Energy Systems

Here is a great little chart showing which energy systems are in use and the fuel used. Thanks to Elite FTS for putting this together.

Words from Dana White

Not sure if the respect level is the same in the MMA world after this, but who am I to say.

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EliteXC tapped out and a crowbar couldn't pry the ear-to-ear grin off UFC president Dana White's face.

"Today is a great day in MMA. Pro Elite is dead," he says in reference to EliteXC's parent company. "These guys were bad for the sport so thank God they're gone."

The two-year-old fight club announced earlier this week it was shutting its doors for good. The company lost $55 million since it began and there was brewing controversy over whether EliteXC brass tried to influence the outcome of its Oct. 4 CBS show.

Last-minute stand-in Seth Petruzelli claimed he was told to stand and trade blows with its biggest star, Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson. Ferguson is a knockout specialist with a weak ground game and asking Petruzelli to stand is seen by many as a move that would favour Ferguson. Petruzelli won the fight in 13 seconds with a stoppage due to strikes.

There are reports that CBS was set to buy EliteXC, but after watching the debacle unfold live -- which included the seemingly objective EliteXC vice-president cheering for Slice from his cageside seats -- CBS officials put away the chequebook.


The trucker-mouthed White was not short of words for outgoing EliteXC executives.

In a recently posted video blog, White calls Jeremy Lappen, EliteXC head of fight operations, a three-time loser for his newest failed attempt at MMA promoting.

"Jeremy, you have a law degree, go get a real (expletive) job," says White. "Your parents must be really bummed out. You spent all that money on a law degree and you're (messing) around in MMA trying to screw up this business. Go screw up somebody's (expletive) court case."

He also had some parting shots for vice-president Jared Shaw, whose father Gary -- a long-time boxing promoter -- launched the outfit before handing the reins to his son.

"You got a rich daddy. You can live at home with your mom and dad. In the basement," says a chuckling White. "You don't even have to get a job. You can go hang out at nightclubs and deejay.

Insiders say the overambitious growth of the fight club ultimately led to its demise.

Early on, the company spent more than $10 million, purchasing King of The Cage, Cage Rage, Icon and South Korea's SpiritMC.

Despite buying its way to become the No. 2 outfit behind the UFC, EliteXC failed to strike a chord with MMA purists who blasted the fight club for trying to make stars out of fighters like Internet backyard brawler Ferguson.

Pro Elite was successful on some fronts. It became the first MMA outfit to secure a prime-time network deal and it was able to bring women's MMA to a new level through Gina Carano. Today, Carano, along with Jake Shields, Robbie Lawler, Nick Diaz and, of course, Kimbo Slice are looking for work elsewhere.

Epoc and Pavel

Well if I didn’t believe it first, it seems that the whole work harder during your training and burn more calories after the workout has come around to Hard Style Kettlebell man Pavel. It’s time that we start fusing multiple disciplines to continue to see changes we want.

from his newsletter

Mazzetti et al (2007) have compared the effects of slow and explosive squats and discovered that the latter burned 13% more calories during exercise and 7% more one hour after exercise. The scientists have concluded that "by using explosive contractions and moderate exercise intensity, experienced recreational exercisers can increase their energy expenditure during and after resistance exercise, and this could enhance weight-loss adaptations."
It is no rocket science —by pulling harder on your Kettlebell you are working harder and thus burn more calories. If you want to burn fat —go hard style!

So let’s look at this. Explosive squats do use more energy than "regular" squats, and what we mean by explosive is a fast positive no pause and then a controlled negative with a rest. Sometimes though, you don’t have to rest at the bottom, but the rest does 2 things:

1. It removes the bounce mechanism in muscle that acts like a trampoline. You neutralize the movement of the weight back to static, therefore actually recruiting more fibers in the next rep.
2. It lets the person safely "start over" and get balanced so they don’t injure themselves or others with a weight flying off the back or popping a piece of connective tissue.

There are times in a training cycle that we want to use both of these. It is not good to always train explosively just like it is never a good idea to always train at the same tempo. It all matters on what your end goal is and how you have your program structured. For example, if you just started out training, there is nothing good going to come out of you explosively doing anything without first "learning" proper mechanics and finding what we call the groove. Doing so invites injury and injury sucks because it is unforeseen rest periods, and unforeseen rest periods wreck havoc on the psyche of the athlete.

