If there’s one thing that’s overlooked in almost any type of fitness program or sport (minus yoga, haha!) … it’s flexibility. Perhaps I shouldn’t say overlooked, but definitely not as valued as it should be. Here, we’ll go over why that is, how flexibility can help with recovery, and the best stretches and moves you…
As many of us know, diet is key to preparing for any fight. However, the strategy here is much different than your standard fat-loss diet, which tends to throw new fighters for a loop. Here I’m breaking down why the pre-fight diet is different, followed by what to eat and when to maximize your energy…
There’s no way around it – dieting to shred and stay lean is not always smooth sailing. When you’re trying to lose weight, there are so many different things that you constantly need to be thinking about (“Is this healthy? Am I getting too few or too many calories? Where am I at on macros…
Some of us can’t get enough of it, some of us would rather pretend it doesn’t exist, but let’s face it: cardio is going to come up in pretty much every discussion you have about working out for weight loss. Any exercise that gets your heart racing and leaves you working hard to catch your…
They hurt … but oh do they hurt so good: high intensity workouts. Sometimes, when you’re chasing speed, stamina, and results, those gentle workouts at a moderate intensity just won’t cut it. You want your workouts to hit hard, and you want them to be effective, so they need to be taken up a notch….
The weight loss and diet conversation is, well, confusing to say the least. Just searching “weight loss” in good ‘ole Google can feel like sailing out into an endless sea of opinions, conflicting research, and arguments over the “best diet” and the “best way to lose weight.” Here, there is a single philosophy: to eat…
There’s nothing quite like the feeling of crushing a good workout: you’re sweating, you can feel that your muscles have been pushed to the limit, and you just know that you’re going to be riding that endorphin high all day long. But the work doesn’t stop there; recovery time plays a huge role in whether…
When it comes to ground game, control over your opponent is, well, the name of the game. As most of us know, when you have a strong ground, or grappling technique, you can improve your position, outmaneuver the other person, and even get them into a lock sooner rather than later. It takes a lot…
We all know that getting in a workout, no matter what time of day it is, is obviously better than not getting one in at all. However, what if you’re looking to optimize that workout to get the most out of it? What would then be the optimal time of day to do it? And…
Remember those resolutions you made a couple of weeks ago when the year ended? How are you doing with them now? The reason I bring it up is because February is, unfortunately, where many New Year’s resolutions go to die. We all know that when it comes to achieving all those big dreams we aim…