Kevin Kearns and Marcus Davis demonstrate a great exercise using the Bosu ball to work on your sprawl. This is a great exercise you can do on your own with the assistances of a Bosu ball.

Watch below as Marcus Davis and Kevin Kearns demonstrate an excellent exercise using an exercise ball to mimic the same motion that is used to ground and pound an opponent. Check back to MMATraining.com for more great MMA Training videos.

Everyone at one time or another has had some type of back pain. As we become older this is much more likely to happen. To compound this you have repetitive use injuries as well for industrial athletes. Back pain accounts for billions of dollars a year in workman’s comp and health care insurance. It is one of the top 3 reasons for lost time at work. If you have ever experienced this pain, you know quickly you don’t ever want to again. The good news is there are ways to decrease this pain and actually prevent it with some simple exercises and a foam roller. Read More

There are many diets out there in the world that say they can do this or that. The diet industry is a multi billion dollar a year business. For fighters there is also a lot of disinformation in the ring around how, when, and what to eat for training and during a fight week. The nutrition plan that we use is not a diet. It’s a lifestyle. It is very close to the way early man ate. Read More

1 - EAT A MEAL EVERY 3 HOURS MINIMUM, THE SMALLER THE INTERVAL THE BETTER.
Purpose: To keep blood sugar levels steady and the metabolism running at full speed.

2 - DO NOT EAT CARBS. AFTER 7:00PM UNLESS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A WORKOUT.
Purpose: Don’t feed the body energy if the body is not going to need it.

3 - EAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER WAKING.
Purpose: Get the furnace (metabolism) running so your body doesn’t go into storage mode. Read More

It’s been a great last year for me and my team of fighters. A fight I often look back on is the one with Kenny Florian and Joe Lauzon last April. This was a great fight and Joe was and is a great competitor in this division. We were in Colorado at 5000 plus feet above sea level. It was a huge concern of mine and the team with the “thinner air” out there. Many a fighter and elite athlete will feel the effects of elevation, no matter what the shape he/she is in. It is no wonder why some of the best athletes in the world train and live at evaluation. The Olympic training facility for one, is out in Colorado Springs for this specific reason. At higher altitude such as this, the body has a difficultly bringing enough oxygen into the blood stream and delivering to working muscles. Read More

We caught up with Patrick Cote’s strength & conditioning coach Kevin Kearns as he completed a tough session with Cote and asked him how he felt about Patrick’s training, preparedness and chances against one of the best in Anderson Silva.

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MMATraining.com checked in with Kevin “Dr. Evil” Kearns to find out which of his stable of top notch fighters he was training this week and what madness he was putting them through in the gym. Florian, Pellegrino, Quarry, Gurgel and of course Patrick Cote as he gears up for Anderson Silva were all on the hit list…

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I have been around martial arts and weight training for over 30 years. There are plenty of ways to train these muscles to be stronger. For fighters it’s not just a matter of strength but it also a matter of performance.

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This is a behind the scenes look at being with my teammates of Team Florian on the road to victory. It starts much earlier than you think to prepare for a fight. We have a mantra that I drilled into Kenny’s head 2 years ago. “There is no off season.” It is very important if you want to be a pro to act like one. Read More