Almost every day I see the year ahead, not for myself but for the athletes I work with, I’m forever pulling up their year planners to see where on schedule we are. When you realise that there are only 52 weeks in a year myself,…
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Matt Benyon Ah Coffee, apparently 75% of Americans drink the stuff, we Brits are still very much addicted to tea, but coffee culture has taken hold here is not going to let go anytime soon! Both tea and coffee share a commonality: the substance caffeine. A white…
Continue reading Matt Benyon 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…
Continue reading Matt Benyon I’m always looking for exercises to make clients better, but increase efficiency in the gym. My athletes have always done a lot of zercher good mornings, we love this movement and use it all the time. By making the simple adjustment of adding in zercher…
Continue reading Matt Benyon Matt Benyon One of the most common flexibility complaints from Grapplers and BJJ’ers alike is the issue of tight hips. Sitting down really does a number on your ability to adduct (close) and abduct (open) our hips, for the veteran who does plenty of those weird spinny…
Continue reading Matt Benyon 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…
Continue reading Matt Benyon Matt Benyon Dropping the Deadlift for BJJ/MMA? Deadlifts are a critical part of my early strength programs, there are not many lifts aside from the squat so formidable for building full body strength. Strength past a point for non lifting athletes is a game of diminishing returns…
Continue reading Matt Benyon Not sure if you know this or not but… Boku vs. Aoki from the recent ONE FC is online! Watch now:
Continue reading Matt Benyon Matt Benyon BKK Fighters looking worse for wear after 200m sprint session I have always believed sprinting to be one of the best conditioning tools available to any athlete involved in a high intensity sport. BJJ and MMA luminaries like George St Pierre, BJ penn and Roger…
Continue reading Matt Benyon Matt Benyon Scrambler you have “Tendonitis” the doctor looks at you glumly and says “you will have to stop grappling, settle down, eat ibuprofen like candy and take up bird watching” the horror sweeps you like a berimbolo, game over scrambler! Game Over… Or is it? Nothing…
Continue reading Matt Benyon Matt Benyon This is an ongoing series of articles from guest blogger and Strength & Conditioning coach William Wayland of Powering Through. If you have any questions about this post or S & C in general as it relates to MMA and BJJ then please leave a comment below!…
Continue reading Matt Benyon Matt Benyon This is an ongoing series of articles from guest blogger and Strength & Conditioning coach William Wayland of Powering Through. If you have any questions about this post or S & C in general as it relates to MMA and BJJ then please leave a comment below!…
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