Success Stories

Take a look and see what coaches, athletes, parents & strength & conditioning experts are saying about the services & products at Zach Even - Esh Performance Systems.

Hello Zach, my name is Matt LeBlanc. My coach is Greg Labelle from Putnam CT, I'm the strongest kid in my school, and I have your Ancient Training DVD, and I used it over the summer training strong-man. I play FB/SS for the football team and throw the disc for track. Before the summer I was a solid 160....over the summer with your program I gained 12lbs and my lifts and ability on the field were unmatched, 500 squat, 510 hex bar DL, 350 bench, 265 clean+jerk, 34" vert, 4.48 40, I just wanted to send you some pics and say thank you, I loved your program.   Matt LeBlanc / Putnam, Ct.

Zach - Your DVD, 'Ancient Training Methods' is a Great product with awesome information! It's a must-have for every athlete! Thank you for making my training fun and efficient! Best wishes, Kosta Rashev / California

“Zach Even-Esh is the real deal! The Kettlebell Training DVD really fired up my shoulder and my back and I walked out of the gym looking like Ronnie Coleman (well, not really, but I felt like I was).   Zach’s DVDs and newsletters are not only quality but also informative. As a fellow member in the strength and conditioning industry and as a seasoned athlete, I can tell you right now, like I said before, “ZACH EVEN-ESH IS THE REAL DEAL!!!” Rhadi Ferguson 2004 Olympian 4-Time National Judo Champion www.intocombat.com www.gripfighting.com

About 6 or 7 months ago I started to train steadily with Zach in an effort to improve my overall athleticism. Before this time I was training like a bodybuilder and I looked strong, but I honestly did not feel it was giving me the return in exchange for all the time and effort I spent in the gym. When Zach trained me, we started attacking the whole body in a short period of time, 45 minutes max. This style of training has totally changed my whole outlook on strength training! My joints no longer ache throughout the day, and I have increased my strength, speed and power big time!    I just graduated the police academy and the whole time I was in the academy I was training under Zach's guidance. I sometimes would only be able to work out once a week due to my hectic schedule, but he gave me a program to follow with out the weights, he called it farm boy training. I did these workouts in my back yard. They were short but brutally effective, helping me out perform all the other recruits, ultimately winning the PT honors award, breaking some very long standing PT records at the academy!     I wish I used this style of training when I wrestled in high school and college & I highly reccomend Combat Grappler training for any wrestler who is serious and wants to win!   Griffin Banos / NJ Former Plymouth State Wrestler & High School Coach NJ Police Officer

Zach- I love Dinosaur type training and this DVD is jam packed with quality non-traditional strength & conditioning exercises. From giant tire flipping and Truck pushing to sandbags and log carries, if it’s true warrior strength you want, this DVD has it and more.  Zach without a doubt knows this material inside and out and he has put together a fantastic DVD that will catapult your strength & conditioning to new levels! Whether you’re a combat athlete or just a true knuckle dragger this DVD is for you!                                            ~ Bill Cogswell ~ President, www.GroundFight.com

Hello Zach, Just a quick message on your combat training. I just finished my certification in BFS (Bigger,faster,stronger) mainly for our weight room at school. Being certified helps them for many reasons. Many of the kids were training with the standard BFS system. Well I started some of them on your Gladiator Training Methods. I am using the 14 week program from the book. Well, just to say every one of them said it KICKED their ASS! They looked at the work out and said "Coach, I just walk around doing lunges, or carrying dumbbells? Pull ups and chin ups, thats not hard." Well when they got done they were wiped! All of them said the work out  was tough!!!!! And the walking lunges were KILLER.... Like I told them, this is how you get strong and tough.....Carry heavy sand bags and logs and flip 400 LBS tires and you will have no problem pushing some line man around. One training exercise we are doing is carrying sand bags up the stadium steps doing squats half way up. They said I was crazy... I told them " you guys said you wanted to win, winning takes work" Thanks for the help, I can't wait for your New DVD!                                     Coach LaBelle / Connecticut

Hey Fellas,

  Your DVD is awesome! I've been in the fitness industry for over 8 years and have have seen very few sport specific programs as thorough as yours. There are dozens of cookie-cutter guides out there, but there aren't many that compares to this.

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I just finished watching your Ultimate DVD…EXCELLENT JOB!  Having competed in sports such as football, powerlifting and strongman, I know it’s not always the one who works the hardest, but the one who works SMART. This video effectively combines both to create the best athlete possible!

-Joe Stankowski

http://www.absolutefitnessusa.com/  

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This DVD is extremely thorough. It has excellent combination exercises for the whole body which develops strength that is outstanding for any athlete. The explanations for executing proper technique is excellent -- which is what many coaches ignore. The best part is that your DVD includes many apparatuses, and lots of variety so the athlete or coach does not have to have every piece of equipment known to man to get great results with this DVD. 

Chris Scarborough
http://trainingyoungathletes.com/

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TheGladiator DVD' is a great combination of both innovative strength training strategies and basic compound exercises. 
Basic elements of strength training are covered in detail and alternative exercises are offered.  The crux of the DVD however, comes with the innovative approach Dan and Zach demonstrate with sled and medicine ball exercises.
Overall, I thought this DVD was very professional and a great visual aid to parents, athletes, coaches and trainers alike! 

Brian Grasso

President, Developing Athletics

http://www.brian-grasso.com/

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 Zach - your DVD showed me the mistakes my friends and I would often make at the gym. Just using the normal exercises at the gym was not giving us a good workout and the results were not that great either. Since we started using the sand bag exercises, bodyweight exercises & Russian Kettlebells my friends and I are having a blast training this way!   

 I learned a ton of creative ways to get a great workout with things that are just laying around the house or cheap stuff from Home Depot. Since following the ideas from your DVD my strength has been improving consistently and my performance on the mat has improved as well! Thanks for an awesome DVD!

Nick Curcio, wrestler / Livingston, NJ