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Explosiveness, Strength, weight lifting

The Real Difference Between Calisthenics and Weight Lifting

Many people believe that the real difference between bodyweight exercise and weight lifting is only in the difference between using bodyweight and external weight for resistance. This is not true. Both ways of training will make you “stronger” but what does that mean in the context of sports like football, boxing, MMA, track and field or even powerlifting? Well, as many of you have already … Continue reading The Real Difference Between Calisthenics and Weight Lifting

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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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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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Specificity is often mis-understood in MMA conditioning
Cardiovascular Training, Explosiveness, Speed, Strength, weight lifting

How the Concept of Specificity is Incorrectly Applied in Combat Sports

If you do a search on YouTube, you can easily find many people perscribing workout plans that seem rather odd. Things such as lifting weights on unstable surfaces to develop balance, throwing punches with resistance bands, pulling sleds and other exercises are all the rage. Especially in sports like Brazilian Jiujitsu, coaches and trainers advocate that their competitive students do activities such as lots of … Continue reading How the Concept of Specificity is Incorrectly Applied in Combat Sports

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Explosiveness, Speed, Strength, weight lifting

Keys To Explosive Jumping Power

Many people spend their entire lives working on, but never being successful at, dunking a basketball. It’s one of those things that athletes do that bring the crowd to its feet. Every great basketball player that I can think of could dunk. As coveted as the move is, only a small fraction of people who have ever enjoyed playing basketball have been able to dunk. … Continue reading Keys To Explosive Jumping Power

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Strength, weight lifting, Youth Basketball, Youth Boxing, Youth Football, youth sports

Being an Athlete Aint for Everybody

Everyone should be physically active and pursue athletics in a manner that enriches their lives, provides a sense of well being and improves health. Whether you play soccer, football, baseball, etc, you should feel good about your performance and participation in the sport should make you feel healthier. But, don’t get it twisted. Everyone isn’t cut from the same cloth. Everyone isn’t a warrior (at … Continue reading Being an Athlete Aint for Everybody

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