PERFORMANCE
SYSTEM
A complete 52-week annual system built on a repeatable 24-week double-cycle — run twice per year for two competition peaks. Six phases. Nine sport-specific tracks. Built on evidence, refined through competition, designed to make you physically better at your sport — without breaking down the athlete underneath it.
DIGITAL ACCESS · COMPLETE ANNUAL SYSTEM · ALL SPORT TRACKS INCLUDED
Not Everything.
Exactly One Thing.
The Combat Performance System is a strength and conditioning program — not a fitness program in combat clothes. The distinction matters. Every decision in the design serves a single purpose: making you physically better at your sport.
Most Combat Athletes
Train. Few Develop.
The difference between a combat athlete who trains hard and one who performs at a high level is not only technique. It is physical quality — the ability to generate force faster, sustain output longer, recover between exchanges, and stay structurally intact through a competitive season.
Most combat athletes who lift weights are doing bodybuilding programming with fight-themed names attached. The loading parameters, exercise selection, and periodization have no relationship to what their sport actually demands.
The Combat Performance System is built around what combat sports actually demand: rate of force development, repeated explosive output, isometric strength in uncomfortable positions, aerobic base with repeated sprint capacity — and the fatigue management to train all of it alongside 2–6 technical sessions per week.
Seven Pillars.
Every training decision in the CPS traces back to one or more of these physical quality targets. If an exercise doesn't serve one of these pillars, it is not in the program.
Six Phases.
One System.
The program runs as a 24-week competition cycle, repeated twice per year for two competition peaks. Each phase builds on the last. Cutting phases short produces diminished returns. The system only works when the sequence is followed.
Aerobic base. Movement quality. Structural capacity. The work that makes every other phase possible. High volume, moderate intensity.
Maximum and relative strength development. Neural drive. The foundation phase most combat athletes skip — and pay for later.
Convert strength to explosive power. Rate of force development. Rotational power. Anaerobic capacity development begins here.
Peak power expression. Maintain strength. Sport-specific conditioning with progressive taper. Manage fatigue from elevated technical volume.
Pre-competition protocols. Weight cut recovery. Tournament-day priming. Multi-day event management.
Active recovery, structural maintenance, reassessment, and preparation for the next cycle. The phase most athletes skip — which is why they break down.
Your Sport.
Your Modifications.
Every track is programmed within the same annual structure. The core S&C work is universal — the track applies sport-specific priorities, exercise selections, and conditioning demands that match what your sport actually requires.
What's Inside.
After One Cycle.
Who This Is Not For.
The CPS is built for intermediate-to-advanced competitive combat athletes. If you are new to strength training or new to your sport, start with the Reconstruction Foundation first — this system assumes you can barbell squat and deadlift with sound mechanics, perform a set of pull-ups, and have a minimum 6-month base of technical training in your sport.
If you have an active structural injury — lower back, shoulder, knee — address that first with a targeted protocol before loading this system on top of it. An unmanaged injury running through a high-load S&C program compounds the problem. Fix the structure, then build performance on top of it.
If you are unsure, the free OCA Assessment identifies exactly where your system is and which program addresses it first.
COMBAT
PERFORMANCE
SYSTEM.
An annual architecture. Six phases. Nine tracks. Built to make you physically better at your sport — not to make the program look impressive.
Equipment minimum: barbell, plates, rack, pull-up bar, kettlebells. If you train in a garage or combat gym, we've got you covered. Recommended: sled, assault bike.
Full OCA Audit integrated. Annual planning calendar included. Sport-specific tracks all included at one price.