by tfurman | Aug 19, 2015 | Articles, Blog, Diet, Fish Oil, Fitness, Health, Supplements, Testosterone
Let me say this book is pretty amazing. Within the compliment I have reservations. First off, it is over 600 pages. Not crappy, black and white photos of boys and girls in ill fitting active wear demonstrating sit ups,.. but charts, graphs, illustration on almost...
by tfurman | Aug 11, 2015 | Blog, Body Weight, Convict, Fitness, Health, Strength, Strongman, Suspension Training
Rings of Power is a book on using gymnastics or “still” rings to enhance strength fitness. It is written by Mike Gillette. I remember Mike from ‘back in the day’. He was a regular contributor to mma.tv’s “The Underground”. He...
by tfurman | Aug 6, 2015 | Articles, Blog, Body Weight, Convict, Fitness, Health, Martial Arts, mobility
Let me blunt at the start. I will probably not be doing much of the “Mastery” level of this book. However it is by far the best thing Dragondoor has put out in terms of content, thoroughness, art design, writing and entertainment. Explosive Calisthenics...
by tfurman | Aug 3, 2015 | Articles, Blog, Body Weight, Convict, Fitness, Health, Kettlebell, Martial Arts, mobility, Strength, Suspension Training
First off, let’s realize that Max Shank is a genetic stud. A lot of the time, those who win the genetic lottery need to not work hard or they are lousy coaches. I’ll be blunt. Max is a HARD worker and he’s a very good, articulate, coach. The Ultimate...
by tfurman | Jul 10, 2015 | Articles, Blog, Fitness, Martial Arts, Strength
Richie Barathy, in the photo above was a practitioner of American Combat Karate. He had a background in Taekwondo and later found himself in the rough and tumble dojo of Nisei Karate founder, Frank Ruiz. This school was populated with the likes of Louis Delgado,...
by tfurman | Jul 8, 2015 | Articles, Blog, Body Weight, Fitness, Health, Strength
“Move, bitch!” — Ludacris The above pattern or asterix is also a diagram for movement. In Indonesian martial arts, this footwork or stepping is called Langka. There is NO reason to debate this. If this pattern were shown to certain groups of martial...
