Building an MMA-Ready Body: The Pit Workout
Building an MMA-Ready Body: The Pit Workout
In recent years, a huge number of MMA-branded workout routines have risen and fallen, each claiming to be better than the last at getting your body into its best fighting shape. Some, while effective, peak after only a month’s practice, and cease delivering results. Others fail to ever produce results of any kind, no matter how dedicated and diligent you may have been in keeping up with them. Despite being touted as an MMA workout, many of these routines simply don’t work out at all.
That is not the case with The Pit …
Female Boxing Gloves
Female Boxing Gloves
The female boxing gloves are first and foremost to discover the true boxing experience even if you are not a boxing champion. The products that are designed specifically with the intention that they will last for more time are the true and branded products. Each product has its parent company that is specialized in manufacturing the products that become their brands.Similarly females boxing gloves are products of Everlast. Each glove should branded and characterized to look more customized with different colors and with different sizes.
The quality stuff in female gloves for boxing is ensured when each …
Boxing Training Isn’t Just For Street Fighters Anymore
Boxing Training Isn’t Just For Street Fighters Anymore
Boxing training is becoming more popular as people realize that it’s not only for fighters or street thugs. With the advent of white collar boxing and boxercize classes, folks in every walk of life are enjoying the benefits of boxing training without the need to become a heavy hitting pro fighter.
Boxing training is for everyone
It used to be if you wanted to get boxing training, you had to be one of two things: athletic enough to convince some greedy trainer that you had what it took to win professional boxing …
Punch Mitts for Boxing Training – 5 Secrets to Working Out With a Partner
Punch Mitts for Boxing Training – 5 Secrets to Working Out With a Partner
Punch mitts are the most fun, interactive and mobile way to get a great fitness boxing workout for you and your partner. Also called focus mitts or focus pads, learning how to hold the mitts properly just means following a few simple basics. I am focusing on five secrets in this article. They are secrets because hardly anyone knows or does them.
Whether you are a Trainer or you are just working out at home with a friend, these punch mitts training secrets can dramatically increase …
Immense Benefits That Could Be Derived From Boxing Training For Fitness
Immense Benefits That Could Be Derived From Boxing Training For Fitness
Your health and fitness level could be improved by engaging in boxing training for fitness. You would not only get a stronger body by taking part in boxing training fitness programs but you will also have more self confidence. You will also be in the best fighting form when you start the fitness training.
There have been impressive records of those that gained lots of stamina by engaging in boxing fitness training. Your arms and legs will become more defined while your build stronger body. There are lots of …
Wii Fit Plus Review
Wii Fit Plus Review
I’ll admit, I was a little biased against Wii Fit. Although many were raving about it, some also complained of its lack of structured workouts. I purchased EA Sports Active, and I received just what I was looking for – 30-day challenges filled with strict workouts and exercises.
Eventually, though, my curiosity got the better of me, and I wanted in on the fun I had heard about. Wii Fit Plus is all that it promises – it offers fun activities to help get you in shape and lose weight.
Wii Fit Plus is a game …
How to Take Care of Leather Boxing Gloves
How to Take Care of Leather Boxing Gloves
This is a question I get quite a lot and a recent thread on a popular martial arts forum has compelled me to write a short article about it. I want to take this opportunity to write a short article about how to take care of your leather boxing gloves, because if you do it in the right way then you will have a pair of gloves that will last you for years.
Boxing gloves care is not rocket science and there are not really any hidden processes of taking care of …
Tips on How to Lose Fat and Gain Muscles
Tips on How to Lose Fat and Gain Muscles
Have you always wants to lose that body fat? While thinking about losing body fats it is very important to work upon gaining muscles. Muscles play a very important role in our body because they support our bones. It is with the help of muscles, that we are able to move around with ease. Therefore, it is imperative to work on building muscles along with the efforts being made to lose weight.
Cardiovascular exercises play an important role in gaining muscles while losing weight. Your body needs to undergo a gradual …
Groove Your Tennis Strokes Without Hitting The Ball
Groove Your Tennis Strokes Without Hitting The Ball
You can groove your tennis strokes without hitting the ball.
The best part is that you can do this anywhere!
Grooving your tennis strokes takes repetition to perfect your technique. Many times you do not have time to get to the court. So what do you do?
