Finished filming on the set of Lane and Russel. Here is a look:

Posted on April 5, 2013 by The Machine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzlFpO76ReU

Now taking bookings for you to reserve your spot to come to my private gym and be trained by me!

Posted on September 23, 2012 by The Machine

Weekend Private Training Camp

After the tremendous success of my world record neck feat, I have had
many inquiries from people about how they can come train with me. I am
offering a private camp for those of you who are interested in getting
trained by me. This weekend camp will be available any time of the year
that fits into my schedule. I have to emphasize that you need to enroll
quickly, since I will only take 4 people.

Read below for the details:

I am holding a 2 day intensive training camp for all skill levels, and
I am offering it exclusively to my national and international based
students/clients only (no local registrations will be accepted). I am
STRICTLY limiting enrollment to 4 people and it is on a first come,
first serve basis. I will not reserve spots for anyone….NO
EXCEPTIONS. When the spots are filled, enrollment will be closed so I
strongly suggest you act soon to enroll.

You will fly in on a friday to Lexington KY Airport. I will pick you up
and bring you to your hotel then to my gym. Here I will cover the
training that will be done on saturday.
You will then fly out on sunday before 3:00pm.

I usually stick to strict curriculum but will not do so while you are
here. I want to give you the best service I can so I will cover a vast
amount of material.

Here is a sampling of some of the material that will be covered:

Introduction to Physical Power and Phenominal Conditioning: Both of
these methods will be covered in detail such as:
Intro to the Super Sprawl, The importance of Partials and how they can
build insane power, The Overhead Dumbbell Swing and how it is one of
the most important all around strength/conditioning tools we have,
Protect your Neck: all their is to know about the importance of
building a strong neck, A comprehensive veiw of the Deadlift and all
it’s many benefits and much more.

Intro to Submission Wrestling with The PCS-5 system:
Position-Control-Submission, Wrestling as a Conditioner.
(only applicable if you are interested)

Hand/Hand Combatives

“Roughing Up” intro to wherever it tickles it hurts. How to use your
knuckles, elbows, finger tips, where to grip for maximum pain.
(material from my dvd Dirty Fighting)

Foundations of Takedowns and Throws
(Let the Stretching Begin)

Submissions: Offensive and defensive and their counters/escapes
This is off the PCS-5 curriculum & Let The Stretching Begin.

Lethal Weapon- Mental development and Character building skills that
teach the student that the most lethal and powerful weapon we have is
our mind. Here I referance certain material that I call AMMO to further
development a warrior mindset.

Defensive Tactics For The Real World.

Drills: You will be exposed to many drills and exercises designed to
enhance both your striking and grappling skills

and much more…..

For your lodging information, feel free to email me and I will supply
you a list of hotels/motels in the area. Flying in to Lexington
Bluegrass Airport will land you closest to our gym.

The cost of this training camp is $499.00. You will receive a
certificate of completion at the end of the week.

Email me here [3]rippermachine@hotmail.com and confirm your
enrollment.
Once I know you’re serious about attending I will send you the payment
link.
Links:
3. mailto:rippermachine@hotmail.com

The training, while intense and hard, will be safe and very rewarding.
You will learn truly world class techniques and no matter what your
current skill level, you will leave here a better Strength practionner.

I look forward to seeing you soon in Kentucky!

Mike “The Machine” Bruce
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Coaches & Wardens

Posted on July 21, 2012 by The Machine

Ya know, I just don’t get how some coaches push kids so much that the kid breaks down mentally, physically and to the point he under performs.Then the coach belittles and downgrades the youth in front of everyone else.

The coach takes it personal as if the youth is sandbagging it or taking it easy.

I see this a lot in the town that I live in.

Most of the time (not all the time) these coaches are guys who never made it in their sport and act more like heartless wardens taking out their insecurities and regrets on the kids.

Their only concern is winning.

Sport is competition and I’m all for it. I believe that competition brings out the best in us as humans. It teaches us many attributes that can be carried over to our daily life.

Some of these are:

work ethic
discipline
integrity
patience
consistency
mental toughness
goal setting
goal attaining
disappointment
physical culture

These values will carry over to the child’s walk in society as they get older.

Sport is also to be fun, many times as children we played sports that we enjoyed. I never knew anyone in my hometown that played a sport that they didn’t like.

Here in KY I have seen kids playing sports they have no interest in but their father is making them play. Another example of an adult trying to live their dreams/regrets through their child.

I don’t understand this.

Why make a kid do a sport that they have no interest in? I agree all kids should be involved in something.

Does it really matter if your son wants to be in the chess club instead of a football player?

Maybe your daughter wants be in an after school art program instead of playing basketball.

If a kid enjoys what they are doing then they will do their best to excel at it.

Period.

I don’t have children but I have about 20 kids ranging in the ages of 6-17 that I train at my Machine Shop Gym LLC 3 days per week. During my time in the USMC I was in charge of getting the other recruits up to speed on their conditioning to pass boot camp. I have experience.

I am a strength & conditioning coach, I am a USMC Honor Grad and a former 5x Submission Wrestling champion.

I know how to get people in shape and I pride myself on knowing how far to push kids and when to back off and deload their training.

You may know the sport that these kids are playing under your tutelage but this doesn’t mean you know strength and conditioning. In my area these guys don’t have a clue.

They wouldn’t mean what a “deload week” is if it came up and smashed them in the face.

It is the same old training, the same repetitions, sets and more of running the kids into the ground with these marathon conditioning sessions often 2-3 times per day.

And you wonder why the kid gets injured or starts to not perform up to par.

I know from first hand experience what it’s like to be sleep deprived, hungry, training with no energy, training through injury, training at all hours of the night, never falling out of a run for fear of the corpsman coming with his thermometer and having your oil checked on the side of the road, I’ve made a 5 mile run on one good leg with a badly twisted right knee leading my platoon with flag in hand.

This is high school sports people, it sickens me when parents call me or show up to my gym and tell me their child is out with an injury.

When I ask what happened, I’m told of some foolish training by a “want to be” strength and conditioning coach who pushed the kid way too far.

Often when the kid gets hurt bad enough then they lose their top spot on the team.

It is not about YOU, the coach. It is about the kids.

You need to get off your high and mighty arse and stop worrying about the politics of the town or your winning record.

Come back to reality and allow the kids to shine.

I had instance 4 years ago when I first opened my gym.

I was approached to train 6 football players, 2 of them were top boys who ended up going off to college to play ball. They came to me 3 days per week.

These guys were getting in great shape and it was starting to show on the practice field. The coaches and parents were taking notice.

My program works.

This one coach who is a big fish in a little pond with an ego the size of the state got butt hurt when he tried to take credit for the kids new conditioning but was told by the kids it was because they trained with me.

I don’t know anything about football but I know how to get a boy or girl in top shape.

When this guy started talking badly about me the kids, his own players stuck up for me as did one parent who had a confrontation with this coach.

This was crazy, you would think this little town and their players were the NFL or NBA draft for crying out loud.

I did not go out and scout the kids to start training them.

They came to me.

My goal is to make everyone that comes under my care the very best they can be with what they have.

It is not about me nor will it ever be.

My goal is to provide an environment where we train hard, learn life skills to better ourselves physically, mentally and become the best we can in all walks of our life.

I enjoy serving others and will continue to do so. I had my time in the spotlight and understand that it is not about me. As a man we need to realize that putting others first and stepping back in to the shadows demonstrates a maximized man who knows who he is, where he has been and where he is going.