Building a Fighter

0:30 Introduction into today’s topic: Good ways to improve training vs expensive ways to maybe improve training.  1:11 Topic 1 – When training agility do gamification, reactive games, and tag vs using a speed ladder. Agility is reactive not choreographed. Mirror drills, spike ball, and tag.  4:25 Topic 2 — Return on Investment when buying tech. Do invest in velocity ...

0:30 Introduction into today’s topic: Good ways to improve training vs expensive ways to maybe improve training.  1:11 Topic 1 – When training agility do gamification, reactive games, and tag vs using a speed ladder. Agility is reactive not choreographed. Mirror drills, spike ball, and tag.  4:25 Topic 2 — Return on Investment when buying tech. Do invest in velocity ...

0:25 Generalization v. Specialization, general to specific: within sport, within coaching, within a MMA. Exploring and theorizing.  1:35 The bigger picture and socialization aspect of athletics. Austin as a specialist, and Alex as a generalist. Range – David Epstien, the Tiger Woods approach v. Roger Federer approach. 6:00 Health care and specialization. Exposure to different motor patterns, “Increasing your Movement Vocabulary” ...

0:25 Generalization v. Specialization, general to specific: within sport, within coaching, within a MMA. Exploring and theorizing.  1:35 The bigger picture and socialization aspect of athletics. Austin as a specialist, and Alex as a generalist. Range – David Epstien, the Tiger Woods approach v. Roger Federer approach. 6:00 Health care and specialization. Exposure to different motor patterns, “Increasing your Movement Vocabulary” ...

0:40 Bit of a recap of UFC 251. Petr Yan, Thug Rose & Jessica Andrade. Volko v. Holloway scoring?  3:14 Cueing, attentional focus, and motor learning. “The Language of Coaching” – Nick Winkelman.  4:15 Internal v. External cueing. What are you referencing? Something inside the body (internal), or something outside the body (external). When, How, and Where to cue, or not. Internal ...

0:40 Bit of a recap of UFC 251. Petr Yan, Thug Rose & Jessica Andrade. Volko v. Holloway scoring?  3:14 Cueing, attentional focus, and motor learning. “The Language of Coaching” – Nick Winkelman.  4:15 Internal v. External cueing. What are you referencing? Something inside the body (internal), or something outside the body (external). When, How, and Where to cue, or not. Internal ...

This episode consists of the definition, exploration and practical approach to gaining more range of motion without wasting your time. We have all sat on a foam roller, stretched endlessly, and thought it was good for us. How exactly is it good for us? When should we do it? How should we do it? We answer those questions here.  0:18 ...

This episode consists of the definition, exploration and practical approach to gaining more range of motion without wasting your time. We have all sat on a foam roller, stretched endlessly, and thought it was good for us. How exactly is it good for us? When should we do it? How should we do it? We answer those questions here.  0:18 ...

Within our second installment of our series on weight cutting Dr. Austin and I (Alex) dive deeper into our personal experiences cutting weight, and the whole logic of the process. We heavily question the underpinnings, reality, and perceived performance advantage that rapid weight loss has on MMA competition.  0:25 Introduction to part 2 of weight cutting, and review of last ...

Within our second installment of our series on weight cutting Dr. Austin and I (Alex) dive deeper into our personal experiences cutting weight, and the whole logic of the process. We heavily question the underpinnings, reality, and perceived performance advantage that rapid weight loss has on MMA competition.  0:25 Introduction to part 2 of weight cutting, and review of last ...