Balance Training Drills

Balance is an essential quality for the warrior to develop.  It directly affects our ability to move with grace, coordination, agility, and power.  Yet direct balance training exercises seem to be a neglected area in many people’s training programs unless they are recovering from an injury or trying to fix a specific weakness.  Personally, I…

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The Failure of Yogic Breathing

There are many different systems of breath work out there that focus on relaxed breathing and stress reduction that also talk about how to increase breath control and expand the practitioner’s lung capacity.  Unfortunately the majority of these systems fall short due to the fact that they tend to focus the bulk (or all) of their work on…

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The 4 Top Strength Training Myths for Women

When talking about strength training for women there are several pervasive myths that seem to never go away.  Here are the four  most common ones. I’ll Bulk Up.  This is probably one of the most pervasive, albeit incorrect myths out there.  Women simply do not have the correct hormone profile to build huge, bodybuilder type…

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To Stretch or Not to Stretch

When it comes to the question of stretching, there are opinions all across the spectrum.  Some experts contend that you should never stretch at all since it deforms the tissues, destabilizes the joints, and makes the body more prone to injury.  Then, on the completely opposite side of the scale, is the other camp which…

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Warrior Workout in the Park

This past Saturday was a beautiful fall day here in Jersey.  A perfect day for a Warrior’s Workout in the Park!  This workout was directly inspired by Zach Even-Esh’s Ultimate Underground Strength System. Warrior Workout 15 minute warm-up – mobility, movement, animal crawls, band work, breathing exercises followed by… 1) KB Clean & Press –…

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Yoga for Guitar Players

This is an article I wrote last year for my friend, Josh Sager’s kick-ass guitar blog, Fretterverse.  I hope my Warrior Fitness readers enjoy it as well!  Every guitar player knows that consistent practice is the key to becoming great.  But what happens when your daily practice is causing you daily aches and pains?  Give…

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Yoga – A System

Special thanks to guest author, Tony Notarianni  for another excellent contribution! In my latest Yoga class I was about to leave and I felt like I had left something, twice I went back from the reception area and twice I found that all my possessions were with me.  I left and returned home, and it…

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