Do what every good tennis player has done!
Practice your strokes in your living room or bedroom or anywhere you have room to swing a racquet.
Go through the entire stroke and do it in slow motion so that you can make sure that your …
Good Boxing Gloves – Enhances Your Performance
Good Boxing Gloves – Enhances Your Performance
Boxing is a despicable sport which involves a lot of training and enthusiasm. It is one of the most famous sports for a long time now. Boxing is a sport where you have to be really careful in each and every move, it is not just the player’s knack and potential that is important, but his boxing gears also play a vital role. It is necessary to wear proper gears while boxing, if not it might lead to some serious injuries. Boxing gloves is one among the important gears a good boxer should …
A Newbie’s Guide to Protective Equipment for Ladies Boxing
A Newbie’s Guide to Protective Equipment for Ladies Boxing
It has been a long time coming, but for the first time in the history of ladies boxing this virtually unknown sub-class of the sport has risen up to an internationally publicized level and is now being regularly aired on some of the world’s mainstream sporting channels. On top of this women’s boxing has been accepted into the 2012 Olympic games; this exciting news has sparked interest from a long line of amateur boxers wanting to be a part of this wave of female boxing enthusiasm.
If you’re one of the …
Punch it Right
Punch it Right
The heavy bag routines may enhance your cardiovascular amount of resistance and also power. First and foremost, they could develop not only your arms but additionally shoulders as well as backs. How to make the most of the Heavy Bag workout. Whether you are a newcomer or a professional, it’s not necessary to immediately make use of the heavy bag. Instead, there are a couple of things to ensure you are able to cultivate muscles and improve overall performance: Secure a thoroughly clean bill of health. Before you go into any type of coaching, which include with …
Women’s Boxing Gloves
Women’s Boxing Gloves
Boxing gloves are not particularly designed only for women who are professionally boxer rather these gloves could be of interest for women who just love to do boxing by punching on punching pad and sparring. This is one of the exercises that could be opted to make body warm and to suck extra fat.
But using boxing practices put you in danger of any inappropriate event unless you are using quality designed and tow layered foam padded women boxing gloves. It is also possible that using ordinary boxing gloves, your hand could be in trouble like pain. …
Boxing for Fitness and Weight Loss
Boxing for Fitness and Weight Loss
It is a well known fact that boxers are some of the fittest athletes around. Boxing training will work every muscle in the body and will help you to tone up and lose fat.
Most boxing gyms will welcome people who want to get fit and most health centers offer boxercise sessions. I train at my local amateur boxing club and there is a good mix of ages and more women are starting to get into boxing. Many gyms will welcome people who don’t want to box competitively as it helps to pay the …
3 Edible Plants to Help You Survive in the Northwest Wilderness
3 Edible Plants to Help You Survive in the Northwest Wilderness
Seasoned outdoor enthusiasts understand the importance of bringing extra food and emergency supplies on outdoor excursions: an unexpected injury or wrong turn could leave you lost or stranded. Lost hikers risk dehydration, hypothermia, or even starvation. Indeed, what if your emergency food and water doesn’t last until help arrives? Hence, it’s a good idea to learn how to forage for local edible plants.
When hiking, always bring a sturdy multi-tool or sporting knife with you; when foraging, it will help you harvest plants and cut off non-edible parts. Read …
4 Ways To Prepare Your Landscape for the Winter
Most landscapes will benefit from a little extra care in the fall. Regardless of the normal winter temperatures in your area, there are things that need to be done. These four tasks can help you get things wrapped up and ready to face the winter.
1. Trim Trees and Shrubs
Fall is a great time to address the growth that took place during the active spring and summer. In addition to giving landscape plants a good starting place in the spring, it also minimizes the chances of broken limbs in harsh winter weather. Some trees are more finicky than others …
Why Did Boxing Leave The News?
Why Did Boxing Leave The News?
What happens in the world of boxing.
As I do happen to have an extreme interest in all kind of sports, I also have watched a lot of boxing in my time. Now I wonder what happens to the sport of boxing. Before I did not have to look up or search for any of the information I feel that I need (it really is needed for me).
