by michelle | Feb 29, 2024 | Mixed Martial Arts, Sports Performance
If you’re human, you’ll often experience body aches and pains. If you’re an athlete, bad posture equals good posture in sports such as mixed martial arts (MMA), boxing, and other combat sports. The traps are overworked to keep the shoulders high, the pecs are...
by michelle | Jun 19, 2015 | Fat Loss, Glutes, Sports Performance
Glutes, often underrated, are vital components of your anatomy, ideally being your largest and most powerful muscles. They serve to protect your lower back, hip joint, and pelvis while enhancing various movements such as squatting, deadlifting, jumping, and sprinting....
by michelle | Mar 3, 2015 | Sports Performance, Stretching
In its most basic form, stretching is a natural and instinctive activity; it is performed by humans and many animals. Stretching often occurs instinctively after waking from sleep, after long periods of inactivity, or after exiting confined spaces. When I hear...
by michelle | Nov 13, 2014 | Mixed Martial Arts, Sports Performance
As mentioned in the previous post ‘Healthy Joints in Mixed Martial Arts’, awesomely macho and archaic training is seen a lot in the MMA strength and conditioning world, and it has its pros and cons. The purpose of training in the gym is ultimately to get the athlete...
by michelle | Oct 1, 2014 | Health, Nutrition, Sports Performance
Caffeine intake, particularly in the form of coffee drinking has long been a subject of debate in the realm of nutrition. Some argue that coffee is more of a drug than a food, asserting its potentially harmful effects on the body. Conversely, others extol its...
