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Hand-to-Hand Kettlebells for Fun and Conditioning
by by Jeff Martone, owner of Tactical Athlete
I would like to share with you some fun and unique H2H Kettlebell drills
that will add a new dimension of variety, enjoyment, and intensity to
your current KB routines. Practicing these drills will dramatically
increase your:
- Explosive strength and stamina
- Hand-eye coordination and hand speed
- Grip strength
- Shock absorbing qualities of your connective tissue
- Strengthen the core muscles
- Enhance athletic performance
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Kettlebells For Boxers
by Steve Baccari, RKC
The following article will show you how I have integrated Pavel’s
training methods into my boxers’ training. This exercise program fits
boxers well because the exercises are easy to learn, they require simple
equipment, and there is a low risk of injury with kettlebell for boxers.
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Massive Gains in Size and Strength with Rest Pause Training
by Mike Mahler, RKC Sr.
Massive Gains in Size and Strength with Rest Pause Training
Over the last ten years I have come across a wide variety of training programs that work tremendously well for increasing size and strength. For example, Randall Strossen's "Super Squats" program is very effective if you can handle the nausea and brutality of the program. Legendary bodybuilder Reg Park loved the 5x5 program that thousands of trainees have used the program to pack on size and strength. Top strength coach Charles Poliquin brought the extremely effective "German Volume Training" program to the mainstream and many trainees have used the program effectively to increase size and strength. Regardless, to be the best trainee that you can be and to continue on the path to massive gains in size and strength, you have to think outside the box and sometimes unlearn what you have learned. For example, does one rep always have to come immediately after another? Most trainees would say of course. However, this form of training does not allow you to use maximum loads to stimulate the largest increases in size and strength. What if there was a training system that allowed you to use maximal loads on every rep of every set? Imagine the new increases in size and strength that you would achieve. Fortunately, there is and it is called Rest Pause training.
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Strength Training for the Busy MMA Fighter
by Mike Mahler
NOTE: ORIGINALLY POSTED AT ADCOMBAT.COM, REPOSTED HERE WITH AUTHORS PERMISSION.
Training to excel at mixed martial arts can be a grueling endeavor that takes a
great deal of time. Many of the MMA athletes that I work with often complain
that they do not have time to lift weights and the ones that do have time, often
focus on the wrong exercises such as: bench presses and biceps curls. Since time
is a factor for combat athletes, I think that a good chunk of time spent on
weight training should be spent on explosive exercises such as: dumbbell
snatches, swings, and clean and jerks. In addition to building functional
strength that will transfer to the ring, these exercises work just about all of
the major muscle groups. Moreover, they teach you how to use your body as one
unit and build a strong mind-body connection.
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The 3 jobs of the core, the anti-situp routine, or, “go strength not show strength”
by Ben Dearman, CSCS, USAW
“995, 996, 997, 998, 999…..1000!” How
many times have you ever done 1000 crunches or sit ups, it could have been in a
row or spaced through out the day. And you were so satisfied, you thought that
you just got the best ab work out and now your abs will be so strong you will be
able to stop a punch thrown by the great Ali as if his hand hit a brick wall.
Well what if I told you that all those crunches and sit ups were actually
hindering you and holding you back? What if I then went to tell you that
because of those fatigued abs you were sacrificing function? Then I went on to
tell you that those years of traditional ab work that you have done, the
countless crunches and sit ups, the hours that would add up to weeks that you
wasted doing what you thought was good ab training was worthless in the grand
scheme of things and was functionally detrimental?
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