It all comes down to building yourself up versus breaking yourself down. You can train hard and you can train smart. There is such a thing. The key I see most people missing is they are not first ... Continue Reading
A Program Based on Health: Free 4-Week Workout Plan
Click Here to Start Your Free 4-Week Program From Eva Twardokens I do an adrenal test on almost every client I work with to determine what kind of stress and workout load he or she can handle. My focus is ... Continue Reading
Programming for the American (Clean and Working) Weightlifter
Click Here to Download the Entire Four Weeks in a Printable PDF Many of today’s American Olympic weightlifting coaches hold degrees in exercise science, having studied biomechanics, exercise physiology, ... Continue Reading
The Pause Method for Teaching Olympic Weightlifting to the Beginner
Start Coach Garza Papandrea's 4-Week Olympic Lifting Program Most coaches have devised their own method for teaching the snatch and clean to their athletes and thusly, so have I. Many older-generation ... Continue Reading
Pushing the Limits: Wrestling With Fitness (Book Excerpt)
The following in an excerpt from Al Kavadlo's book "Pushing the Limits": Wrestling with Fitness As a kid, I was a huge pro wrestling fan. There is just something magical about watching ... Continue Reading
World’s Strongest Napkin: How to Add 2lbs of Muscle a Week with Kettlebells
It was noisy weather in Panera Bread when I sat with a grungy college fellow to talk on how he might add some brawns to his barren frame. He was of the gangly sorts, gangly like a daddy-long-legs. I ... Continue Reading
How to Get Maximally Lean and Super Muscly with Pat Flynn
The secret to getting lean - and I mean really, really lean - like the body fat of a leaf kind of lean - is simply the willingness and diligence to adhere to an exercise program that you’d never adhere to ... Continue Reading
How to Train Strength and Conditioning for MMA
What is the makeup of a great MMA fighter? I will not be going into the technical mastery of various martial arts, but looking at it more from the strength and conditioning coach point of view. An MMA ... Continue Reading
Featured Coach: Mike Mahler, Part 2 – Live Life Aggressively
Mike Mahler is not someone to settle for the status quo. As his motto says, he likes to live life aggressively. Time and again in his life, when things weren’t headed what he considered to be the best ... Continue Reading
Featured Coach: Erwan Le Corre, Part 2 – Freedom of Movement and Mind
In part one of our feature interview with MovNat creator Erwan Le Corre we learned how Erwan himself evolved – the activities he did growing up and as a young adult that let to the creation of the MovNat ... Continue Reading
An Explanation of MovNat from Erwan Le Corre
MovNat is a physical education and fitness system that is entirely based on natural movement skills, mainly including locomotive and manipulative skills, but also combative ones. Benefits of ... Continue Reading
Strength & Conditioning – Kevin Kearns, Workout 10: Suspension Superman
Kevin Kearns knows what it means to train like a fighter - he has trained UFC fighters like Kenny Florian, Stephan Bonnar, and Marcus Davis for a living for many years. Now you can get a chance at these ... Continue Reading
Strength & Conditioning – Kevin Kearns, Workout 9: The No Time Workout
Kevin Kearns knows what it means to train like a fighter - he has trained UFC fighters like Kenny Florian, Stephan Bonnar, and Marcus Davis for a living for many years. Now you can get a chance at these ... Continue Reading
Strength & Conditioning – Kevin Kearns, Workout 8: Core Killer
Kevin Kearns knows what it means to train like a fighter - he has trained UFC fighters like Kenny Florian, Stephan Bonnar, and Marcus Davis for a living for many years. Now you can get a chance at these ... Continue Reading
Strength & Conditioning – Kevin Kearns, Workout 7: Sick Circuit Training
Kevin Kearns knows what it means to train like a fighter - he has trained UFC fighters like Kenny Florian, Stephan Bonnar, and Marcus Davis for a living for many years. Now you can get a chance at these ... Continue Reading
Strength & Conditioning – Kevin Kearns, Workout 4: Leg Fryer
Kevin Kearns knows what it means to train like a fighter - he has trained UFC fighters like Kenny Florian, Stephan Bonnar, and Marcus Davis for a living for many years. Now you can get a chance at these ... Continue Reading
Strength & Conditioning – Kevin Kearns, Workout 3: The Sandbag Seven
Kevin Kearns knows what it means to train like a fighter - he has trained UFC fighters like Kenny Florian, Stephan Bonnar, and Marcus Davis for a living for many years. Now you can get a chance at these ... Continue Reading
Strength & Conditioning – Kevin Kearns, Workout 2: Road Warrior Fitness
Kevin Kearns knows what it means to train like a fighter - he has trained UFC fighters like Kenny Florian, Stephan Bonnar, and Marcus Davis for a living for many years. Now you can get a chance at these ... Continue Reading
Featured Coach: Kevin Kearns, Part 1 – Blowing Up With the UFC
“I lost my father when I was 12. He was 48 and died of alcoholism. He was a functional alcoholic, and my world was tipped upside down.” These were the words of Kevin Kearns as he began his story of how he ... Continue Reading
Strength & Conditioning – Jon Engum: Week 4, Day 4
This four-week program from Master RKC Jon Engum, author of the book "Flexible Steel," promises to "breathe new life into your high mileage body." How does Jon propose to do this? By strengthening the ... Continue Reading
Strength & Conditioning – Jon Engum: Week 4, Day 3
This four-week program from Master RKC Jon Engum, author of the book "Flexible Steel," promises to "breathe new life into your high mileage body." How does Jon propose to do this? By strengthening the ... Continue Reading
Strength & Conditioning – Jon Engum: Week 4, Day 2
This four-week program from Master RKC Jon Engum, author of the book "Flexible Steel," promises to "breathe new life into your high mileage body." How does Jon propose to do this? By strengthening the ... Continue Reading
Strength & Conditioning – Jon Engum: Week 4, Day 1
This four-week program from Master RKC Jon Engum, author of the book "Flexible Steel," promises to "breathe new life into your high mileage body." How does Jon propose to do this? By strengthening the ... Continue Reading
Featured Coach: Jon Engum, Part 2 – A Master’s Thoughts on Coaching
Last week we talked with Jon Engum about finding balance, mainly between building strength and maintaining or increasing mobility. This balance is the focus of John’s career as a coach, both in teaching ... Continue Reading
