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

<p>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.</p><p><strong>In this episode you will hear:</strong></p><ul> <li>I get to help kids change their lives.</li> <li>You want to have the horsepower of a Ferrari, with the grinding strength of a tow truck.</li> <li>Strength and condition is just a vehicle for changing lives – especially of our youth.</li> <li>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.</li> <li>If there’s a never a challenge – or you wait too long to challenge a kid, then it’s completely foreign territory for them.</li> <li>The work is the gift. You should be chasing that work – not avoiding it.</li> <li>If you think you’re having a bad take day, take the focus of off of you. Make the person next to you better.</li> <li>For people to have a breakthrough, they must have a breakdown.</li> <li>It has to be hard – not stupid – it has to be tough. Training has to be hard.</li> <li>The “we”, not the “me” mentally is the game-changer.</li> <li>You need great team mates.</li> <li>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.</li> <li>Don’t beat yourself up. Just get better.</li> <li>Accountability to somebody else changes everything.</li> <li>Perfection never happens.</li> <li>There’s beauty in the imperfection.</li> <li>You gotta fall in love with the process, vs the