I watched my boxing at Eurosprt on tv, and combined with the sports news I was always updated. Now I really have to look for my …
The Basics of Cholesterol
The Basics of Cholesterol
Cholesterol is very essential to the normal running of our body. Cholesterol is found in every cell of our body and has numerous functions. Cholesterol is a fat lipid, which is produced by the liver. Some plants are also known to synthesize cholesterol. In humans and animals, it is a waxy steroid, which is transported by blood.
Cholesterol has many functions in our body. The most important one is that as a lipid molecule it builds and maintains cell membranes present in the outer layer of body cells. Cholesterol plays and important role in preventing the …
Exercise Options for a Home Boxing Workout
Exercise Options for a Home Boxing Workout
If you think that boxing workouts are only for boxers then think again because many ordinary people have been doing boxing workouts for quite a while. The best thing about boxing workouts is that they can really be done anywhere and by almost anybody.
There is no need to be intimidated by the fact that these workouts are called boxing workouts because there is no physical contact involved. The focus is on getting into good all around shape like a boxer.
There are many ways to go about doing a boxing workout including …
How to Defend Yourself in a Stand-Up Fight
How to Defend Yourself in a Stand-Up Fight
When it comes to stand-up martial arts there are multiple disciplines that utilize a variety of differing attacks, but when it comes to defensive movements, most use the same techniques. Karate, taekwondo, Muay Thai, American kenpo, and boxing all use slipping, bobbing and weaving, parrying, clinching, and covering up to defend against punches, kicks, elbows, knees, and everything in between.
The following will help to explain how each movement is executed and how it can defend an opponent’s strikes by avoidance and deflection.
Slipping – This is the process of moving out …
So, You Wanna Knock ‘Em Out!
So, You Wanna Knock ‘Em Out!
For the training MMA, Boxer, or K1 fighter one of the best skills you can develop is a knockout punch. This opens up your opponents like a flower in the morning sun and since your knock out power is on the forefront of them mind they will leave other areas you can attack open. It is a lot like in foot back when you have the running game going the passing game just opens up and allows you to pass for a million yards. So here are some tips and tricks that knockout artists …
Time Boxing Promotes Time Awareness
Time Boxing Promotes Time Awareness
Working on your own often means working at your own time, at your own pace, and at your own terms. But too often, with this type of set up, you would end up not being aware of the time you have spent, or wasted. If you want to work on a fixed schedule or make sure that you are able to maximize the time you have on hand and spend it well, there is technique that has been circulating among freelancers for quite some time now. It is called time boxing. It can help you …
Carl Froch Has Defensive Liabilities
Carl Froch Has Defensive Liabilities
Super middleweight boxing champ Carl Froch is undefeated in 26 fights and boasts an impressive knockout record.
However, his toughness and heart often outweigh his technical ability. He has glaring defensive deficiencies that a savvy opponent will be able to exploit. It is probably only a matter of time before someone outpoints Froch right out of his champion’s belt.
Carl has some respectable offensive tools in his arsenal.
His jab is stiff and deceptively fast. He uses it to good effect against other power punchers who try to get set before punching.
His uppercut, too, …
Kassim the Dream Ouma and the WBA Middleweight Title Fight With Gennady Golovkin: Preview
Kassim “the Dream” Ouma and the WBA Middleweight Title Fight With Gennady Golovkin: Preview
The statistics suggest that Uganda boxer, a former title holder of the prestigious IBF (International Boxing Federation) junior middleweight title Kassim “the Dream” Ouma is very determined and heavily training to regain his universal status. The fact is borne out in Ouma’s middleweight-class technical knocking out of tall Joey Gilbert in the 6th round of his latest fight of September 25th 2010, in Reno in Nevada. Joey Gilbert, though relatively age-advanced in boxing at 35, previously possessed the commendable boxing record of 20 wins (with 15 …
Manny Pacquiao: An Introduction to Margarito Fight
Manny Pacquiao: An Introduction to Margarito Fight
This is brief information about Manny Pacquiao. Manny was born on December 17, 1978, and is now a world-renowned boxing champion. He is also a politician, winning a congressman position in the Philippines. His father is Rosalio Pacquiao and her mother, now a well known actress, is Dionesia Pacquiao. Not many people know that Manny is also a very devoted Catholic, and much like any other Filipino citizens, he always visits the Black Nazarene church in Quiapo, Manila every time a boxing fight has commenced. Manny Pacquiao is also a reservist in Philippine …
Neighborhood Boxing Gyms Help Keep Youth Off the Streets
Neighborhood Boxing Gyms Help Keep Youth Off the Streets
Teens growing up in troubled neighborhoods often find themselves drawn into seedy situations against their will. Whether it is peer pressure, or a feeling of despair for the future, many of today’s youth fall prey to the allures of gangs, violence, and drugs. One of the most effective ways to circumvent this calamity is by making sure these kids stay active in after-school programs.
