#345 You're Not Weak... You're Distracted | Zach Even-Esh

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Dave Tate

Health & Fitness, Fitness

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🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 112 minutes

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We welcome Zach Even-Esh to this #345 episode of Dave Tate's Table Talk Podcast!

Zach Even-Esh is a veteran strength coach and founder of The Underground Strength Gym, which began in his parents' garage in 2002 and opened its Manasquan, NJ location in 2012. With over 20 years in the industry, Zach has trained countless athletes and coaches, blending old-school grit with proven training methods.

For the past six years, he's been a high school strength and conditioning coach, shaping young athletes with his no-nonsense, character-first approach. He continues to consult with coaches, athletes, and parents who want real results and elite performance.

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0:00.0	It was the love that those kind of people had for training. How did you earn your respect? You had to
0:05.9	train hard. Put yourself in opportunist places that elevate you. And that means you have to step
0:13.7	away from the phone and the computer and do this. You got to go get your ass kicked. If you want to get
0:18.3	depressed, just start staring at your phone and do nothing.
0:21.4	It's probably common for kids to go home and just scroll through a phone for four hours.
0:26.3	Where will you feel productive? You're just consuming. You want to produce and create, and that's what gets you feeling good.
0:43.6	Yeah. feeling good. It's time to sit down, keep it real and cut the bullshit.
0:47.5	Welcome to Table Talk.
0:49.8	All right, guys, we're back with another episode of Table Talk.
0:52.1	My guest today is Zach Evanish again. I highly suggest you check out episode 162. I think we spent four hours on that one because we went through your whole history and everything in there. So we'll get into some more nuanced topics and some fun or topics throughout this because I don't have to introduce.
1:12.4	Yeah.
1:13.4	You've been doing this shit since 2003.
1:16.4	Yeah.
1:17.4	You know, so we are trying to show the history of what is that?
1:23.4	Forever ago.
1:24.4	Yeah.
1:25.4	I don't want to do the man.
1:26.4	But it seems like yesterday, that's all like when like, when I came in speaking to Rhonda, I was like, she's like, are you going to the Arnold? I go, you know what I remember about the Arnold is the first time I ever went. I was hanging out with you and Jim. You guys got me into the WPO. That was like their last, I don't know how it is now, but that was like the last drug tested or non drug tested and I was like what the hell is this and you were like Zach like you like look out these guys are deadlifted and you this is your lift I mean I think maybe Bolton pulled over a thousand. Chuck, I remember, was still competing.
2:04.5	Louis, I was speaking with Louis.
2:06.5	And while I was speaking with Louis, some kid was texting me.
2:09.2	I had a flip phone.
2:11.0	He's texting me that he made it into the state finals.
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