Fighting Fit

Planning your St. Patrick’s Day green beer fest already? Have fun, but keep your training on track by knowing the effects. How exactly do those festive libations become the reason you can’t walk straight by the end of the night and get a…
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Get a new grip on leg training with these three variations on your old standards. If you do what you always did, you will get what you always got. This is a simple, yet profound rule of life. If you want more, you have to do more, and when…
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Keep the beat going strong during February’s American Heart Month. To keep your heart happy, it’s important to follow exercise, diet, and health guidelines. As a dedicated athlete, the exercise aspect should be taken care of during regular…
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Hip-out escape from guard with options. This month, UFC veteren and Nova União jiu-jitsu black belt Diego Saraiva, and current UFC featherweight Raphael Assuncao, demonstrate an option escape from the bottom with corresponding…
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Double Leg Drill Before you can walk, you’ve got to learn to crawl. The same goes for MMA. There’s no sense in learning shot variations (like running the pipe or single-leg cutbacks) if your double-leg takedown isn’t solid. This simple…
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How heart rate variability may revamp the training methods for professional and amateur athletes alike. Over the last several years, technology has invaded nearly every aspect of our daily lives. Our cell phones give us access to high…
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Five easy adjustments for an upgraded 2012. After five weeks of holiday eating and drinking, January is the month when many people put away their party shoes, dust off their sneakers, and start ordering salads. The vow to eat healthfully…
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“I just don’t want to see anyone hurt. That’s all I care about. When you get to a point—in my opinion, I’m no doctor—that you start getting knocked out on a regular , that’s it. I don’t want to see that any more.” —UFC president Dana…
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Pushup Power The pushup is a classic exercise for upper body development. Around the world, the pushup is a constant in combat training. In most commercial gyms, however, the pushup has taken a back seat to an array of fancy weight…
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Developing powerful hip abductors and hip flexors are critical for keeping an opponent from passing your guard. Incorporating a hip circuit into your daily warm-up is the perfect way to strengthen the often overlooked and under-trained…
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