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Stephan Kesting · 06-22-2009, 06:32 PM

Hi Guys

I recently interviewed with Jon Chaimberg, a top MMA conditioning coach, based in Montreal Canada!

* Click here to listen to that interview on Grapplearts.com, or
* Click here to subscribe to Grapplearts Radio in iTunes

Jon has worked with many top Mixed Martial Arts fighters, including Georges St-Pierre, Denis Kang, Rashad Evans, Nate Marquardt, David Loiseau, Keith Jardine and many others. Here's footage of a circuit he put together for Denis Kang. In a second clip he's working with GSP, Loiseau and Kang.

It's a very detailed interview, I really did my best to pick his brain, and also Jon pulled no punches. He shared much of his approach for working with fighters and talked about what other people are doing wrong. That's gonna make it a bit controversial, but you can't make an omlette without breaking a few eggs...

More specifically, we talked about the benefits of specific exercises, periodizing your training, Crossfit, whether to do aerobic or anaerobic work, program design, the dangers of overtraining, initial assessments of athletes, and a whole lot more.

You can listen to the whole interview by clicking on the link below and scrolling to the bottom of this post at the Grappling Tips Newsletter

Stephan Kesting
Grapplearts.com

P.S. This is also the inaugural podcast episode of Grapplearts Radio. I plan on adding material periodically (but NOT at predictable intervals), so to download this and future episodes automatically click here to sign up in iTunes - it's completely free and totally simple.

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Stephan Kesting Blue Belt Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 559	What GSP Does for Power and Endurance: An Interview With His Conditioning Coach Hi Guys I recently interviewed with Jon Chaimberg, a top MMA conditioning coach, based in Montreal Canada! * Click here to listen to that interview on Grapplearts.com, or * Click here to subscribe to Grapplearts Radio in iTunes Jon has worked with many top Mixed Martial Arts fighters, including Georges St-Pierre, Denis Kang, Rashad Evans, Nate Marquardt, David Loiseau, Keith Jardine and many others. Here's footage of a circuit he put together for Denis Kang. In a second clip he's working with GSP, Loiseau and Kang. It's a very detailed interview, I really did my best to pick his brain, and also Jon pulled no punches. He shared much of his approach for working with fighters and talked about what other people are doing wrong. That's gonna make it a bit controversial, but you can't make an omlette without breaking a few eggs... More specifically, we talked about the benefits of specific exercises, periodizing your training, Crossfit, whether to do aerobic or anaerobic work, program design, the dangers of overtraining, initial assessments of athletes, and a whole lot more. You can listen to the whole interview by clicking on the link below and scrolling to the bottom of this post at the Grappling Tips Newsletter Stephan Kesting Grapplearts.com P.S. This is also the inaugural podcast episode of Grapplearts Radio. I plan on adding material periodically (but NOT at predictable intervals), so to download this and future episodes automatically click here to sign up in iTunes - it's completely free and totally simple.