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The second benefit to training with API is the brotherhood formed from working with such intensity, similar to that in the military. The mind gets tougher, too, as you work through many points of exhaustion and fatigue; you want to stop, but you keep going, with everyone helping to motivate you. Once you step into the ring or cage to fight, you know you did all that you could to prepare. The fight would probably be easier than the grueling training, and that edge alone could prove to be the deciding factor between getting a Win or Loss on a fighter’s record.

API’s Matt Olson grew up in Hopkins, Minnesota after being adopted from South Korea along with his two older sisters. He also has a younger brother from his adoptive parents, regarding whom Matt added, “Poor Adam; he grew up thinking he was Korean until he started the first grade.” Matt had the typical upbringing playing many different sports, but it was weightlifting that always played an important role in his life. He was also actively involved in the Catholic Church and the Boy Scouts of America.