ok here we go.....
well the last emporer is still alive and kicking! if you don't know what i'm talking about then you obviously wern't watching the free fightcard offered up on CBS saturday night. in the ever on going battle for your viewing rights CBS featured a free on cable fight card of mma action. so instead of shelling out the usual $40 bucks for a UFC event(which i usually do) this card was put on by a rival promotion that seems to be gaining some steam as the only other fight company out there that could give the UFC jugernaught a run for its viewership money.
how can this upstart company do such a thing? well one word...FEDOR. this one name has become somewhat of an enigma to the real hardcore fans of the mma community. this one name is the legindary russian mma fight that is basicaly the most sought after fighter on the planet. his refusal to sign with the UFC makes him even more egnimatic to the general mma world and made the upstart strikeforce company a real contender to the UFC's monopoly on the mma landscape.
people will argue what makes this Fedor so great and if he is so great than why is he refusing to sign with the biggest promotional company on the planet? why is he so great? well he hasn't lost in almost 9 years! think about that for a moment...9 years in the brutal world of mma fighting. he is the recognized world champion, not a champion of a company. sorry brock but you are awsome but you are also the UFC's champion not the world champion. Fedor has beating some of the UFC's formr champions and beaten them badly, and quickly.
what makes this Fedor so special is that to be a true superstar, like a wayne gretzky or a micheal jordan is having the ability to win, score or deliver when called upon to do so in the most trying circumstances. how many times has mma said they have the next champion or the next tyson? all of them to fail when a company needs them most. on saturday Fedor was in some real trouble, it would appear to most as he sustained a vicious cut to his nose and was appearing to get worked over by at the time an undefeated young fighter who out weighed him by almost 50lbs! but like a true superstar he delivered with one punch, the end of the fight, the end of another undefeated fighters record and answered his critics about how great he really is!
now with brock lesnar potential sidelined, possibly permanently who is the UFC gonna wave around now to say that their fighter is the true heavyweight champion? don't know? well, nether do they! long live the last empero, you are the TRUE heavy weight champion of the MMA scence.
until next time....hands up, chin down, and keep on fighting!
Monday, November 9, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
ok here we go...
well, we are off to london this wekend for a few more fights. one of my boys, traz who many of you might recognize from our you tube video is fighting along side one of my other fighter, tyler. both recently had their first fights back on the 10th of october in kitchener. traz had a tough fight losing a split decision and tyler was in my opinion railroaded by an increasingly eveident corrupt way of scoring fights.
i have said to my fights on numerous occasions that if you let it go to the decision then you're putting all your hard work into the hands of three people to decide. most of the time these people have no ring experience and sit making judegment calls on a sport they are unable to compete in because of a lack of "balls". it is so disheartening to watch and see these boys/girls train their hearts out and finally have the chance to show off their hard work in front of a crowd only to be ripped off by a judge who is either blind, in favour of the opposing teams fighter of on the "take".
i am a fair judge of my fighters and their preformances. i will tell them if they won or lost or what they could improve on. i know they are not being paid for what they are doing but when shit like this happens it really soures the taste of this great sport not only in my mind as their coach but in their minds as athletes. alot of times a fighter might not want to compete again having seen their hard work wasted.
i was approached by a friend of mine who is heavily involved with this organization that we fought for. we meet quite regularly to discuss business and the sport. on this partical meeting he was trying to get me to become more involved with this said organization. he says i have alot to offer this group because of my extensive knowledge in the sport as well as my training methods. so i am left with a decision to be either the helper in a corrupt system or a "ronin" and continue to be an unsilenced voice for the little guy who continualy finds his or herself at the short end of the shady stick.
if you know me at all then you know which roll i'll be taking!
often out manned, but never out gunned!!!
until next time...hands up, chin down, and keep on fighting.
well, we are off to london this wekend for a few more fights. one of my boys, traz who many of you might recognize from our you tube video is fighting along side one of my other fighter, tyler. both recently had their first fights back on the 10th of october in kitchener. traz had a tough fight losing a split decision and tyler was in my opinion railroaded by an increasingly eveident corrupt way of scoring fights.
i have said to my fights on numerous occasions that if you let it go to the decision then you're putting all your hard work into the hands of three people to decide. most of the time these people have no ring experience and sit making judegment calls on a sport they are unable to compete in because of a lack of "balls". it is so disheartening to watch and see these boys/girls train their hearts out and finally have the chance to show off their hard work in front of a crowd only to be ripped off by a judge who is either blind, in favour of the opposing teams fighter of on the "take".
i am a fair judge of my fighters and their preformances. i will tell them if they won or lost or what they could improve on. i know they are not being paid for what they are doing but when shit like this happens it really soures the taste of this great sport not only in my mind as their coach but in their minds as athletes. alot of times a fighter might not want to compete again having seen their hard work wasted.
i was approached by a friend of mine who is heavily involved with this organization that we fought for. we meet quite regularly to discuss business and the sport. on this partical meeting he was trying to get me to become more involved with this said organization. he says i have alot to offer this group because of my extensive knowledge in the sport as well as my training methods. so i am left with a decision to be either the helper in a corrupt system or a "ronin" and continue to be an unsilenced voice for the little guy who continualy finds his or herself at the short end of the shady stick.
