How Conditioning Can Boost Strength

Thanks to my good friend, Coach Chris “Jersey Beast” Lopez, for this cool guest blog post!

The Benefits of Strategic Conditioning

When you hear someone talk about conditioning (especially combat athletes), it usually refers to the training they are doing to boost their endurance or drop weight. Very rarely do we hear about conditioning that will also directly boost strength and strength endurance. But if structured correctly, adding conditioning to your strength training split can directly increase cardio capacity, strength over time, performance, speed of muscular contraction, and even raw strength itself! Check out the video! Continue reading

Training in Confined Spaces

If you have Warrior Fitness Training style questions, send them to me.  I answer any and all serious (well, mostly serious) questions about training, my Warrior Fitness System, my views on fitness, martial arts, self defense, strength & conditioning, or training for sport/athletic performance.  

Here’s a video answer to a question I received the other day from Robert, a Bujinkan student in Sweden. Continue reading

5 Ways to Improve Your Hand-Eye Coordination

Check out this awesome guest blog post by Australian Strength Coach sensation, John Wayne Legg!

Nobody would argue that to reach your true potential in a martial art or combat sport, you need to be accurate when executing a move. Whether you are attempting an arm-bar, single leg take-down or a punch to the face, you are going to suck if you don’t connect with your target where you want to. And while much practice in your chosen sport will go a long way to building this skill, there are extra things we can do to either catch up or put the icing on the cake, so to speak. Continue reading

6 Simple Ways to Improve Your Strength for Combat Sports

Huge thanks to John Gaglione, AKA Coach Gags, of Gaglione Strength for this guest blog post!

So you want to be a fighter? Maybe your sport is wrestling or BBJ? All of the fight sports have a few things in common. You need to be strong, powerful, mobile, and HOSTILE! Follow these so you can become a BEAST on and off of the mats! Continue reading

Lessons in the Mud

Warriors Are Mudders Too!

This past Saturday I, along with my brother Dave and my brother-from-another-mother, Jason, ran the ultimate Adventure Race, the Tough Mudder!  If you are not familiar with the Tough Mudder, let me explain.  It is a 12 mile race with 25 military style obstacles between mile 1 and mile 12.  Oh yeah, and lots and lots of mud!  Continue reading

This is Dangerous to YOUR Training

Alright.  Strap in, kids because this is gonna be a bumpy one.

There is a huge problem that affects many people training in martial arts today that needs to be addressed because it is severely inhibiting their progress and skill.  It applies to fitness training as well, so if you don’t train martial art read this with whatever type of training you do in mind. Continue reading

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 HERE and let me know! Continue reading

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 out that way.  As I looked at the clock, calculated how little time I actually had left before having to run out, it didn’t seem possible to accomplish the workout I had planned for the day.  Continue reading

15 Ways To Be Awesome In Training

Sometimes we all need a little reminder of our own innate greatness.  Take a minute to read through the list below and watch the video.  Keep these things in mind as you go about your day today. Continue reading

My Super Secret Recovery Method

In addition to my usual compliment of recovery drills consisting of mobility exercises, yoga asana, and compensatory movement, for the past year and a half I have been using a top secret protocol in my exercise recovery work. This exceedingly simple-seeming protocol has consistently accelerated my recovery, allowed me to reach new levels of relaxation, and strengthened the mind-body connection beyond any work I have ever done. It has also managed to increase energy levels while fortifying my body against the daily rigors of life, work, and family stresses. Continue reading