So today’s blogisode is getting back to the roots of strength. You see when examining strength I like to think that there are many traits that make up its characteristics. Yes, I’m getting deep in the philosophical side on you in this post so just buckle your chin strap and don’t get busted thinking too hard on this one especially if you are sitting at your desk at work. We wouldn’t want to get you in trouble while you’re on the job, right? Keep on reading my friend.
So the other day I’m explaining to one of my beginner students about maintaining a straight wrist by diagonally gripping the kettlebell when pressing it. After demonstrating this with a lighter kettlebell for the purpose of practice I then watched him press it. What did he do? Immediately he did exactly what I told him NOT to do.
He gripped the bell horizontal at the handle instead of diagonally which in turn caused his wrist to break back and he immediately started feeling pain at the forearm. I quickly made some adjustments with some simple coaching cues and he was able to correct it. I just looked at him and asked “Is that how I showed you?” and he replied “No.” You can imagine my next response. 😉
1. Are you familiar with the concept of athletic strength training?
2. Are you currently incorporating any athletic strength training into your MMA fitness program?
3.Are you familiar with how to utilize ballistic movements in order to develop athletic strength for fighting and for sport?
4. Are you familiar with the unique and powerful training tactic known as Post Activation Potentiation?
So if you’re looking to get physically prepared for the ring in MMA you will want to work on enhancing your athletic strength training. Every sport has training needs and if those needs aren’t met well then you are selling yourself short and putting your brawling skills at risk!
So in today’s post I figured I would continue the trend of hammering out another list of stuff that could benefit your strength and conditioning program. In most any endeavor there are some good hard rules that develop due to the pursuit of any goal within any endeavor. Because of this you know ole BR here is going to tee up some of those rules for your strength training journey right here and now. As a matter of fact I’ve got 10 of them for you to hold near and dear to your heart of iron so keep on reading.
Ok Ok, so I know I’ve been out for a week or so and slacking on the ole blogging scene. Well no worries because I’m still alive and kicking. I wished I had some reasonable explanation as to why I slowed down on getting some posts out last week like I was out roaming the streets of Atlanta dressed up like a bat taking out bad guys with the usual super hero ass kicking justice that you would like to believe.
Yep, that’s exactly what was happening! Ok, I’ll let you believe that if you want to. Anyways, I just took the last few days off to recharge the batteries, but now I’m ready to hit the ground running. So let’s talk about turning your strength training program up to awesomeness level. I think I might have a few tips to help you out in that department.
