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Free Sports Nutrition for MMA Book
Free ebook / pdf on MMA & Nutrition – includes MMA fighter diet plan pdf and basic to advanced sports nutrition. Also available on Kindle – here Click on the screenshot below to download for free: Small example of the book’s content: Gut Health “All disease begins in the gut.” – Hippocrates When looking to…
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Joe Rogan and Kyle Kingsbury Podcast
Really interesting podcast, one of my faves over the last few months. To summarise: Kyle wanted to improve mentally and physically as much as possible when he was fighting. So whilst a lot of fighters would chill out and play video games after training, he would read books. Books on sports nutrition and psychology for…
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The Importance of Competition – In Any Sport
A really positive way to look at competition: 1. Every time you compete and win – you feel great and you feel like you’ve achieved something, especially if you’ve trained hard. 2. Every time you lose, you test your character and more importantly perhaps, you make someone else happy (see point 1.) It also makes…
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Enhancing Recovery from BJJ & MMA sessions
Key points: Gut health – reduce sugar intake, increase fermented food and probiotic intake. Fibre too. Omega 3/Omega 6 ratio – increase omega 3 (specifically look at EPA) and reduce omega 6 Consume more turmeric with black pepper Consume ginger Consume apple cider vinegar 10 mins before main meal to aid digestion Pineapple contains bromelain…
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UFC Fight Night 82 – Hendricks V Thompson
***SPOILER*** I thought this fight could go either way, Johhny Hendricks is pretty consistent, and normally a safe bet against any welterweight ranked outside the top 3. However, ‘The Wonderboy’ has kicks and athleticism, that are beyond anything that I can recall seeing in the UFC. With this kind of skill-set, and those kicks in his…
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Phosphatidylserine Review
Phosphatidylserine has a lot of research to back it up. It reduces stress, improves cognition and makes you shit-bricks for England (or whoever). Here is a link to the study about it reducing cortisol levels when exercising intensely. “The findings suggest that PS is an effective supplement for combating exercise-induced stress and preventing the physiological…
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Infographic of the Week
Well, of the year, so far anyway. Interesting and informative infographic from Kinetica Sports I was a bit dubious about the “For Building Lean Muscle’ recommendation, but if you take a look at this study – http://www.jissn.com/content/11/1/20 it would appear that you need more protein to maintain muscle mass when restricting calories. Interesting to see the…
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Starting a Personal Training Business
Working in the fitness industry is a dream for many people – this fact alone, makes it highly competitive. There are numerous courses available both online and offline, that in theory at least, allow individuals with little experience to become qualified personal trainers. Don’t let that hinder you, or demotivate you; just do your homework…