If you saw UFC 144 last Saturday, then you no doubt saw one of the better 3rd round comebacks in long time in Tim’s fight against Yushin Okami. Joe Rogan went so far as to call it “one of the greatest UFC comebacks of all time” and there’s no...
Roadwork 2.0: The Comeback
Conditioning has been integral parts of training for combat sports ever since there have been combat sports. As soon as the first combat athlete gassed – probably within the first minute or two of the fight no doubt – it quickly became obvious that any sort of hand to...
Peak Training & Diet Design Summit Review
A couple weeks ago, my good friend Joe Dowdell sent me an advanced copy of his new product Peak Diet & Training Summit video course that was filmed from their workshop in NY at Joe’s gym last summer. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to make it out to the...
Repeated-Sprint Athletes: Energy Systems & Training
In recent years, a large number of industry debates have focused on which methods should be employed while training repeated-sprint athletes. Some propose the concept of sport-specificity, utilizing only techniques that mirror the on-field movement demands of the...
Never Gas Out – MMA Interval Training
A while ago, I wrote an article for Fight! magazine on interval training for combat sports. Far too often, “interval training” gets lumped into a single category as if all intervals are the same. If you’ve read my book, Ultimate MMA Conditioning, you...
The Specificity Continuum Part I: What is Specificity?
A few months ago I was asked to speak at the Sounders FC mentorship weekend and the topic I chose to speak on was “Specificity.” The reason I wanted to talk the principle of specificity was simple – there’s a ton of questions, confusion and...