As an athlete, it is natural to believe that you control your own destiny. We’ve all been told that hard work will allow us to accomplish anything we desire. Hard work is supposed to solve all problems and conquer all obstacles. Unfortunately, the success of an athlete requires more than individual effort. Speaking as a […]
Posts in the Combat Sports category:
Homemade Punching Bag and Stand
It was around this time last year when I shared a video that detailed how to create a punching bag from used tires (see here). In the time since, I’ve received several emails from readers of the site who have successfully created similar bags of their own. One question that does come up regularly however […]
Dan Gable Boxing in his Rocky Gym
If you have followed this blog for any amount of time, you have probably seen me reference Dan Gable. Not only was Gable one of the greatest wrestlers ever, he was equally successful as a coach. It is not often that such a dominant athlete can mirror his own success while coaching. Many great athletes […]
Russian Boxing Training
Below is a video that I first shared a few years ago. The original clip was removed from Youtube but fortunately it has been uploaded again. In case you missed the original entry, the video was created in 1981. It includes almost 20 minutes of training footage from several former Soviet boxers. Ironically, despite being […]
Old School Training – Khabib Nurmagomedov
If you are familiar with this blog, you have likely seen numerous examples of world class fighters who have thrived with a low-tech approach to training. I have intentionally highlighted fighters from all styles to demonstrate the effectiveness of such simplistic methods. An abbreviated list of athletes who have been featured before include Fedor Emelianenko, […]