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Balancing Mat Time with Conditioning

September 13, 2008 by Stephan Kesting

Forget the work-life balance! Let's talk about something much more important: the balance between mat time and conditioning. I bring this up because one of the questions I get asked most frequently is about how to structure one's training and conditioning for maximum benefit … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Conditioning, Training Tagged With: Classes, Conditioning, Overtraining, Sparring, Training

Slumps Vs. Plateaus

July 3, 2008 by Stephan Kesting

Acquiring new skill sets and polishing your existing skills is the very essence of training. When everything is working properly and you're surfing up the learning curve it is an exhilarating process. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: Injuries, Overtraining, The Mental Aspect, Training

Train Hard, Recover Smart

May 4, 2008 by Stephan Kesting

Quick: what's the most important meal of the day? If you said "breakfast" then you're wrong, at least if you're a hard-training combat athlete. According to Martin Rooney, author of 'Training For Warriors, the Team Renzo Gracie Workout', the two most important meals of the day are your pre and post-workout meals. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Nutrition Tagged With: Conditioning, Injuries, Martin Rooney, Nutrition, Overtraining

Always Injured, the Feedback

February 18, 2008 by Stephan Kesting

Several tips ago I gave some advice to a reader who had suffered a rather terrible string of orthopedic injuries while training in MMA . I also opened up the conversation to other readers of this newsletter and invited comments on several martial arts forums. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Nutrition Tagged With: Injuries, Overtraining, Sparring, Training

Always Injured

February 5, 2008 by Stephan Kesting

A reader writes: Q: "I'm in my forties and and started MMA training a few years ago. Since then I have had many injuries including a shattered elbow, a torn knee, separations in both shoulders, and many, many more minor injuries. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Nutrition Tagged With: Injuries, MMA, Overtraining, Training

Monitoring Morning Heart Rate

October 22, 2007 by Stephan Kesting

Longtime readers will recall that I’ve written about overtraining, under-recovering and exercise-induced illness before (e.g. Don't Get Sick and Overtraining in MMA). It sucks to have a streak of hard training sessions interrupted by the flu, and being overtrained makes catching that flu almost inevitable. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Nutrition Tagged With: Conditioning, Overtraining

Training: How Often

March 25, 2005 by Stephan Kesting

Stephan Teaching a Jiu-Jitsu seminar

Probably the most common question I get asked is "how many times a week should I train to make progress?" As with most questions the answer is "it depends". Once a week: If you are just starting grappling you can definately pick up a few things training even once a week, particularly if you already practice another martial art. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: For Beginners, Training Tagged With: Classes, Overtraining, Training

More Sleeping

January 8, 2005 by Stephan Kesting

I recently wrote about how the first part of training is actually sleeping.  Even though I'm writing this in the middle of the night and have to get up early tomorrow, I'll be a hypocrite and write a little bit more about the topic of sleep... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Nutrition, Miscellaneous Tagged With: Injuries, Overtraining, Training

“The First Part of Training is the Sleeping”

January 3, 2005 by Stephan Kesting

I had a nagging sinus cold for most of December. Right after Christmas, and just in time to ruin New Years Eve, this sinus cold was replaced by a wicked little flu that totally knocked me out. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Nutrition, Training Tagged With: Injuries, Overtraining, Training

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