Review "If you are a combat athlete and don't read this, you don’t want to win! My students did!" -- Renzo Gracie, Pride Champion, Best selling author, August 21, 2004"Martin is a complete coach. He knows about what he writes, and I use many of his techniques in Brazil." -- Wanderlei Silva, Pride Grand Prix Champion, August 20, 2004"Martin's training system taught me there is no practice without principles. This book helped me win the KOP title." -- Ricardo Almeida, Middleweight King of Pancrase, August 23, 2004 Read more About the Author Martin Rooney is a Performance Enhancement Specialist with a Master of Health Science and Bachelor of Physical Therapy from the Medical University of South Carolina. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Exercise Science from Furman University. Martin was a member of the United States Bobsled team from 1995-1997, 2000 and a four-time All Conference, MVP performer in Track and Field at Furman. In 1998, Martin began training at the Renzo Gracie Academy in NYC. Martin is currently a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Ricardo Almeida. Martin is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist under NSCA and a member of the Society of Weight Training Injury Specialists. He is also a certified in Active Release Technique for the upper extremity and certified in the lower extremity by the Institute of Flexibility Sciences. He also currently writes for the Elite Fitness Systems Website and is a columnist on the editorial counsel for Brazil’s Gracie Magazine. Martin has lectured for the American College of Sports Medicine, Gracie Barra in Rio, and has been commissioned by Nike to run speed testing camps at a number of major universities. He has written a training text called "Train to Win", and also coauthored two other books on the forty yard dash and the vertical jump. He has traveled as far as Brazil, Japan and the Middle East (Abu Dhabi)to train and help prepare fighters for events such as Pride, UFC, and ADCC. Currently, Martin is the director of the Parisi Speed School. In addition to training many world champion martial artists, Martin has also been a speed consultant to the New York Giants as well as other athletes from the NFL, MLB, NBA, WNBA and numerous top Division I colleges across the country. He has also trained Olympians including one gold, and one silver medalist. Read more
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