Imperfect Training for Injury Prevention
“All-round sports training must include the capability of coping with unexpected and sub-optimal conditions” – Mel Siff, PHD author of Supertraining In a recent post, Are You Practicing Wrong, I covered why I think the idea of “perfect practice” is utter nonsense when it comes to training yourself how to improve at pretty much any…
Training Through Injuries
Four weeks ago I injured my ankle. The diagnosis? Peroneal tendonitis. Walking was painful. Squating was painful. Lunging was out of the question. Heck, even balancing on my injured foot hurt.
How I Healed My Neck with Mobility & Breathing
Several years ago, back in about 2004, I severely injured my neck. At the time it happened, it didn’t feel too bad. I thought it was something I would just shake off and keep going. However, when I woke up the following morning, I realized I was in severe pain and couldn’t move my neck.…
Warrior Podcast with Eric Guttmann
In an effort to provide you, my dear readers, with the best information out there on strength, health, fitness, and martial arts, I am interviewing top coaches, professionals, martial arts masters, and ordinary people who do extraordinary things.
Why I Hate Kickboxing
For months now people have been asking me to implement a Kick Boxing program at Warrior Fitness Gym. I’ve been resisting the pressure mainly due to one important factor – I hate kick boxing. 🙂 Allow me to clarify. I hate what real kick boxing has devolved into, the dreaded “cardio” kick boxing. To me,…
Healing Yourself With Mobility – Part 3
Healing and Mobility Part 3 – Everyday healing of neck, vertigo, and surviving training mistakes with mobility Guest blog post by Eric Guttmann, U.S. Navy Officer, Author, Fitness Enthusiast and More! In everyday matters joint mobility also saves the day. If for some reason you sleep with a craned neck and you wake up…
Healing Yourself With Mobility – Part 2
Healing and Protecting the Lower Back Guest blog post by Eric Guttmann, U.S. Navy Officer, Author, Fitness Enthusiast and More! In my last article I mentioned how I healed a sprained ankle myself using joint mobility. Now whenever something happens I can quickly and easily fix it myself. For example I was training my heavy…
Healing Yourself with Mobility Part 1
Guest blog post by Eric Guttmann, U.S. Navy Officer, Author, Fitness Enthusiast and More Healing an Ankle Sprain I frequently attend health, youthing, anti-aging, and training seminars along with travels all over the world regarding health practices. I always make it a point to ask both presenters and experts in the audience what is…
How to Avoid Ankle Injuries
How many people do you know just in your own circle of friends and family who have broken, sprained, or otherwise injured their ankle(s)? A pretty significant amount of people, right?
Training When Sick or Injured
This post came about due to several avid blog readers sending me questions on how to, or if, one should train when sick or injured. If you have any particular topic in mind relevant to health, fitness, strength & conditioning, or martial arts that you’d like to see discussed on the blog, please email me…