Shane Fazen is the creator of the highly popular YouTube channel Fight Tips, which teaches self defence, martial arts techniques and fitness. He’s also the man behind online training website My Fight Gym. He’s a black belt in taekwondo, international pro muay thai fighter, and an amateur boxer, all as well as spending time coaching others.
We spoke to Shane to find out a little bit about his favourite gear and training advice.
Whether you’re a seasoned professional fighter or you’ve taken up a martial art for fitness, nutrition is important. The overused phrase is that getting in top shape is 20% gym work and 80% kitchen work, and when it comes to the nutrition side of things, high protein foods are top of the list. The benefits of protein are endless – it helps keep you feeling fuller for longer, can stop insulin spikes (believed to contribute to fat storage) and most importantly helps build and maintain muscle, and the more muscle you have the easier it is to get rid of fat.
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Megan Anderson is a Female Mixed Martial Artist who was born and raised in Australia. In 2015 she moved to in Kansas City, Missouri in the USA, now training at Glory MMA and Fitness. She currently fights for Invicta Fighting Championships at 145lb.
Update: Since originally holding the interview in 2016, Megan has gone on to fight in the UFC, stepping into the octagon for fights against big names such as Cat Zingano and Holly Holm.
We spoke to Megan to find out a little bit about her favourite gear and training advice.
Continue reading Guest Review – Megan AndersonIn this fight gear guide we break down everything you need to know on the basics on Boxing gloves.
We look at the difference between types of boxing gloves, sizes and weights of gloves, Velcro vs laced gloves, the materials they’re made out of and the other common features of boxing gloves.
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As a follow up to the article we posted a few weeks ago about why you should be strength training as a fighter, we’re going to provide you with a basic training program to help improve your strength without adding mass (assuming it’s accompanied by correct nutrition) and so increase your power to weight ratio, the ‘golden number’ as it were for a fighter.
We all know that fighting isn’t just about technique. If you have perfect technique but don’t have the stamina to keep fighting for more than 30 seconds then you’re not likely to have a very long career. Instead, fighters have to develop the endurance to last multiple rounds whilst they use their technique to outscore or knock out their opponent. It’s not that simple though, and there are numerous points of view about the best way to build up endurance, with the most common idea being regular 3-5 mile runs, otherwise known as roadwork. But running isn’t enough on it’s own.
Continue reading Why Running Isn’t Enough To Get You Fight Ready
Weightlifting for martial arts, and strength and conditioning as a whole, is a massive subject, and one that can be clouded by traditional views of training. You often hear similar arguments in all disciplines. They’re typically along the lines of ‘body weight works better than weights‘, “I can’t gain any weight because I need to fight as light as possible” or “fighters from years ago never did it”. However, I think that weightlifting is a powerful tool for any martial artist.
Continue reading Weightlifting for martial arts – should you be doing it?