Blog. Conor McGregor and Gunnar Nelson learning with Ido 11 Nov, 2015 Recently i've had the pleasure and honor to work and teach UFC fighters Conor McGregor and Gunnar Nelson in preparation for their upcoming fights in Vegas on December 12th.
What a great experience... These guys are into movement, I tell ya. It's a 24/7 obsession - it's the main subject in conversations, dinners, drives and of course on the mat. We hit it off right away- I took them through a few good hours of movement drills, body prep, tactical games, locomotion and some beginner corset protocols. Gunnar - obsessed with the animal kingdom, a passion we share and a very special mover and person. I made it a point to expose these great fighters to a few subjects not often discussed within their field: 1.
The importance of softening the body up again and again to combat the undesired side effects of their hard training. Why? How To Motivate Yourself Into an Exercise Routine You'll Actually Stick To. Fitness 2.0: How to Overcome Exercise and Diet Plateaus With Minimal Effort. How Exercise Affects Your Body (and How to Pick the Right Workout) 6 Fitness Rules Meant to be Broken. How much calories do I burn walking for 8 hours. Welcome to International Kabaddi Federation. This Trendy “Strong is the New Skinny” Thing (and what it could mean for the next generation of girls) This girl is 17 and a CrossFitter.
She’s obviously a genius and a badass. *UPDATE: Here’s a PG-Version of this blog post, for those of you who wish to Spread the Strength among those of innocent ears* First of all, hi everyone. It feels like I haven’t blogged about anything sociologically substantial in a while, and I might be a bit rusty so please pardon the potentially poor prose. Anyhoozle. Now that I’ve graduated from McGill and no longer have to whittle away the hours of cushy student life by blogging nonsensically about sociological things, what have I been doing with myself?
WELL. My strange, wonderful, and illuminating journey working in the fitness industry. My job more or less involves establishing a new product’s brand personality within the health and fitness industry/society. The Free Fat Loss Crash Course for Busy Men. In the last few years I’ve shared this free program with over 50,000 guys.
They’ve used it to lose fat, gain muscle, and create better lives. Now, it’s your turn. Sign up for this FREE 5-day course and get: A 6-week, strategic workout program exclusively for guys3 workout tricks to reduce your gym time and get results faster5 nutrition principles you must follow to lose fat and gain muscleA supplement guide that tells you what to take, if anything at allExactly what foods to eat, with recipes10 tips for how to stick to the program, even if you lose motivation. The Free Fat Loss Crash Course for Women. Pro Power Jumper™ - Agility - Fitness - Palos Sports - physical education equipment, physical education resources, team sports equipment, AHPERD supplier, sporting goods, and other athletic supplies.
6 Ancient Sports Too Awesome For the Modern World. It's amazing how crazy people get about sports these days, especially considering how much sports suck compared to what they used to be.
No, we're not talking about the 1940s when football players wore leather helmets. We're talking about the ancient sports where Viking rape was a trophy and "crocodile death" had its own slot on the scoreboard. Mesoamerican Ballgame Long before soccer (and smallpox) took pre-Columbian America by storm, the official sport of Ancient Mexico was an odd game that the Mayans called pitz. Since there is no word in the English language that can do justice to its brutality, we simply call it "The Mesoamerican Ballgame".
Sepak Takraw: Kung Fu Volleyball. Sepak Takraw is certainly not for everyone.
Kabaddi. Kabaddi Kabaddi is a wrestling sport originating from very early Indian civilization.
The word Kabaddi is derived from a Tamil word Kai-pidi, literally meaning "(let's) Hold Hands", which is indeed the crucial aspect of play. It is the national game of Bangladesh, and the state game of Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Andhra Pradesh in India. In the international team version of kabaddi, two teams of seven members each occupy opposite halves of a field of 10 m × 13 m in case of men and 8 m × 12 m in case of women.[1] Each has three supplementary players held in reserve. The game is played with 20-minute halves and a five-minute halftime break during which the teams exchange sides. The rules of the game are as follows. Calcio Fiorentino. Illustration of a game of Calcio Fiorentino from Harald er stjerna 1688 Calcio fiorentino (also known as calcio storico "historic football") is an early form of football that originated in 16th century Italy.
Once widely played, the sport is thought to have originated in the Piazza Santa Croce in Florence. Here it became known as the giuoco del calcio fiorentino ("Florentine kick game") or simply calcio; which is now also the name for football in the Italian language. Spouse Carrying. Obstacle racing. An obstacle racer, dressed in costume, crawls through a mud pit topped with barbed wire.
Obstacle racing is a sport in which a competitor, traveling on foot, must overcome various physical challenges that are in the form of obstacles. Mud and trail runs are combined and the races are designed to result in mental and physical collapse.[1] Obstacles include, but are not limited to, climbing over walls, carrying heavy objects, traversing bodies of water, crawling under barbed wire, and jumping through fire. SPARTAN RACE Obstacle Racing - Spartan Sprint & Super Spartan obstacle course trail races and the Spartan Beast and Death Race endurance race.