Category: Strength & Conditioning

  • How To Unlock Your Martial Power

    How To Unlock Your Martial Power

    (This article originally appeared on practicalhungkyun.com) For the martial artist looking to improve his craft, there are a few bare essentials you need – apart from your actual martial arts practice – that will help propel you toward and beyond your goals.  A healthy level of strength and a good program for all-over conditioning.The more…

  • Old school health and strength done right

    Keep it simple, stupid! Remember that time when you… * Ate healthy and simply – mostly plants and animals, with plenty of water, and kept the junk food to a minimum?* Trained consistently at something you enjoyed and that challenged you but still allowed you to succeed and grow stronger and fitter through time?* Slept 8 hours a…

  • Secrets of old school strength

    Secrets of old school strength

    There is nothing new under the sun – but there are some secrets you don’t yet know. When you work out, work out like it’s your job. That doesn’t mean work out all day every day. It means do it as though your livelihood depends on it. How would you do that? By making sure that you *practice*, NOT “work yourself out” – so that you could do the same thing…

  • The 10-second ab workout

    The 10-second ab workout

    Got a minute? No? How about 10 seconds? Wanna get stronger abs and a quality workout in mere seconds?   I have just the solution for you. The non-hanging hanging leg raise. Yes, there is such a thing. So saith me. Here’s why… One big problem with following a program is the unexpected. You know what I mean – stuff…

  • The Crawl and carry workout that boosts strength and muscle

    The Crawl and carry workout that boosts strength and muscle

    Okay, scenario time. Let’s say you’re… * Unschooled in the secret, dark arts of epic strength training and the techniques contained therein.* Don’t have any proper weights or don’t know how to use the ones you DO have.* Can’t (for whatever generously presumed-to-be-legitimate reason) afford a personal trainer even for a few lessons.* Are as…