About the programs
Built by a grappler, for grapplers
Most training content for grapplers is written from experience and asserted with confidence. Experience matters — but you deserve to know what the programming is built on, who built it, and where the edges of that are.
Evidence first, then the mat
The programming is built on principles drawn from the National Strength and Conditioning Association, the National Academy of Sports Medicine, and open peer-reviewed sport-science literature — then shaped into grappler-specific periodisation rather than borrowed wholesale from general fitness.
Written for how grapplers actually train
A wrestler's Tuesday is not a lifter's Tuesday. Mat time is training load whether or not it felt like it, so the programming counts it: hard rounds reduce the session that follows, and a heavy week shows up in the loads before it shows up in an injury.
Measured, not asserted
Competitor Athlete scores four benchmark tests against standards for your sex, age and weight class, and retests every ninety days. Either the number moves or the programme was not working — that is a harder claim to make than "trust me", and a more useful one.
AI does the reading, not the coaching
AI systematically reviews and synthesises the source material into structured blocks. The judgement about what belongs in a grappler's week — what to cut, what a hard camp actually costs, when to back off — is mine.
Background
I am completing a Master’s degree in Strength and Conditioning. Before that I spent over twenty years in military leadership and coaching, serving as an instructor in the Modern Army Combatives Program and as a Physical Training Instructor — which is where I learned that the best programme is the one people can actually execute on four hours of sleep.
I have trained Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu since 2021 and study wrestling. I am still a student of both, which is the point: this is written by someone currently doing the training, not someone remembering it.
What I am not
I am not yet a certified strength and conditioning coach. These programmes combine the academic principles I am studying with real coaching experience from military combatives and the mats. I would rather you heard that from me than found it out later.
These are educational training templates, not personal coaching. They cannot see your last match, feel your knee, or watch your technique break down in round four. They are not a substitute for a coach who can, and they are not medical advice. Talk to a qualified healthcare professional before starting any new training programme — particularly if you are carrying an injury or managing weight for competition.
See it before you pay for it
The 5-Day Starter is a complete standalone programme — Forge, Foundation, the Mobility Flow and a mat-transfer day, in short and long versions. No card required.
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