Archive for the ‘Team Cruz’ Tag
Article By Coach Dog Balzarini Even though I recapped every one of my 12-week experience (Start here), I wanted to share some final thoughts. I’ve been home for a week now and, while I’ve been going non-stop with client training, meetings, and moving to a new apartment; I thought it would be interesting to look back on the experience after a little time had passed to see what continued to stick out in my mind. Here is a free-flow of some of the highlights as I reminisce: Initial meeting with the UFC staff Great, hard-working people. If you needed anything…
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Week 8 started a little rough…we woke up with no running water on Sunday morning. Pipes burst in the complex so we were shower-less for the day. With no practices scheduled in the morning, I worked on my computer and finished up an article for EliteFTS on “playground training”…hoping it will be published in the coming weeks. Dom and I ran to the TUF set to use their shower and then we met up with our Team Cruz athletes at a neighborhood park for a cookout. I mentioned last week that we were giving the guys a few extra days…
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Monday was a full day of training clients in San Diego. I finished up with my last client around 5:30pm. It was great to catch up with my home clients and see how they were doing with their health and fitness. I truly do hate being away from them for so long….fortunately, we have passed the 1/2 point of the show so we are getting closer to the end. Tuesday started with a morning kettlebell session (TGU’s, snatches, swings, and windmills) and then on the plane back to Sin City. I met a bunch of the athletes at Chipotle for…
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Another long week in the books! I woke up early Sunday and hit up a neighborhood park for a kettlebell workout with some hills sprints mixed in. I recently signed up for the RKC workshop so I really need to start grooving the kettlebell movements. After the workout, I relaxed by the pool for a couple hours and started reading “Easy Strength” by Dan John and Pavel. I’m about 1/2 through and it’s an awesome book. I highly recommend it. After a couple hours of relaxing it was off for a TUF conditioning session. Since the guys are locked up…
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It was definitely nice to stay out in Vegas and not have to deal with the long drive this week. I miss not getting back to work with my San Diego clients but I know they are working hard and getting their “homework” done. We are pretty much in a solid routine at this point…good breakfast in the morning, TUF show training, team training at Throwdown, lunch, second TUF show training, second team training at Throwdown, dinner, pass out. Repeat the next day. It’s a long grind but the guys are all working hard and getting better every week. Monday…
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Article by MMAjunkie.com The seventh episode of “The Ultimate Fighter: Live” opens up with a brief recap of this past week’s episode, which saw Urijah Faber’s team earn its third-straight win over Dominick Cruz’s squad, taking the lead in the season series after dropping the first two fights. Both Cruz and UFC president Dana White recount how well Chris Tickle was doing in the past week’s fight before Joe Proctor scored a takedown and moved quickly to the back for an impressive tap. Faber admits he’s excited at the latest result and knows Cruz is probably getting annoyed at the…
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The Ultimate Fighter LIVE reenactment of awkward moment by UFC Fighters Dominick Cruz (as Himself & Urijah Faber), Ross Pearson (as Dana White), Bellator Fighter Scott Heckman (as Justin Lawrence) and Eric Del Fierro, Phil Davis, Lloyd Irvin, Wilson Reis, Jeremy Stephens, Mike Easton, Tyson Griffin, Shannon Slack all as Team Faber.
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Article By Strength & Conditioning Coach Doug Balzarini Week 3 was another great week. They are long grinds, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. Like last week, I was in San Diego on Monday training clients. I truly enjoy working with so many different populations; it challenges me and keeps me on task and always wanting to learn more. During a normal week, I will work with a UFC champion, many amateur and professional fighters, middle-aged business executives, athlete clients in their 20′s, and a client who is in her mid-70′s. After a full day of training at…
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UFC Fighter Jeremy “Lil Heathen” Stephens & TEAM CRUZ in Las Vegas at SunBuggy.com March, 2012 Follow Jeremy Stephens Website: http://www.lilheathenmma.com/ Facebook: LilHeathenMMA Twitter: @lilheathenmma
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The Ultimate Fighter TUF15 TEAM CRUZ: Coach Eric Del Fierro’s Weekly Video Blog ENGLISH
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The Ultimate Fighter 15 TEAM CRUZ: Coach Eric Del Fierro’s Weekly Video Blog Spanish
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Article by John Morgan Following a two-and-a-half hour special debut episode, “The Ultimate Fighter: Live” returns to its familiar one-hour format this week. However, unlike past seasons, the episode starts with taped content created from the previous week’s events before airing a live elimination fight. Episode No. 2 of “TUF: Live” starts with a live look into the locker rooms of the “TUF” gym, with one fighter warming up from each team. With the team selections yet to be revealed, the fighters’ identities remain a mystery. This past week’s elimination fights are recapped while a countdown clock to this episode’s…
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Every week or so I plan to share a couple thoughts and experiences I had while out in Las Vegas for the MMA reality show, “The Ultimate Fighter”. For me, week 1 began on Tuesday (3/6) when I made the extremely windy drive out to Sin City first thing in the morning. I got settled in to my condo which will be my home for the better part of the next 3 months. I met up with my 3 roommates, UFC Champ Dominick Cruz, Tigger, and Marley. The first guy you probably know, the other two are Dom’s cats. It…
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The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) LIVE on FOX TEAM CRUZ Viewing Party / Birthday Celebration Friday At Alliance Training Center WHEN: Friday 9, March 2012 TIME: 6:00PM PST WHERE: 795 Third Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91910
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Article by: FOX Sports The Ultimate Fighter Live coach & UFC Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz answered some final questions before making the trip to Vegas for TUF 15. TUF: What do you think of Urijah Faber as a fighter and as a coach? Cruz: I respect his game as a fighter and even as a coach. I haven’t seen him coach and I haven’t worked with him, but judging by some of the things he has done with the guys that he’s got I think he’s got good coaching skills. But that really doesn’t pertain to me or influence the…
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