BOTH Ray Jaz and Shawn Orzechowski seem to have been separated at birth. BOTH of these Undergrounders arrived for their workouts wearing 20 lb weight vests and proceeded to go through their entire workout wearing their vests!

Ray Jaz is the freshman 103 lb varsity wrestler for The South Plainfield Wrestling Team. He’s one of our most dedicated athletes and his success as a freshman, varsity wrestler is proof of his efforts!

Shawn Orzechowski is likely the strongest volleyball player in all of NJ. Being the younger brother of one of our longest standing clients, General Chow, he has NO choice!

Below is Shawn’s brother lifting a 260 lb atlas stone during our New Year’s Morning workout!

Over the last week we’ve had 9 new athletes become members of The Underground.

Call today to start your journey towards more wins, more strength, more speed, more stamina and more mental toughness.

Serious Inquiries Only Please. Not all applicants are accepted into our program.

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Thank you for understanding.

In Strength,

- Zach & Team Underground -

The Underground will be open from 4 – 8 PM today.

See you there!! Time to break records and turn dreams into reality!!

Lots of holiday wrestling tourneys this week, GOLD is where it’s at!

If you missed your workout due to the blizzard or the gas leak on Talmadge Rd last week, call us to schedule your workouts!

(732) 379 – 9370

–Z–

PS: Some motivation for you….

BIG Congrats to Matt Coppolla, wrestling for Watchung Hills & part of The Watchung Warriors Crew we have here at The Underground.

Matt is only a sophomore and recently got his first taste of Gold by winning The Pomptain Plains wrestling tournament.

Matt has been attending wrestling camps and clubs in the off season while training at The Underground 2 x week. Only a Sophomore, Matt has a BRIGHT future ahead of him.

I am BIG time proud to see Matt take 1st place as he has been committed to his training and going 100% during every workout. Along with the tough training, we’ve been working with Matt on increasing his confidence, which is proving to be a winning combination.

All the hard work in the world doesn’t count unless your mind set and attitude are in the right place.

Congrats, Matty C!!!

In Strength,

- Zach & Team Underground -

PS: It’s never too late to begin training. In Season or Off Season, regardless of your sport, if you want to achieve Great success, you need to do what other athletes are NOT doing. Underground offers exactly that, both in the physical and the mental realm.

Call now to schedule your trial workout & interview: (732) 379-9370

Anthony Ashnault is only a sophomore and has the confidence of a senior at the top of his game. He EARNED the confidence through working his tail off ever since he was a young wrestler racking up state and national titles.

His parents support him in his training. Anthony wants to be the best wrestler in the country, he understands he must train for this. His Coaches support him in training at The Underground. To become great you must seek out a great coach, an expert in that field.

Below, Anthony talks about his confidence after winning The Super 32 Wrestling Tournament, beating 5 state champs in the process!

Question for Parents: Would you be accepting of your son being trained by someone who has minimal knowledge in their field? I’ve seen parents let their kids get trained by an athletic coach with strength and conditioning. As a parent, I would want my kids to be under expert guidance, not a coach who read 1 book or a few lousy articles and now thinks he knows the best methods for strength and conditioning.

Give your child the best possible chance to succeed. Don’t settle for anything less than the best.

If you’re a supportive parent and have a child athlete who wants to achieve greatness and understands he must WORK for it, give us a call and schedule your FREE, 1 day trial while space is available

(732) 379-9370

In Strength,

– Zach & Team Underground –

Scotty Training at The Underground

1. Train for Strength. You can learn all the technique in the world, but, if you run into an oxe of a wrestler, he will stop you dead in your tracks. Being stronger helps, we can’t argue about that.

2. Develop your own unique style & technique of wrestling. This is the opposite of # 1. Sure, you can be strong as an oxe, BUT, you need technique as well, allowing you to properly utilize your strength. Develop new wrestling skills (greco, freestyle AND folkstyle as well as Judo).

3. Compete Regularly. Don’t wrestle or lift with wrestlers who can not challenge you, you will NEVER improve that way. Often times we see highly successful wrestlers are a direct reflection of their training partners both on AND off the mat. That is what makes The Underground Strength Gym so unique. Someone is always better than you or trying to beat you. You can’t rest on your PAST success. When was the last time you competed?

4. Play other sports. Too often wrestlers burn out because they never take a break from the mat. I’ve seen countless great wrestlers cross train in various sports such as soccer, gymnastics, judo, baseball, football, spring track…. Wrestlers require athleticism. I also know wrestling is very demanding not just physically but also psychologically. You can train year round as an athlete, but wrestling year round tends to cause burn out.

Rope Climbing at The Underground

5. Train Like an Animal. Run, jump, crawl and climb. Stop training on machines and isolating muscles when you need to focus on powerful movements such as hill sprints, pull ups, rope climbs / pole climbs, jumping, etc.

6. Develop “Farm Boy” Strength. Use odd objects such as stones, sandbags, tractor tires, heavy wheelbarrows, buckets, sledge hammers etc to develop a different type of strength. Your grip will be challenged constantly and your entire body will be pushed to work as a unit to lift in this manner.

7. Train for Speed. Once technique is on point it’s time start moving the weights as fast as possible. When using bodyweight movements use the same principle, develop control first, then, begin using explosive bodyweight drills for the development of speed and power.

8. Train the Mind. Surround yourself with like minded wrestlers who are highly motivated and positive thinkers, talkers and doers. Read books that motivate you and tell you stories of athletes overcoming adversity. Train your mind to bounce back from set backs or losses quickly rather than dwelling on the negative. If the mind has powerful thoughts your success on the mat will multiply BIG time.

9. Take Action. It amazes me to see countless wrestlers speaking of lofty goals such as wanting to become all state or wanting to be an All American in college yet they do NOT do the work to help them achieve these goals. Our wrestlers mostly train 2, maybe 3 times a week at The Underground, that’s all it takes to get the edge. Sure, some train more often, but, the majority of our wrestlers have had GREAT success with only an extra 2 hours of training a week. Don’t talk about success. DO what it takes to achieve that success.

In Strength,

–Z–

PS: To train at The Underground Strength Gym you need to be highly dedicated, highly motivated and have supportive parents. Space is limited in BOTH our locations (Edison and Avon).

E Mail us to begin your journey to More Wins, Pins and Championship Titles!

UndergroundStrengthCoach@gmail.com