Good Tests To See Where Your At

There's a training phase I like to refer to as "Power Endurance". This is the basis to our wonderful sport. The ability to be explosive, recover, and explode again throughout a whole fight. POWER/ENDURANCE is actually an oxymoron. They are on two completely different spectrums of qualities. So it makes it that much more enjoyable to work with and help improve guys like Rashad Evans, Georges St. Pierre, and Nate Marquardt. Rashad was a good example of improving on a weakness. In the Thiago Silva fight, he implemented a style of exploding for takedowns and did it well for two rounds. But the downfall of being an explosive, fast twitch guy, will always be his gas tank late. And we saw him tire in the 3rd and get clipped. He managed to win a great fight but we saw room to improve on. So all camp Rashad

 stressed conditioning, even more so, anerobic conditioning. Pushing sled, tough acyclical circuits, airdyne tabata, tough wrestling drills, etc. All that being said, he was fresh in the 3rd round and as explosive as in the 1st. Which makes a strength and conditioning coach happier than a pig in sh-t.

What I've really liked in recent camps for Rashad and guys like Kenny Florian, is they understand their genetic types and are learning to push themselves out of their comfort zones. Kenny is a guy who is less fast twitch and has had a decent gas tank throughout the years but has lacked explosiveness and strength. An altogether different aproach might be looked at for him.

All that considered, all my athletes PULL, PUSH, perform HIP, and KNEE dominant exercises while also challenging the core through anti-rotary work and anti-extension work. They all train for power, whether it be plyo's olympic lifts, medball work, etc.