This is a highlight clip of Bryan winning Gold in the Men’s lightweight blue belt division at the U.S. Open last weekend. Bryan accomplished this at only 17 years old. As of this last week Bryan is now a purple belt and we all very excited to watch him compete at the next...

Learn the top three areas a BJJ athlete should focus on, the biggest myths in BJJ conditioning, and much, much more.

While most sports have a pre-season, in-season, and off-season; MMA does not. Yes you do have training camps before fights where training ramps up and becomes a bit more intense, for the most part you are basically in-season all year round. This often brings up the question “how often...

Here is an article I wrote for Fitness Anywhere a couple months ago titled “TRX Core Training for Mixed Martial Arts”. I am a big fan of the TRX suspension trainer. It is such a versatile piece of equipment that can offer so many great exercises and variations that are not possible...

As you know, MMA is a passion of mine. From a sporting demand there is nothing like it. Many people ask how we train mixed martial artist. The truth is we train them very similar to any athlete. What is very different is our conditioning and in particular our use of metabolic circuits. These...

This is a highlight clip of Bryan winning Gold in the Men's lightweight blue belt division at the U.S. Open. Bryan accomplished this at only 17 years old.

What works best for a fighter? Linear or undulating periodization? Kettlebells or dumbbells? Olympic lifts from the floor or hang? What do you do for GPP? What exercises do you use to train pulsing? Did you grow a beard to look more like Ryan Reynolds (has nothing to do with this article but I...

Some of the training methods presented in this article are a continuation of my article, “Common Mistakes of a Mixed Martial Artist” and others are things that I have learned more about or added to my program over the last year. This should expose some training components that make MMA...

Andy is one of our athletes that probably has the best attitude when it comes to competition. He never gets mad when he loses…. in fact he seems the same if he wins or loses. Andy is a competing machine. The guy competes in every local tournament and even travels to the Pan Ams and the...

I just recently did an interview with Mike Robertson. Mike is the President of Robertson Training Systems and the co-owner of Indianapolis Fitness and Sports Training (I-FAST) in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mike has made a name for himself as one of the premier performance coaches in the world,...

On Saturday, December 6th, IPT athlete Pro Escobedo became the two time FCFF Light Heavyweight Champion defeating a previous Champion Tom Matijacic. Pro worked so hard for this fight and all of his hard work paid off. He was a poster child for showing up to a fight ready and in shape. Tom was...

I am back from Canada and I had an amazing time!! I have been too busy to write since I got back but I am starting back up this week…… so the nagging emails can stop Here are some of the highlights from my visit to Montreal: 1. Training the pulse. This made a HUGE light bulb go...

I did an audio interview this week at strengthcoach.com. It was on my recent article “Common mistakes of a mixed martial artist, from a strength and conditioning perspective” Have a listen...

I see it all the time, preparing for the demands of the Boston marathon instead of an MMA fight. This is the single most common mistake that I see in the sport of mixed martial arts. Not only do you see this in probably every athlete at the amateur level but it is a viral infection among...

It was a good day for Impact this past weekend and the Oregon Open grappling tournament! Big congrats to all three IPT athletes for going undefeated for the day: Andy Wong won the Purple belt middle weight division and the Purple belt Absolute division. Andy racked up the points on all of his...

I thought I would give everyone a before/after shot of one of our clients at IPT. Jamie is one of the most pleasant individuals to be around and made an AMAZING body transformation!! And sorry boys, she just recently got engaged……..congratulations Jamie!! Here is what Jamie had to...

The way these kids move is simply amazing!! Talk about body awareness and...

Bryan Marugg is one of our athletes’ at Impact Performance Training and Impact Jiu-jitsu. He is only 15 years old and is already becoming a decorated grappler. Bryan has competed numerous times at the adult level and taken home 1st place time and time again. Not only is Bryan a great...

Read/study for one hour per day, and you will be in the top 5% in your chosen field within three to five years. Thats 1095 to 1825 hours of continueing education under your belt! Not enough time in your day to read? Skip a tv show, get off the computer, or buy a book on time management and...

Q:One of your recent posts about crunches said, “Can you think of anything in sport that emulates a crunch”? I know that you are a BJJ/MMA coach and practitioner, so wouldn’t you say that BJJ requires an athlete to constantly be in a flexed spinal position, especially in the guard...