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Do You Approach Strength As A Skill?

September 27, 2018
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When you walk into the gym do you walk in prepared?
When it comes to your pursuit of fitness do you recognize your needs?
Are you results oriented when it comes to your training?

Do you approach and treat your pursuit of strength as a skill? If there is one pet peeve of mine it’s the ability of people to walk through most every endeavor in their life without purpose, or intent. If you want results in life you MUST be intentional with your approach. You must go on the attack with a laser beam focus.

Can Bench Pressing Be Used To Increase Punching Power

September 3, 2018
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Are you currently looking to dial in your strength and conditioning program to improve your fight skills?
Are you interested in learning how to increase your punching power for MMA and boxing?
Do you currently incorporate the bench press into your training to improve your fight skills?
Are you curious about whether the bench press can be used to improve your punching power?

First of all, bench pressing does increase upper body strength. However, can you improve punching speed and power? Some options are open to examine since this question is a bit more open ended. I will shed some light on that here!

Death Elbows Of The Bench Press

August 27, 2018
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Are you familiar with the death elbows of the bench press?
Do you find yourself struggling to make gains with your barbell bench press?
Are you experiencing neck and shoulder pain when you bench press?
Has your bench press day become a dreaded activity because you’re experiencing a lack of progress?

For today’s article I want to talk about the barbell bench press and how you’re killing your gains with what I refer to as the death elbows. Death elbows involve you performing the barbell bench press with poor technique due to you flaring out your elbows during the press and causing you to bleed yourself of power during the movement. Read carefully because you might suffer from death elbows when performing the barbell bench press and I’m including some tried true remedies here that will help you to resolve this problem and immediately improve your strength for the lift!

Getting A Ripped Body MMA Style!

July 3, 2011
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Rob Mills training for BAMMA 5, Nov 2010 by Hywel Teague

Have you ever wondered why so many MMA fighters have a ripped physique? Are you interested in obtaining the same physical traits for yourself? If so then you have stumbled onto the right place my friend. Keep on reading if you want to learn about what it takes to get ripped MMA style!

3 Top Reasons Why Your MMA Workouts Should Include Kettlebells!

June 23, 2011
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Kettlebell Grove by jameskitcher91

If you haven’t already started to include kettlebells into your MMA strength training program then you are doing yourself a disservice. Having been a strength and conditioning specialist in the Atlanta, Georgia (Buford) area now for over 10 years I can tell you up front that kettlebells will supercharge your MMA fitness and take your performance in the ring to the next level! This is why I have included 3 top reasons why you should include these iron balls into the scope of your strength training program.