Manasquan NJ

6 Success Tips for Edison & Manasquan Athletes

I want to share a few key success tips for our athletes. Tip # 1: Keep Communication Lines open. Communicate quickly. Parents, Athletes and Coaches MUST communicate with one another on the regular and quickly. This helps avoid surprises in scheduling as well as lack of prearation. Tip # 2: Keep 2 Calendars I use […]

NJ High School Strength & Power Training

If you ever wonder HOW we train, the best thing to do is to visit our you tube page and see our training videos. If you REALLY wanna gain access to our coaching to help you become a champion then PLEASE, do NOT call and ask for a tour of the gym. Touring our gym […]

Underground Strength Gym Goes International

Above, BIG Ben Igoe in Paris, 2010 Fencing World Championships When people hear or read about us, they assume we train only wrestlers or only high school athletes. The REAL facts are we train ALL SERIOUS athletes, which means we prepare middle school, high school, collegiate AND post collegiate athletes who are competing on an […]

Animal Strength & Conditioning at The Underground Strength Gym

At The Underground Strength Gym we don’t need fancy equipment or a BIG gym to impress people or fake our way into getting results. We get results the old fashioned way integrated with results driven strength, speed and conditioning methods. Check out Dillon, after training with Coach Riz. The kid weighs 170 lbs and deadlifts […]

NJ High School Football Player & Wrestler Gains 20 + lbs of Muscle

Check out the Wilk Rd BEASTS….. I actually once upon a time lived on Wilk Rd, ha ha Billy Rauh weighs 145 lbs and started with us at just under 120 lbs! He began training for high school Football and will now be joining the wrestling team as well. In less than 9 months Billy […]

NJ Wrestlers Dominates District Title in Under 4 Minutes

A wrestling match has a 6 minute time limit unless Over Time comes up. Russ Benner, a wrestler from Roselle Park, NJ pinned his way to a district title in under 4 minutes total over the course of 3 matches. Pretty damn impressive, BUT, I am not shocked, because I have seen all the gut […]

NJ Wrestlers Dominates District Title in Under 4 Minutes

A wrestling match has a 6 minute time limit unless Over Time comes up. Russ Benner, a wrestler from Roselle Park, NJ pinned his way to a district title in under 4 minutes total over the course of 3 matches. Pretty damn impressive, BUT, I am not shocked, because I have seen all the gut […]

World's Strongest Athlete Contest Events

OK guys, BIG weekend ahead at DeFranco’s World’s Strongest Athlete Contest. The order of Events are as Follows: Police Division will perform the events with the NFL guys:  Yoke 1st, Tire 2nd, Sled 3rd and Rope Pull last. College Division is doing Rope Pull 1st, Yoke 2nd, Tire 3rd and Sled last. HS Division is […]