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4 Fighter Push-ups To Get You Ready For The Cage

June 6, 2019
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Are you looking to step up your fight performance and fitness?
Do you want to develop strength that is specific to enhancing your fight performance?
What are you doing to venture beyond the standard push-up to achieve optimal fitness?

Push-ups are a powerful and effective training tool, but fighter push-ups can be found in nearly every box gym, military, and fight gym across the globe. Before anything else happens every athlete should become proficient at performing the standard push-up. Once this is achieved there should be an effort for every individual to progress to the next level. Today’s article is all about exposing you to some of that next level when it comes to fighter push-ups.

Top 5 Ways To Become A Push-up Machine For Optimal Fitness

May 27, 2019
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Are you interested in becoming a push-up machine?
Do you want a fitness and strength program that will transform your training and crossover to your sport and life?
Are you wanting to develop real “Go” muscle and have the physical look to go with it?

Leveraging the push-up to build your strength is one of the smartest things you can do in terms of your body. Let’s face it, any weak link that exists in your upper body and trunk will be exposed with the almighty push-up. Having been coaching now for nearly 20 years I can tell you firsthand that 90% or more of the people in the general public that tell me they do hundreds of push-ups regularly for their training never do the first one correctly. Assuming you are proficient with the push-up today I’m going to show you 5 ways to ramp up your push-up game with the following strategies.

Sprint Workout Progression For Your HIIT Training

January 8, 2019
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So I pulled today’s article out of the archives because it has gotten some attention over the course of 2018 so I figured it would be a good one to show you here in 2019! The original publishing date of today’s article was back on April 3, 2018.

If you are looking to upgrade your HIIT workouts then there is no better way to do so than to include some sprinting into the equation. Make sure you read through this one carefully and apply these strategies to your HIIT workouts. Read and apply!

Do you currently include sprinting as part of your HIIT conditioning?
Are you “sprint functional” in your conditioning?
Do you have a practical and safe progression in place to build up your sprint workout?

If you are not including sprint work into your conditioning program then you need to take the time to reconsider. If you aren’t sure about how to go about progressing up to a sprint workout program then this article will provide you with some insight. Get ready to buckle that chinstrap and get to work.

4 Common Misconceptions About Push-ups

November 19, 2018
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Do you include push-ups into your training on a regular basis?
Do spend the time to develop muscular proficiency with your bodyweight by incorporating different push-up variations?
Do you often hear people knock push-ups by implying that you can’t build serious strength with such a bodyweight exercise?

Today I’m going to explain why the almighty push-up is one of the best bodyweight exercises you can perform. Contrary to this belief is where a false belief exists with some that will say you can’t develop a strong, lean, muscular body with push-ups. This is complete BS and today I’m going to set the record straight.

The Correct Hand Position For Your Push-ups

November 1, 2018
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Is your hand position correct when you perform the push-up?
Are you aware that improper hand position will bleed you of power?
Do you know that proper hand position will optimize muscular activation making you stronger throughout your body during the push-up?

I don’t care how strong you think you are if you can’t apply the correct hand position for your push-ups you’re killing your results from the movement. I think you’ll find today’s post to be a valuable resource for you the next time you hit the deck for some push-ups.