The Future of Functional Training – Interviews with The Masters

Looking Towards the Past As humans we have a tendency to Romanticize things of the distant past – Knights in shining armor, damsels in distress, Prehistoric eating habits, the idea of the Noble Savage, Warrior Princesses… Perhaps it’s Disney’s fault. 🙂 Regardless, the past, especially the distant past was never all sunshine and rainbows –…

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My Heavy Metal Strength Meditation Part 3

Guest blog post by Eric Guttmann, U.S. Navy Officer, Author, Fitness Enthusiast and More! My Heavy Metal Strength Meditation Part 3 – How I trained to achieve 100 consecutive tire flips It is amazing what the MIND and body can do when you focus on ONE thing to develop.  As I have written in the…

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My Heavy Metal Strength Meditation

Guest blog post by Eric Guttmann, U.S. Navy Officer, Author, Fitness Enthusiast and More! Its amazing what you can pick up when you are paying attention.  At the 2012 Super Human Workshop I overheard Bud Jeffries tell one of the participants that if she wanted to get conditioned to work up to 50 tire flips. …

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The Holy Grail of Training

Guest blog post by Eric Guttmann, U.S. Navy Officer, Author, Fitness Enthusiast and More Being in the Navy allows you to meet a lot of interesting people with different backgrounds, training experience and skills sets.  One thing that you come away with when interacting with people who are doing the tough, physically demanding jobs that…

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Stopping Power for Kicks & Strikes

The following is a guest post from my friend and fellow Underground Strength Coach, Frank DiMeo.  It is always an honor to do a guest blog post for another coach, especially regarding martial arts and strength training. To many people UFC is the only martial arts they are aware of, but the experienced martial artists…

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