How bad do you want to be successful as an athlete?
Parents, do you REALLY want your child to be successful?
Watch this video and don’t look back regretting what you coulda / shoulda done!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS-we_iPrUs
Some athletes only train in the off season….
Some only train 3 months before the season starts… “I gotta get ready”….
Some parents think their kids are “too busy” to train so they take a break…. Check how often they are on their cell phones all week, it likely adds up to more than 3 hours , which could be spent bettering themselves…..
Some athletes only want to train after they lose or get shocked by injury due to being too weak to compete successfully…
Then there are those who train year round, NO excuses.
Who do you think rises to the top?
These kids do……
Survival Of The Fittest?
Passion, Commitment & Intensity for LIFE
At The Underground we do NOT train part time, or for this event, or for that event…..
We train to be ready ALL year long.
Commitment, Passion and Intensity for LIFE
Till the next time,
Live The Code 365
–Z–
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The Underground Strength Gym of Edison
had 7 wrestlers in the Finals of The GMC Wrestling Tournament
This was amazing to see.
To see this many wrestlers from a tiny gym make such an impact at this tough tourney.
Our small gym has become world renown and from day 1 I’ve always said the kids are # 1.
It feels good to see that our coaches and The Underground has played a role in the success of these kids.
In addition, these wrestlers have supportive parents which is the KEY to all of this success.
They also have great club and HS Coaches and the critical aspect is having work ethic and the guts to do the work week after week, month after month, year after year.
3 of these wrestlers took Gold and Jon Shleyfer of East Brunswick was awarded The OW (Outstanding Wrestler).
3 wrestlers in consolations and all 3 wrestlers placed 4th in some hard fought battles
It’s NOT so much the places or the medals these wrestlers won but the obstacles they have ALL had to overcome to get that far in such a tough tournament.
Some of these are personal obstacles and I will not share them, but I know that these were stressful events to say the least and ALL these boys chose to rise above and become men amongst boys.
It’s easy to let life and stress get the best of you. I am always impressed and proud when I see our athletes face obstacles and defeat them rather than letting the obstacles hold them down and defeat them.
Taking Gold at The GMC Wrestling Tournament were:
Kyle Brown of Old Bridge
Ray Jaz of South Plainfield
Jon Shleiffer of East Brunswick and OW
Jon won his 4th consecutive county title and pinned in the finals!
I am sure he has broken even more school records and if I haven’t announced yet, he is going to Princeton and holds a 4.2 GPA
Princeton as we all know has a GREAT track record in education but their wrestling program is on the rise and the entire staff of Coaches on the Wrestling Team AND the Strength & Conditioning Staff are World Class!
Silver Medals:
Jeff Plungis of South Plainfield. Last year Jeff was barely 100 lbs and on the JV team. This is a HUGE success for Jeff.
Ryan Fahy of Spotswood
Dan Hedden of South Plainfield
Max Pavlis of Spotswood
Taking 4th:
Mark Shleyfer of East Brunswick
Mike Klimkiewicz of South Brunswick
John Sheedy of Bishop Ahr
After seeing the success of our wrestlers and all the other athletes who train here, we are proving that we are the best at what we do for athletes. Period.
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Above, Thomas Grosso of Seton Hall Prep wins the 170 lb County Title
Above, Ryan Fahy achieves 100 Wins to become part of Spotswood High School History!
I am beyond proud of Ryan Fahy and Thomas Grosso.
BOTH of these boys have overcome some serious obstacles to achieve such HUGE victories and be placed in the history books.
The season is NOT over yet, though!
Without getting into detail about the obstacles these 2 boys have faced in life, their success is in LARGE part thanks to their supportive parents.
Without their support, none of this would ever be possible.
I am proud beyond words of these boys and now it’s time to focus on the next goal.
Fahy still has the county tournament and both boys have districts soon enough!
The road to Atlantic City is ON!
Live The Code
–Z–
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This is NOT just about training for sports, we’re about training for LIFE.
LOTS of New success stories at The Underground Strength Gym in both Edison & Manasquan.
