youth through college. Dig in and enjoy!!!...Keep Reading

Special Video from The Underground Strength Coach Certification | D-Ball Training, Med Ball Training, Trap Bar Training & Floor Press Variations. This 38 minute video is great for sport coaches or strength coaches looking to lear exactly how to implement strength & power training for sports performance, regardless of the athlete. I break down the finer points of technique, exercise variations and an in-depth breakdown of the MAIN Strength & Power exercises we use at The Underground Strength Gym....Keep Reading

Zach reviews 2 programs that were homework assignments for interns at The Underground Strength Gym. This is their first go at programming a 3 week mini cycle so you will see a zoom screen share with voice over as well as an excerpt from The SSPC Cert program Design and other resources. This is a powerful resource for ANY Coaches and even parents who are trying to train their own children. Dig in and get your learn on!...Keep Reading

Watch this college wrestler go through a brutal workout mixing Kettlebells, powerlifting, jump training and more. Watch as this Gladiator demonstrates an undying exhibition of passion, intensity and a refusal to back down. If you are an athlete, a Strength Coach, athletic coach or simply a hardcore training fanatic, this can not be missed.......Keep Reading

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

The December 2023 Underground Strength Movie & Workout of the Month is HERE! The video is 22 minutes long with behind the scenes training footage from The Underground Strength Gym. You'll see our middle school, high school and collegiate athletes putting in the work. Also included are screenshots from our recent training cycle at The Underground Strength Gym. Take these workouts for yourself or the athletes you train and reap the rewards of our training methods GUARANTEED to deliver Results in Strength, Functional Muscle, Speed and Power! Unleash Your BEAST!!...Keep Reading

One of the most powerful aspects of our programming at The Underground Strength Gym is our warm up / prep segment. This is where we implement power, speed, athleticism and more. It is a crucial aspect to learn from and observe if you're working with athletes of any age and any sport. If you're going through our Underground Strength Coach Cert or SSPC Cert, these videos will give you more depth so you can expand your knowledge base of building dominant athletes!...Keep Reading

In this 20 Minute Video, Zach takes the wrestlers at Pursuit Wrestling Academy (Pa.) through a quick gymnastics warm up and into a bodyweight power endurance circuit. After the circuit, Zach crushes QnA with the wrestlers and discussed how to train in middle and high school, how to train in season and off season, how to train for strength & power specific to wrestling and how to come back from an injury and / or surgery....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

November 2022 Underground Strength Movie. Go behind the scenes and see exactly how we train athletes to be agile, mobile and hostile! From speed training to jump training and plyometrics. From strength training to hypertrophy that transfers to sport, see how we build athletes ranging from middle school through college to get the edge. This Video is almost 30 minutes in length. Dig in and learn our secrets........Keep Reading