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Back Bridging: The Basics and Beyond

Back Bridging: The Basics and Beyond

The back bridge is a timeless exercise that can improve your flexibility and build total-body strength along the way.  Bridging…

Slide By Takedown

Slide By Takedown

Mike Brown along with, ATT founder, Ricardo Liborio demostrate a Slide-By Takedown from the American Top Team gym in Coconut…

MMA Diet: Disorder

MMA Diet: Disorder

As I stated back in the introduction, the MMA Diet is not a “diet” the way our society typically…

Importance of Conditioning

Importance of Conditioning

  Often times there are shifts in principles, and in thought processes. I was always the first to dismiss the…

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Strength & Conditioning

Back Bridging: The Basics and Beyond

Back Bridging: The Basics and Beyond

The back bridge is a timeless exercise that can improve your flexibility and build total-body strength along the way.  Bridging works your entire posterior chain, while simultaneously stretching your hip flexors, shoulders and upper back (places where guys tend to get tight). 
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Importance of Conditioning

Importance of Conditioning

  Often times there are shifts in principles, and in thought processes. I was always the first to dismiss the old school boxing mentality of long distance runs, very un-athletic training principals to the hyper athletic, explosive, skill oriented way of training. 
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Strength and Condition for MMA Part 1

Strength and Condition for MMA Part 1

One of the biggest problems that I face when speaking to athletes in a variety of sports, and not just MMA, is that there is an overwhelming misunderstanding when it comes to the concept of strength and conditioning. This is, in a large part, due to the broad nature of most programs a...
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Nutrition

Quick Pre-Workout Meal

Quick Pre-Workout Meal

Jordan Cieciwa and Krzyztof Soszynski show us how to whip up a quick pre-workout meal.
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MMA Diet: Disorder

MMA Diet: Disorder

As I stated back in the introduction , the MMA Diet is not a “diet” the way our society typically thinks of a diet. We here are viewing “diet” in terms of a holistic and sustainable practice of eating and drinking. So it’s fitting that this is a series of sound nutritional information backed...
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MMA Diet: Yogurt

MMA Diet: Yogurt

Many athletes start their day off with a cup of yogurt. While this can be good, it’s often not as good as many think. Not all yogurts are created equal. Let’s explore why.
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Techniques

Slide By Takedown

Slide By Takedown

Mike Brown along with, ATT founder, Ricardo Liborio demostrate a Slide-By Takedown from the American Top Team gym in Coconut Creek, Florida.
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Half Guard Legbar

Half Guard Legbar

Rickson Gracie black belt, Henry Akins, alongside Strikeforce champion, Ronda Rousey, takes through a great Legbar from Half Guard from Dynamix Martial Arts in West Los Angeles.
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Cross-side Armbar

Cross-side Armbar

Rickson Gracie black belt, Henry Akins, alongside Strikeforce champion, Ronda Rousey, takes through a great Cross-side Armbar from Dynamix Martial Arts in West Los Angeles.
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Doctor's Corner

HGH Testing

HGH Testing

The names on the lips of those interested in the science of MMA in the last month were not Penn and Diaz, but Issa and Newton. Darryl Issa is one of the Congressmen demanding the National Football League initiate testing for Human Growth Hormone this season. Terry Newton is the British rugby player ...
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The Early Stoppage

The Early Stoppage

There may be a no more certain trigger for fan outrage than an early stoppage. It includes the classic elements of high drama: injustice, theft and insoluble controversy. Referee Herb Dean’s decision in the Strikeforce/M-1 Global “Fedor vs. Henderson” main event is that rarest of e...
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Marquardt and Testosterone

Marquardt and Testosterone

Another elite mixed martial artist has fallen to the Catch-22 of steroid use.
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Training

Rematch?

Rematch?

Dominick Cruz was the first bantamweight to successfully defend the WEC 135-pound championship belt since Miguel Torres defended it in April 2009, but it wasn’t easy.
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Griffin and Bonnar

Griffin and Bonnar

I just happened to catch a replay of the finals for TUF 1, Forrest Griffin vs Stephan Bonner. What a great fight!!! 
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Blog: Greg Jackson

Blog: Greg Jackson

A Week of Promise Throughout the course of my career, I have been fortunate to meet and work with some amazing individuals, both fighters and trainers.  
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