Underground Strength Gym

He Is Best Who Is Trained In The Severest School
~Thucydides

Gym name: Underground Strength Gym

Owner full name: Zach Even – Esh
Author of The Encyclopedia of Underground Strength & Conditioning

Start date: Summer 2002 – Parents Garage in Edison, NJ.
2004 home garage.
2007 first warehouse space.
Currently 3 locations in NJ.

Locations: Middlesex, NJ; Scotch Plains, NJ; Manasquan, NJ

Speciality: Training Athletes, most specifically wrestlers.

Website: www.undergroundstrengthcoach.com

Facebook: facebook.com/ZachEvenEsh

Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/zevenesh

Why did you start the Underground Strength Gym?

After bodybuilding for half my life, the injury that set me over the top was my ACL tear.

I was training in BJJ and MMA and tore my ACL. I had injured myself before and I was furious with injuries coupled with my work ethic. It made no sense to me, so I attacked the studies and dedicated myself to becoming a Strength Coach focused on helping young athletes.

How did you start the Underground Strength Gym?

In my parents garage and backyard after purchasing some used equipment from newspaper classified ads in 2002!

What were the biggest struggles?

At first, it was getting the word out. There was no youtube, social media, etc. I would call Coaches everyday and wrote articles for the local newspaper and more. It was old school guerrilla marketing type work.

Zach Knows Wrestling & Understands How Wrestlers Need to Lift.
He Gives All His Energy To Helping Athletes Become Better.
He Creates Savages, Plain & Simple.
~Kenny Theobold, Rutgers Wrestling All American

Buy the Caveman Unconventional Gym T-shirt with Underground Strength Gym

Some freestyle #Strength circuits @undergroundstrengthgym on The @sorinex jammer arms ????
A post shared by Zach Even – Esh (@zevenesh) on Jan 8, 2017 at 6:56pm PST

MAKE IT HAPPEN while others make excuses. No one cares about our problems. Put those “problems” in your back pocket & FORGE ONWARD ??? / Some days are busier than others but we ALL MAKE time for the important things. / No time for being weak. Time to get better ALL the time . / ? Ready to Lead ? Ready to Follow ? NEVER QUIT ? / @undergroundstrengthgym @undergroundstrengthgym @undergroundstrengthgym / #Squats #Hustle #Muscle #Discipline #Dedication #StrengthCoach
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Author of The Encyclopedia of Underground Strength & Conditioning:

The 2 Pains In Life…..
The pain of Discipline or The Pain of Regret.
The pain of discipline goes away once you taste success.
The pain of regret will haunt you for a lifetime.