The Charles Eoghan Experience #144 How To Build Crazy Explosiveness For Combat Sports
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Mar 21, 2026 Talks cover building upper-body plyometrics and explosive training methods for combat sports. They debate sprinting versus plyometrics and Olympic lifting for grappling conditioning. Conversations include seminar planning with elite grapplers and matchmaking for competitions. There are playful detours into steak-cooking techniques, gym etiquette, and humorous hypotheticals about extra limbs.
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Moisturizer On Mats Makes Training Dangerous
- Charles and Eoghan shared a recurring gym annoyance: training partners using moisturizer and making mats slippery.
- They described slipping unexpectedly during foot sweeps and asked people to moisturize only after class.
Turning Social Collabs Into Seminars
- Charles described connecting with Olympic wrestlers by making training content and inviting them to seminars.
- He messaged Saman after a collab, requested lifting clips, and turned that into a seminar opportunity in London.
Knee Plyo Throws For Scaled Upper Body Power
- Use knee-based plyo throw drills for building upper-body reactive strength if push-up variations are hard.
- Charles suggests doing knee throws where you explosively throw hands up and catch yourself, then walk back and repeat.