I founded 8weeksouts in the spring of 2009 for one simple reason:
To cut through all the clutter and misinformation surrounding strength, conditioning, combat sports and performance
Too many people were looking for answers, but getting lost amidst the endless sea of hype and bad information. There needed to be a voice of reason that came from experience and a solid foundation of scientific understanding. After more than 5years of training world class combat athletes at the time, I wanted to share the training principles, methods, and philosophy that I had used to help develop world champions and top athletes from a range of sports.
Since its beginnings, 8weeksout has expanded to cover all areas of fitness and physical preparation for athletic performance. I have brought together a world renowned team of experts ranging from NFL coaches to PhD researchers, all united in the pursuit of finding and sharing the truth about how to push the human body to the highest levels.
The 8WeeksOut mission is to deliver the truth about training and athletic development with honesty, integrity, and real science rather than marketing hype and baseless claims.
I am committed to building a community of experts, athletes, and recreational fitness enthusiasts who are looking for something more and who are striving to find the answers of human performance that often allude so many. Every single contributor to this site meets the high standards I have set for passion and integrity in this field and you can trust the information you will find on this site comes from authority, experience, and scientific reasoning.
Thanks for visiting 8WeeksOut!
Joel Jamieson
Joel Jamieson
Joel Jamieson is widely considered one of the world’s foremost authorities on strength and conditioning for combat sports, having trained many of the sports best athletes since 2004. He is the author of the bestselling book “Ultimate MMA Conditioning” and is a contributing writer to several top magazines and a frequent guest speaker at conferences and seminars all over the world.
Joel has worked with and consulted extensively for teams and organizations ranging from Navy SEALS to Life Time Fitness and his BioForce HRV system is used by teams in the NFL, NBA, MLS, NCAA and more. He is best known for an individualized approach that is both based on solid science and yet practical to apply. Joel created 8WeeksOut in 2009 to help clear up the misinformation and confusion surrounding energy systems and since then, the site has become one of the authorities on strength, conditioning and performance.