One of the best activities for children and teens to participate in are the fitness programs held in their schools or local gyms. There are neighborhood fitness …
The Art of Using the Fist
The Art of Using the Fist
When it comes to physical conflict between two people the first weapon of choice is usually the fist. A solid mass of balled up bone and flesh thought perfect for crashing into someone’s body and causing pain and injury, the fist is a weapon older than recorded time. The fist is a noble weapon too; putting up your fists to protect your honor or boxing in a ring, are seen as noble, heroic, and manly by much of western society.
I remember when I started to train in martial arts and got my first …
The Power of the Jab
The Power of the Jab
Jab is one of the most common, or better, one of the most essential punches in martial arts.
Very simple, yet it can be very destructive. It is absolutely crucial to learn this punch to perfection. This should not be a problem since on average training you will do few hundreds of them anyway.
When throwing a Jab you should keep the thumb on the outside of the hand. If the thumb is tucked inside of your fist, you thumb can easily break when you punch. Also pay great attention to your foot work since …
Understanding Lung Cancer
Understanding Lung Cancer
Cancer is a disease described as the uncontrollable growth of cells. Cancer of the lungs happens when cells in one lung or both lungs are rapidly growing at an uncontrolled rate. Instead of developing into a healthy and normal lung tissue, these cells continue to grow and form lumps or masses called tumors. These tumors interfere with the main functioning of the lungs.
Generally, the lung functions by providing oxygenated blood to be distributed to the body. If there is a tumor that is obstructing the blood flow, then there can be interference in the normal functioning …
How to Ensure Longevity in Your Boxing Training
How to Ensure Longevity in Your Boxing Training
To box, you have to be in great shape. The effort and time required to achieve this level of fitness is too intense for most people. You really have to tough it out to get a chance at the top levels of the sport.
But, surprisingly, what prevents most mediocre boxers from reaching their full potential isn’t toughness or heart, it’s their joints.
Without a conscious effort to protect the joints during training, you may suffer needless injuries.
Protect the ankles and knees during boxing training
Casual boxing fans hardly ever notice …
Want to Punch Harder? Why Conditioning the Knuckles Doesn’t Help You
Want to Punch Harder? Why Conditioning the Knuckles Doesn’t Help You
There’s a lot of attention paid to conditioning the knuckles and the hands for martial arts practice. Martial artists who train for self-defense, or those who train for security services or bar bouncing both want to have rock-hard fists that can deliver a solid punch without getting injured.
These guys have a secret that they use when they throw full-power punches at a resisting opponent. With this technique, they can avoid hand damage, broken bones in the hand, and smashed knuckles. I’ll let you in on the secret near …
What Style Do You Box?
What Style Do You Box?
Every boxer has different combination’s, punches and moves, but they fight in a specific way. This is their style. There are quiet a few types of different boxing styles. They each are different wildly but are not completely different, as one type of boxing may have some similarity to someone else’s style. There are 3 types of generally known types of boxing styles. The “inside fighter” the “slugger” and the “boxer”
The boxer- This guy is generally referred to as a “text” book fighter. This fighter is highly skilled in the art of attack and …
Why You Should Be Training Explosively For MMA – Mixed-Martial Arts – Our 3 Top Tips
Why You Should Be Training Explosively For MMA – Mixed-Martial Arts – Our 3 Top Tips
Every fighter in the UFC who completes a knockout, generally does it with some power that many people can’t even fathom. When watching fighters like Shane Carwin, Georges St. Pierre, or Rashad Evans, you can see that there must be a different dynamic to their training regiment. Here is why you should be training with explosiveness in every workout to be effective in MMA.
Take-downs.
