In a recent post I talked about my experience with the sport of wrestling and how it took a certain bit of Grit to be successful. While hard work and some form of craziness is a prerequisite to be a successful wrestler, the sport in itself taught me tons of life lessons beyond the normal lessons of sport. These life lessons are the reason why combat sports have always been something that founds my stance that most young athletes should spend some time learning some form of co

I once had someone tell me that I would Snatch 150kg (330lbs) and Clean and Jerk 185kg (405lbs) in my lifetime. I believed him, until the training program he put me on crushed me. It was tons of reps and sets, and the amount of fatigue set in and I mistook it for injury. After, I jumped to a program with heavier weights and far fewer reps. I felt good for a while, but the weights were too heavy, I developed imbalances and eventually got hurt. It took me several months to reco

Last time I wrote about body basics, I talked about the three mechanisms of fitness, whether that it was a focus on strength, weight loss, or general fitness as a whole. Those three mechanisms were: Stimulate, Adapt, and Recover. I briefly explained each, but I think that there is a lot more information available to us to help us really understand these concepts. Stimulation, being the first part of the fitness cycle, seems appropriate to start with. Think of someone sneaking