First off, being a loyal Canuck, I’d like to wish you all a Happy Canada Day!

Now with the patriotism out of the way, I had a funny experience playing SURGEON a couple days ago.

I was at a birthday party for  a buddy of mine (my BJJ cornerman Youssef turned 29) and my girlfriend was walking around in barefoot by the pool and this is what she got in her foot:

OK - in reality maybe it was only abot 3 mm in length, but it still hurt.

But she let it sit there for a day and because of this, we get an important lesson.

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I am blatantly stealing the idea for Random Friday Thoughts from Eric Cressey, a very intelligent and effective strength coach who deals with a lot of baseball players and who I’ve learned a lot from (and continue to learn a lot from).

1. “If you perform static stretching before working out, you’re going to get injured.”

If this were true then there would have been a lot more exercise injuries in the 80’s and 90’s as that’s what the dogma of the day was - to warm up, you do static stretching.

You'd better not workout after this static stretch - you might injure your anus.

But no, people weren’t exploding their muscles because they did a few stretches before working out.

Static stretching before workouts can be very useful if they’re used to inhibit a tonic muscle - in layman’s terms - if you have a muscle that works when it’s not supposed to, static stretching can shut it off, allowing the proper muscle(s) to be worked.

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I’m sorry father, for I have sinned.

I know I’m not supposed to be doing this, because it is evil, evil, EVIL!

But I’m sorry. I couldn’t help myself.

I tried to stop myself but couldn’t, even though everyone is saying that I’m wrong for doing it.

Please, please, please, forgive me.

But before I’m damned, please give me 5 minutes to explain myself, I promise, once you see what I see, you might change your mind and forgive me.

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If you’ve been reading my stuff or watching my videos, you probably know that I’m a huge fan of medicine ball training.

The 2 biggest reasons why I love medicine ball training for MMA is because:

1. You can throw the ball, which allows you to train at max velocity (other tools like dumbbells or kettlebells you have to slow down and control)
2. You can train all 3 planes of motion, especially the transverse plane, to develop your body in a way that’s very specific to what you need in mixed-martial arts

I’ve just posted 22 different exercises (plus more variations of each) in the members area on this site.

Go check them out here:

=> Medicine Ball Exercise Library

(Note: You need to register to see the vids, don’t worry, registration is FREE)

Here’s the first entry from Funk Roberts:

Way to go bro!

Now let’s see what YOU are made of!

Get details for the contest here:

-> MMA Workout Challenge <-

I’ve got an embarrassing story to share, but it’s something we can all learn from to prevent one of the most dreaded type of injuries for mixed-martial artists: concussions.

If you’ve ever had a concussion, then you know the problems that can come along with it:

• Dizziness
• Headaches
• Mental fogginess
• Sensitivity to light

Not to mention the fact that you won’t be able to train when you’re experiencing these symptoms.

Well I’ve put together a little report that you can check out to help you prevent concussions. Now with MMA, the only way you’ll ever truly be able to fully prevent a concussion is not getting hit in the head, but because that’s impossible, you’ve got to do what you can to prevent them, which is what you’ll learn in this report.

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Got something really cool for you - the Soccer Post 10 MMA Workout Challenge.

Go here to get all the details and download the workout videos:

=> MMA Workout Challenge

There’s a chance for 50 fighters to get in as a charter member to my site, and if you’re fast, you can win the big prize pack.

- Eric

Just gotta say that I loved Machida’s fight against Evans this past weekend and look forward to seeing more from the Dragon…

———- BIG NEWS ———-

This week, I’m going to post an awesome workout for you and announce something pretty cool - make sure you check back Wednesday/Thursday to see…

The UFC is running a little vote on their site for the Top 100 Fights of all time. Because I don’t really have the time or care to go through the 181 fights they have posted on their site, I figured you’re probably in the same boat.

But that doesn’t mean that we can’t choose from a more select list of fights. Now I’m not going to say that these are the best fights to have ever taken place, but for me, they came to my mind first.

So here are 3 of my top MMA fights of all time for your viewing pleasure, in no particular order:

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About 2 weeks ago a buddy of mine talked to me asking if I wanted to play hockey in a ‘beer’ league once a week because his team needed a couple of players.

For those of you who weren’t born with a hockey stick in his hand like we are in Canada, a ‘beer’ league is simply an adult hockey league, where generally the focus is more on drinking beer after the game than playing hockey. And that beer is usually of the Molson or Labatt varieties.

I thought about it for about 2 seconds and decided to get back on the ice and see how I was. It would be a good time, I haven’t played in 2 years and there were a bunch of guys I knew from high school on the team.

Well our last game was last week and here’s what happened.

I walked into the dressing room and started getting ready and 2 of my buddies from high school said something to the effect of, “Wong, you’re fucking ripped, are you on the Bruce Lee diet or something?”

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