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Ninja Training

Owwwww. I have been out of commission for 7 weeks now, and yesterday I started my journey back to full training. I threw myself at it pretty hard. Yesterday I did C2 Mobility & Stability Leg Swings Scap Push Ups Overs & Unders YTW’s Hurdle Steps Inverted Shrugs Fire Hydrants Prowler Push – 10 mins … Continue reading

On Goals, Targets and Competition

If you were asked today what you goal was in fitness, fighting or whatever, what would you say? I’ve heard various different answers from various people but only a few people really knew. I’ve heard some like “to get in good shape” or “to fight” or “to be the best I can be”. The next … Continue reading

Ode to a Prowler

I ran an MMA conditioning class yesterday. Ordinarily I start with a vague concept if what I want from the session, and then wait until everyone shows up before writing up the session proper since I may have 5 or 15 depending on how much people have consumed or slept the night before. Yesterday I … Continue reading

I've a lot to complain about today

So once again I find myself back at one of my favourite activities, griping. Today I’ve got a few ants in my pants so I’ll list them and then attack them in order. 1) My hand 2) The weather 3) People who think they deserve to jump the queue So that already sounds like the … Continue reading

Informed Performance Submission Tournament- Results

Please use the comments link for any errors or ommissions. Before any result I’d like to thank everyone for showing up to Ireland’s largest ever submission wrestling tournament. I hope you all enjoyed the day and hope to see you soon at the next one later this year. As people may have noticed, we have … Continue reading

Informed Performance in Full Effect!

So this is what I’m talking about when I’m talking about integrated. On Monday we had our first “official” day of training in the new gym. This meant that upstairs, I was taking a BJJ class, downstairs, Paddy was taking a Muay Thai class, and on the gym floor, Will was strength testing another group … Continue reading

August 10th is Opening Day

On Monday, Informed Peformance will be open to those looking to train in everything we do- strength and conditioning, fat loss, fitness, MMA… you name it. It seems like it’s been a long time coming, but it’s actually only been a couple of months from farm to fork so to speak. We first floated the … Continue reading

Concentration

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Quick as a flash update

The last few days have been great for training, I just wish I wasn’t so damn tired so I could enjoy them more. Tuesday, the day after my last update, I went over to Will in what is now becoming known as “the old gym” for a session. I really thought I was going to … Continue reading

Today was a good day

Two posts in a day eh? I must be busy. I had a busy day today and a very enjoyable couple of training sessions. This morning myself and Paddy did:Skipping to warm up5 rounds on the thai pads3 rounds sparring I am not ashamed to say that I was wrecked. WRECKED. After the pads I … Continue reading