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Hard Come, Easy Go
In a previous tip I talked about how one often makes the fastest progress by working on one’s weakest area. An unfort...
More Non-Compressive Neck Training
I’ve received lots of feedback about a previous tip discussing how some methods of neck conditioning can be problemat...
Homemade Grappling Dummies
A reader writes:
Q: I would like to own a grappling dummy but all the ones I have looked at are very expensive. Do yo...
Just Get Dressed
Last week I talked about how you sometimes have to bail out of a planned training session. Well let’s turn the situat...
There Can Be Only One! The Best Exercise for Grappling Cardio…
A Grapplearts reader writes:
Q: “If you only had time for one cardio excercise which would you choose: swimming or ru...
Anaerobic Ideas
A reader writes:
Q: I was wondering if you had any tips/techniques/ideas/routines for anaerobic conditioning drills?
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Stair Torture
I have a love-hate relationship with running stairs. Today it hurts to sit down and it hurts to stand up. I limp arou...
My Numbers
Whenever I read an interview with a fighter there is usually a question that goes something like “what do you do for ...
A HIIT of LSD?
I have always loved running at nightfall. Tonight I slipped out of the house at 9:30 pm, and ran for 40 minutes, thin...
A Workout Challenge for You
This week I added a new article to the Grapplearts library called The Drills of Shaolin. In this article renowned BJJ...
Pull-ups Continued
In the last tip I talked about my favorite upper body strengthening exercise: the pull-up!. Here I tackle a few quest...
My Favorite Upper Body Exercise
If I could do only one upper body exercise it would have to be pull-ups. Grappling is much more about pulling than pu...