Dispelling some of the misconceptions surrounding strength training for fighters. Strength training will make you bulky! It always amazes me how many individuals fill their faces with thousands of calories, limit their “cardio” and lift heavy weights every day (with the sole goal of bulking up), and still struggle to build a decent amount of muscle. However, your average fighter, who is often on a calorie deficit and smashing countless conditioning sessions [...]

Band Face Pulls Face pulls are one of the best exercises to rehabilitate and develop your upper back and shoulders. The rotator cuff is four deep muscles responsible ...for stabilising the shoulder joint, as well as both internal and external rotation. The internal rotator, along with your chest muscles, often gets plenty of work (due to all that pressing), whereas your external rotators are often underworked, which can result in [...]

Walking and running are seen to be one of the most basic aspects of human movement, something you do, or should do daily. Ironically, they are one of the most intricate movement patterns to explain in detail. It’s often considered that people can inherently run with correct form. However, it’s amazing how many have poor mechanics, which in turn leads to all sorts of problems. Many of these are a [...]

We currently have 2000sqft of space downstairs. Future Plans: -Take over garage space and put in two extra lifting platforms and racks. - Take over downstairs utility area to put in new shower facilities. - Take over upstairs (another 1400sqfoot) Once we take over the upstairs, our plan is to run the Conditioning classes upstairs, while the Strength classes are running concurrently downstairs. We will also be aiming to put [...]

The standard gym setup is around 55% cardio machines and about 45% resistance machines (10-15% of which might be free weights). There is usually picture descriptions on the machines, but rarely any coaching on how to use free weight equipment (the stuff that facilitates optimal physical development). Ultimately commercial gyms (The "C" Word), are set up primarily as leisure facilities, rather than training facilities (and that's fine). Simply put, they make training easier [...]