Articles tagged with strongman training
Kettlebell & Sandbag Training for COMBAT Athletes: Special 17 pg Report. In this report you will learn the various program design methods we use with kettlebells and sandbags to develop dominant combat athletes. Whether you wrestle, fight MMA, BJJ, Muay Thai or are a first responder of any type, this special report will give you the knowledge and plenty of sample workouts using sandbags, kettlebells and calisthenics....Keep Reading
Kettlebell & Sandbag Training for COMBAT Athletes: Special 17 pg Report. In this report you will learn the various program design methods we use with kettlebells and sandbags to develop dominant combat athletes. Whether you wrestle, fight MMA, BJJ, Muay Thai or are a first responder of any type, this special report will give you the knowledge and plenty of sample workouts using sandbags, kettlebells and calisthenics....Keep Reading
Kettlebell & Sandbag Training for COMBAT Athletes: Special 17 pg Report. In this report you will learn the various program design methods we use with kettlebells and sandbags to develop dominant combat athletes. Whether you wrestle, fight MMA, BJJ, Muay Thai or are a first responder of any type, this special report will give you the knowledge and plenty of sample workouts using sandbags, kettlebells and calisthenics....Keep Reading
Prepare to get FIRED UP. This is THE NO RULES Training Manual — one of the core resources from our Underground Strength & Sports Performance Collection. Inside are 100+ pages of exercises, workouts, and methods forged at The Underground Strength Gym, from the early garage / backyard “wrecking crew” days to our warehouse facility. When conventional training stops working, this is the manual you turn to. Break the rules, crush plateaus, and build real strength, size, and mental toughness like never before....Keep Reading
Program design from the OLD SCHOOL DAYS. 2009! This was TOUGH Training and it built TOUGH, Strong, Powerful and Durable Athletes. Also see behind the scenes footage from the early days of The Underground Strength Gym. Also included: Underground Strength Coach Cert Excerpt: STRONGMAN TRAINING VIDEO....Keep Reading
Get ready for the Most Bad A** Pre Season Wrestling Strength Training program you've ever EXPERIENCED. You'll get an EXACT week by week workout schedule, complete with exercises, sets and reps. Proven with our wrestlers who have been trained from youth to the D1 Level! THE BEST IN SEASON is always preceded by a GREAT off season. Get after it HERE - This is for Parents of Wrestlers, Coaches and Wrestlers who want to Win and PIN!...Keep Reading
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
Over 10 years ago the ORIGINAL Gladiator Training Manual was created while training athletes from my garage and backyard using the most primitive methods and training tools: tree logs, sledge hammers, sandbags, my truck and more. This is the ORIGINAL training course and you'll step into a time machine to see the origins of The Underground Strength System. This was the e book that started THE movement and pissed off the "Best" Coaches who demanded that it could never work. Well, it worked! Our athletes began shocking and dominating their competition and that was only the beginning!...Keep Reading
Download this special report + watch this in depth video to learn EXACTLY how Zach runs speed and strength camps by working with schools and his community. Zach shares how to start and market these camps to grow your business. Discover how to setup the camps, sample exercises, workouts and marketing tips to help you impact more athletes and grow your business....Keep Reading
Part 2 in Our HIT (High Intensity Training Movie Series). This Video features 2 HOURS of training a Team of D1 Football players (late 80s / early 90s) going through Old School HIT Training with Dr. Ken Leistner. You'll see brutal conditioning workouts, Odd Object Strength & StrongMan Challenges to Men pushing themselves through the pain barrier and beyond under the eyes of Dr. Ken. Intensity & Work Ethic personified........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
Listen to this interview with a Division I Athlete / Coach as he shares what it's like to train and coach at a D1 college. This was recorded in the early 2000s when D1 athletes and coaches could not share what they were doing. There was no social media at the time, no YouTube, no fancy technology and the only people who knew what was really happening inside D1 schools were those who coached or those who were athletes. Get your learn on with this powerful conversation on training, program design and the art of coaching....Keep Reading
The May 2009 Underground Strength Workout of the Month! Inside this month's training you will have 3 workouts each week. You'll also see a 7 minute behind the scenes training video that was filmed right before Joe DeFranco and I held our Lost Secrets of Strength Seminar. You'll see Coaches jumping in and training with our atlhetes. Also included are the exact sets & reps we used for this training cycle to help you gain serious muscle and strength! Get Busy & do the Work! Here we GO!...Keep Reading
Prepare to get FIRED UP. This is THE NO RULES Training Manual — one of the core resources from our Underground Strength & Sports Performance Collection. Inside are 100+ pages of exercises, workouts, and methods forged at The Underground Strength Gym, from the early garage / backyard “wrecking crew” days to our warehouse facility. When conventional training stops working, this is the manual you turn to. Break the rules, crush plateaus, and build real strength, size, and mental toughness like never before....Keep Reading
Part 2 in Our HIT (High Intensity Training Movie). From The D1 Football Gladiators going through Old School HIT Training with Dr. Ken Leistner, Odd Object Strength Challenges to Men pushing themselves through the pain barrier and beyond under the eyes of Dr. Ken. Intensity & Work Ethic personified........Keep Reading
Over 9 years ago a large man stood outside my gym. It was late at night and I was finishing up our final training session. I saw that this man was hovering around my gym so I walked outside to introduce myself. He had a bag filled with OLD VHS Tapes and The Original Dinosaur Files. He said he loved the work I was doing at The Underground Strength Gym and he wanted me to have these gifts........Keep Reading
Ancient Training Methods Part III is ON. In this portion of the DVD I cover how I trained with tree logs, sledge hammers and tire flipping at the infamous tire yard I have written & spoken about for so many years. This portion of The DVD is TRUE "Farm Boy" Training. This is ONLY for the resourceful athletes and coaches who are willing to step outside the comfort zone of the weight room. This training is what helped the athletes I trained back then develop a type of relentless aggression and mental toughness that helped them dominate the competition....Keep Reading
Ancient Training Methods Part II is ON. In this portion of the DVD I cover sandbag training and truck / car pushing. I've always said that sandbag training is an ALL In One Gym. Use this portion to build mental toughness, brute strength, grip strength and full body power. Get after it and be RELENTLESS....Keep Reading
The FIRST Ever DVD I released, Ancient Training Methods is now part of The Underground Strength Inner Circle. This DVD was filmed around 2004! It is LOADED with powerful information from the earliest days of Underground Strength. In Part 1 I cover sled training, truck pushing, sandbags and more. I am PSYCHED to share this DVD with you!...Keep Reading
Step inside The Underground Strength Gym & Step UP your training, regardless of what you train for. 15 minutes of detailed training plans and behind the scenes footage of what we do and what you need to do to rise above and get to the next level. Nothing fancy needed here, just the guts and the balls to demand more from yourself while refusing to conform to the norms of society. Straight up, these workouts are NO Bull Shit and all you need is the right mentality. If you're looking for fads, gimmicks and some magic protein shake blended with short cuts I make NO apologies for leading you the complete opposite direction of the BS that delivers NO results. Step up, this is the real deal....Keep Reading