Ep 759: The Evolution of Strength Coaching
Power Athlete Radio
Power Athlete
4.8 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2024
⏱️ 101 minutes
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Summary
Get ready to tackle hard truths and bust myths in strength coaching. This week, legendary coach Zach Even-Esh joins us to reveal why today's obsession with one-rep maxes is doing more harm than good. Tune in as we revisit the golden age of bodybuilding and redefine true strength and resilience. A must-listen for anyone serious about their strength, health and pushing boundaries.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Power Athlete Radio, a podcast dedicated to empowering your performance every |
| 0:06.9 | damn day. Join former NFL Pro and Power Athlete founder John Wellborn as he dissects the |
| 0:13.5 | greatest minds in strength, conditioning, and more. So whether your goal is to be the hammer, |
| 0:19.3 | destroy mediocrity, or simply move the dirt, you've |
| 0:23.0 | come to the right place. Now with the warm up done, let the gains begin. |
| 0:27.3 | Hey, Power at the Nation. Buckle up. I got a great podcast in store for you today with our good |
| 0:31.1 | friend, Zach Evan Esch, the mayor of strength conditioning, and also the purveyor of everything |
| 0:36.1 | old school. Zach is a coach out in |
| 0:40.4 | New Jersey. He works with young athletes through his training facility, the underground strength gym, |
| 0:44.7 | but also works as a strength coach at a local high school and really just goes everywhere. |
| 0:49.6 | We recently ran into each other at Summer Strong and decided we should jump back on power |
| 0:53.5 | athlete radio. I believe back on power athlete radio. |
| 1:01.4 | I believe that this power athlete radio with Z makes him the most interviewed power athlete radio guest. |
| 1:02.1 | So he has that moniker. |
| 1:03.7 | But we get into a lot of stuff not only with coaching kids, what's the state of strength |
| 1:07.7 | conditioning that we're seeing it and also leave it open for another one |
| 1:12.3 | in the near future where we really get into men and losing their identity and why they need |
| 1:17.9 | to train and why they need to cultivate and continue to develop this gift of strength. |
| 1:23.3 | So buckle up Mr. Zach Ebenech. |
| 1:26.5 | What is the state of strength conditioning on that level? |
| 1:30.6 | Oh, my God. |
| 1:32.1 | I can't believe you opened up this can of worms to go with Johnny. |
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