New Exercise – The Sword and Shield Protocol
Let’s talk about what it takes to achieve success in your fitness and martial art training… Here is the Warrior Fitness simple formula for training success: Specific Training + Frequent Practice = RESULTS Here’s an example of my Daily Personal Practice from earlier in the week that works on specific movement patterns I am trying…
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…
Kettlebell Training for Bujinkan Footwork
Recently I was asked about how to use a single kettlebell to train footwork for Bujinkan martial arts. Here is a video I put together showing a couple different exercises to enhance stability and mobility for footwork training using the kettlebell. Enjoy!!
The 3 Paths of Warrior Fitness
The 3 Paths of the Warrior There are 3 Paths of the Warrior, along with the 4 Levels of Preparation, that form the basis of the entire training system. While each path is unique with its own individual strategies, methods, and characteristics, they are also so deeply interconnected that the sum of the whole system…
10 Reasons I Love Kettlebells by Logan Christopher
I want to share with you all the reasons that I love training with kettlebells. 1 – They’re Different Back when I first tried a kettlebell I was pretty much a bodyweight only guy. I had been led to believe that “weights didn’t build functional strength”. The thing that led me to believe this was…
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…
Top 7 Exercises for Warriors
Here is the list I put together of my Top 7 Exercises for Warrior Training. Not that these are the ONLY exercises you should do or would ever need but, if I were forced to narrow down my selection to my top 7, these would be my picks. The great thing about this list is that…
Don’t Fall Into This Trap
The other day as I was running around teaching classes at the gym, working on various upcoming projects, and writing articles, I suddenly found myself running short on time for my own workout. I had planned to have an hour to myself before going to pick up the kids, but somehow it didn’t quite work…
Lost Empire Herbs
