Proper nutrition is important for everyone, but especially professional MMA fighters who train six to eight hours a day. Nutrients foster everything in the body from adequate energy levels in muscles to healthy skin and muscle growth. Unfortunately, many fighters face the pressure of dropping 10, 20, 30 or...
It’s Thursday afternoon, you’re dying for a bite of anything- anything. Only one more day until you step on the scale and, finally, put that weight back on. But maybe that shouldn't be your main concern.
Honestly, what do you worry about more: cutting weight, or bulking back up after...
With all of the dangers we are forced to deal with from our participation in combat sports it’s hard to believe there is anything more dreadful than getting submitted, injured, or knocked out. But lurking in gyms across the country is an enemy far more menacing than the individual...
Everyone who trains in any form of combative sport understands the importance of strength and conditioning. The market has been flooded with all sorts of products from all kinds of personalities such as Martin Rooney's book and website Training for Warriors, Georges St. Pierre's RushFit program, and Brandon Vera's...
Coaches often talk about how competition is 90% mental and 10% physical. Yet many focus completely on the physical side before fights or competitions. This could be because fighters believe that they don't need to prepare mentally, don't know how to prepare mentally, or sometimes let egos get in...
The people who participate in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) are some of the most well-trained and physically fit individuals in the world. Many of them are on par with Olympic athletes, pushing themselves to the limits of their willpower and endurance to get better every day.
Those who become the...
1. Editor's Choice Shock Doctor Knee Compression Wrap
Combat sports and martial arts require some amount of tossing and turning, which ultimately have an impact on the knees. Here in plays the role of a good knee brace in protecting your vital joints.
After speaking to many users and reviewing a...
Sometimes when you’re training, there are things you want to work on again and again and again or even at home, in your garage or without the use of a partner. Sometimes you can’t get someone to stick around and allow you to throw them to the ground time...
When you’re training Brazilian jiu jitsu, you’ll find that wearing the gi on it’s own can be very uncomfortable, itchy, hot and can even cause rashes and skin burns. That’s why it is very important to wear a rash guard under your jacket to keep your skin protected and...
If you’re training or competing in MMA, then you’re well aware that there is a lot of stuff that you’ll need to carry around with you. Whenever you go to practice you’ll need to make sure that you have all of your gear that you need for that day....