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10/15/2025

This Is A Year Round Costume For Some Fighters 💯

I’ve spoken to and worked with a number of athletes that gassed out during their competitions in the past. It’s a terrible feeling that will take the joy out of your training 😬

You’ll run a bunch of excessive miles every week and trash yourself with a bunch of HIIT workouts, but the improvements are minimal at best. You’ll try to pace yourself during sparring instead of focusing on the game plan that you want to work on. You’ll spend a bunch of time researching ways to improve your gas tank instead of dedicating your energy towards the other important aspects of your life 👎🏾

That was the reality for some of the athletes that I’ve worked with in the past and I’m here to tell you that there’s a different way to approach your conditioning training.

I’ve helped a lot of combat athletes improve their gas tank by taking a science based approach towards their training. We focus on the different factors that you need to dial in to develop an amazing gas tank instead of just following a conditioning workout that you’ll typically find online. You’ll get the cardio gains that you want and best of all…you’re not trashing yourself with the guesswork every week 🔑

DM me “gas tank” if you want to take a science based approach towards your conditioning training!

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10/14/2025

Let’s Break It Down 👀

1. It’s a terrible idea to wait until a fight camp to get into shape. The gains are made outside of fight camps to level up your strength, power, and gas tank in order for you to peak for your fight. Waiting for a fight camp to work with a professional is the equivalent of cramming to study for an exam 💯

2. Outside of fight camp is the ideal time to decide what weight you want to fight at, what your fitness goals are as a fighter, and properly plan out things heading into a fight camp. You want to be at an ideal walking weight range heading into your fight camp instead of frantically trying to lose weight 🔑

3. If you want to have super smooth weight cuts…developing the habit of accurately tracking your food is important. It’s a habit that takes time to develop, but it will make it much easier to troubleshoot things by looking at the data to make decisions instead of guessing. This also helps your recovery as well because some athletes don’t eat enough to and have no clue how much they need to eat 👊🏾

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10/13/2025

Here A Story 👀

I remembered working with a pro muay thai fighter a couple of years ago. He told me that he went 10-0 as an amateur and then decided to turn professional. Once he turned professional…he started winning fights and losing fights as well, that messed with him mentally 💯

The issue was that he didn’t do any structured S&C outside of sporadic running, nutrition/recovery wasn’t dialed in, and weight cutting was guesswork. All of these things improved once we started working together, but these are lifelong habit changes and the discipline wasn’t there to stick to them outside of fight camps. While difficult conversations were had for accountability…it was met with excuses instead of ownership 😒

Compare that to the long time athletes on the roster and it’s a different story. They’ve continued to level up their strength/power, gas tank, nutrition/recovery, and weight cutting. They felt a lot better for each fight camp because these lifelong habits became instilled in them. This is due to their mindset & discipline, but also having things made easier with a science based approach 🔑

I’m here to tell you that a science based approach can help level up your training and weight cutting…but you have to show up as a serious fighter to reap the benefits 👊🏾

DM Me “🧠” if you’re a serious fighter that wants to level up with a science based approach!

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10/08/2025

That’s Not Enough 😬

We all know some teammates that just runs, do half range push ups, quarter depth squats, and think that’s all they need for their strength and conditioning for combat sports.

That’s not going to cut it as a serious fighter and you’re leaving a lot on the table by not doing structured strength training for your sport. You’ll need to perform your exercises more than partial range to properly strengthen your muscle groups. You’ll also need progressive overload with weights to help your strength gains instead of sticking to body weight 🔑

The world of combat sports is evolving…don’t get left behind sticking to the old school training methods 👊🏾

Tag a teammate that’s relies on the guesswork for their strength training 👀

10/07/2025

This Is Who We Are 💯

We are straightforward coaches that are serious about helping the combat athletes on the roster level up because we care. This means always stressing the importance of the fundamentals when it comes to leveling up your strength/power, gas tank, nutrition/recovery, and weight cutting. These fundamentals are backed by science instead of fancy bu****it based off of pseudoscience 🧠

We are also not afraid to have difficult conversations with our athletes when they are not living up to their end. Once you’ve invested towards your goals as a serious fighter in the sport, then we will hold you accountable towards your goals. There’s always ChatGPT or a cheap template program for fighters that can’t handle be held accountable 🔑

Our ability to be straightforward and caring has helped lots of combat athletes change their lives. They’ve climbed the ranks as fighters in their sport, improved their relationship with food, gone back to school to build a career that supports their fighting goals, and seek out mental health counseling instead of using training as a mask 👊🏾

DM Me “👊🏾” if you’re a serious fighter that wants to dial in your training without the bu****it!

