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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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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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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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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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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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Cross Training and Bell Curves
Coaching a couple tournaments last weekend reinvigorated my enthusiasm for grappling. This wasn’t really a question on the forefront, but it was…
Jun 17
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Austin
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Coaching and Conditioning
Training Week: 2024-06-03 | Endurance Week 4 | I was honored to have the opportunity to corner many of my teammates this past weekend for a couple…
Jun 10
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Austin
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Heelhooks and Hypertrophy
Training Week: 2024-05-27 | We're three weeks into my self-directed endurance program, which is usually about the time I have to re-evaluate and…
Jun 3
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Austin
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The Rule of 10, and Rest Days
Training Week: 2024-05-20 | Some days you’re feeling it, some days you’re not. Some days you have to push yourself, some days you don’t. I’m reminded of…
May 27
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Austin
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Program Review: Free Fall
“One of the hardest aspects of taking responsibility for your own physical development is bridging the gap between being told what to do and deciding…
May 24
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Austin
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