Month: April 2016

Contrary to popular opinion, aerobic conditioning is important in the preparation for an mms fight.
Cardiovascular Training, Explosiveness

The Reason For Incorporating Aerobic Conditioning When Competeing in Combat Sports …

Over the last few years people who compete in MMA, boxing, kickboxing and other combat sports have, in general, come to the opinion that high intensity interval training (HIIT) is the ticket to having great cardio in a combat competition. One thing is for sure, it definitely takes more than getting up in the morning and running 5 miles to get good functional cardio. That … Continue reading The Reason For Incorporating Aerobic Conditioning When Competeing in Combat Sports …

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Many people see developing MMA or BJJ conditioning as a matter of just pushing oneself over and over again. That is the primitive way of conditioning.
Cardiovascular Training, Explosiveness, Strength, weight lifting, youth sports

How to Properly Condition the Body for Combat

If you watch a lot of MMA or go to an MMA oriented martial arts school, then you have probably been exposed to the training methods of a lot of MMA conditioning coaches. You’ll see them doing a lot of high intensity training, such as sprints, lots hard rolling (Bjj), sparing intensely with multiple training partners. Some have even adopted CrossFit or CrossFit inspired training … Continue reading How to Properly Condition the Body for Combat

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Explosiveness, Speed, Strength, weight lifting

Does Powerlifting Make You Slow?

The other day, I saw a video on YouTube where one of these fitness celebrities said that powerlifting doesn’t really help in other sports. Well, I agree and disagree, because it depends. You see the factors that cause some powerlifters to lose speed and cardiovascular capacity the longer they train are: Excessively heavy weight: I’ve talked about this before. You see, when you lift heavy … Continue reading Does Powerlifting Make You Slow?

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When developing sprinting speed, you must have solid upper body development.
Explosiveness, Speed, Strength, weight lifting, youth sports

Why Upper-Body Strength is Necessary For Lower Body Speed

Many people who see sprinters or other track and field athletes seem to be under the misconception that, track athletes don’t have to seriously train the upper body. The reality is that no matter what sport you do, whether it’s tennis, golf, soccer or football, you have to address conditioning in a manner that includes upper-body, lower-body and the core. If you want to develop … Continue reading Why Upper-Body Strength is Necessary For Lower Body Speed

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They say that in the lifting game, how you perform is 90% mental. Not true at all.
Strength, weight lifting

Some Say That Developing Strength Is 90% Mental … Wrong!

I have heard people in the gym, on YouTube in magazines spout the same crap about breaking plateaus and taking your lifts to the next level: “It’s all in your mind, the game is 90% mental and 10% physical.” Personally, that is such BS. When it comes to elite athletes, if you do not have the physical goods, then you can forget it. If you … Continue reading Some Say That Developing Strength Is 90% Mental … Wrong!

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CNS is one aspect of overtraining.
safety, sports injury prevention

Overtraining Is Real, Yet You Can Train Hard Everyday and Avoid CNS Burnout

In the world of conflicting opinions, you will hear things “like there is no such thing as overtraining” On the other hand, you may hear people say “You can get seriously injured by overtraining.” So what is the truth? For the sake of argument, I am not going to use the word “overtrain” because, these days people in the fitness world are constantly arguing over … Continue reading Overtraining Is Real, Yet You Can Train Hard Everyday and Avoid CNS Burnout

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Crossfit is great for the general fitness community.
Strength, weight lifting

The Real Problem With CrossFit

CrossFit is a workout style that has been gaining popularity for several years and is still picking up steam. Many people love the type of training that takes place at a CrossFit gym. However, CrossFit is not without it’s critics. Many people have criticized CrossFit because they don’t feel that it is safe or they believe that there are better ways to train. Moreover, CrossFit has … Continue reading The Real Problem With CrossFit

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According to many people, in order to compete at the highest levels, you must use steroids. However, that rule doesn't apply to everyone.
Parenting a young athlete, safety, Uncategorized

But Everybody Who’s Successful at the Highest Level Does It …

A few months ago, I had a conversation with a parent who has his kid playing pop-warner football. He was saying that, high school was as far as he would push his kid to play football. The reason being is that “all of the pros do steroids.” He went on to say, “whether it’s MMA, baseball, boxing or football you are going to take steroids … Continue reading But Everybody Who’s Successful at the Highest Level Does It …

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There is a difference between being athletic and conditioned. Being in good shape does not make one an athlete.
Youth Coaching, youth sports

What is Athleticism?

When people talk about athleticism or athletic endeavors. They tend to lump up everything the utilizes physical activity. Most people consider any team sport, martial art, weight training program or conditioning program to be an activity that develops or exemplifies athleticism. However, not all activities that require one to apply themselves phyhsically exemplify athleticism. In actuality, athleticism is the ability to utilize muscular strength, speed … Continue reading What is Athleticism?

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