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Overtraining? How do you know? Leave a comment By Katalin Rodriguez Ogren , January 24, 2010 at 3:34 pm The concept of overtraining is somewhat obscure to the average person.  It is much easier to identify overtraining signs in others than it is in ourselves.  It is condition that can manifest physically or mentally for both an athlete or hard-core exerciser.  So how exactly can you identify overtraining ? Simply put it is when your conditioning or training intensity exceeds the capacity to recover.   Overtraining is an easily changeable condition and its primary variable of consideration is recovery time.   When the body or mind does not have...

Weak in the Knees? Leave a comment By Katalin Rodriguez Ogren , February 3, 2010 at 2:25 pm Many athletes experience sudden weakness in their knees without being able to attribute it to anything in particular.  This onset of an achy feeling and weakness can be easily managed with a few additions to your workout regiment.  Strengthening the muscles that support the knee should involve some aspect of balance training. By integrating stability into a strength exercise you increase the overall integrity of the joint which involves the ligaments and tendons as well.  This can have an immediate positive impact on how the knees feel.  Consider the fact ...

MMA Injury: IT Band Injuries are Sneaky Leave a comment By Katalin Rodriguez Ogren , August 2, 2009 at 8:07 am Most mixed martial arts fighters that I have met regularly train explosive kicking and sprawling drills. The nature of this type of training combined with boxing, grappling, running and some form of plyometrics, places tremendous strain on the hamstrings, adductors (inner thighs), gluts (outer hip) and the IT band. To avoid tightness and stiffness in these areas most fighters part-take in the conventional stretches: straight leg hamstring stretch on the back, figure four stretch on the back, American splits and center splits. Howeve...

Common Injuries in the Martial Arts: Part II Lower Body Leave a comment By Katalin Rodriguez Ogren , July 29, 2009 at 5:23 pm The lower extremity injuries that most martial artists come across are not necessarily unique to martial arts.   They range from the same types of tendinitis', 'pulled groins' and 'tweaking knees" that we hear about from our parents playing a game of tennis or golf.   But the fact is, that the commitment to the training offers so many benefits that it is worth taking the risk of incurring these injuries, especially if you have the tools to prevent them.   In the second part of this topic we will addre...