Functional Training Exercises for Track with Kai | Functional Patterns

Good morning!!! Here is an Advanced dumbbell workout for your Tuesday morning. Like a few of the other pieces of equipment I have in my gym, the Dumbbell has been a definite keeper in my functional training arsenal since the beginning. I really enjoy using dumbbells specifically for pendulum movements. Pendulum movements embody everything a [...]

Hello everyone and welcome to the latest instillation of the Dogma of the Week. The topic for this Dogma of the Week will be covering Mixed Martial Arts and its relation to Steroids. A common issue that has been occurring lately in the MMA world is the usage of steroids by many of the top [...]

In honor of our stay in Cabo San Lucas Mexico, we decided to make our version of one of our favorite things to eat while down in Baja. A really good Guacamole is not only super delicious but is also super nutritious. The two key components of good guacamole are avocados and cilantro. Tomato and [...]

Here is a video of me giving UFC fighter Reuben Duran the breakdown of how an effective biomechanical structure should operate. Like many other fighters I have worked with, pain and injury seem to be the common theme. Since most pain and injury are a derivative of poor neuro-muscular coordination at an innate level, it [...]

Here’s a video of me running through an Advanced MMA workout with my newest piece of equipment: The ARC. A man by the name of Chris Severs, who invented this awesome piece of equipment, was kind enough to stop by and put it in my gym. I am most pleased with it’s versatility of being [...]

Hello everyone and welcome to the latest instillation of the Dogma of the Week. The topic I have decided to talk about today will be covering Spin Class. Spin classes happen to be one of the most popular of all forms of exercise in existence today, and they also happen to be one of the [...]

Here’s a video of me taking MMA fighter Delvon Garrett through a Functional MMA Training workout. We have been having to work around a torn LCL and PCL for the last few months, but it seems everything is now in order. One of our major focal points in our training was emphasizing corrective exercise and [...]

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Here is a video of me showing you some advanced Bosu Ball exercises. There are very few pieces of equipment out there that can test your proprioceptive nervous system quite like the Bosu Ball, specifically for training balance and center of gravity. The Bosu is one of those pieces of equipment I have used since [...]

Happy Monday to all and welcome to the newest installation of The Dogma of the Week! For this blogpost, I’m going to discuss an exercise that is dogmatically thought of as being effective and functional, yet it can be one of the most destructive exercises a person can do. This exercise is the pushup. At [...]

Down here in Cabo San Lucas we’re lucky to have an Organic Farmers’ Market to visit each week. We have found a farmer who sells pasture raised chicken, bones and necks to make stock and livers and hearts. No part of the chicken gets wasted! We often make Chicken Liver Pâté back in San Diego [...]

Here is a video of Bryce Shepard Mejia taking you through the basics of ground control for Jiu Jitsu. Of what I have personally learned from doing Jiu Jitsu, is that everyone starts from proper positioning of the body. In this video, Bryce shows you the exact Jiu Jitsu positioning you will want to master [...]

Hello to all and welcome to my first “Dogma of the Week” blogpost. I will be putting these posts up indefinitely until I have fully expressed the perspective on how I view the fitness/wellness industry and what it is promoting. I will also diverge into subject matter that may seem distant to a person’s health, [...]

Here is a video of me working an MMA training session with Delvon Garrett. We are about 4 months out from LCL and PCL surgery and his body seems to be on the mend. We have been in a constant building phase to get his foundations straight with corrective exercises and Myofascial Release. Now it’s [...]

One of the biggest dilemmas I have had as a personal trainer throughout my career is knowing how to implement a genuinely biomechanically effective posture. When I first started as a trainer, I was always told to bring your hand on someones scapular region and have them go into scapular retraction, so that the person [...]

Here is a video of working with one of the interns in my facility in San Diego. Kai has been improving in everything with her body at an exponential pace. When we first started training, there were some serious imbalances that needed to be addressed, but most of them now seem to be in check. [...]