if you know me at all then you know which roll i'll be taking!
often out manned, but never out gunned!!!
until next time...hands up, chin down, and keep on fighting.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
OK here we go....
oh happy day! my newest piece of training equipment arrived from Australia yesterday and i am happy. why? so i can work it into my devious systems of ever changing fitness routines!
my newest piece of equipment is what is called a "powerbag". it basically looks like a small tubular gym bag standing about 2.5 feet high. the cool thing about this bag is that you can vary the weight load in it buy taking off the top and filling or emptying it with sand! cheap and effective! this bag is a combination of kettle bell, medicine ball, sand bag, barbell and dumbell all in one, not to mention it is made of a tough synthetic material that is made for wear and tear. basically you can toss, drag chuck and beat the shit out of it!
intensity can be controlled through the length of the set, weight of the bag and speed of movement. it can be carried in a various ways because of the various handle positions it has over its surface.
i will be adding this piece of equipment into my own tabata workouts. just wanted to give a thanks to the guys at jerseycrossfit cause they were the crew that gave me the idea to purchase this piece of equipment. after watching one of their videos on YouTube i was obsessed with getting my hands on this "powerbag". thanks guys, and keep up the good stuff!
until next time....hands up, chin down, and keep on fighting!
oh happy day! my newest piece of training equipment arrived from Australia yesterday and i am happy. why? so i can work it into my devious systems of ever changing fitness routines!
my newest piece of equipment is what is called a "powerbag". it basically looks like a small tubular gym bag standing about 2.5 feet high. the cool thing about this bag is that you can vary the weight load in it buy taking off the top and filling or emptying it with sand! cheap and effective! this bag is a combination of kettle bell, medicine ball, sand bag, barbell and dumbell all in one, not to mention it is made of a tough synthetic material that is made for wear and tear. basically you can toss, drag chuck and beat the shit out of it!
intensity can be controlled through the length of the set, weight of the bag and speed of movement. it can be carried in a various ways because of the various handle positions it has over its surface.
i will be adding this piece of equipment into my own tabata workouts. just wanted to give a thanks to the guys at jerseycrossfit cause they were the crew that gave me the idea to purchase this piece of equipment. after watching one of their videos on YouTube i was obsessed with getting my hands on this "powerbag". thanks guys, and keep up the good stuff!
until next time....hands up, chin down, and keep on fighting!
Friday, October 9, 2009
Fitness 4 anyones life
OK here we go....
Happy thanksgiving weekend everyone! tune in for a YouTube video of me and Brian training 2 clients at the studio with two very different fitness goals and routines. you can see it here:
www.youtube.com/user/AllCanadianFitness#p/a/u/0/Flf1a8B01wg
no matter who you are and what your goals are, walk in the doors and we'll change your life!
until next time....
hands up, chin down and keep on fighting!
Adam
(I'm not a runway model, I'm a trainer)
Happy thanksgiving weekend everyone! tune in for a YouTube video of me and Brian training 2 clients at the studio with two very different fitness goals and routines. you can see it here:
www.youtube.com/user/AllCanadianFitness#p/a/u/0/Flf1a8B01wg
no matter who you are and what your goals are, walk in the doors and we'll change your life!
until next time....
hands up, chin down and keep on fighting!
Adam
(I'm not a runway model, I'm a trainer)
Monday, September 28, 2009
okay here we go....
a short post to start the week off. myself and rich have both purchased the "gymboss" timer and are finding it very helpful it running our clients through some tabata training regimes.
if your not familar with what tabata training is, it is set series of circuit work or workouts that are based on timed intervals. for example, 20 seconds of work with 10 seconds of rest. you can basically cram in a full workout in , in about 20 minutes. this is great for the client or person who is short on time or wants some explosive training sessions.
there are some great methods of tabata training on youtube if your interested in approaching this type of training. all in all i think i'm gonna be hitting the tabata training now!
until next time....
hands up, chin down and keep on fighting!
a short post to start the week off. myself and rich have both purchased the "gymboss" timer and are finding it very helpful it running our clients through some tabata training regimes.
if your not familar with what tabata training is, it is set series of circuit work or workouts that are based on timed intervals. for example, 20 seconds of work with 10 seconds of rest. you can basically cram in a full workout in , in about 20 minutes. this is great for the client or person who is short on time or wants some explosive training sessions.
there are some great methods of tabata training on youtube if your interested in approaching this type of training. all in all i think i'm gonna be hitting the tabata training now!
until next time....
hands up, chin down and keep on fighting!
