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MMA Fitness and Nutrition 30 Day Challenge: Day 6

Week 4: FridayIf you’ve made it this far in the MMA FItness and Nutrition 30 Day Challenge, congratulations! You’re awesome! I’m sure if you’ve followed Primal Nutrition principles and completed your workouts, you already see tremendous results, and it cost you NOTHING! If you haven’t picked up the Primal Blueprint yet, you must!! It’s completely COMMON to lose 10-15 lbs of pure bodyfat in a month!! Without sounding too much like a greasy salesman haha, you WILL lose weight GUARANTEED! Check this out for just one of hundreds of true stories.RecoveryToday we will be focusing on something that many workout programs either neglect … Continue reading

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MMA Fitness and Nutrition 30 Day Challenge: Day 3

Weeks 1-3: FridayDay 3: MMA Muscle BuildingWake: Arginine/Creatine/Beta-Alanine + coffee/green teaMeal 1: Fruit carbo-load: Once or twice a week, usually on heavy mass gaining training days, I incorporate a heavy carbo load with a fruit platter early in the morning to spike insulin (increasing protein and creatine uptake) and increase energy for an early morning workout. Honeydew Melon, apple, banana, and fresh blueberries.Workout: This particular workout was done on a Friday. It is by far the most taxing of the three workouts for the week and was followed by two rest days in which I did Yoga on Saturday and … Continue reading

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MMA Fitness and Nutrition 30 DC: Intermittent Fasting

After thirty days, assuming you followed the MMA Fitness and Nutrition 30 day Challenge protocol at least 80% of the time, I really hope you’re enjoying INCREDIBLE results. Dare I say, unprecedented in any previous attempts at getting in the best shape of your life? The real question is, what’s next?In the next couple of posts I’ll be talking about a few tweaks to be made to both your workouts and nutrition that will not only improve upon the progress you’re already made, but actually increase the results exponentially.Homeostasis and PlateauMaybe you’ve heard before that the body is constantly seeking … Continue reading

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MMA Fitness: Intermittent Fasting Update

I just wanted to talk a little bit more about IF and the incredible results I’ve been experiencing these last few months. WHAT a fight. It was so good to see GSP back in the cage, and as a long time fan of Carlos Condit, awesome to see him put a hurtin’ on GSP and really test his will and heart. Update on Intermittent FastingAt first, I gave intermittent fasting a shot for 30 days, figuring it might be a cool way to shed a little more fat with less effort, all while remaining skeptical and critical the entire time.After all, there … Continue reading

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Barnburner Alert: John Makdessi vs. Edson Barboza Joins Stacked UFC 162 Card

(“I don’t mean to freak you out, Terry, but there’s a bee on your nose. Now if you just hold still…I’m gonna try something here.”) As if UFC 162 wasn’t already stacked enough, word broke earlier today that a lightweight matchup between John Makdessi and Edson Barboza has been booked for the event as well. Set to transpire on Fourth of July weekend, UFC 162 not only feature the much-anticipated middleweight title fight between Anderson Silva and Chris Weidman, but a trio of ridiculously awesome featherweight fights and yes, the return of Dave Herman.After suffering his only career defeat in one of the … Continue reading

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