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…
Time to Reorganize Priorities
I spent all morning today running around with my 4 year old doing a bunch of errands. We went to Story Time at Barnes & Noble (she loves that!), then to the bank, to the post office (where I shipped out one of the last paperback copies of Warrior Fitness: Conditioning for Martial Arts!), then…
Why Should YOU Train Like A Warrior?
Upon hearing the name of my gym, Warrior Fitness Gym, and my 30 year martial arts background, many people become hesitant and ask me, “Do I need to be a martial artist to train with you? Do I have to be a warrior?” The answer to the first question is no and the answer to…
Why Eating Bitter is so Sweet
The Chinese martial arts have an expression, chi ku, which means to “eat bitter” or “eating bitterness”. It is frequently used by the master to express to the students training under him the fact that if they want to become masters of the art in their own right, they must suffer first. The training is…
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…
Stay The Course
Over the past few early January 2013 evenings I’ve been thinking deeply about my mission in life. Some of my thoughts formed themselves into the lines below as I sat writing in front of my computer. My goal here is to reach out to all those people who never quite manage to keep their resolutions and…
7.5 Steps to NOT Achieving Your Fitness Goals in 2013
How to NOT Meet Your Fitness Goals for 2013…. I hope you all brought your sense of humor with you into the New Year. Here are my 7.5, obviously tongue in cheek, suggestions for NOT meeting your fitness goals in 2013. If you read carefully you may find hints as to how to properly go…
Top 10 Warrior Blog Posts of 2012
Who doesn’t love Top 10 Lists? Earlier in the week when I began looking back over the Warrior Blog 2012 to put together my Year in Review post, it occurred to me that I should also do my very own top 10 list. Why not? It’s a great way to review and recap the most…
The Year in Review
As we begin to turn the calendar page and close the door on 2012, I wanted to look back and share with you some highlights of the year for Warrior Fitness. Although it was a very busy and prouctive year all around, a few major accomplishments really stand out in my mind. Here are a…
Why You STILL Don’t Breathe Properly
I know, I know. You’ve been breathing your entire life so how could you be doing it wrong? You practice all day, every day, right? So you’re thinking – Pretty simple stuff here – in through the nose, out through the mouth, what’s so difficult about this? How could I possibly be screwing it up? I…
Lost Empire Herbs
