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.

I'm proud to say that my friend (and business partner) Matt Leech did Impact proud and came home with two Gold medals after competing at the IBJJF in Las Vegas. Matt competed in the Senior's medium heavy and open Brown Belt divisions...

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...

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,...

Tom Oberhue of Impact Jiu-jitsu and Performance Training just recently started a blog. Tom is my jiu-jitsu coach, one of my business partners and one of my best friends. For those of us that know Tom, we can all attest to his unbelievable coaching skills and his passion for learning. Tom will...

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...

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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...

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...