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4 Killer Exercises To Prime Your Shoulders

June 26, 2018
Brandon
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Do you experience shoulder tightness, or discomfort?
Are you interested in some exercises to help you to mobilize your shoulders and to get them primed for your more intense training?
Are you looking for an effective approach to improving your shoulder strength and overall shoulder health?

Shoulder stiffness is a real training downer. Stiffness and immobility can lead to discomfort and pain and when discomfort and pain is present your training immediately goes into the toilet. Today I want to offer some help so that doesn’t happen. I’m including some unique exercises to prime your shoulders that I use for both myself and my students. These are tried and true for most situations.

4 Ballistic Strength Drills For Optimal Athletic Function

June 19, 2018
Brandon
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Are you in search of a way to build a stronger more athletic body?
Are you interested in learning how to build both “show and go” muscle?
Are you interested in learning how to incorporate drills and exercises to help you move faster and with greater ease?
Are you interested in learning how to express your strength abilities in ways to help you excel in life and sport?

The key to being strong is recognizing that strength goes beyond just the numbers on the blackboard. Strength is also about being able to produce force rapidly and with quick reaction time. This requires you practicing and incorporating ballistic strength drills to train your body and neuromuscular system to produce such ability. The key to force production is practice and practice is something I wanted to include here in today’s article to help you to do just that!

5 Athletic Strength Exercises For Fighting

June 12, 2018
Brandon
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Are you competitive in martial arts, or MMA and looking for a way to build more athleticism?
Do you have an interest in speeding up your performance for your martial arts practice?
Are you looking to build strength to improve your strikes and/or grappling skills?
Are you interested in building more athletic strength to enhance your coordination and reaction time?

Whether you’re a martial arts practitioner, or looking to get seriously competitive in MMA you need to hone a good portion of your strength exercises to develop your athleticism. Consequently, without the added development of coordination and speed you may end up being somebody’s punching, or kicking bag during a tough sparring session. So today I’m going to provide you with some strength exercises to make your striking and grappling skills much tougher for your opponent.

4 Reasons Your Strength And Conditioning Is Failing You

June 11, 2018
Brandon
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Are you currently committed to a strength and conditioning program to improve your fitness for life or sport?
Are you disappointed in the results that you’ve gotten from your strength and conditioning program up to this point?
Are you looking for a simple and practical strategy to get results from your strength and conditioning program?

There legitimate reasons as to why your not getting results from your strength and conditioning program. In my experience it’s not always about what all your strength and conditioning program involves you doing, but rather what you’re not doing with it that matters. Today I’m going to point out some simple reasons your program might be failing you so that you can make the necessary adjustments to start getting some real results.

What You Should Look For In A Strength Coach Before You Hire

June 5, 2018
Brandon
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Are you looking at stepping up your fitness and performance and considering hiring an independent strength coach or trainer?
Are you having a difficult time on how to make a decision for who to hire?
Do you know what characteristics to look for in a coach or trainer so that you feel comfortable about your investment?

If you’re interested in hiring an independent strength coach, or fitness trainer then you need to consider a few things. Sure you would be expected to do your homework with any other hire, but let’s face it hiring your own independent strength and conditioning coach, or fitness trainer is a unique hire for a number of different reasons. I’ll work to try to help you with that process here in today’s article.