UNDERGROUND TRAINING PHILOSOPHY

Training Objectives Hierarchy
Strength and Conditioning Training Philosophy
General Training Philosophy
Nutritional Philosophy
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Training Objectives Hierarchy

Feel great
(primal objective – great health & pain-free mobility)

Perform great
(secondary objective – maximize your ability to perform under any
circumstances)

Look great
(merely a side effect of the first two objectives)
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General Training Philosophy










  • Continuously develop and improve yourself on all levels, including spiritual,
    mental, emotional and physical

  • Continuously develop a strong and flexible mind by staying positive,
    disciplined and focused, learning new things and taking yourself further
    then accustomed

  • Continuously develop a strong foundation for your activities by consuming
    healthy foods and drinks in the right quantities, combinations and
    proportions, utilizing and merging concepts from yoga, food combining,
    Zone diet and raw eating

  • Continuously develop a strong and diversified conditioning base by
    merging together the best training methods and exercises from movement
    based conditioning systems, such as gymnastics, Russian kettlebell sport,
    Olympic weightlifting and yoga, among some others

  • Continuously develop a strong and diversified fighting style by merging
    together the strongest points from realistic martial arts and combat sports,
    such as Western boxing, Muay Thai, freestyle wrestling, Greco Roman
    wrestling, judo, sambo, catch, submission wrestling, ju-jitsu, MMA and
    Russian Systema
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Strength and Conditioning Training Philosophy










  • Train as an athlete and develop athleticism, because this is the most
    productive, functional and fun way to train

  • Everything is core training, if you apply your core in every exercise

  • Practice with ground based, closed chain and full range of motion
    compound movements, because that’s how your body is designed to move

  • Training practices should be short and intense, in order to take advantage
    of neiroendocrinal response

  • Develop a complete and pain free Range of Motion, to ensure “effortless"
    mobility for many years to come

  • Develop good General Physical Preparedness (GPP) base before
    specializing, because the wider your foundation is the taller the building
    can stand

  • Develop Strength and balance it well among the six Basic Movement
    Patterns to minimize overuse and performance injuries

  • Train to develop explosive Power and Speed, because it will help you to
    dominate your competition

  • Train your Conditioning to perform at the most output, because in sports
    you need to display that speed and power repetitively until the last whistle
    and in life it enhances your health

  • Train both bilateraly and unilaterally, meaning two and one limb at the time,
    as movements in sport and life are done that way

  • Train your grip, because if you cannot hold on to what you are working with,
    whether it is a shovel or an opponent, the strength of your body is irrelevant

  • Train for mental toughness, as it often comes down to who wants it the
    most and who can make the best out of the most unfortunate circumstances

  • Superset the majority of your movements and exercises for maximum
    synergistic effect

  • Periodize your practice, meaning alternating easy, medium and hard
    exercises, practice sessions and weeks

  • Compliment and Support your training and life with healthy lifestyle,
    nutrition and active rest for optimum long term results
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Nutritional Philosophy










  • Educate yourself all the time about nutrition and its effect on the body and
    performance

  • Understand that YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT literally, and eat great in order
    to be great

  • Understand that NOT ALL CALORIES ARE CREATED EQUAL (same
    amount of calories from a salmon salad and a pizza will have dramatically
    different effect on your body)

  • Eat natural organic wholesome foods rich in micronutrients, such as
    minerals, vitamins and fiber

  • The majority of your food should be unprocessed (raw) and fresh

  • Breakfast and a post-workout meal are the two most important
meals and you should avoid missing them

  • Every meal, unless it is small snack in between meals should either be well
    balanced between proteins, carbohydrates and fats or maintain that
    balance between separate meals

  • Make water and fresh-squeezed juices your drinks of choice

  • Eat your fruits ten to fifteen minutes BEFORE the rest of the meal. Fruits
    go through the stomach very quickly. That is why because if they are
    consumed during or after it will sit in your stomach and rotten

  • You should eat approximately every three hours in order to keep your blood
    sugar leveled and, therefore, avoid excessive insulin spikes and all the fat
    on your body that comes with it

  • Your organic protein choices, such as chicken, fish, lean meats,
eggs should be paired up with rich selection of vegetables, including tomatoes,
reddish, onion, cucumber, broccoli and others for optimum digestion and
absorption

  • Avoid extremes in diet approaches, like crash diets or diets that
lean excessively in one direction (Atkins)

  • Avoid overly processed foods (fried and deep fried, white bread, bagels,
    pasta) as they cloak your body and rob it of nutrients instead of providing
    them

  • Avoid foods with labels that have too many ingredients (more than a few)
    and which ingredient list requires a chemistry degree

  • Avoid products that have sugar as a main ingredient, as it makes you fat,
    hectic, loosing teeth and bone tissue and to become weak and sick. Enjoy
    sweet fruits and honey instead

  • Avoid genetically modified foods

  • Include Nature’s Super Foods, such as: Radish, Pomegranates, Pumpkin
    Seeds, Ginger, Coconut Oil, Hemp Seeds, Olive Oil, Papaya, Blue Green
    Algae, Gogi Berries, Cranberries…
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