Tag Archives: Train

Strongerman Teleseminar Series comes to an end

By admin | Published: February 26, 2010

We had a great call with Jedd Johnson from the Diesel Crew the other night. A few of our topics for the call included: The Biggest Mistake Jedd made in his grip training and what to do about it. The Four Grip Movements and how to train them Grip Athletics and Grip for Athletes – There’s a big [...]

Posted in Hand Strength | Also tagged 3 Ways, Assistance Exercises, Biggest Mistake, Health And Strength, Human Strength, Jedd, Long Term Health, Regard, Roadmap | Leave a comment

The Point of Diminishing Returns

By admin | Published: February 8, 2010

I had a strength coach in college who first started talking to me about, “a point of diminishing returns.” At the time I heavily disagreed with him. In fact for the most part I still do. His premise was that after a player could squat 500lbs or so (really talking about Linemen in football), [...]

Posted in Squats, Super Strength, Training Ideas | Also tagged Amount Of Time, Athlete, Bud, College Lineman, Different Things, Disagreement, Drugs, Heavy Lift, Leverage, Linemen, Physical Attributes, Point Of Diminishing Returns, Premise, Sessions, Squats, Strength Coach, Time Volume | Leave a comment

Sandbag Conditioning for MMA

By admin | Published: December 3, 2009

Here’s a little clip of a sandbag conditioning routine that we use with some of our fighters. The main focus is the use of the sandbag, but with some pretty unique exercises. Sandbags are some of the greatest training tools in almost any sport but they especially apply to fighting. Almost nothing else [...]

Posted in Ab Strength, Bodyweight Exercise, Conditioning Exercise, Martial Arts, Super Strength, Training Ideas, Workouts | Also tagged Breaking Strength, Bud, Derrick, Exercise, Exercises, God, Human Training, Jeffries, Minute Rounds, Mistake, Mma, New Membership, People, Six Minutes, Stansberry, Training Tools, Ups, Variations, Workout | 3 Comments

A Big Goal Met For Me

By admin | Published: November 16, 2009

Keeping constantly challenged by having a goal in your training is probably one of the most important lessons anyone can learn. It doesn’t always have to be the same goal, but to truly drive your training you need to have something you’re specifically working toward to keep you on track. Not having a specific measurable [...]

Posted in Challenge Workouts, Conditioning Exercise, Kettlebells, Training Ideas | Also tagged Caption, Direction, Exercise, Giant Mountain, Keeping Track Of Time, Kettlebell Swing, Lot, Met, New Goals, Odyssey, Pace, Physical Improvement, Progressive Overload, Swings, Victory, Weights, Year One | 3 Comments

The Usual Suspects – Part 2

By admin | Published: November 13, 2009

Let’s continue with the thought on finding the important patterns in training. This is all really about narrowing down what’s important and making the most of your limited time by spending it on those things. To do that you need to dissect training not in its minute detail but in a broad overview. Let me explain [...]