BJJ 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, calender makers and other time lords tut and stroke our
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 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 French Contrast Method We all want to be more powerful, hit takedowns harder, punch and kick with more force and the internet is festooned with advice on the subject. I’ve always used plyometrics and the complex method when trying to help athletes improve their power for sports performance after I’ve got them to an appreciable
BJJ I often get approached by time poor grapplers asking the best me what they should do in the gym, given what I posted about earlier this month its easy to be side tracked by the buffet of fitness options available, especially when magazines and websites layout protocals that honestly are mean’t for high level grapplers.