When two fighters are standing in the middle of the cage or ring facing each other, how are you …
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Boxes Like Magic
Floyd Mayweather Jr. Boxes Like Magic
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. has always wanted to box, and many in his family had the same career goals. His father once fought Sugar Ray Leonard. When he was young, his family was poor, and it was common to have no electricity in their home. This is in stark contrast to the life they can afford now.
Mayweather had an amateur record of 84-6 and won the Golden Gloves national championship in 1993. He won a bronze medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The team and fans, as well as Mayweather himself, felt that he …
Talking in Thailand
Talking in Thailand
Thailand is a beautiful and varied country and its people are warm and friendly. However, if you come from the West, as I do, some aspects of Thai life are strange and some are baffling. Not in a bad sense, just different.
For example, when speaking English, Thais rarely seem pr finish their words off, so you get ‘how’ for ‘house’; ‘sket’ for ‘basket’; ‘row’ for ‘road’. It is very strange at first and can become annoying, until you realize that words in the Thai language can only end with one of about six sounds. The most …
Exercise by Boxing For Anyone at Any Level
Exercise by Boxing For Anyone at Any Level
Boxing is one of the most versatile ways to get in, and stay in shape. Even if you are working out alone there are many ways of building your endurance and strength. Just strapping on a pair of gloves and throwing punches at a bag can do wonders. The workouts are simple. Either use a stop watch or a round clock and build up your round lengths against the bag. Start short and be sure you warm up before each work out. Eventually you will be able to do several 3 min …
Reduce Mosquitos the Natural Way
Nothing is better than a natural, chemical-free method of reducing mosquitos. One such way is with native-Florida, mosquito-larvae eating fish.
Florida’s Mosquito Problems
Because Florida boasts so many lakes, ponds, and marshes, mosquitos can be a big problem. Not only do their bites itch like crazy, but some of them can be bearers of disease as well. These diseases can affect animals as well as horses and other animals. Mosquito-born diseases in Florida include West Nile virus, St. Louis encephalitis, and Eastern Equine encephalitis. Because of this, Floridians are always looking for as many ways as possible to make their …
3 Fundamental Prep Areas for Pistol Shooting Competitions
Entering yourself in exhibition shooting matches is a way to take your training efforts to another level. Competition shooting develops advanced pistol handling skills, but it also provides a unique adrenaline rush and thrill. Gun owners with action pistol experience tend to display some of the safest and most skilled techniques in the industry. Before you can enter an action pistol competition, there are few things to know.
Consider the Guns
Sport shooters spend a lot of money on customer handguns, outfitting them with anything from a Glock competition trigger to an elaborate hand grip. There are specific divisions that …
Around The First Four of The Big Four IX
european football, spain la liga, england premier league, italy serie a, germany bundesliga, messi, ronaldo, inter, milan, barcelona, real madrid, borussia dortmund, manchester united, chelsea
Around the first four of the big four IX
Valencia defeats Villareal by a resounding 5-0, Ibrahimovic losses his mind again, Manchester United still on top in the Premier League, and coach Louis Van Gaal gets fired from Bayer Munich are some of the headlines that this weekend left in Europe.
Key win for Valencia
In the battle for No. 3 in La Liga Valencia took a huge step by defeating its closest contender, Villareal, …
Soccer Equipment Has Improved Over The Ages
Soccer equipment has evolved quite a bit from the early period of the game. The basic equipment consists of a jersey or shirt, shorts, stockings, shin-guards and appropriate footwear. Besides this, each player must have a soccer ball. Soccer players generally wear a particular uniform in their team colors with a number and their name at the back of the shirt. Sometimes advertising logos are displayed on the shirts of professional players. The jersey is generally made of a natural fiber material that is part cotton and part polyester that can absorb sweat to enable players to keep cool through …
Bodybuilding Nutrition – Best Way To Gain Muscle & Lose Fat
There is a dizzying array of things that you can eat these days. Truly, a trip to the grocery store can be an adventure. Everywhere you turn, there’s yet another food promising you healthy this or weight loss that. Added to this confusion is that there are some foods that are beneficial for metabolic boosting, and some that aren’t; and the differences aren’t always well-known. Fortunately, we’re going to tackle this problem right now and describe the three basic food groups/types that are indeed good for a speedy metabolism. In terms of protein, studies have shown that having enough protein …
Force Factor Review-Great Muscle Building System
Muscle building is big dream of almost every guy. He would want to flaunt great curves and cuts of his body as well as the mass. It is probably a trend now and a thing of the present times. Yet, not every system available in the market can help you gain mass and muscles. You may have tried loads of powders, pills, diets and so many other things. But you have failed and that is why you are here. So, here is something you can rely on. Millions of people have benefitted from Force Factor and now it is your …
How to Build Muscle Fast – 41 Ways to Build Solid Muscles
Whether your approach to your physique as a hobby or a job, you should not leave any element to chance and hope it works. To overcome deadlocks and forge a ripped and muscular need all the tips and tricks you can get.
