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Originally posted 2011-02-02 17:43:05. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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I came across the idea for this article while being ringside at a high level MMA event that was held at a local community college in the Seattle area.

Do you ever notice how many athletes in sports have an extremely visible drop off in power as the fight/game goes on?

You may say well that’s logical they are tired and it’s to be expected. I’m talking about a drop off where you look like a shadow of your former self because your arms and your legs get heavy, your lungs are on fire and you cannot breathe and you are moving for the sake of moving and just getting done with the game/fight.

Almost every single fighter that lost in the later rounds (not just at this fight but also on the fights I observe on TV) had a significant drop of in power in the later rounds while the winner maintained power, or only had a slight drop off (I have also seen athletes that actually become more powerful as the fight goes on, which also has to do with pacing, mental aspects and off course the training).

This is frustrating for many athletes and it will cause some to quit and others to train harder and longer….many times with the same result. I have seen so many examples where the athlete just ends up saying “this sport just isn’t for me” or “I gave it everything I had and I trained so much…” But what if it was the training? What if you were going about it all wrong?

Many times it has nothing to do with the athlete not being built for the sport or not training hard enough but rather the athlete not training for his specific needs!

What I have found is that the majority of athletes are weak and not powerful at all, so even if they can continuously express power, they do not have much anyway and they will continually express low levels of power!

The second case is the athlete who does have power but loses it as soon as he/she has a couple bursts of explosive actions. An example is an MMA athlete who goes really hard in the first couple of minutes in a fight only to find himself gassed before the second round even starts. For survival reasons this athlete better get the knockout in the first round or he will be in a world of hurt (not the greatest thing to count on by the way).

If this is you, then there is still hope. Actually, if you take an objective look at yourself and see that you have any of these problems and are willing to make a change in your training, then you can take your performance to a whole another level and be as powerful as your potential allows, while also maintaining that power for longer periods of time (specific to your sport).

So what are some of the things that you should pay attention to and fix them:

-          Relative Strength: Notice how I didn’t mention absolute strength? Relative strength is how strong you are for your bodyweight. If you can squat 300 lbs at a weight of 150 lbs bodyweight while your opponent weighs the same but can only squat 225 lbs, then you have a significant advantage! The more relative strength you have the better your potential to produce power (or have better power endurance for that matter). The majority of fighters, and athletes in general, need to focus on improving relative strength, which means doing more compound lifts (squat, deadlift, military press, chin ups, bench press…..with unilateral movements also) with heavier weights in the 3-6 rep range. Two bodyweight exercises that are great predictors of functional relative strength are chin ups/pulls ups for the upper body and pistol squats (one leg squats) for the lower body). No, you don’t have to get power lifting strong but you do have to be strong(er) than you are right now.

-          Power Endurance.  This is concerning the second example I gave. If you are powerful – great. If you cannot produce this power when it counts the most (last quarter, final round, etc.) then it doesn’t matter that much as you are not going to win or be a standout athlete! The truth is that most people think they have power endurance because they do tons of conditioning but most of the time they are really just training to be less powerful for a long period of time! For instance, I know many MMA athletes/coaches that consider long slow runs (even if you are running a fast tempo, you are still running slow compared to your actual specific sport) to be great for conditioning and then they wonder why their athletes get gassed during fights. To be prepared for your sport you need to look at the demands of the sport specifically and train to adapt to those demands. In MMA you want to be able to express powerful moves for 3-5 three minute rounds (depending on the contest) so why would you go for 30-60 minute runs with a slow tempo (they have their place but more for recovery purposes)?!

For most sports are primarily anaerobic in nature and we need to base more of our conditioning on intervals and metabolic strength circuits!

-          Body Composition.  What do you eat? What is your body fat%? I can’t believe how many athletes eat like crap, and look like crap because of it (there is a correlation, who would have thought?!). In all actuality, at least half of the fighters at the event were either overweight and/or had body fat percentages higher than 20%! Either way, do you think that you would be faster, stronger, more powerful and more conditioned if you were the same weight but with a lower body fat %? Very likely. I know there are incredible fighters out there that do not have the most ripped and muscular body but it doesn’t take away from the fact that you could be a more “dangerous” athlete if you paid attention to your nutrition and with that body composition.

