Building a Fighter

Building a Gym! With an unlimited budget, what would you put in your gym? Garage gym, performance facility, or somewhere in the middle: we nerd out about all things exercise equipment here. Prioritizing space, incorporating MMA practice and movements, some turf and sleds we cover all of this and more in our layout and beyond. Listen to this one as you build out your garage gym and please drop your own experiences to our instagram and we will incorporate all feedback! 

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Building a Brand. Be authentic, be straightforward and business is personal. MMA is an interesting landscape to brand yourself in both the athlete and support service role. It does take some courage, and confidence to put yourself out there in your brand and business but is it worth the effort. We talk about a lot of business lessons we have learned in this podcast and bring it all back to how you yourself are your brand. Personal boundaries, accurately valuing yourself, and staying true to yourself. We talk to our business experience as best we can and there are certain nuggets that athletes and coaches can use alike. Our biggest take away: stay authentic. 

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Take away the guesswork from your training. Going off feel is not always a bad thing, especially if you are experienced in your training or training athletes, however knowing is always better than guessing. A low cost, and low barrier to entry wearable is a simple Polar H10 Heartrate monitor.  This comes with a Polar app that can give you a great read on your Heart rate zones and what intensity we are actually working at. The next most valuable information from this objective data is the comparison between weeks and workouts. We get to literally see the growth and progress in training, which is great. We would love to continue to introduce you to better training variables and monitoring. If you want to work with us visit the website below and send us a message. 

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Gaining confidence from your training! This is the secret sauce if there has ever been any. Confidence is the ultimate key in training. A lot of the time it is less about what you are doing and more about how confident you are in it. We talk about confidence from preparation, confidence from previous success, and confidence in your consistency as well. Another point we touch on is the individualism of confidence. Each athlete is different and gains confidence from different sources. As a coach we can plan for this and hit them where it counts! Lastly we talk about the side effects of confidence and truly finding a balance between confidence, arrogance, and contentment. 

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5 BJJ tips! Here are 5 ‘not so’ secret ways to improve your BJJ practice. We articulate 5 actions that will add to your performance, longevity, and enjoyment of the sport. We really harp on the basics and articulate a good approach to each of these 5. We venture into technical practice, support services that will uncover some issues, and a mentality that can elevate your game. This episode is full of great additions to your professional or recreational BJJ practice. Check it out, let us know if it helps! 

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The needs of a BJJ athlete: train technically at your sport, love for the sport, and strength and conditioning. Why strength and conditioning you may ask.. We answer this in the podcast at length. If you want any longevity in the sport of BJJ, and/or to maximize your practice you should definitely add strength and conditioning to your routine. The next key to staying on the mat is to avoid injury. If you are around BJJ for any length of time you know the guy with low back, neck and or knee pain. A lot of this can be remedied with a good strength and conditioning program. Lastly we add that every S&C program are not made equally. You need one that addresses you, the sport, and your general health habits. Look for those three things when seeking out a good strength and conditioning program. Hint: those good good programs are readily available at buildingafighter.com

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Caffeine, Addiction, Priorities. That is what we are talking about in this episode. How to actually prioritize your growth, and make a specific skill better. Most of the time it comes down to awareness, accountability, and actualization. We must know what our actual goals are in training, not just talking shit, or wanting to be vaguely ambitious. We have to hold each other, ourselves, and our athletes accountable. Then we must do the work. Put in the hours and dedication to feel bad at this skill, work at it and raise the skill level. We talk assessment, honesty, training priorities over a career, and individualization. Let us know what your priorities in training are, and if you enjoyed the podcast. 

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We are making a custom App! Biggest announcement on this freestyle episode!  Your BaF remote training programs will be all customized through this training platform. We are super excited to create our own tabs, and fillable content from the app and deliver it straight to you on your terms.  We get into some other various topics talking about mentality training, we talk about marrying basic technique and personal style, and we talk about how to identify good coaching. We end up talking about quitting vs. failing at the end and identifying when or how that is happening in MMA. Let us know what you think of this more laid back episode. 

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Welcome Austin Jochum! We have followed Jochum Strength for a longtime through social media and our mutual connection with Tim Murray. Austin Jochum is a wealth of information and innovation in the strength and conditioning space. He is truly a self-starter and loves to dive deep in the philosophical and psychological aspects of coaching. We flow through a conversation and touch on so many topics in this episode including mentality, business ownership, creativity in a dogmatic field, and personal development. Austin is a great business owner and it was a pleasure to have him on the pod. Thanks Austin - If you need to contact him reach out through IG @austinjochum 

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What is the biggest influence in your training? Is it the training partners you have? Is it the coach? Is it the gym? We take on these questions and more in this podcast. We step back from the X’s and O’s of training to narrow down the specific parameters to effective training. Your training environment dictates so much of your results. It helps if you have confidence in this environment, it's somewhere you want to be and find value and even fun in. Yes, as surprising as it is, training can be fun. Grinding can be fun. We talk a lot about the training environment and how important that is in this episode!

 

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