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Savage / Zen Newsletter No. 89
July 2024 | During the “COVID years”, like many people, I was looking for opportunity and generally trying to cope with uncertainty, disenchantment, and…
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Austin
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Endurance: How Much is Enough?
“Conditioning” is a complicated topic. Specifically, it is one’s ability to apply their physical fitness to a given task. With that in mind, physicality…
Jul 24
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Austin
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Sharpening Your Attention, and Calculating Capacity
Training Week 2024-07-15 | Knee Rehab Week 5 | 5-weeks post-injury, things are finally starting to get back to normal; with BJJ taking up the majority…
Jul 22
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Austin
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What's in a Symbol: 5 Things I Learned Since Earning My BJJ Black Belt
As the expression goes, “a belt only covers 2 inches of your ass, the rest is on you.” One year ago I received my black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Jul 19
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Austin
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Trust Your Foundation, If You Built It
Training Week: 2024-07-08, Rehab Week 4 | Rarely do I look forward to endurance work. However, this week I was glad to not be confined to marginal…
Jul 15
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Austin
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Grappling in the 2000s
Let’s take a trip down memory lane to my humble origins in wrestling and MMA.
Jul 12
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Austin
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Strength: How Much is Enough?
The biggest lie in all of grappling, which became the sales hook for BJJ, is that “strength doesn’t matter.” In any physical endeavor, strength is never…
Jul 10
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Austin
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BioForce, Peptides, and Meniscus Rehab: Week 3
Training Week: 2024-07-01 | Three weeks ago I was in a wheel chair with a torn meniscus and severe MCL sprain in my right knee — the popping, cracking…
Jul 8
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Austin
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Savage / Zen Newsletter No. 88
June 2024 | “Self Care” is a phrase I wish I could delete from history. Somehow it has come to mean the literal opposite of what it is supposed to…
Jul 5
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Austin
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Fast Food #003: Honey vs. Maple Syrup
A discussion of animal-based diet carbohydrate sources including maple syrup and honey. | Fast Food: Bite-sized short reads about sport performance…
Jul 3
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Austin
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Meniscus Rehab: Week 2
Training Week: 2024-06-24 | Two weeks post-injury and I’m doing ADLs fine, and starting to walk more; which is good, because my overall activity is in…
Jul 1
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Austin
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June 2024
Mobility and Injuries
I've been fortunate throughout most of my climbing and fighting career to avoid major injury. Of course, there have been moderate stingers -- bruised…
Jun 24
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Austin
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