At the opposite end of the scale we have the conditioned athlete that needs to overcome a plateau, so instead of doing a 3-3-3 squat (tempo) they will incorporate the explosive variety of an exercise. That being said, I personally do not think you need more than 1-2 explosive exercises per workout. They are metabolically and mentally demanding, and once you break down the mind muscle connection, your coordination wavers and form suffers.

In the next few posts, we will look at an athlete coming back from injury or sickness and examining all the aspects that need to be considered when putting a training program together. Let’s say the doc cleared them and all is ready to go again.

We will start the rebuilding.

The man is returning to cycling

Lance Armstrong will compete again in Tour de France
ARMSTRONG AIMS FOR 8TH TOUR TITLE
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Article Launched: 09/09/2008 07:40:06 PM PDT

AUSTIN — Lance Armstrong is getting back on his bike, determined to win an eighth Tour de France.

Armstrong's return from cancer to win the Tour a record seven consecutive times made him a hero to cancer patients worldwide and elevated cycling to an unprecedented level in America.

Armstrong, 36, told Vanity Fair in an exclusive interview posted on its Web site Tuesday that he was inspired to return after finishing second last month in the Leadville 100, a lung-searing 100-mile mountain-bike race through the Rocky Mountains.

"This kind of obscure bike race totally kick-started my engine," he told the magazine. "I'm going to try and win an eighth Tour de France."

Armstrong's comeback trail might bring him through the Bay Area.

The cycling journal VeloNews reported on its Web site that Armstrong will compete with the Astana team in the Tour de France and four other road races, including the Amgen Tour of California, which winds through the Bay Area in February. The other road races would be Paris-Nice, the Tour de Georgia and the Dauphine-Libere.

In a video statement on his foundation's Web site, Armstrong said details — such as a team and schedule — will be announced Sept. 24 at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City.

"I am happy to announce that after talking with my children, my family and my closest friends, I have decided to return to professional cycling in order to raise awareness of the
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global cancer burden," Armstrong said in a statement released to the Associated Press. "This year alone, nearly 8 million people will die of cancer worldwide. ... It's now time to address cancer on a global level."

But there are no guarantees Astana will be allowed to race in the 2009 Tour de France. Race officials kept the team out of the 2008 race because of previous doping violations.

If Armstrong and his team aren't invited in 2009, he plans to appeal directly to French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

"I've already put a call in to him," he told Vanity Fair.

In the Vanity Fair interview, Armstrong told the magazine he is 100 percent sure he will compete in the Tour next summer.

"I think it's great," said longtime teammate George Hincapie, who added he spoke with Armstrong on Tuesday morning. "Like I said earlier today, without Lance half the teams in this race probably wouldn't be around. He's done more than anyone for the sport, especially in America and around the world."

Armstrong noted in the magazine interview that other athletes in his age range are competing at a high level, specifically 41-year-old Olympic medalist swimmer Dara Torres and 38-year-old Olympic women's marathon champion Constantina Tomescu-Dita of Romania.

"Older athletes are performing well," he said. "Ask serious sports physiologists and they'll tell you age is a wives' tale."

Age might be an issue for Armstrong in the Tour de France. Only one rider older than 34 has won the Tour — 36-year-old Firmin Lambot in 1922.

The sport has missed Armstrong's star power, though skeptics refuse to believe he could win seven Tours without the help of illegal performance-enhancing drugs. Armstrong has been in several public spats with officials at the World Anti-Doping Agency.

"There's this perception in cycling that this generation is now the cleanest generation we've had in decades, if not forever," Armstrong told Vanity Fair. "And the generation that I raced with was the dirty generation."

Although many riders were caught doping, Armstrong never tested positive and always has maintained he was a clean rider, using hundreds of passed drug tests during his career as proof.

With his riveting victories over cancer and opponents on the bike, to his work for cancer awareness and gossip-page romances, Armstrong has become a modern-day American icon.

