Kettlebell training is often seen as a ‘hardcore’ way of working out, but it’s just another tool in your toolbox that can be used for some specific purposes. One thing that I love about kettlebell training is the grip strength development, especially doing exercises like swings and turkish getups. Another benefit to mixed martial artists ...…
Saturday night, I watched Jon Jones completely dominate Quinton Jackson like I knew he would at my friend Youssef’s house. Over the years, Youssef’s been my partner in crime – we skydived (skydove?) together for his Bachelor party, drove 24 hours straight (along with a couple other buddies) to Florida together, he introduced me to ...…
If you’ve been following this blog for any length of time, you know that I like to feature fighters and athletes on here that have used my programs with great success… Well Josh is an awesome success story, as he first started with my Ultimate MMA S&C program in January of this year. From what ...…
I recently attended the 2-day course in Olympic Weightlifting with ex-Canadian Olympic team member Larry Sheppard as the course instructor. Larry has a striking resemblance to Joe Pesci, as you can see here: Larry was awesome at breaking down the technical details of the lifts and how to teach them effectively. In short, the course ...…
Because of the nature of the sport, mixed martial artists are always ready to dive head first into training with 100% intensity. That’s one of the reasons I love training fighters, because they’ll run full speed straight into a wall if I ask them… [Which I've only done once :)] Although this is great when ...…
If you’ve got a keen eye, you may have noticed 3 of the last 4 articles I posted on my blog talked about the power of following an organized, periodized training program to get the best results… Well you know that repetition is the mother of all skill, which is why I constantly mention it. ...…
The other day I was killing time (and brain cells) on the Facebook and came across a post Claude Patrick made to his wall that was getting some heated debate. Claude’s post was about my buddy and colleague Daniel’s latest post on his blog about CrossFit for sport performance. You can read Dan’s full blog ...…
Before I sat down at my computer to write this blog for you, I was getting prepped to meet up with Mark Bocek for our first training session. If you don’t know Mark, he’s a UFC Lightweight and he recently came off a decision loss to ex-WEC Lightweight champ Ben Henderson. Tough fight but these ...…