None of these techniques will work alone but by combining as many as possible will see a huge difference in your muscle growth, faster than the following weeks during each workout try to implement only one or two of these techniques into your life and be amazed with your results.
1. Training begins with 3 full body workouts …
Make Yourself Good And Attractive by Your Well Toned Body
Are you feeling abashed while buying the weight loss pills from the local store? Most of the person found chagrined and sometimes feel negligence due to their overweight problem. Being overweight is one of the common problem which is primarily because of our taking fatty food and due to lack of physical exercise in the daily schedule. Therefore here the query arises how one can attain fit and attractive body without doing much efforts? A person can easily cut down his weight by doing some workout at the near by gym or at home. Exercise helps to cut down the …
Build Muscle Mass – 3 Key Ingredients To Building Lean Muscle Mass Quickly.
Copyright 2006 Richard Knight
If you?re anything like I was a short while ago, ?a skinny guy trying to build muscle mass?, then I have some important tips that could help you start seeing results instantly.
There are 3 key ingredients that you MUST HAVE in order to build muscle mass and quickly at that. And here they are:
Muscle Mass Ingredient #1 ? More Protein
If you want to build muscle mass quickly then this is a ?must?. Just remember, the only thing that can build muscle in your body is Protein. So if you?re not consuming enough protein …
How To Keep Fit Through A Bodybuilding Program
A lot of people have picked up the sport of bodybuilding because of its ability to help a person stay fit and healthy. It is very hard to find a person who does not participate in bodybuilding. In fact the biggest hit after the internet is bodybuilding. Even teenagers are now very curious about the sport of bodybuilding because they are aware of how it can help them transform there body physique. If you carefully look at the society you will not fail to see the link between staying fit and bodybuilding. Those in the society who take up bodybuilding …
Now You?re Up: Riding A Wave
So you?ve mastered the art of standing up on a surfboard, now what? How do you ride the wave, change positions, and maybe even ?hit the lip? or ?hang 10?? The art of changing positions on a surfboard is a skill that you will learn, the more you practice it. You will also find that positioning is also a matter of technique. For the most part, this ability takes a good deal of balance and requires you to distribute your weight on the board correctly as you ride a wave. Your position on the board, and your ability to adjust …
Top Weights Exercise For Building Muscle: The Squat
Most weight-trainers would surely tell you that the most difficult, most intimidating and painful exercise for building muscle you could possibly do is the squat. In order for them to be performed properly they need huge amounts of discipline and willpower. Just perform a set of squats to failure and you?ll know exactly what I mean. Ultimately, squats are THE most effective, growth-stimulating weights exercise for building muscle that you can do.
Because of their high level of difficulty, they force your body to release higher amounts of testosterone and growth hormone. This will add more size and strength to …
Are Stunt Scooters Much Better Than Skateboards
For the skate park the talk will often arises about which is greatest – stunt scooters or skateboards. Undoubtedly boarders can never declare that stunt scooters be more effective or furthermore, and maybe it’s said that it’s a daftquestion and you should simply tend to experience no matter what that suits you greatest. Nonetheless in the interest of conversation the following exist several various classes which price stunt scooters and skateboards according to each to determine if we can easily go to a summary of which is the best intense sports activity general.
Cost of use – good motor scooters …
Colorado River Rafting
Have you tried all the rivers near your home for white water rafting? You wanted a little more adventurous? There are several large rivers around the world for you to try white water rafting trip. Some of the river you choose will allow you to meander down the river slowly, while others will give you Extreme adrenaline rush. International rafting trips are the best way to find some adventure to your life and your family.
You get to experience several types of crops, food and entertainment guide. Before you leave on your adventure it is important to know what to …