Scramblog We held Polaris 30 this past weekend, and it was a big one. Two of the main reasons for the large amount of interest the show received were the main event, which featured Carlos Condit vs Michael Venom Page, and an MP, Will Stone, competing on the prelims. MVP is a household name in MMA,
Scramblog How Strong is strong enough for Jiujitsu and MMA? We’ve asked this question on scramblog before. In this post I suggested “Strength addicts will say you can never have enough, smart athletes however need to know if pursuing more strength worth diminising returns and time cost. We are not trying to produce strongmen, powerlifters or
BJJ We posted last month about Scrambler Gina Hopkins preparing to travel out to California to compete once again in the Grapplers Heart tournament (you can view our blog about their first event here). We recently made this mini-documentary featuring Gina and her husband Chris. Happy to say that Gina won her category in the Gi &
Strength & Conditioning Athlete monitoring using apps, straps and tablets is all the rage. The array of amount of information on the subject can be dazzling. Objective measurement such as HRV, Omegawave, velocity measuring, GPS offer us more insight into what is happening to our athletes than ever. Many folks in the MMA and BJJ community are very
BJJ The warm-up is often the most important and most often overlooked parts of a training session. Why is it so important? A warm-up often acts as barometer of your physical state there and then on the day. People often just rush through it without taking stock of how you feel. It is an opportunity to
BJJ This post was inspired after scrambles very own Matt Benyon asked me about neck training, very over due heres a few video’s I like and some rational behind good neck training. Neck training often winds up being an after thought or a peripheral to squatting and dead-lifting. In contact sports however it may be as