Written by Mark Mian of AlterCenter
Core/Abdominal training is the foundation of martial arts fitness, period. As mentioned in the first Kick Your Abs post, complete core training means exercising both core movers and “inner” core stabilizers. The first post gave you a program to train all your movers for Muaythai. This month’s KYA […]

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Written by Mark Mian of AlterCenter
A belated Happy Thanksgiving to all the Americans on MMT. While the rest of the nation kicks off the holiday season by eating everything within reach, I figure now’s a good time to give y’all a gut-busting antidote to all the holiday cheer and beer…
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Written by Mark Mian of AlterCenter
[NOTE! I decided the original posting I wrote was a little hard to digest (pun intended). I’ve revised it to make the info more practical for everyone.]
NUTRITION CONFUSION
Especially over the past two decades, a debate has been raging about the right balance of protein, carbohydrates, and fat for humans […]

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Written by Mark Mian of the AlterCenter
Kick Your Abs, Episode 1
Here’s an Inescapable Law of Nature: your core is the most important thing to condition in your body. Period. If you do nothing else to support your Muaythai conditioning, train your core. Actually, if you do nothing else at all, just train your […]

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By Mark Mian of the AlterCenter

Boxers and martial artists have always been warned about developing heavy, slow and inefficient muscles by lifting weights. Beyond pushups, pullups, and situps Thai fighters themselves rarely engage in other forms of resistance training to supplement their conditioning. There is merit to this: weight lifting alone will […]

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Hey Fellas,
I’m excited to introduce you guys to Mark Mian. He’s a co-founder of the AlterCenter in San Francisco.
I met Mark about a year ago when he was training Neungsiam (my trainer). Neungsiam had taken quite the hiatus from the ring and needed every advantage to get back into fighting shape.
Personally if I had […]

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