Manasquan NJ

Why HARD WORK is King (Or Queen!)

** WHY HARD WORK IS KING (OR QUEEN!) ** A few months ago I was having a conversation with a Football S&C Coach at a powerhouse D1 University. He told me how 1 of the Most Important things the athletes of The Underground are learning is that of WORK. He said that even at the […]

LIFE Lessons & Champions from High School to College

[youtube width=”700″ height=”400″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uMWWGCl8YI[/youtube] Note that Success Leaves Clues! This Video comes from Chris Lee and Matty Mazarati, BOTH of these boys began training in high school and they trained ALL year long, in season and off season. Chris played Baseball in Edison at JP Stevens and Matty played Football at Monroe which isn’t the closest […]

Success Story: Manasquan Athlete Changes His Attitude AND Life

I am inspired so often by the athletes we get to work with on a daily basis, I wish we had a full time camera crew in there to share their work ethic and dedication. The training these athletes go through is beyond what my words can describe. Many do not continue because it’s too […]

Lessons In Dedication From Olympic Champion, Kyle Snyder

Kyle Snyder just became America’s Youngest Gold Medalist in Wrestling at age 20. At age 19 he won The World Championships and The National Championships in Wrestling. To put this in perspective, I’ve seen MANY parents hold their son back and switch around schools and we see 19 year olds who are NOT winning state […]

From Slowest & Weakest, To Strongest, Fastest & Johns Hopkins Football

The ORIGINAL #UndergroundStrengthGym Ass Kicker stopped by yesterday! #Edison #Manasquan / Brian “Curls” Pascal has one of my favorite stories: – when I was in elementary physical education teacher he was always the slowest kid who was tagged first during every game – when he got into middle school he started doing calisthenics every day […]

WANTED: Hard Working, Dedicated, Hungry & Passionate Athletes Near Edison & Manasquan, NJ

Some of our athletes quietly come to The Underground Strength Gym, doing their training with a RARE, quiet intensity. They don’t say much but their intensity speaks quite loud…. Sometimes…… I find out about the success stories of our Manasquan & Edison athletes through following a newspaper reporter on Twitter or Facebook. Other times….. I […]

Point Boro Wrestling Attacks Manasquan Underground Strength Gym

For the 2nd year in a row, The Point Boro Wrestling Team started their Wrestling season at The Manasquan Underground Strength Gym. This is NO Easy Day as these wrestlers go through a brutal training session to not only test them, but to teach them how to break through the most challenging times on the […]

Manasquan & Edison: Strong or Weak? YOUR Choice!

Ray Jaz attacking his training at The Manasquan Underground Strength Gym. Ray began training with us at the end of the 7th grade and weighed 92 lbs. Today he weighs 175 lbs. Some interesting stuff happening as of late…… I ask MANY of our athletes what time they wake up and how they are eating. […]