01/25/2026

Back in 2020, I picked up Tim Ferriss' book the 4-Hour Body and discovered a concept that's been floating around inside my head ever since: The Minimum Effective Dose (MED). Ferriss championed this in the book (effectively, I ...

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01/25/2026

I don't want to go to jiu-jitsu this morning. It's Monday at 05:43 AM as I write this and I'm sitting in a supremely comfortable Herman Miller chair, at an ergonomic desk set to just the right height ...

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01/11/2026

Let's play jiu-jitsu. We love to practice the sport, but when we go around telling outsiders we're practitioners—it makes jiu-jitsu sound like some sort of quackery alternative medicine. And saying we 'train jiu-jitsu' sounds like we're begging to ...

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01/04/2026

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is my hobby. I’ve been a martial arts hobbyist for 26 years. Back in 1999 I didn’t have the language to say that. But what do you call someone who picked it up while working in ...

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11/26/2025

Across all promotions, across borders, across continents, music has been constant; not just in MMA, but virtually all sports. We're talking walkouts here; these days, everyone from fighters to baseball players gets their moment with a song. Music ...

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11/19/2025

Since taking over the gym this summer, things have been pretty hairy around here. Turns out all my management experience in B2B, retail and corporate left me profoundly unskilled for gym ownership. Fortunately, we have a great team ...

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