Born Tough Shorts Review
I recently received Born Tough’s BT/ Men Air pro Liner shorts Steel Gray . This seems like a great American brand with affordable exercise clothing that can be worn inside and outside the gym. Check their website for details and see my review below! They …
Non-Negotiable Elements of Injury Prevention in MMA
Guest Article from Kevin at Borntough.com When we talk about a combat-based skill, you need to get ready for a lot of thrillers, extreme action, and a lot of drama. In short, living the life of an MMA fighter is no less than a movie. …
Flex-Ability: The Ability to Flex
To summarize flexibility, and this post: Stretching (static, passive) is not the “end all be all” of flexibility. In fact, it’s not even the best method to improve flexibility. The best method is to use full range of motion strength training movements, or a strength …
How to Swing Faster
Improving your Club head Speed can be summed up into 3 Key Points: 1) Be a Long Driver: You must practice swinging as fast as possible every week and let all other training revolve around your swing speed practice in order to be a good …
How to Jump Higher
Improving your vertical jump can be summed up into 3 Key Points: 1. Be a Jumper: You must practice jumping every week and let all other training revolve around your jump practice in order to be a good jumper. In our opinion, jump practice serves …
Start Line: Initial Measurements and Overview
Now that you have started the working through the Strength through Length system, it’s time to take some measurements. Body Measurements: You’ll need a tape measure for this. Just type in cloth tape measure into amazon.com and you will find it. Here is a link …
Can I keep my upper body from deflating during quarantine?
To keep things concise and to the point, the short answer is YES. If you sit around and don’t train your upper body, then of course it will slowly start to shrink down, assuming you are still eating your typical amount of protein. While calisthenics …
Our Diet Model
The Diet Model In this article, we will show examples of how we determine your nutritional requirements as well as guidelines on what to eat on a daily basis, what to avoid, etc. But first… There are 3 takeaways to remember To gain weight/size, you …
Athletic Development in a Nutshell
Almost every kid growing up in America playing sports wanted to be a professional at that sport. Whether it’s idolizing Michael Jordan’s ability to soar through the air, or seeing Barry Sanders juke a defender into an injury, or even wanting to hit a golf …
Can You Train Out Pain?
Pain is your body’s way of telling you something is wrong, so we have to listen to it, and never push through it. There is a general pattern that we follow to relieve pain, no matter where it is in the body, and it goes …