I love experimenting with new exercises and when I was in the gym the other day messing around I came up with these 2 new dandies: the Kettlebell Side Plank and Swing and the Plank Saw. Both are core exercises that target rotational stability – upping your striking power and especially targeting and strengthening your ...…
Efficiency is a word I love. I define it as getting the job done with as little time and energy output as possible. I mean, if you can get your desired result with 30 minutes of work, why spend 60 minutes of work? The old saying, “Work smarter, not harder” is pretty good advice, but ...…
It just so happens I’m training a fighter for a fight that’s 3 weeks away and we’re in the midst of the Peaking phase, so to follow up on the article I just posted, here’s a video to see what a peaking workout for conditioning is all about. For those of you who have my ...…
I recently got a question from a reader asking me, "Should I stop lifting a week before my fight?" In short, the answer is a resounding ‘YES’! But that’s the kind of answer you get when you ask a simple question. A more complex (and better) question would be, "How do I alter my training to maximize my ...…
