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Matt explained their approach, “The basics must be established before an athlete can progress to advanced levels. You would be amazed at how many pro athletes have so many basic physical issues. In my experience, MMA fighters have the worst agility and hand strength issues when weights don’t come with handles. Even high school athletes to college athletes have some of the worst forms in the most basic of lifts, including squats, cleans, dead lifts, etc. The basics establish the API method regarding every athlete prior to increasing speed and weight.”

An average Joe should do Caveman training about three to four days a week at most and incorporate both cardio and strength days. That means that the average Joe would be in a beginner’s or intermediate class and could pull off doing that many training sessions per week.

Pro fighters should be doing a periodical schedule of at least two days per week. And, more importantly, they should listen to the strength and conditioning instructor when it comes to tapering and stopping rather than listening to their technical coaches. Matt elaborated: “That is one of the sore spots that Scott and I have had to deal with—technical coaches overriding a periodical schedule for professional fights. I can’t think of us going to an MMA or grappling class and telling the athlete, ‘you don’t have to work on your strikes because we’ll take it from here up to your fight’ Are you fucking kidding me! It’s a passionate topic that is still pretty raw to both Scott and I.”