Monday, September 21, 2009
business, training, changes and from east to west
ok, here we go.....
well, i'm back from a short vacation away from the studio but not away from training! i spent the end of last week in my favorite province; alberta, in a a town that has been soooo good to me during my fighting carrier. of course i'm talking about calgary! man this city is great! the base of the mountains, the advanced fitness( it did host the olympics and houses the olympic training centre!) the women and the night life! what more could a guy want? anywho i wasn't there for personal business i was there on more of a professional basis this time out.
my fighter, adam hensen was competing for a chance to represent a second team canada for a spot on the world stage in thailand. adam is already a national champion in the cask organization and will be venturing to austria in october to compete in their world championships.
i don't need to tell you what kind of commitment it takes to try and acheive where adam has gotten to in this sport. adam trained hard for this contest and was looking in great shape but in the end you just can't put a price on experience. his opponent sean mckinnon is the nation champ for the ckmt-a organization and has some 25 fights to his name, adam has 10!
for the first 2 rounds adam was able to hang with sean but in the end he was dragged out to deeper water and unfortunatelty lost a decision and the chance to represent his country in thailand. this was a great learning experience for a young fighter and one i'm sure he will bounce back from stronger than before. after the fight we enjoyed some r,n,r out in the city and when i returned home, began my week off from the studio.
i guess a few things changed while i was away, we had our train the trainer which seemed to go off well. i think ernie was lurking around with a video camera and taping some of the trainer's workouts. i believe both shelia's and brian's is on his facebook page. if you want to see rich's you will have to search for it on youtube as i believe it is there.
a heavy heart goes out to my dear friend and confidant lucio barcaroli who's father had passed away while i was on vacation. i made it into the studio on thursday last week to call him and send my condolences. lucio, you are a good man and i feel for your loss.
and finally i guess we are down a trainer. word came out just as i was getting ready to depart for alberta that our beloved shelia was packing up and hittin the road for the west coast. shelia was an BIG part of the newer developments at the studio and is leaving some big shoes to fill! but as always, we will carry on and push forward. good luck out west and i'm sure we will see you again in the studio.
thats it for now.
until next post....hands up, chin down and never quit!
well, i'm back from a short vacation away from the studio but not away from training! i spent the end of last week in my favorite province; alberta, in a a town that has been soooo good to me during my fighting carrier. of course i'm talking about calgary! man this city is great! the base of the mountains, the advanced fitness( it did host the olympics and houses the olympic training centre!) the women and the night life! what more could a guy want? anywho i wasn't there for personal business i was there on more of a professional basis this time out.
my fighter, adam hensen was competing for a chance to represent a second team canada for a spot on the world stage in thailand. adam is already a national champion in the cask organization and will be venturing to austria in october to compete in their world championships.
i don't need to tell you what kind of commitment it takes to try and acheive where adam has gotten to in this sport. adam trained hard for this contest and was looking in great shape but in the end you just can't put a price on experience. his opponent sean mckinnon is the nation champ for the ckmt-a organization and has some 25 fights to his name, adam has 10!
for the first 2 rounds adam was able to hang with sean but in the end he was dragged out to deeper water and unfortunatelty lost a decision and the chance to represent his country in thailand. this was a great learning experience for a young fighter and one i'm sure he will bounce back from stronger than before. after the fight we enjoyed some r,n,r out in the city and when i returned home, began my week off from the studio.
i guess a few things changed while i was away, we had our train the trainer which seemed to go off well. i think ernie was lurking around with a video camera and taping some of the trainer's workouts. i believe both shelia's and brian's is on his facebook page. if you want to see rich's you will have to search for it on youtube as i believe it is there.
a heavy heart goes out to my dear friend and confidant lucio barcaroli who's father had passed away while i was on vacation. i made it into the studio on thursday last week to call him and send my condolences. lucio, you are a good man and i feel for your loss.
and finally i guess we are down a trainer. word came out just as i was getting ready to depart for alberta that our beloved shelia was packing up and hittin the road for the west coast. shelia was an BIG part of the newer developments at the studio and is leaving some big shoes to fill! but as always, we will carry on and push forward. good luck out west and i'm sure we will see you again in the studio.
thats it for now.
until next post....hands up, chin down and never quit!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
OK, here we go....
a quick update on whats happening in Adam's world. a huge congrats to Shelly Thorsen! Shelly did it! she broke the 200lbs mark she set for herself. all i've got to say is wow!!! results get accomplished with hard work, the willingness to try and perseverance. though the journey is long and winding there is nothing like the self satisfaction of a goal reached. nothing is impossible if you try.
so to all those that don't want to try, don't waste my time as a trainer! i don't care if you fail in an attempt to reach a goal, i care that you tried in the first place to realise a goal and attempted to see it through!
until next time....
hands up, chin down and keep on fighting!
Adam
a quick update on whats happening in Adam's world. a huge congrats to Shelly Thorsen! Shelly did it! she broke the 200lbs mark she set for herself. all i've got to say is wow!!! results get accomplished with hard work, the willingness to try and perseverance. though the journey is long and winding there is nothing like the self satisfaction of a goal reached. nothing is impossible if you try.
so to all those that don't want to try, don't waste my time as a trainer! i don't care if you fail in an attempt to reach a goal, i care that you tried in the first place to realise a goal and attempted to see it through!
until next time....
hands up, chin down and keep on fighting!
Adam
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