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09/30/2025

Let’s Break It Down 👀

1. Hiring separate coaches for your strength & conditioning, and nutrition/weight cutting is difficult for most fighters due to the cost. It’s even more difficult to afford to work with a highly educated professional in person. The athletes on the roster are getting everything together for a fraction of the cost 💯

2. Being able to follow a customized S&C program that fits your busy schedule is important. The athletes on my roster are able to fit in their training easier because they don’t have to physically meet with a coach, while still getting the outcomes that they’re looking for 🔑

3. Too often I speak with fighters that work with their coach in the gym and are not being held accountable/guided outside of that time. We have systems in place to make sure that fighters are doing their workouts, sticking to their nutrition, and dialing in the other important habits outside of the gym. The best of all…the athletes can message their coach with questions instead of waiting for the next training session 👊🏾

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09/29/2025

Athlete Win 🔥

Congrats to Jibril for winning gold at the Pan American Championships in Mexico City this past weekend 🔥

Jibril had an awesome fight camp, super smooth weight cut, and put on a strong performance for his fight. This is final competition as a amateur and he will be making his professional debut in October 👊🏾

Enjoy the win and then it’s back to making more gains for the next fight 💯

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09/27/2025

Fighting Is A Long Game 💯

I speak with so many amateur fighters that have these grand plans to turn professional after they get 10+ fights under their belt. The problem is that they’re still barely scratching the surface as a fighter and there’s still so much to learn if they actually want to succeed as a professional 💯

A lot of these amateur fighters rarely does any structured strength and conditioning for their sport consistently. Their nutrition is a lot of guesswork and many of them treat their fight camps like a fat camp. Their weight cutting process is a combination of word of mouth from teammates and researching from the internet. Combine these things with their lack of substantial fighting experience against solid competition and it becomes a game plan for a mediocre career in the sport 😬

A lot of fighters rush to turn professional because they want the glory, but the fighters that are serious about their craft actually value the process of growing and improving in the sport. I’ve worked with many amateur fighters that have 20 to 30+ fights on their record before even considering turning professional. This is because they’re serious about dialing things in and putting their best foot forward as a professional instead of just calling themselves a professional fighter 🔑

DM Me “🧠” if you want to dial in your training and weight cuts with a science based approach!

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09/24/2025

Train Smarter Instead Of Just Harder 💯

Are you a fighter that feels trashed by the middle of the week and can’t wait until your rest day? 👀

This is probably because your training and recovery regimen is not efficient at all. Trying to be the hardest worker in the room, while sleeping 5 hours a night, drinking lots of caffeine, and relying on guesswork nutrition will have you feeling trashed. This means that the remainder of the week is just more wasted time & energy because you’re not putting in the focused work 😬

That’s the story of a lot of my athletes until they took a science based approach towards their training. We made everything efficient with their S&C, nutrition/recovery, and weight cutting to allow them to put in the focused work for skills training. The fighters are feeling great, making awesome gains, and no longer burning themselves out with the guesswork 👊🏾

Tag a teammate that’s always trashed every training week 🥴

Tag a friend that frantically cuts weight for their fight camps 👀

09/23/2025

It’s Fight Week 🔥

Good luck to Jibril for his upcoming tournament at the Pan Am Championships in Mexico City this week 👊🏾

Jibril has been putting in the consistent work to level up his strength/power, gas tank, nutrition, recovery, and weight cutting with a science based approach. He feeling great and looking forward to putting on a show for his fight 💯

Good luck to Jibril and we’re proud of you win or lose 🤙🏾

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