Articles tagged with speed training

BEHIND THE SCENES — 23 MINUTES INSIDE THE UNDERGROUND Ever wonder what REAL strength training actually looks like? Tired of the fads and gimmicks? Come behind the scenes at the Underground Strength Gym and inside my high school strength & speed program. You’ll see adults training. Middle school athletes training. High school athletes training. Strength. Speed. Conditioning. Coaching. No BS fads and gimmicks and NO Instagram "Get more likes and views" BS. This Video is us waging WAR against the BS out there. Just real people putting in real work — and coaches doing what it takes to get them better. Watch the 23 Minute video. Steal the lessons. Apply them to your own training, your coaching, or even training your own kids. And if you want to go deeper and get access to the training systems, coaching lessons, programs, and 20+ years of Underground Strength knowledge, join us inside the Underground Strength Academy. Results Proven for 25+ Years. M...Keep Reading

23 minutes of training footage from The Underground Strength Gym. Everything from warm ups to speed training, middle school to high school athletes, strongman training to throwback videos from pre 2010 at the OG Underground Strength Gym. Dig in and LEARN! REAL training that develops Kick A** results for Athletes. 23 Minutes of......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

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

The August 2022 Behind the Scenes video footage from The Underground Strength Gym and The Workout of the Month is HERE. You'll see more clips from our upgraded / updated warm ups, speed training and athletic preparation. You'll see how we train athletes for strength, power, functional muscle and all around mind and body readiness. If you've been following us for a while you'll see the evolution of our training methods. If you're a parent or coach, dig in and get your learn on! This Video is 25 Minutes! Enjoy!...Keep Reading

The September. 2022 Behind the Scenes video footage from The Underground Strength Gym and The Workout of the Month is HERE. 28 Minutes of behind the scenes video footage from The Underground Strength Gym. You'll see speed training, plyometrics, strength & conditioning and everything in between. You'll also see screen shots of our exact training cycles. Dig in and get your learn ON....Keep Reading

The July 2022 Underground Strength Movie is 29 minutes of behind the scenes footage from The Underground Strength Gym and Zach's training. From warm ups, to speed work, to strength & conditioning with athletes ranging from middle school through college and beyond. Also included are screen shots of the mini cycles from The Underground Strength Gym so you can see the exact training our athletes are following. Dig in and get your learn ON!...Keep Reading

The warm up & prep that we use at The Underground Strength Gym is constantly evolving, changing and improving. Doing the same thing over & over is boring and will eventually stall results. Steal this warm up and see how we take a warm up and progress to speed training, power training, coordination skills / drills and much more. If you train athletes as a Strength Coach or a Sports Coach, the warm up is the Prep. It's your opportunity to build athleticism and integrate speed training before you get to the heavy training. Dig in and get the edge over the competition! Agile, Mobile & Hostile. BOOM!...Keep Reading

Some of our most popular videos as well as the most popular segments of our SSPC and Underground Strength Coach Certs are the warm ups and speed training. These warm ups are constantly evolving. We switch them up often to build athleticism with the athletes and to avoid them adapting to doing the same training. Check out this warm up as we segue into speed and sprint training, plyometrics and more! If you're a Coach of ANY kind, this will be a powerful video for you to learn from....Keep Reading

This interview was done via video back when I was researching to write my book, The Encyclopedia of Underground Strength. It was an honor and a privilege to have had the opportunity to chat with Louie Simmons on the regular dating back to 2002. Without Louie's guidance, The Underground Strength Gym and anything I have created would never have been possible to the level of where we are now. During my work on my new book, The Encyclopedia of Underground Strength, I chatted with Louie Simmons to discuss MANY topics and recorded our conversation: the training of athletes, the conjugate system, the most important things he wants Coaches to know, how to train wrestlers, in season VS off season training, full body vs upper and lower body split workouts, Charlie Francis, the dynamic method, why force development is CRITICAL, should we use "sports specific training" & MUCH more. Louie always tells it like it is and enlightens us as to how to train optimally for maximum results i...Keep Reading

The March 2022 Underground Strength Movie is HERE! 15 Minutes of behind the scenes footage to see how we build HAMMERS at THE Underground Strength Gym. From plyometrics to speed training, from med ball throws and power training to barbell strength and everything in between. You'll see how we utilize hill training with sprints, agility, change of direction, deceleration and more to ensure we build and develop the whole athlete. There have been a LOT changes at The Underground as we evolve ad improve in our commitment to building Champion athletes. Dig in and get your learn ON!...Keep Reading

Need to prepare for combat sports? LEO? Military? Maybe you need a quick training session and you're on a time crunch? Either way, you need to try this barbell combat complex. It's brutal and challenging. GREAT for the Body AND the Mind. Check out the video and put it to the test!...Keep Reading

The February 2022 Underground Strength Workout of the Month is BEAST. The volume is pumping and the pace is furious. Sometimes, we get too smart, too scientific and too NERDY on the training. Intelligent, safe training is certainly important. But, intensity seems to be lacking when training is over analyzed. Time to attack. Training to be Agile, Mobile and Hostile. You'll see a 16 minute behind the scenes video from The Underground Strength Gym and a training cycle that our athletes are currently going through. Dig in and ATTACK. BOOM!...Keep Reading

If You Train Large Groups of Athletes, This video is for you. At the high school, Zach often trains groups that average 50 athletes per training session. There are plenty of times where those numbers are 75+ athletes. Check out this large group of athletes going through a warm up / movement prep session which segues into some jump / plyometric training before their strength & conditioning training begins. If you train large groups or run camps, this video is a must see!...Keep Reading

This is the original Husker Power Conditioning Video created by the first ever full time College Strength Coach, Boyd Epley. What you'll see in this video revolutionized strength & conditioning not just in Football, but in ALL sports. Although this video is several decades old, it is powerful and effective and can still be applied today. Dig in and prepare to get inspired and educated!...Keep Reading

Check out a GREAT video that shows how we segue from a prep / warm up into our speed and plyometrics training. We do this for all athletes, NOT just field or court athletes. You'll get new ideas to incorporate into the training of your athletes through this video....Keep Reading