Archive for November 2009

Attack that Turkey with peace of mind - KnuckleUp's got your back!

Ho Ho Ho!

This year, the Holidays started early at the gym. And we've already got you a gift!

We know how tough it can be to stay in shape when you have the combination Halloween candy - Thanksgiving turkey - Christmas ham attacking you right when it starts to get cold and all you want to do is eat and stay under the blankets.

So we've set up a special package to keep you from falling into the Holiday foodtrap:

Here's what's in your holiday fitness package:

1. An entire month of UNLIMITED membership (access to any classes, including jiu-jitsu and mma);

2. Pair of leather boxing gloves, handwraps, jump rope, and a cool KnuckleUp bag to carry it all;

3. TWO hour-long private training sessions (a $150 value).

Not to sound too infomercial-like, but if you add the entire package it comes to $350.

But you're getting it for $199!

Or...

You can get a whole month of Unlimited membership + 1 private training session + a jump rope for $99.

This is KnuckleUp's contribution to a healthier eating season.

We're not going to let the cold keep you from staying healthy

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Tags: gym membership cost, holiday fitness, knuckleup membership

Eric Wong's Ultimate MMA Strength Workout Introduces Creativity To MMA

Back in August we bought a copy of Eric Wong's Ultimate MMA Strength & Conditioning program and gave two of our instructors a copy. (Yes, we did copy it, but just once)

It may seem weird that the top MMA gym in the outer banks would buy an online training manual, but the fact is that a lot of students work out on their own, either because of scheduling issues or because they work better following their own program.

For those students, KnuckleUp wanted to have a solid w0rkout plan that they could follow and get better results than trying to figure it all out on their own.

So, we asked some of our instructors to look over the course and try it out. The very first thing they pointed out was the importance given to mental training and psychological preparation. As noted on the picture below:

mental training in the ultimate mma strength conditioning

To be absolutely honest, none of the instructors followed the training to the mark. Some of them barely opened the  course.

But the ones that at least skimmed over the content had nicer things to say than any of us expected out of an eBook:

Comments like "this guy really knows what he's talking about" were very common. But what was really impressive was the fact that they all agreed the program offered a solid base to develop lean, powerful muscles, with enough flexibility to turn any Jiu Jitsu move into a walk in the park.

Some of the Ultimate MMA Strength & Conditioning was already taught during classes, which reinforced the credibility of the author and gave our instructors the chance to add their tweaks to it.

However, the coolest feature of the course is by far the iPod/iPhone integration: Eric included a small video for each move, totaling way over 50 movies that are ready to load to any device with video (mp4) capabilities. That means for the past month or so, we've got instructors coming for their workouts with the videos loaded on Ipod.

It's actually funny to see them watching the videos over and over in the middle of our weight room

For the verdict: the program is real solid - If you're trying to come up with a workout routine for MMA and dont have a personal trainer to guide you through it, this is for you.

Buy the whole thing today

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Tags: eric wong, mma conditioning, mma exercises, mma routine, mma workout, ultimate mma strenght