Building a Fighter

Cutting Weight. This is almost an unavoidable aspect of combat sport, today we are talking about the culture and psychological impact of cutting weight. This podcast is rife with personal experiences of cutting weight and improper weight cutting strategies. We work through our own experiences to find some data and diamonds in the rough as to why we act this way in weight cutting. If you have wrestled or cut weight in a “serious manner” then you know what we are talking about when we talk about suffering and prioritizing making weight over athletic performance. We come to some good conclusions about the insanity of making weight, and we hope that this dialog can help to change how cutting weight works. 

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Cutting Weight. This is almost an unavoidable aspect of combat sport, today we are talking about the culture and psychological impact of cutting weight. This podcast is rife with personal experiences of cutting weight and improper weight cutting strategies. We work through our own experiences to find some data and diamonds in the rough as to why we act this ...

This episode gets a bit more philosophical on you! We open it up from our typical elite MMA athlete topics to a more recreational based idea. We tackle the question of “Why do you train and perform at sport?” Typically there are two models of sport in the sociological world: “Pleasure and Participation” or “Power and Performance.” Try saying that 10 times fast! Do you train to enjoy the pursuit of growth and be happy with just participating with peers, or are you trying to dominate and win? Is there room for both approaches in any athlete’s training? This conversation is interesting considering the intersection of Alex and Austin’s sports ideals. We unpack how we think of these models, what are your thoughts? Let us know!

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Message Building a Fighter directly at [email protected]

@buildingafighter on Instagram

Alex: IG @strong_a.f  email: [email protected]

Austin: IG  @warriorsportswellness  email: [email protected]

This episode gets a bit more philosophical on you! We open it up from our typical elite MMA athlete topics to a more recreational based idea. We tackle the question of “Why do you train and perform at sport?” Typically there are two models of sport in the sociological world: “Pleasure and Participation” or “Power and Performance.” Try saying that ...

A quick hitter for this episode, we touch on coach-athlete relationships. Most coaches do this well, some do it great, and few are horrific. Specifically we tackle this question, “Should you be friends with your athletes?” We agree that getting the work done is essential to any coach-athlete relationship, so creating a friendship cannot hurt your ability to push, pull, or stress the athlete. In some contexts a friendship can help the ability to coach your athletes, and as a coach we must identify if this is a beneficial thing or not. This is a huge gray area, we are all for friendships as long as they are professional, mutually beneficial, and efficient.

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Message Building a Fighter directly at [email protected]

@buildingafighter on Instagram

Alex: IG @strong_a.f  email: [email protected]

Austin: IG  @warriorsportswellness  email: [email protected]

A quick hitter for this episode, we touch on coach-athlete relationships. Most coaches do this well, some do it great, and few are horrific. Specifically we tackle this question, “Should you be friends with your athletes?” We agree that getting the work done is essential to any coach-athlete relationship, so creating a friendship cannot hurt your ability to push, pull, ...

Super Special Guest this episode, we have with us Corey Beasley from Fight Camp Conditioning, what is now GetPhysical.com  Corey is a wealth of knowledge in the MMA strength and conditioning field. He has done an awesome job of platforming and spreading the good word of knowledgeable, and reasonable S&C to mixed martial arts. Corey shares so much great information on his come up into mma, some innovative unconventional S&C methods, and load management. Thank you Corey for sharing your time with us!

Check out all of Corey’s resources on his website GetPhysical.com 

And his Instagram or any social @getphysicalcom

buildingafighter.com

Message Building a Fighter directly at [email protected]

@buildingafighter on Instagram

Alex: IG @strong_a.f  email: [email protected]

Austin: IG  @warriorsportswellness  email: [email protected]

Super Special Guest this episode, we have with us Corey Beasley from Fight Camp Conditioning, what is now GetPhysical.com  Corey is a wealth of knowledge in the MMA strength and conditioning field. He has done an awesome job of platforming and spreading the good word of knowledgeable, and reasonable S&C to mixed martial arts. Corey shares so much great information ...

Science! Its real! Exercise Science: a passion of both Alex and Austin’s. How do we approach a practical method of exercise science within our training context. AKA: How do you write an exercise program. We talk about this and much more in this episode. Running through scenarios we define our thought process and how we get there. What should or shouldn’t be in a program? How many days per week should you train? Which exercise should we pick?  We outline our approach to each decision made in programming. As always Austin and Alex agree on some points, but disagree with some banter as well. Let us know what

buildingafighter.com

Message Building a Fighter directly at [email protected]

@buildingafighter on Instagram

Alex: IG @strong_a.f  email: [email protected]

Austin: IG  @warriorsportswellness  email: [email protected]

Science! Its real! Exercise Science: a passion of both Alex and Austin’s. How do we approach a practical method of exercise science within our training context. AKA: How do you write an exercise program. We talk about this and much more in this episode. Running through scenarios we define our thought process and how we get there. What should or ...