Last week we lost Dr. Fred Hatfield, also known as Dr. Squat. First man at the age of 45, he set a squat world record by lifting 1014 pounds in the 100 kg weight class, the first person to squat more than 1000lbs. You may recognise the hands supported safety bar squat I sometimes use […]
Posted originally on twitter for those curious about the type of conditioning model I use for MMA/BJJ. just one of many ways we can sequence. Very dependant on sport training volume and athlete needs/ability. Highly inspired by @rugby_strength_coach and Joel Jamieson. Looking to run a similar model for combat athletes at the new facility. If […]
5 for fighting posts will about 5 exercises or ideas I use regularly with combat (and non combat athletes). This post is about KPI’s in the biggest lifts I employ. Strength Key Performance Indicators are way stones or development marks in an athletes strength profile. These usually represent a few lifts that cover the basic […]
If you are a non field athlete and not sure how much sprinting to do in a session for metabolic conditioning? A good rule of thumb for a session is total effort should be 30% of game duration. So 30% of a 3x5min MMA match would give us 4m30s so you could divide this into 9x30s […]
While for the most part strong is strong and quick is quick. Im not totally fond of ‘specific’ exercises but there are a few cases I like a good ‘generally specific’ exercise. For instance Zercher Good Mornings for grapplers or snatch grip deadlifts or thick curls for MMA fighters. For boxers and strikers there are […]
Two new articles up on the Internet this week The Handsome Cristiano del Giacco and some other guy Cause for Confusion Strength and Conditioning for Brazilian Jiujitsuhttp://www.howweroll.com.au/cause-for-confusion-strength-and-conditioning-for-brazilian-jiujitsu/BJJ fighters still get their gi’s in a twist when it comes to BJJ strength and conditioning some still going as far as to recommend not doing it at […]
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