-          Balance/Recovery. Balance means focusing on balancing out the muscles to stay healthy/injury free, which considering the nature of many sports, is a must. Do you have postural issues? Are you addressing them with your training? If not, you are exposing yourself not only to injury but also power leaks which will make you less efficient!

Recovery is necessary for the athlete to rest his/her body and progress. Recovery is a huge component in training but it still doesn’t get as much attention as it should. I’m going to put these two together because it’s something that is a lot of times a flaw in the program design, whether it is from the athlete himself or the coach. After talking to many fighters and coaches I realized that many times the training is just “hardcore” all the time and no one is ever conditioned enough so they keep doing “conditioning”.

I ask about massage, ART, sauna/hot tub (not in the context of losing weight for the weigh ins though), foam rolling, etc…and get crazy stares a lot of the time. I’ll ask about post workout nutrition and I get shown a Gatorade bottle. I’ll ask about strength training and it’s usually a random training session with specific weighted movements (punching with weights, etc…).  I assume that there would be more attention paid to these “things”.

I guess I made and ass out of you and……you know the deal.

-          Mental Training. I have started paying more and more attention to the mental training aspect in physical preparation and sport. I realize that many athletes are incredible as far as their physical capabilities go but never truly live up to their potential because of their lack of mental strength. Many times you can look into the eye of the athlete and see whether they are mentally “ready”. And I’m not talking about the beginning of a game/fight, I’m talking about the last quarter, round when they are exhausted and many just wish it was over, the true champion has that look, that mental toughness that will carry them to victory.

 I know I could have been more successful as a pro if I had tapped into my mental strength more than I had. I’m not going to make that mistake with my athletes though!

So ,are you paying attention to all of these factors in your training? Which one could you improve and make yourself a more dominant athlete? Be honest here and realize that sometimes you have to take a step back to move 5 steps forward. If you are not as successful as you would like to be then you need to change something! Don’t do this tomorrow or next week either, do it now!

This way YOU will be the last one standing!

Luka Hocevar
http://www.articlesbase.com/fitness-articles/how-to-become-a-powerful-athlete-and-be-the-last-man-standing-680994.html

Originally posted 2010-01-23 22:17:21. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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Originally posted 2010-08-21 07:35:05. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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Originally posted 2010-09-10 09:01:04. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

I got bored one day and a friend wanted me to make a parody of this song. But here’s the catch, she wanted it to tell the story of this girl who gets high on helium, gets hit on (and loses her virginity to) a hobo, but the hobo turns out to be Lady Gaga. ENJOY! comments please!!!

Lyrics:::

Wake up in the morning got a bad hangover
Look around, on the floor, I see condom wrappers
Look at my phone, what do i see? hobo sexting
‘Cause i got no memory of last night,

I’m talking pictures of his thang, thang
all of them are the same, same
just then my phone rang, rang
jaw-dropping, wtf what’s with this dude
maybe i should call the cops out loud
but wait it’s comin’ all back to me

just stop, make it stop
mister, please leave me alone
Tonight, I’mma screen
every single freaking call
Tick tock on the clock
But this hobo don’t stop, no

just stop, make it stop
mister, how do you have a phone?
i thought you were poor
what phone plan do you have?
Tick tock, on the clock
But i have no coverage ohhh ohhh

Ain’t got a care in world, but got helium
Ain’t got no money in his pocket, but he got a phone
And now, this hobo knows the words to bad romance
But i’m sorry dude, this won’t help you get in my pants

He’s talking bout how drunk i got, got
tryin’ to suck his WHAT, WHAT
Gonna smack him if he getting too drunk, drunk

Now, now, don’t be that kinda boyfriend
who is a phedophile
Police will hunt you down, down
Po-po hunt you.

just stop, make it stop
mister, i feel violated
Tonight, don’t feel right
i better get a test
Tick tock on the clock
But the doc told me the news NO!

oh shit, i am ticked
it turns out that aint a dick
Tonight, I found out
that was lady gaga
guess what that strange slut
stole my virginity, oh!

oh yeah, she sings to me
almost daily
My heart, it pounds
Yeah, you’re crazy

With my hands up
You got me now
you have a gun
put to my head

lady gaga
just leave me alone
My heart, it pounds
Yeah, you’re crazy

don’t know what’s next
is this a test?
is this a test?

