This is a quick highlight of yesterday’s evening class with Head Instructor Chris Stolzman drilling everybody on open guard passes. Notice the nice “cartwheel” that Morrison Butler (white Gi, brown belt) pulls on Leo Saraceni (blue gi, blue belt).
Below you’ll see the first two videos of an exclusive KnuckleUp Fitness series with Head Instructor Kazeka – these two relate jiu jitsu and self-defense in 2 escapes from the good-old Headlock:
The first video shows how to defend a headlock choke

And the second video shows how to keep from being punched in the face and defend the headlock.

We’ve got a ton of videos from master Kazeka coming up soon – just as we have a ton of videos of Chris Stolzman’s classes coming up soon as well.
Our Outer Banks jiu jitsu class has been filling up almost every day, and we’ll soon start an advanced class, according to instructor Stolzman’s criteria.
Stay tuned […]

Original post by knuckleup

Winter is on the way people.
And along with the frigid temperatures and slushy sidewalks, winter means less sunshine.
And less sunshine means less Vitamin D.
And, according to this study, less Vitamin D means you have an increased risk of stroke, heart disease and death.
The Study
For more than a year, the Intermountain Medical Center research team followed 27,686 patients who were 50 years of age or older with no prior history of cardiovascular disease. The participants had their blood Vitamin D levels tested during routine clinical care. The patients were divided into three groups based on their Vitamin D levels – normal (over 30 nanograms per milliliter), low (15-30 ng/ml), or very low (less than 15 ng/ml). The patients were then followed to see if they developed some form of heart disease.
Researchers found that patients with very low levels of Vitamin D were 77 percent more likely to die, 45 percent more […]

Original post by healthhabits

 
6 pack abs have been one of the most hotly debated issues in the fitness world. Some people claim that the only way to acquire them is through hundreds of crunches, using weights, and sweat. Others say that you don’t need to workout your abs at all, and that the main factor in seeing your abs is to exercise normally and lose weight.
Who is right?
A Brief Understanding of the Abdomen
The abdomen refers to that part of the body that covers your sensitive organs including those that deal with the digestive tract. Within the abdomen, you have the spleen, stomach, kidneys, adrenal glands, small intestine, colon, pancreas, liver, and more. Did I also mention that important blood vessels that lead to the aorta and inferior vena cava are found within the abdomen? It is one of the more critical points in the body, which is why until very recently, anyone with […]

Original post by rafael@thefitnessadviser.com (Rafi Bar-Lev)

Have you ever noticed that there are two entirely different health movements with very little crossover? There is the group of organic whole foods consumers and the group of people who buy health and fitness supplements. I used to be much more familiar with the typical GNC type of supplements, but didn't know squat about things like Kombucha, Cod Liver Oil, Spirulina, etc. I think both groups have some positive things to offer and I would like to explore that in this post. Note: I was going to name this article "Whole Food Stores vs Supplement Stores", but how boring is that? Plus, then I couldn't put up this sweet pic! (said in the voice of Napoleon Dynamite).

[“Hey Man, check out this mean batch of Homemade Hummus!” … “Bro, how many more sets you got left on the bench?”]
I Was GNC's Best Customer at the Age of 17

When I first […]

Original post by admin

According to research out of the UK, the color of a person’s skin affects how healthy and therefore how attractive they appear.
And since the color of a person’s skin is directly influenced by the quality of their diet, the researchers concluded that your diet may be crucial to achieving the most desirable complexion and therefore maximizing your attractiveness.
So, it’s true…you are what you eat.
Or, in this case, you’re as attractive as you eat.
Note – Researchers were looking exclusively at Caucasian test subjects. The research was not concerned with racially differentiated skin colors.
The Study
Using specialist computer software, a total of 54 Caucasian participants of both sexes were asked to manipulate the skin color of male and female Caucasian faces to make them look as healthy as possible. They chose to increase the rosiness, yellowness and brightness of the skin.
“Most previous work on faces has focused on the shape of the […]

Original post by healthhabits

Or I’m going to be in trouble. I just spoke with Tom and you should use the book for your diet and training.
My offer still stands.
500$ cash prize
to the winner as long as you use the links in this post when you make the purchase. Nevermind the part about two to three meals a day.

Original post by noreply@blogger.com (Martin Berkhan)

My good friend Tom Venuto has thrown out a Holiday Fitness Challenge to his readers.
Some might recall my discussion with Tom a while back, where I confronted him on his views on meal frequency. To my disappointment, he ended up agreeing with me on the issue that a high meal frequency does zilch to boost your metabolism.
To be honest, I was secretly looking for a fierce debate. But Tom is one of the few gurus out there that actually cares about being scientifically correct and updated, which is a rarity in the fitness industry. For that he gets my respect.

His book on weight training and nutrition is also the most complete package money can be. You can read my review here.
I’ll pay you 500$For those motivated, I encourage you to go and cheat on Tom’s challenge by using a low meal frequency diet of two to three meals a day. […]

Original post by noreply@blogger.com (Martin Berkhan)

It’s the unknown that kills a good diet plan.
The little treats here or there that can derail months of work.
And the underestimations of calories in a food, well…that’s just UNBELIEVABLY AGGRAVATING!
Over the summer we had a Baskin Robbins move into our neighborhood.
As a treat, my family would go once a week for ice-cream. Sometimes twice a week of the grandparents were around.
I’m a chocolate mint kinda guy, so I normally get the chocolate mint ice-cream in a waffle cone – about 500 calories…but occasionally, I’d order the chocolate milk shake.
I figured, “It’s a treat, besides it’s probably about 750 calories, I can handle that”
You can imagine how mad I was when I saw this:

1300 Calories!
Almost Double what I thought.
Brutal.
Luckily, I wasn’t trying to lose weight this summer, so it wasn’t a giant deal, but this is where the “I didn’t change a thing, but gained weight” stories come from – […]

Original post by Brad Pilon