GreenStrength Fighters

This friday night in Tulsa Ok I have 4 fighters going to battle on the Legacy FC Card! Many people who train combat sports have asked about what I do, or they think from years ago I may be doing similar things as before. WRONG! I am building HEALTHY – STRONGER – FIGHTERS. All four of my guys recently posted or sent me a message via text. I posted them all below as I feel this shows firsthand what we are accomplishing together. These guys are moving, feeling, recovering flat out better than before and they all stand behind the fact they feel it has made their FIGHT TRAINING BETTER. That’s the purpose here. Derrick is the newest addition to the team but he is such a hard working, humble stud who has fit right in and just been a DO’er! Looking over notes on Rafael we saw where over the past 3+ years we have added 12lbs of Lean Body Mass to his frame while keeping weight around the same. Yes, ponder that and add the fact his injuries and small set backs from training have drastically gone down. He moves, sleeps, feels BETTER!

I can’t thank these gentleman enough for being the foundation and the true start to the #GreenStrength revolution.

Derrick Adkins recently had this to say on a FB Post 

“Yesterday I was tired and kind of sluggish. Then I got up and got to my strength and conditioning workout, Luke put me through simple fight week movements and I left feeling good and went straight to kickboxing and killed that workout feeling a lot better because of the first workout, instead of feeling worse because I killed a hard lifting workout. That has been the story of this fight camp, #Greenstrength workouts have enhanced my sport specific workouts for sure!”

Rafael Lovato Jr. recently put this tweet out

“My #strengthandconditioning coach, Luke Tirey, killing a 106lb #KB #turkishgetup this morning! He has totally changed my body composition, kept me healthy, made my stronger, & got me in the best shape of my life over the last few years. I am so thankful to have him a part of my #fightcamp. Give him a follow at @greenstrengthiv. #greenstrength #teamlovato #intelligenttraining #bestofbothworlds”

Justin Rader recently sent me this text message 

” Hey man I just wanted to shoot you a message and tell you thank you so much for everything! Everything you have had me do has really paid off. I feel amazing! I can feel it in my practices, I am stronger, faster, and just feel incredible! Thanks so much again, I hope to represent well at Legacy FC!

Myron Dennis recently posted this to his FB

“It’s fight week and I feel amazing. 12 + weeks will drive you crazy. For the first time in my pro career, I don’t have the stress of a large weight cut.”

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Grapplers and deadlifts….

Not much needs to be said besides do deadlifting of some form or fashion as a grappler or human for that matter. But something is missing obviously because in todays time everyone is deadlifting, and they are usually sufficient loads. However, like all things here are the 3 common flaws I am noticing in the trend of heavy deadlifting.

They listen, why don’t you?

1- Weak Links – Simple said most lose tension in many places throughout the lift. This places a lot of strain on the body to compensate and catch up on slack somewhere. Sadly, it’s now got your prime movers bitting off more than they can chew.

2- Set Nothing – Usually I see most people try and set the abs or create tension somewhere but they don’t seem to understand the importance of setting in and centering the entire bodies tension. We can’t forget about the shoulder/core relationship when setting up and definitely cannot forget about our lats as these need to stay engaged throughout the entire lift.

3- Finish The Lift – Deadlifting the load up and dropping it down or setting it down with no control is not a complete lift, nor does it give you the benefit you think your obtaining. One of my #GreenStrength Principles is to pause load at top for 1sec, then lower load in no less than 3sec. Always breaking the bar and maintaing lat/core/foot/hand connection. Load must be set down as silent as possible, and if your pulling more than 1 rep you must rest for 2sec between each pull. Never release the bar or give up your tension.

Fix these 3 common flaws and your longevity of strength towards grappling will go through the roof!