The Charles Eoghan Experience

Luke Martin, an Australian jiu-jitsu coach and Sydney West Martial Arts owner, reveals how athletes can accelerate their development toward ADCC. He covers efficient class structures, fundamentals, partner selection, and smart training intensity. The conversation also explores Josh Saunders’ ADCC preparation, sport-specific conditioning, tournament fueling, weight cuts, strength training, and building a gas tank for elite grappling.

Alex Sterner, strength and conditioning coach and owner of Electrum Performance, trains elite Brazilian jiu-jitsu champions. He breaks down how to build serious cardio, from aerobic base work and Norwegian intervals to practical zone two training. They explore recovery between rounds, sustainable conditioning habits, low-impact machines, injury rehab, fat loss, and an eight-week plan for lasting performance.

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Faris Benlamkadem, an IBJJF world champion, ADCC competitor, and international coach, returns for a wide-ranging conversation. He discusses recovering from knee bursitis, ecological training through constraint games, wrestling’s growing role, and preparing for ADCC. The conversation also explores athlete pay, public controversy, faith and discipline, gambling, social media, seminar pricing, and turning elite experience into online coaching.

Casual banter about cars and warm-up wrestling starts things off. Practical priorities for white belts like escapes and basic submissions get covered. A debate on why a carnivore diet harms BJJ performance. Guidance on safe weight cuts and ideal teen weight goals. Training structure talk compares three-day full body vs upper/lower splits.

Alex Sterner (coach of ATO World Champions) & Charles discuss all things strength and conditioning for combat sports Where to find Alex: https://www.instagram.com/alex.sterner/Where to find Charles: www.charlesallanprice.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

They talk mount pressure, half-guard strategies and how top athletes control position. Seated guard, duck-unders and judo-style foot sweeps come up. Strength, tapering and safe squat/bench/deadlift progressions are discussed. Entries for outside heel hooks and finishing details are covered. A step-by-step guard curriculum and conditioning for grapplers round out the conversation.

They discuss strategies for handling larger training partners and sparring smart. Nutrition, weight cutting and getting conditioned for double sessions come up. Training culture, judo footwork, takedowns and guard passing are explored. Strength versus hypertrophy programming and quad-focused machine work are debated. Leg-lock priorities and constructive sparring goals finish the chat.

Shay Montague, competitive jiu-jitsu athlete and IBJJF no-gi world champion, shares tournament strategy and training rituals. He breaks down passing, stacking and knee-wedge techniques. They trade gritty anecdotes about travel, weight cuts, crowd chaos and match mindsets. Fast-paced tips on starting matches, maintaining position and balancing strength with gi prep.

Eoghan O'Flanagan & Charles Allan Price have an aimless discussion - topics around seated vs supine guard, wrestling, cooking/nutrition, conspiracies and recent events. Less Impressed More Involved: https://outlierdb.com/ - use code RUNESCAPE for 50% off your first monthHow to work with us:Charles Strength Training Programs  Get free 7 day Mat Strong Program: https://mailchi.mp/charlesallanprice/mat-strong-landing-page Get The Mat Strong Program: https://app.fitr.training/p/matstrongonline 1:1 Coaching Inquiries: https://7kdbbkmkmsl.typeform.com/to/nSZHpCOL Eoghan’s InstructionalsEoghans Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/eoghanoflanagansubmissiongrappling?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaeVwoFHqyoZbzOnBQj1A_HdJuseIdZ5JeBDv2WviMJErMprNx8nBaRtazKB8A_aem_hDebDKTGIEpirScyGQEG0w Leg Lock Instructional: https://bjjfanatics.com/products/leglocks-the-uk-variant-by-eoghan-oflanagan Half Butterfly Instructional: https://bjjfanatics.com/products/down-right-sloppy-half-butterfly-by-eoghan-oflanagan Countering the outside passer: https://bjjfanatics.com/products/sloppy-seconds-countering-the-outside-passer-by-eoghan-o-flanagan  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.