These rings by ringtraining.com are very high quality, durable rings that you can do a large amount of exercises with. If you are pressed for space for barbells and dumbells, these are a great alternative for a full body workout. Standard exercises like dips, push ups and pull ups become much harder to do on Read More…
Affliction Expands to the Fight Promotion Business
May 22, 2008 by
If you don’t already know, the popular Affliction clothing company has expanded to hosting their own MMA events. Their first event is entitled “Affliction: Banned” and will take place on July 19, at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The title “banned” comes from the situation where Elite XC banned Affliction from advertising at an Read More…
Sneak Peak at Sprawl’s New Shorts
May 20, 2008 by
Sprawl released a picture and some info about their new shorts, and they are a bit different than expected. The shorts do not have features like split seams, flex panels, or grip panels like the V-Flex or G-Flex, but rather two pockets, one smaller for a phone/mp3 player, and a larger pocket. Both are secured Read More…
The Grapplers Guide to Sports Nutrition by John Berardi
May 8, 2008 by
John Berardi is a well known and respected nutrition expert. It’s difficult to browse topics on nutrition on forums without hearing his name mentioned several times. Berardi has written several books on nutrition and has an excellent site at johnberardi.com One of his books is The Grapplers Guide to Sports Nutrition, cowritten by Michael Fry Read More…
Parallette Bars
May 7, 2008 by
Many people believe that bodyweight exercises (calisthenics) will not help with strength building. These people are misinformed. Sure, maybe if you take a common exercise, the pushup. Some people find it easy, even doing 100’s of repetitions at a time. People think of that as the end all of bodyweight exercises. However, show them some Read More…
Throwdown MMA Glove for Boxing
May 6, 2008 by
If you are looking to expand your MMA training to involve more boxing and sparring then you might want to consider getting the Throwdown Ultimate Training Gloves. It is designed to provide an excellent shock absorbing function with its 2 ½ inches of foam padding, enough for moderate to heavy sparring. The glove also has Read More…
Sprawl Vflex MMA Fight Shorts
May 5, 2008 by
Sprawl has created a series of MMA fight shorts called the V-Flex series. The ultimate goal of these shorts is to provide you with the greatest mobility in competition and training. This is achieved by sprawl with the constructing the shorts of extremely durable stretch fabric. The MMA shorts are also designed to have FlexFighter Read More…
Mastering the Rubber Guard by Eddie Bravo
May 4, 2008 by
Eddie Bravo is an influential and notable person of the MMA community. Bravo is a no-gi jiu-jitsu advocate, a respected blackbelt, and even beat Royler Gracie to win the ADCC(Abu Dhabi Combat Club, a no-gi tournament of the most skilled in the world) 2003 Championship, as well as a scoring commentator for the UFC. This Read More…
Triumph United “MMA Fight Union” Hoodie Review
May 2, 2008 by
Triumph United is a marketing company which has also put out some great apparel for MMA. I have the “MMA Fight Union” hooded sweatshirt here for review. This particular design can also be purchased as a short sleeve t-shirt. Design The quality of the sweatshirt is very nice. It feels great, very soft and smooth. Read More…
