Just about every day I check my email and see messages from aspiring fighters who want to know the secrets to turning their passion into a successful career. Sometimes the questions are simple— How do you prepare an Epsom salt bath for a last-minute weight cut?— and...
The Ultimate Conditioning Guide
If you’ve been through a few of our articles, you may have noticed a common thread. In fact, the majority of my posts are elaborations of a few core principles of conditioning and fitness. The truth is that having great conditioning really isn’t as difficult as a lot...
3 Tips to Stop Gassing Out
Any time a fighter ends up gassed out and face down on the canvas, the simple reaction is to point the finger at a lack of conditioning as the cause. Everyone from forum warriors to fight commentators alike often leap to this conclusion, quickly writing off the...
Med Ball Training for Movement – Part III
In this week’s new episode of 8WeeksOut TV, special guest Coach Kendal is back with his final video in the series on how to use med ball training to improve fundamental movement skills. Learn functional athletic movement with med ball training. In this...
Med Ball Training for Movement – Part II
In this week’s episode of 8WeeksOut TV, special guest Coach Kendal is back to continue his series on how to use med ball training not just to improve power, but to improve the fundamentals of movement. Kendal Yonomoto shows how to use med ball training to teach...
Med Ball Training for Movement
Medicine balls have been used for years to improve explosive power, but in this week’s episode of 8WeeksOut TV, special guest Coach Kendal is going to share the first part of his program on how to use med ball training to improve the fundamentals of movement....