Working with Fighters

Our guest this week is Mike Perry.  Based in Massachusetts, Mike is the founder and co-owner of Skill of Strength gym,  along with his wife,  Amanda. He has worked with athletes across many professional disciplines and specializes in training “mixed martial arts” fighters.

Today, we discuss with Mike how he found his way into MMA training, programming for combat athletes, advice for those getting started in multidiscipline fighting, and ideas on optimizing a fighter’s movement.

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SHOW NOTES & LINKS:

• Skill of Strength gym 
• Pavel Tsatsouline 
• Strong First 
• FMS Level 1 online course 
• Choke - A Rickson Gracie Documentary (Full) 
• The Effect of an Intervention Program on Functional Movement Screen Test Scores in Mixed Martial Arts Athletes 
  
  

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Chapters

• 1:46 Mike Perry's background
• 12:40 Performance over independence
• 23:42 How he transitioned his career from soccer athletes to training fighters
• 28:30 Programming for fighters
• 33:05 FMS system and fighting athletes
• 38:46 Movement exploration
• 42:48 A professional fighter's team
• 44:42 The balance of nutrition, rest, and regeneration
• 46:15 The beginner/ hobbyist fighter
• 52:30 How to relate the screen to an athlete's sport