No Holds Barred: John Perretti Speaks with Karl List on Injuries in Combat Sports, Part One

Wednesday, 02 December 2009

On this edition of No Holds Barred, host and producer Eddie Goldman
presents the first in a series of shows on the growing number of
injuries in combat sports.

About six years ago, when John Perretti, the legendary lifelong
martial artist and former UFC and Extreme Fighting matchmaker, broke
his back for the second time, he knew he had to seek out the best
person to help with his rehab. That person was the noted fitness
expert and personal trainer Karl List (http://www.karllist.com).

Karl List is a fitness expert with over 20 years of experience as a
personal trainer, and was a natural (drug-free) bodybuilding champion.
He and his wife and business partner, Jodi Friedman List, are the co-
owners of List Integrated Systematic Training. Their clients are
trained at the world-famous Gold's Gym in Venice, California, where
Karl is the only trainer who maintains a client base of personal
trainers.

To address the issue of the growing number of injuries in the combat
sports, John Perretti recently spoke with Karl List. In this first
interview, they discussed a wide range of topics including rehab from
injuries, the need for athletes to train their entire body, bad
training methods used by many boxers, the high injury rate in mixed
martial arts, how the improper punching techniques common in mixed
martial arts lead to injuries for the punchers, the proper use of
machines in training, and more.

If you are or have ever been an athlete, or even if you are just a fan
of the athletes, this series of discussions is indispensible since
they will provide candid and cutting-edge information and analysis
which few media outlets dare to address.

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