Kettlebells and BJJ – A Perfect Match

By Mike PerryKettlebell Training, MMA, Sports Performance, The Minimum Effective Dose Podcast

Today’s topic includes two my favorite things – kettlebells and BJJ! If you’ve spent any amount of time training martial arts or coaching combat athletes, you’ve probably heard that kettlebell training can be incredibly beneficial for these athletes. You will hear things like… Kettlebell Training will improve functional strength. Training with kettlebells is excellent for … Read More

Training Combat Athletes – An Overview

By Mike PerryMMA, Sports Performance, The Minimum Effective Dose Podcast

In this episode, Mike discusses his basic template on evaluating and programming fighters. He goes over everything from the FMS screen, table assessments, performance assessments and program design. Connect with Mike: Mike Perry on Instagram Mike Perry on Facebook Skill of Strength: Skill of Strength Online Training Contact Skill of Strength Skill of Strength Instagram … Read More

Recovery Tools: Trendy Fitness Trend or Necessary?

By Mike PerryCoaching, Conditioning, FMS, Mindset, Mobility, Personal Training, Skill of Strength, Sports Performance, Strength 1 Comment

Like many things, it depends. What are you recovering from? It seems like every week there is a new recovery tool showing up in the Fitness industry. When I started as a personal trainer 15 years ago, the options were pretty limited. Recovery tools consisted of old, warped whiteish/yellowish foam rollers and a lacrosse balls. … Read More

Foot and Toe Mobility for MMA and BJJ

By Mike PerryCoaching, MMA

When I was younger trainer, I used to snicker when people said that the big toe played a large role in movement. When other coaches wrote about the big toe, I honestly thought they were just trying to write a complicated blog or sound smart to impress others. There’s no way you have to worry about the … Read More

Strength with Time Constraints

By Mike PerryCoaching, MMA, Strength 1 Comment

The fight game is tough. I get it. Many fighters are trying to figure out how to fit in technical work as well as strength and conditioning training…often while balancing a full-time job and a family. Fighting is a huge commitment, but like anything, if you want to be the best, there are some sacrifices that you need to make. … Read More

3 Game-Changing Exercises for Combat Athletes

By Mike PerryCoaching, MMA, Strength

When it comes to designing training programs for combat athletes, (and really, when designing all training programs) I always look for patterns! I ask myself the following five questions when designing training programs for athletes. What works? What doesn’t? What is the risk/reward? Is the exercise appropriate for the athlete at this time? Is the exercise appropriate … Read More

White Belt Strength Coach 4 Month Update

By Mike PerryCoaching, MMA

I started BJJ about four months ago. After training for a month I posted the article, White Belt Strength Coach so I figured it was time for a white belt strength coach 4 month update. After four months of BJJ, I’ve learned quite a bit and changed quite a bit as far as training programs for … Read More

10 Random Thoughts on Alactic Training

By Mike PerryCoaching, MMA 2 Comments

Energy system development is a hot topic these days. I spent the last few years researching and applying various protocols and paid specific attention to energy system development for MMA fighters. For this post, I won’t delve too much into what exactly alactic training is. If you want to start with a description of alactic training … Read More