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The STRONG Life Podcast with Zach Even - Esh

536 šŸŽ™ļø Coach Gags [John Gaglione] - Underground Strength Con Recap + "DO THE DAMN THING"

The STRONG Life Podcast with Zach Even - Esh

Zach Even - Esh

Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.9 ā€¢ 682 Ratings

šŸ—“ļø 18 November 2025

ā±ļø 72 minutes

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Summary

STRONG Life Podcast 536 šŸŽ™ļø Coach Gags [John Gaglione] - Underground Strength Con Recap + "DO THE DAMN THING"

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Connect with Coach Gags at https://gaglionestrength.com

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Great conversation with John Gaglione, aka Coach Gags and Underground Strength Coach of the Year 2025!!Ā 

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We discuss:

- Lessons learned from Underground Strength Con

- Lessons from early days Underground Strength Coach Cert

- Lessons from Vougar Honor Wrestling Club and starting his first business is an Olympian's Wrestling Club / Vougar Oroudjov

This episode is filled with passion, education, lessons from the greats before us and how and why we learned from them all!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the Strong Life podcast. This is your host, Zach Evanesh. It is Monday the day after

0:07.4

Underground StrengthCon. Ironically, I lost my voice leading into Underground StrengthCon. And Saturday and

0:15.2

Sunday was a struggle for me. Today, I'm better. I don't know. the iron gods were really testing me and they said

0:22.9

Zach you should really chill out on your coaching at the high school leading up to underground

0:27.8

strength con and I remember saying in my mind I said nah man that is chicken shit the kids

0:34.2

deserve the best they deserve all out coaching And here I am clearing my throat.

0:41.4

Now, in this episode, I believe we're on episode 536, I'm with Underground Strength Coach John

0:48.1

Gaglione, aka Coach Gags. He has a gym in Long Island, aka Strong Island, as well as in Delaware.

0:55.8

I've linked up his information below, as well as on the YouTube.

1:00.1

Gaglione Strength, you could look him up, and he was voted as Underground Strength

1:05.8

of the Year.

1:06.8

And you'll hear why in this episode.

1:09.2

So we give a little recap of some lessons learned from the weekend,

1:13.8

not just from the Underground StrengthCon,

1:16.1

but from experience that Coach Gags had at a powerlifting meet.

1:19.8

We speak about learning and going deep rather than scrolling every five or 30 seconds.

1:26.9

We talk about lessons from the past old underground strength coach certifications.

1:32.6

Lessons from Westside Barbell, Donnie Thompson, Chuck Vogelpole, inspiration from the greats.

1:40.1

Even if you don't know those names, it doesn't matter.

1:42.6

They're going to be powerful lessons now

1:45.3

two things i want you to do they're linked up below zach strength dot com you'll get your two free

1:51.2

training courses the underground strength coach certification has a opt-in where you could get two

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