He was an established sprint champion when he was diagnosed in 1996 with testicular cancer that had spread to his lungs and brain. Doctors gave him less than a 50 percent chance of survival.

Surgery — he has a half-moon scar on his head from the brain operation — and brutal cycles of chemotherapy saved his life. From there, it was determination and powerful self-discipline that led him back to the bike.

His stunning win at the 1999 Tour de France was just the start. He went from bring a sprinter to a technical expert who could climb mountains at speeds that punished other riders.

Armstrong's goal every year was to win the Tour de France, the sport's biggest race, and he dominated the Pyrenees and Alps like no other rider ever had.

His Lance Armstrong Foundation has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for cancer awareness, but his social life has done just as much to keep him in the spotlight.

After his divorce from Kristin, the mother of his three children, Armstrong has had high-profile relationships with rocker Sheryl Crow, fashion designer Tory Burch and most recently, actor Kate Hudson.

Associated Press Writer Jerome Pugmire in Paris contributed to this report.

Evan Tanner from Sherdog

Former UFC Champ Tanner Dead at 37

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Tuesday, September 09, 2008 by Loretta Hunt (lhunt@sherdog.com) 14334 A body believed to be that of former UFC middleweight champion Evan Tanner was found Monday in the Palo Verde mountain area, the Imperial Valley Press has reported. Calls to the Imperial Valley sheriff’s department and coroner’s office were not immediately returned. Tanner, 37, had embarked on a camping trip some time around Sept. 2 into the desert-like region north of Brawley, Calif., approximately two and a half hours east of San Diego. Sherdog.com has ascertained various unconfirmed reports that Tanner’s body was identified Monday and that relatives have been notified. An autopsy is said to be scheduled for Tuesday. Deana Epperson, who grew up across the street from Tanner and his family in his hometown of Amarillo, Texas, said she'd been told that the fighter had texted friends in Oceanside as late as Thursday, telling them that he'd run out of water and gas for his motorcycle. Authorities were then contacted to try and locate the fighter. Tanner had last been connected to the Compound Mixed Martial Arts & Fitness gym in Oceanside, Calif. Co-owner Claudia Ortega said she and her husband had reached out to Tanner a year ago after he had visited the facility. In recent weeks, Tanner had moved back to the area and visited the gym on a few occasions to train. Ortega said Tanner told her he planned to “take a couple of trips,” then settle at the gym. “He wanted to make it his home,” said Ortega. “”We really wanted to see him succeed in any way he could.” Tanner was a self-made mixed martial arts standout. A two-time state championship wrestler in high school, he made his professional debut on a whim with the Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation in 1997 and defeated three opponents in one night -- including eventual UFC title challenger Paul Buentello -- in one night to win a heavyweight tournament. He would later defend the title against Pride Fighting Championships and UFC veteran Heath Herring, among others. He enjoyed his greatest success in the UFC. Tanner won 10 of his first 12 fights with the promotion, losing only to Tito Ortiz and Rich Franklin. His UFC run was highlighted by his upset victory over David Terrell at UFC 51 in February 2005, as he stopped the Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt on strikes to capture the middleweight championship. Tanner relinquished the 185-pound crown in his rematch with Franklin at UFC 53 four months later, as he absorbed a brutal beating after knocking down the popular Ohioan with a right hand in the first round. Tanner, the first American to win the Pancrase Neo-Blood tournament in Japan, lost four of his last five fights. He made his final appearance inside the Octagon at “The Ultimate Fighter 7” Finale in June, as he dropped a split decision to Kendall Grove in Las Vegas. Tanner had recently started his own blog in association with SpikeTV.com. “I've been sitting around this apartment, bored to tears, waiting on the last of the gear I need for the desert adventure to come in the mail. I've really been looking forward to getting out there,” wrote Tanner. “It seems some MMA websites have reported on the story, posting up that I might die out in the desert, or that it might be my greatest opponent yet, etc. Come on guys. This isn't a version of "Into the Wild". I'm not going out into the desert with a pair of shorts and a bowie knife, to try to live off the land. I'm going fully geared up, and I'm planning on having some fun.” Brian Knapp contributed to this report.

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