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Sports Performance

My New Favorite Brazilian Jiujitsu Move.

February 8, 2007

If you’d told me a year ago my new favorite move would be “Flying Triangle Choke”, I would’ve laughed right in your face.
I love being a little guy. If I ever find my digital camcorder charger, I’ll post of vid of me doing it as I tend to “run up” the opponent, as opposed [...]

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"Conditioning is Your Best Hold."

February 6, 2007

Above: Sure hope you did enough pre-season conditioning and skillwork.
In Japan, he was known as the God of Pro Wrestling – Karl Gotch. There’s something to be said for an old man (I think he’s in his eighties now) who (indirectly) is responsible for the return to bodyweight-based training that’s so [...]

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KUNOICHI – Kyra Gracie on Ninjawarrior.

December 28, 2006

One of my recent guilty pleasures is watching a show called Ninjawarrior on G4TV. The premise behind Ninjawarrior is pitting athletes (and those who fancy themselves opt-notch athletes) against a giant obstacle course – think a Crossfitter’s wet dream. There are 4 “stages” to conquer in this gigantic playground, and beating all 4 [...]

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Congratulations to George St. Pierre.

November 22, 2006

Having achieved a decisive victory over Matt Hughes, George St. Pierre is the new UFC welterweight champion. I am glad all of his hard training has paid off.
We (the afternoon class at Renzo Gracie’s Jiu Jitsu Academy) were party to a unique view of the fight, since our teacher, John Danaher, flew out to [...]

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Steve Maxwell is Awesome.

October 2, 2006

I met Steve Maxwell this past weekend; great guy. He and his wife DC run a fitness studio/Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu school in Philly called Maxercise. Although Steve has moved away from using Superslow as his exercise protocol of choice, I found out he and I share the common professional bond of highly recommending low-carbohydrate [...]

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Poor Royce Gracie.

May 29, 2006

Let me say something first:
No, I didn’t expect Royce Gracie to beat Matt Hughes. I was rooting for him in my heart, but my intellect told me otherwise – which doesn’t make his loss any less disappointing.
It’s the Monday Morning Locker Room Question that’s being asked all over. Well, at least all over locker rooms [...]

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It’s Really Called "Football."

May 10, 2006

You know, if televised soccer games looked more like this, then I’m sure more kids would play it.

    

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USA Sweeps Olympic Halfpipe. Almost.

February 15, 2006

One of the great things about being stuck in a remote place (in my case, Danby, VT) with nowhere to go is that you can get a lot of TV watching done. That the Olympics have been on is a plus. That men’s and women’s snowboarding halfpipe was one of the featured events [...]

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Martial Arts – Good For Body AND Soul.

January 26, 2006

I decided to resume my training in Brazilian JiuJitsu after an informal roll with a few enthusiastic co-workers of mine.
Heading down to the academy, I couldn’t help but notice that the classes had been re-arranged since I’d last been there: the students (white belts) are now put through a semi-rigorous conditioning period prior to techniques [...]

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Hyponatremia: Swimming in a Saltless Sea.

November 4, 2005

As one can imagine, Nov. 6th being just around the corner, runners everywhere are putting the finishing touches on their pre-marathon conditioning (that is, if they haven’t injured themselves in the process). Those who’ve been lucky, determined, or smart enough to survive this far have yet another obstacle to overcome, albeit on race day.
H 2 [...]

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