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Three months ago you trained five days a week. Today you train five days a week.Same rounds. Same shots. Same problems on the mat.Nothing’s broken. …
Tuesday's session was garbage. You blame Tuesday.Wrong target. Monday did it.Hard sparring, then heavy squats, then conditioning that left you flat on the mat. Three …
You throw one shot. Then you wait to see what happens.Against Demetrious Johnson, that wait is the mistake.Most of you treat a strike as the …
"How often should you train MMA?" Ask ten coaches, you get ten different numbers. None of them are wrong — they're just answering for someone …
You can train MMA five days a week and still barely move the needle.Not because you're lazy. Because half those sessions don't know what they're …
You didn't get better in that session. You got better after it.Hard training creates a signal. Nothing more. The body doesn't adapt while you're still …
A takedown doesn't last a minute. Neither does the punch that changes the fight.MMA runs on short, violent windows — a shot, a scramble, a …
Watch Israel Adesanya from the outside and it looks like he's doing nothing.Feet drifting. Hands low. Shoulders loose.Then you step in — and get hit …
DON’T TRAIN THROUGH IT.TRAIN AROUND IT.You’re hurt. Not broken.Those are different problems. One calls for a smarter session. The other gets worse every time you …
You're four weeks deep into camp.The lifts that moved easy in week one now feel bolted to the floor. Your hands are slow on the …
Volkanovski doesn't look like a pressure fighter. He's the shortest champion in the division, giving up reach to nearly everyone he's ever shared a cage …
Skill work today. Heavy squats tomorrow. A hard run squeezed in because you heard fighters need more cardio. By Thursday, you're not getting fitter. You're …