Now, Rewind my weekend cause really weird

just stop, make it stop
lady gaga freaked me out
Tonight, I’mma cry
not sure what is right
Tick tock on the clock
But freak won’t stop, no

just stop, make it stop
you crazy get out my way
can’t you see you’re crazy
are you too cool
to be like me?
Tick tock on the clock
But this song is gunna end yes.

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Originally posted 2010-11-03 04:42:10. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Football has the Super Bowl. Baseball has the World Series. And hockey has the Stanley Cup. But for the world’s best grapplers, the ultimate test is the Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship. Every year, hundreds of grapplers from around the world come to the Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship to show the world what they can do on the mat.

This year, the world’s best are all meeting at California State Domingo Hills in Torrance, CA for the contest. The contest features a NCAA March Madness style bracket to determine the winner. There are several different brackets for weight classes and belt level. Sunday, March 29th is the final day of the competition and will feature the best black belts and brown belts in the entire world.

Five fighters in this year’s tournament are sure to stand out from the crowd. These fighters include:

1.    Guto Campos. A former Pan American champion and world champion. Campos also fights for the world-famous Abu Dahbi Combat Club. Campos is a former student of the world famous Rickson Gracie.

2.    Roberto Godoy. Also a former Pan American champion and world champion. Godoy is also a 10-time state champion and professional MMA fighter.

3.    Ricardo Arrivabene. Arrivabene is one of the most sought after BJJ instructors in the world. His extensive experience has helped him win the Pan American Championship, American National Championship, American National No Gi Championship and has also helped him become a professional MMA fighter.

4.    Pedro Marocco. A Brazilian and American champion who has also won the Pacific Cup title. Marocco fights out of the world famous Sul Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Brazil.

5.    Nickollas Curson. An OTM Champion and American National Champion.

Most of the black belts and brown belts are sponsored by various MMA apparel and MMA Sportswear companies. Although, due to the success of the UFC and other MMA leagues around the world, more and more mainstream corporations are beginning to sponsor fighters.

We’ll find out for sure how the Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championships turn out on March 29th, 2009. But one thing is for sure. There will be no shortage of great fighters and jiu-jitsu action.

Daniel Barry

Originally posted 2010-02-22 03:18:25. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

The guillotine choke is one of many submission holds in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Chances are, you have seen this countless times during MMA events.

But why do you see it often? The answer is very simple. The opponent gets into the right position that the more skills fighter sees and then executes it properly. This happens every time when that person puts their head outside of the opponents’ body so don’t you think this is worth learning?

There are two types of guillotine choke. There is the blood choke and the air choke. If you apply pressure using your forearm against your opponent’s windpipe, then you achieve an air choke. If this is placed on the arteries of the neck, then you have a blood choke.

In addition to the two types of chokes, you should also know that this can be done while you are standing or on the ground. Most fighters do it while they are standing because of better leverage in this position. If you are on the ground, you have to get your opponent first into a full guard position.

Now it is time to learn how to choke.

Let’s make it simple by starting in a standing position and perform the regular guillotine choke. You have to first pull your opponent’s head down by placing your hand on his neck or by pulling down on his GI so he is facing the ground.

Now put your arm around his neck into a position similar to a headlock. Slide your forearm down under his chin and around his neck making sure that the blade of your forearm is against his neck.

Then grasp the wrist of your choking arm with your free hand. Keep this grip on his neck tightly so that his head is wedged under your arm.

Place one leg slightly forward, stand up straight and twist your hips in the direction of your forward leg whichever you are using to execute this choke.

A more complicated version is the spine locking guillotine choke. Here, you start by bringing your opponent’s head down and wrap your arms around his head which is similar to the regular guillotine choke.

Using your forearm, turn your opponent’s head towards the hand of your choking arm so can put pressure on his spine.

Put your free hand on your opponent’s back on the same side of his head as your free hand. Then grasp the wrist of your planted hand with the hand of your choking arm and lean back.

