Tournament Training Week (Athlete Journal 58)
I survived the stress of school and the Halloween party, which let me focus on getting ready for my tournament this weekend. A Lighter Week
I survived the stress of school and the Halloween party, which let me focus on getting ready for my tournament this weekend. A Lighter Week
Let’s be honest: when you walk up to a bar loaded with a weight you’ve never lifted before, there’s a big part of you that
I went 2-1 at the Masters World Championships on Saturday and earned a bronze medal. I can’t say that I’ve ever worked harder, on and
I had a lot on my plate this week, but I’m feeling much better and I’m ready to take on the challenges. Once in a
A basic tenet of periodization is that each training cycle should start off general and end up specific. Another way to put it is that
The time has gone by pretty fast, and I have now finished my last full week of training before the IBJJF New York Pro and
Everybody has their trials and tribulation stories of traveling. Mine are no different. So we won’t bother expanding on that. Everybody has their trials and
Another great week of training is in the books. I have been so fickle with my deadlifting throughout this program, but I finally settled. Squatting
Both split-training and whole-body approaches are conceptual ways of organizing your weekly training schedule. A split-training approach involves apportioning different muscles or body regions to
I’m now in the home stretch as I prepare for the Masters World Championship in November, and I’m feeling great. My BJJ training schedule has
With my first week of my next training cycle in the books, it’s time to make a few revisions. I must have been out of
My career in the fitness industry spans nearly thirty years at this point. Often, my younger colleagues will ask me what changes I’ve noticed among
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