– Ralph Normandia gets pre season ranking of 12th in the Nation!
– Matt Butler receives his black belt in BJJ from Pablo Papovitch / Bill Scott BJJ Academy
– Joseph Ghione bumps up 3 weight class for Super 32, places 8th to garner All American status and signs with Lock Haven for Wrestling
– Mike Skibniewski signs with Penn State for Swimming!
Skibs showing the difference in size, strength & power amongst his competition before winning a national title.
AWESOME.
Very proud of ALL. Keep rising to the top in ALL you do. This is NOT just about sports, this is about life, training for life and training for sport is the same thing.
The tougher you are, the more confident you are, it all falls back to knowing you are doing the right work, the smart work, and of course, outworking all the “normal” people who achieve normal things in life.
Live The Code 365,
— Zach —
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Rosa, back when he was an 88 lb freshman at The Underground!
Rosa today!
We’ve got some BIG news happening at The Underground of Edison and Manasquan.
Mike Skibs, a swimmer from Monroe will be signing his commitment letter to Penn State to keep attacking in his pursuit of excellence both in academics and swiming.
Ralph Normandia of Franklin was just ranked 12th in the country in his weight class and is excited as he has made an early verbal commitment to Rutgers.
Tyler Hayes has transformed himself mentally AND physically after completing the 28 Day JRob Intensive Wrestling Camp and adding 20 lbs to his frame!
Many of our Seniors are making their decisions on college and preparing for their final high school sports season!
St. Joes Baseball Team of Metuchen has begun training with us in Edison 3 x week and they are off to an AWESOME start! Great energy, Great work ethic and Great kids overall! We are pumped to help this crew of ball players increase their success in sports AND life!
At The Super 32, known as one of the toughest pre season wrestling tournaments in the country, 3 Underground Strength Gym wrestlers achieved All American status.
– John Shleyfer 2nd place
– Ralph Normandia 5th place
– Joey Ghione 8th place
Joey went up THREE weight classes and overcame a serious shoulder dislocation injury from last March and has rebuilt his body AND mind, solidifying himself as one of the nation’s TOP wrestlers when everyone else advised him to keep cutting weight.
VERY proud of ALL our wrestlers who made the trip and commitment to compete in North Carolina at Super 32!
MORE Great news to come!
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These guys REALLY fired me up. There is something AMAZING about kids who “get it”.
They do the HARD work without anyone else motivating them, they motivate themselves from within. This is a VERY rare quality as I’ve worked with hundreds and hundreds of athletes, teams and coaches through the years.
Check out the motivation and intensity of the crew at The Edison Underground Strength Gym.
All athletes from The Underground Strength Gym MUST pay close attention to these 9 awesome tips from Cary Kolat, a 2 x National Champ from Lock Haven and a former Olympic Wrestler.
There are a few former Underground Strength Gym athletes wrestling at UNC where Cary is the associate head coach.
Watch the video, take notes and Book Mark this page, I recommend watching it every day for at least 21 days in a row.
Please share this video with your friends and anyone you know that can benefit from this video.
Live The Code,
–Team Underground Strength —
Last night I was at Shore Thing Wrestling Club.
The room was packed and as always, before I train guys, I give those who don’t want to do the work an out. I have NO desire to work with lazy athletes who are too arrogant or too lazy to train.
So, I tell them, if they have to get home because they are far away OR they don’t want to do the work, to leave. Nobody needs arrogant athletes or dead weight. It kills the energy of the room.
Yes, some have to get home and live far away, but I tell them that a short, 15 minutes of extra work is about to go down and the choice is theirs.
With no shame, many leave. They walk away.
The arrogant athletes are already too good. At least in their own head they’re too good.
They don’t need to be stronger or better. They’re already strong enough.
Imagine that? No need to improve? VERY Interesting. I could only imagine as I doubt I’ll ever be good enough at anything. There is always room to improve.
To kick off our training, I had one of our athletes demo most of the bodyweight exercises and as the group went through the training, our Underground trained Wrestler realized something very important……