If executed properly, your opponent has no choice but to surrender. If they don’t, they will become unconscious in the next few seconds. This move is not only used in competition but also in the street so you just have to practice how to do it.

Aside from the guillotine choke, there are other moves in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu you can learn and apply in and outside the ring.

After all, this can only be used when you are in front of the opponent. There are ways to subdue them when you are able to go behind them or on their side. You just have to listen to your instructor and watch how these are done so you can spar with someone in order to do it correctly.

Andri Irawan
http://www.articlesbase.com/self-defense-articles/brazilian-jiu-jitsu-and-the-guillotine-choke-712087.html

Originally posted 2010-05-25 22:38:56. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Yeah
I know sometimes things may not always make sense to you right now
But hey, what daddy always tell you?
Straighten up little soldier
Stiffen up that upper lip
What you crying about?
You got me

Hailie I know you miss your mom and I know you miss your dad
Well I’m gone but I’m trying to give you the life that I never had
I can see you’re sad, even when you smile, even when you laugh
I can see it in your eyes, deep inside you want to cry
Cause you’re scared, I ain’t there?
Daddy’s with you in your prayers
No more crying, wipe them tears
Daddy’s here, no more nightmares
We gon’ pull together through it, we gon’ do it
Laney uncles crazy, ain’t he?
Yeah but he loves you girl and you better know it
We’re all we got in this world
When it spins, when it swirls
When it whirls, when it twirls
Two little beautiful girls
Lookin’ puzzled, in a daze
I know it’s confusing you
Daddy’s always on the move, mamma’s always on the news
I try to keep you sheltered from it but somehow it seems
The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me
All the things growing up his daddy that he had to see
Daddy don’t want you to see but you see just as much as he did
We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me
But things have gotten so bad between us
I don’t see us ever being together ever again
Like we used to be when we was teenagers
But then of course everything always happens for a reason
I guess it was never meant to be
But it’s just something we have no control over and that’s what destiny is
But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep
Maybe one day we’ll wake up and this will all just be a dream

[Chorus]
Now hush little baby, don’t you cry
Everything’s gonna be alright
Stiffen that upper lip up little lady, I told ya
Daddy’s here to hold ya through the night
I know mommy’s not here right now and we don’t know why
We feel how we feel inside
It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby
But I promise momma’s gon’ be alright

It’s funny
I remember back one year when daddy had no money
Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up
And stuck ‘em under the tree and said some of ‘em were from me
Cause daddy couldn’t buy ‘em
I’ll never forget that Christmas I sat up the whole night crying
Cause daddy felt like a bum, see daddy had a job
But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom
And at the time every house that we lived in
Either kept getting broken into and robbed
Or shot up on the block and your mom was saving money for you in a jar
Tryna start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college
Almost had a thousand dollars till someone broke in and stole it
And I know it hurt so bad it broke your momma’s heart
And it seemed like everything was just startin’ to fall apart
Mom and dad was arguin’ a lot so momma moved back
On the Chalmers in the flat one bedroom apartment
And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
And that’s when daddy went to California with his CD and met Dr. Dre
And flew you and momma out to see me
But daddy had to work, you and momma had to leave me
Then you started seeing daddy on the T.V. and momma didn’t like it
And you and Laney were to young to understand it
Papa was a rollin’ stone, momma developed a habit
And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it
I’m just sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand
Cause all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud
Now I’m sitting in this empty house, just reminiscing
Lookin’ at your baby pictures, it just trips me out
To see how much you both have grown, it’s almost like you’re sisters now
Wow, guess you pretty much are and daddy’s still here
Laney I’m talkin’ to you too, daddy’s still here
I like the sound of that, yeah
It’s got a ring to it don’t it?
Shh, momma’s only gone for the moment

[Chorus]

And if you ask me too
Daddy’s gonna buy you a mockingbird
I’mma give you the world
I’mma buy a diamond ring for you
I’mma sing for you
I’ll do anything for you to see you smile
And if that mockingbird don’t sing and that ring don’t shine
I’mma break that birdies neck
I’ll go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya
And make him eat every carat don’t with dad (haha)

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Originally posted 2010-07-05 03:46:03. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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Originally posted 2010-10-03 08:00:49. Republished by Blog Post Promoter