This week we catch up with Zach Even-Esh, a physical powerhouse of a human being. Zach has an amazing reputation in the world of fitness, strength, and conditioning. While Zach himself has been training non-stop since 1989, he has also trained thousands of athletes - from the youth level to the college level; from military personnel to the Olympic level, and has inspired countless athletes around the world to achieve greater success in both sports and life.

In this episode you will hear:

I get to help kids change their lives.

You want to have the horsepower of a Ferrari, with the grinding strength of a tow truck.

Strength and condition is just a vehicle for changing lives – especially of our youth.

Kids sometimes need time to turn the corner. Not every kid has the attitude that can he run through a brick wall. You never know when a kid’s gonna change. He could be a train wreck for two or three years, then he turns it around and he’s your star. You never know – that’s why you can never give up on a kid.

If there’s a never a challenge – or you wait too long to challenge a kid, then it’s completely foreign territory for them.

The work is the gift. You should be chasing that work – not avoiding it.

If you think you’re having a bad take day, take the focus of off of you. Make the person next to you better.

For people to have a breakthrough, they must have a breakdown.

It has to be hard – not stupid – it has to be tough. Training has to be hard.

The “we”, not the “me” mentally is the game-changer.

You need great team mates.

To start a basic fitness effort, start by walking – we can all do it. If you make one change, you’re at 100% past zero.

Don’t beat yourself up. Just get better.

Accountability to somebody else changes everything.

Perfection never happens.

There’s beauty in the imperfection.

You gotta fall in love with the process, vs the end result.

With fitness & health, there’s never really an arriving point.

When you achieve something, go and work at the next thing.

One of the best thing you can do for yourself, is be healthy and strong.

One of the most important tricks is – don’t follow the fads or gimmicks.

I was taught that to be normal was to be strong.

You don’t have to like it. You just have to do it.

The biggest thing is to see the emotional/Internal change people experience through hard training.

Zach Even-Esh: Author, Founder of the Underground Strength Gym, Creator of The Underground Strength Coach Certification

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