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Nov 5, 2024 | 
win-magazine.com | Mike Finn |Zach Even-Esh
Photo: A rope pull-up is a good strength-training exercise suggested by Zach Even-Esh. By Zach Even-EshI was chatting with two friends who are both strength coaches who work with a lot of wrestlers both in a high school and private setting. I wanted to hear what the common training characteristics/practices of their wrestlers have been and which ones are winning the most from high school through college.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
win-magazine.com | Mike Finn |Zach Even-Esh
Photo: Sandbag lifts from the ground will force the grip and fingers to work in conjunction with full body strength. By Zach Even-EshRecently I saw an athlete at my high school using a weightlifting belt and wrist straps before deadlifting. This was common for me in high school as well and my goal is to help wrestlers avoid the mistakes I made over 30 years ago. Yet, we still see wrestlers and wrestling coaches training the wrong way. The wrestler must have a strong grip.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
win-magazine.com | Mike Finn |Zach Even-Esh
Photo: Try doing push-ups with a heavy chain. By Zach Even-EshThere is a great quote by the late Louie Simmons, founder of Westside Barbell: “It is of no use to be strong in the wrong exercises.”What does this mean? To break it down, many wrestlers and athletes in general will opt to train at a local commercial gym. They will break up their training into a bodybuilder split; Chest and arms one day, legs another day, back and biceps another day, etc.
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May 17, 2024 | 
win-magazine.com | Mike Finn |Zach Even-Esh
Photo: Dumbbell bench lifts are a great way to prep for a barbell bench lift. By Zach Even-EshI recently visited a wrestling club that was in the same building as a personal training studio. While waiting to speak with the wrestling coach, I watched through the corner of my eye an athlete going through a personal training session. He was a bigger athlete and was likely a football player.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
player.fm | Kyle Kingsbury |Leanne Vogel |Zach Even-Esh |Mark Sisson
We’re just a tad out of order here today. If you’re following along in the book “ A Return to Eros” we jumped to Desire today and will revisit the second face in the next episode. Today Marc gives us the goods on Desire and its role as a face of Eros. These episodes are excellent as standalones, and they are even greater as part of their greater whole.
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Jan 18, 2024 | 
win-magazine.com | Mike Finn |Zach Even-Esh
Photo: Hanging onto a basketball rim is a simple strength-training exercise suggested by Zach Even-Esh. By Zach Even-EshThere has been a big push by a lot of strength coaches who are actually demonizing strength. I keep seeing articles, videos and social-media posts about how athletes who are “too strong” experience a drop-off in performance. And so, the pendulum has swung towards testing sprint times, sprint speed and bar speed on exercises like squats, bench, deadlift and cleans.
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Nov 3, 2023 | 
win-magazine.com | Mike Finn |Zach Even-Esh
By Zach Even-EshIhave a saying when athletes or coaches ask me about certain exercises they come across on the internet, especially social media: “It looks cool on Instagram.”That’s as effective as some of these exercises are. For example, if you’re training a high school wrestling team, what will be more effective? • An endurance circuit with a plate workout (most plates will be 25 pounds) that lasts maybe 10 minutes?
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Aug 8, 2023 | 
win-magazine.com | Mike Finn |Zach Even-Esh
Photo: Simply carrying a heavy stone is agreat strength-training tool for wrestlers. By Zach Even-EshThere is a growing trend in strength and conditioning where technology and science are taking over and athletes are not getting stronger and tougher. Toughness is context specific, but let me put it this way:When I began training wrestlers out of my house 21 years ago, our equipment and “facility” was spartan like. It was my garage, backyard and the local playground.
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Jul 12, 2023 | 
win-magazine.com | Mike Finn |Zach Even-Esh
Photos: Zach Even-Esh, a strength and performance coach from the Underground Gym in New Jersey, promotes many unique ways for wrestlers to get stronger. That includes a Keg-Hug-Carry (left) and rope climbing to improve one’s grip. By Zach Even-EshThe summer is a great opportunity for wrestlers to get ahead of the competition.
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May 26, 2023 | 
win-magazine.com | Mike Finn |Zach Even-Esh
Photo: Heavy-tire lifting can be an effective overall-body exercise for wrestlers. This is one of the “Imperfect” training methods that Zach Even-Esh recommends and has used at his Underground Strength Gym in New Jersey. (Even-Esh photo)By Zach Even-EshI was recently training a group of athletes and one of them was struggling on all levels, both physically and mentally. Coach Zach from 15+ years ago would have flipped out on the athlete and kicked him out; no questions asked.
