Cable Machine and Kettlebell Training Exercises | Functional Patterns

I’m back!!! All Last week I spent time running seminars explaining the Functional Patterns method to a variety of different facilities and health practitioners. It turned out to be a major success as the people in Brazil fully embraced the method and its implications upon the human body. In the coming months there will be [...]

Resistance Band Core Routine Happy Monday everyone! As usual I have been extremely busy with traveling and work, but I’ve finally made it back and I’m back in action here in San Diego for one more week before I head off to Sao Paolo, Brazil next week. Last week I was in Las Vegas, Nevada [...]

Is bacon good for you? Who doesn’t like bacon? Like all foods, I always recommend eating in moderation. Do what works for you. Some may like eating bacon 3-4 times a week, where others may enjoy just eating it once a month. The main question, how do you feel after you eat bacon? Take note [...]

It has been an awfully busy last few weeks with several different business matter I have had to attend, so it’s been difficult to get on the blogging. However, I did muster up enough creative energy to put something up for you guys This has been part of my experience so far at UFC 160 [...]

Functional Patterns is coming to Brazil! Através deste vídeo comunicamos que Functional Patterns está oficialmente no Brasil. Se você esperava por isso podemos dizer ”Brasil é a bola da vez”, agora se você não esperava por isso ou não conhecia nosso trabalho devido ao inglês agora pode celebrar estamos no BRASIL.

Is Red Meat Bad? If you look on the internet, there is so much conflicting information on red meat, is it bad or good? There are tons of documents and research articles, stating that red meat can cause heart disease and cancers. My problem with those specific studies is that they don’t look at organic [...]

Happy Monday everyone! For this week’s video tutorial I decided to put up something to help assist with knee pain and dysfunction. The knee is a region of the body I have found to be very problematic with just about anyone who involves running or dynamic movement into their training regimens. Knee pains are generally [...]

Hello everyone! It’s almost been 1 year since I starting training with Alliance MMA in Chula Vista and I will say it’s been an awesome ride. Recently, “The Crippler” Chris Leben set up shop in San Diego and decided to start training with the guys at Alliance. Alliance is renown for it training intensity and [...]

Flexibility with UFC fighter Joey Beltran Here’s a video of me working some flexibility exercises with Joey Beltran. MMA is a very rough and dynamic sport and flexibility is a must if you want to remain injury free. In this video I cover some basic release points to improve Joey’s functional flexibility. Enjoy

3 Kettlebell Swing Progressions Happy Tuesday morning!!! For this week’s video tutorial I decided to put up another Kettlebell workout routine. For this specific kettlebell workout, I wanted to show a few kettlebell swing variations to break up the monotony of Kettlebell training. It is too common to find Kettlebell enthusiasts utilize an increase in [...]

Saludos a todos!!! Estoy haciendo blog para dejarles saber que en el mes de septiembre voy a tener un workshop de entrenamiento funcional en Tenifere, España. Estoy muy entusiasmado al poder compartir la información que he aprendido en mi carrera como un especialista de movimiento. En este seminario voy a cubrir las fundaciones del movimiento [...]

Workout Videos- Bosu Ball Core Exercises Happy Monday everyone!!! The Bosu Ball is one of my favorite pieces of equipment to use in my functional training regimen. Asymmetries are often found in people in our culture as a result of there being a weak core stabilization system. The Bosu Ball is a great tool for [...]

Here is a testimonial from one of my favorite people on this entire planet. When I met John Sadler a few years back, I saw a man on a mission to get healthy and willing to do whatever it took to accomplish this goal. John had been in a car accident that led to problems [...]

Core Training Exercises with the Keiser Happy Monday everyone!! For this weeks video tutorial, I decided to put up some of my favorite core training exercises with the Keiser Functional Trainer. The Keiser is THE best piece of fitness equipment money can buy for core training. Specifically speaking, it is the best for training the [...]

Happy Monday everyone! Have been extremely busy hashing out my new book “The Power of Posture” and am happy to say it is a project I’m finally done with. It was the most boundary pushing experience in my life. I had to satisfy the perfectionist in me, yet still put something out there. I’m happy [...]

Hi everybody!!! I have been working with Joey Beltran over the last few months and I must say he’s definitely one of the best students I have had to date. His style is one that was quite prone towards injury, and it seems his extreme mental toughness is what has carried him through his amazing [...]

Happy Monday everyone!!! Here is a dynamic stretching routine you can implement before your functional training workouts. Although dynamic stretching is sub-optimal for functionality in isolation, it is quite effective if it is used in integration with other types of stretching. If we use Myofascial Release to assist us in our flexibility before doing the [...]

Hi everybody!!! For this weeks video tutorial I decided to put up an exercise (Kettlebell Swing) that I commonly see done quite often. Kettlebells are a great tool for functional training, but they can also be extremely damaging due to the fact that they are used in a ballistic setting. The problem with many of [...]

Good Morning!!! Here’s a workout with the Bosu Ball and Arc that will get your weeks started on the right track. One of my favorite of all things to do when it comes to training is mixing and matching pieces of equipment. In this situation, I take the challenge of stability on a Bosu Ball [...]

Is soy an alternative to meat? There’s a lot of controversy about soy out there. It seems to be everywhere; in food, protein drinks, sauces, etc. From everything I’ve learned and read about soy, I recommend all my clients to eliminate soy out of their diets, unless it’s fermented and/or non GMO. Why I don’t [...]

Happy Monday everyone! For this weeks video tutorial, I decided to mesh a Kettlebell in conjunction to my Keiser cable machine. These are two of my favorite exercise tools individually, but when you combine them into one exercise, things get very neurologically stimulating. The pulleys offer the transverse load all the while the kettlebell gives [...]