As I look at the evolution of combat sports over the last several years, it is easy to see how far the sport has come. When MMA first started (in the United States) back in the mid 90s, the term that was coined was No Holds Barred (NHB), and everyone was introduced to the world renowned Gracie family and this different martial art known as … Continue reading The New Era of MMA Athletes
Most people view performance enhancing substances as a moral issue. Steroids and other PEDs are considered by many to be the cheaters way out. I am not going to argue for or against this point of view, however the drawbacks associated with performance enhancers like steroids are real and permanent. Here are the drawbacks that most critics of steroids never seem to mention. Once you … Continue reading Steroids in Professional Sports … There is a Price to Pay
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
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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