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Progressing Mobility: A Half Get Up To Optimal Performance

March 19, 2019
Brandon
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The original publishing date of today’s article was back on March 31, 2016. I pulled this one from the archive because I wanted to make sure to cover today’s topic of helping you to learn a method to progress and improve your mobility in the most practical way possible.

You might be familiar with the Turkish Get Up. However today I want to cover another unique movement to help you give your mobility a significant upgrade. Make sure you read today’s article and apply this method to your own training!

The key to mastering mobility is being intelligent about how you take a trainee from one step to the next in the most sensible and idiot proof way possible. Today is going to be an example of how you can go about doing just that. Today I’m going to do this with a great strength drill that I like to introduce to my trainees in the iron game on a fairly regular basis. If you’re looking to optimize your mobility and open up your kinetic chain for greater strength and agility then you’re going to like today’s article.

Are You Applying The SAID Principle To Meet Your Training Needs?

March 18, 2019
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Have you structured your training so that you will achieve a specific goal?
Is your physical training set up to help you improve on a specific skill, or task?
Are you blindly moving along with your workouts without any defined purpose?

Old habits die hard. I’ve often seen the confusion in people’s eyes and heard the frustration regarding them lacking in getting training results.

The frustration is real and they believe there is no answer to them getting any real results from their training. The thing is that many people convince themselves of this because they stay closed off and haven’t even exposed themselves to other ideas and other methods.

So it’s no wonder they feel frustrated. This happens at every level from beginner to competing athlete. One reason for this is that often times people fail to apply the SAID principle to their own circumstances when pursuing their physical goals.

Just How Powerful Is Sprinting For Your Fitness Program?

March 14, 2019
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Are you looking to either incorporate sprinting into your training for the first time in a while, or are you considering including more sprint work in general?
Are you unsure of how to approach a smart sprint program for yourself?
Do you feel you need to be looking for a different way to train your body for some big results?
Are you interested in building a more lean and stronger athletic physique?
Are you looking to enhance your ability to function and recover faster in the weight room?

Trust me sprinting is one simple, cheap, and effective way to optimize your body’s fitness unlike any other form of conditioning. In fact, if you look at the 7 foundational movements consisting of the push, pull, squat, lunge, twist, bend, and gait…your gait is one of those movements and sprinting is essential for optimizing your gait. This will make you more optimally functional from head to toe.

4 Killer Medicine Ball Drills For MMA Fight Strength

March 12, 2019
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The original publishing date of today’s article was back on July 30, 2018, but I thought today was a good day to bring this particular piece out of the archives.

Over my career I’ve come to realize that a lot of fighters starting out tend to enjoy being garage gym warriors when it comes to getting in their strength training outside of the fight school. So for today’s topic of discussion I wanted to bring this article to the forefront as I know it will help you if you happen to fall into that category of being a garage gym warrior…whether you’re a fighter, or not.

Read and apply!

Are you currently looking for some unique strength drills to enhance your MMA fight strength?
Are you currently incorporating a strength and conditioning program for your MMA fight performance?
Do you currently train with medicine balls for your fight strength and performance?
Are you looking to build power, speed, and reaction time for your MMA fight strength?

One of the most overlooked hidden treasures in many gyms these days are medicine balls. Medicine ball training is one of the most overlooked training implements when it comes to building power and athleticism because most people don’t really know how to leverage this awesome training implement. When it comes to fight strength and performance I’m here to tell you that this training implement can serve your fight performance well. As a result I’m going to show you how to do that here in this article!

Are You Optimizing Your HGH For Health And Performance?

March 11, 2019
Brandon
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Are you familiar with all the purposes of HGH?
Are you living a lifestyle to optimize your body’s natural production of HGH?
Do you fear that your HGH levels are diminishing as you age?
Are you training your body to optimally produce HGH?

So check this out…Human Growth Hormone (HGH) is a vital hormone produced in your pituitary gland. HGH plays a key role in growth (obviously), but it is also vital in determining your overall body composition, cell repair, and your metabolism.

With that being said much of the reason strong athletes are strong is because they produce an optimal range of HGH due to their training and lifestyle. Today I want to cover this along with giving you the tools to supercharge your body’s natural production of HGH.