well, sorry its been a few days since my last post. i get so carried away with training and all that when i get home i hit some cod4 and usually crash, so that i can get up at 8 and start it all over again. man i cant wait for this fight. i appreciate all of you who have been regulars to the site and those who just drop by thank you too. June 1st arco arena, damn am i excited. hope you all had a great week and a good weekend. drop a line and say hi.

evil

This is the first article in a series on nutrition for hard training athletes.

MMA is arguably one of the most demanding sports a person can undertake. It requires explosive strength, massive cardiovascular endurance, a high tolerance for pain and mental toughness that most people couldn’t endure. The training regimen to be competitive in this sport is equally demanding. Many MMA athletes train multiple times per day. While people in other less demanding sports may get away without paying too much attention to their nutrition, an MMA fighter may quickly find out they are lacking the energy and motivation to focus which can quickly lead to poor performance and injury.

As our bodies undergo strenuous physical activity, a very complex cascade of chemical reactions takes place to produce energy. A byproduct of this intense chemical cascade is oxidative damage from increased production of free radicals. The harder the workout, the more free radicals are generated. Free radicals are basically molecules with a single unpaired electron in their outer shell. If you remember your chemistry classes; because these molecules are missing an electron they are now unstable and will try to reach equilibrium by replacing their lost electron. As they get in close proximity of other cells, they pull the electron with the weaker bond from those tissues, causing damage to those cells. Now the other cell has an unpaired electron in its outer shell and becomes a free radical itself. This causes a free radical chain reaction. Unfortunately, the cells that are most often damaged by this phenomenon are lungs, muscles and heart tissue. The symptoms of free radical damage will manifest as muscle soreness and inflammation. This can slow down recovery and do harm to an athlete’s health and performance.

From March 15th, 2008. My name is, Laura Cowan and I live in Oklahoma. This picture was taken by my husband, Michael at the C3Fights Contender III, in Oklahoma City.

hey just wanted to put it on the website as well. happy b day abel you old bastard lol. no for real tho just wanted to put it up here for all to see. hope you have a great day.

hey i am off to Oklahoma city this weekend. gonna attend the fights down there so if any one is in town for sure stop by and say hello. i will get at you all later on.

ok with every thing that has been going on, i am sorry to all for not responding sooner. I promise that will not happen again. i am gonna keep this one short and sweet but i want to thank all of you for being on here and for the support, it means the world to me and often times is the only reason i get up and go back in there to train. i will do my best to respond as much as i can as often as i can. talk to you all later.

jens