MMA Luke enquires where he can get such a cool hat, t-shirt and beard from Firstly huge congrats to Luke Barnatt who picked up an impressive win over tough texan Andrew Craig. After flooring Craig twice, Luke managed to pull out a tight rear naked choke for the win. Luke surprised critics and viewers with a
Strength & Conditioning As soon as most people are done in the gym, they shoot off, you should probably take time to kick off recovery properly. Often post training activity is little more than a protein shake, a conversation with training partners or coaches while sitting about. If you are an athlete who trains until late in the
BJJ I have written and spoken in the past about maximising training efficiency, the idea of doing strength work twice a week for grapplers and MMA fighters has been kicked around for some time. The task being having a limited amount of time to try and yield maximum training efficacy. The aim always being maximum in
BJJ Short video, this week on my favourite grip training exercises. Most the time most regular BJJ players do not really need to focus on their grip, they just need to focus on getting stronger and getting better at BJJ. Once we build a certain level of strength I might look at additionial grip training further
BJJ Thick Grips and Dumbells make for great floor press variations The Floor Press A Love Letter… One of my favourite accessory movements for grappling is the heavy floor press. In BJJ S&C articles the Deadlift and Grip work seem to rule the day. Seeing as you are going to need to go from A2
BJJ In part one I went over, common issues I see with conditioning for grappling sports and application of TUF methods. This one will focus on planning your conditioning approach and how to effectively work in an “inseason” between tournaments to maintain conditioning. This is more or less a lose collection of thoughts and approaches I’m