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3 Top HIIT Workouts For MMA Fitness

3 Top HIIT Workouts For MMA Fitness

The original publishing date for this post was back on January 23, 2018. I wanted to pull this article out of the archives today because it still gets a lot of attention.

If you’re currently training in martial arts, or MMA then you need to have your fitness and athletic performance dialed in to perform on the mat, or in the ring. Today’s article is going to be a great resource for you to tap so that you can start to implement these HIIT workouts into your strength and conditioning program if you haven’t already.

  1. Do you feel that your fitness level and conditioning have hit a plateau?
  2. Do you feel like you’re not improving with your MMA and Combat skills as fast as you should?
  3. Aside from being functional for fitness, MMA, and Combat are you also frustrated that you aren’t leaning out and developing a lean body composition from your training?
  4. Are you familiar with HIIT workouts?

If you answered YES to any of the above questions then this article (particularly with question 4 relating to HIIT Workouts) then this should be of great help to you. So everybody is hung up on the high intensity programs these days and as a strength coach I’ve always had a love–hate relationship with this because I think some training fads tend to get blown out of proportion. I think this is because with the tremendous influx of information due to the internet it often seems like people tend to offer solutions to training by painting with a broad brush, or by defaulting to metaphorically trying to use a hammer for both nails and screws.

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Proprioception: Developing Your Sixth Sense And Enhancing Your Physical Intelligence

Proprioception: Developing Your Sixth Sense And Enhancing Your Physical Intelligence

So Merry Christmas!

While I hope you’re enjoying time with family and friends I know you’ve probably experienced a bit of frustration while navigating the mad rush of shopping crowds. That tends to happen when you’re out at the mall hunting down those gifts.

To give you a little insight on why you might have experienced such frustration I figured I would pull today’s article from the archives on physical intelligence. I figure I might explain why you might have experienced some frustration when dealing with the crowds.

The original publishing date of today’s article was back on April 14, 2016. Read. learn, apply, and enjoy your day!

I’m often finding myself getting pissed off in public more and more these days for a number of reasons that revolve around the growing epidemic of laziness and the decrease of intelligence in our society. With the advent of technology people are becoming less and less intelligent both mentally and physically. Today I’m going to be addressing how this is happening and why most people are unaware of their sixth sense as a result of this societal epidemic.

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What Are The Best Shoulder Exercises For Strength And Function?

What Are The Best Shoulder Exercises For Strength And Function?

  1. Are your shoulders strong and functional?
  2. What shoulder exercises are you implementing to build strong injury resistant shoulders?
  3. Are you looking to transform your fitness and strength?

Well when it comes to training shoulders most articles I typically see for this seem to recommend training tactics that emphasize more aesthetics in terms of the approach to training the shoulders.

Aesthetics are great, but shoulder function is better. Besides the aesthetics will come if your shoulder joint can exhibit mobility and stability the way it should be able to in the first place. Form always follows function…not the other way around!

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The Correct Hand Position For Your Push-ups

The Correct Hand Position For Your Push-ups

  1. Is your hand position correct when you perform the push-up? 
  2. Are you aware that improper hand position will bleed you of power? 
  3. Do you know that proper hand position will optimize muscular activation making you stronger throughout your body during the push-up? 

I don’t care how strong you think you are if you can’t apply the correct hand position for your push-ups you’re killing your results from the movement. I think you’ll find today’s post to be a valuable resource for you the next time you hit the deck for some push-ups.

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Free Weights Vs. Machines In Strength Training

Free Weights vs. Machines In Strength Training

The original publishing date on today’s article was back on June 18, 2015. This article features a question I’ve gotten many times over the years and my response for it still applies here today.

Do you predominantly use free weights or machines with your current fitness and strength program? Perhaps you use a blend of both? Check out today’s article and post up below in the comments and let me know what you think by offering some of your feedback. Read and enjoy.

So there is that age old question that has bounced around inside of yours and everyone else’s head at one time or another about the matchup between free weights and machines. Which one is better? Is one good? Is one bad? Well today we’re going to examine that very thing my young Jedi of strength.

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