Ryan Murdock

Stage Crazy

Physical Conditioning specialist Ryan Murdock is the creator of the "RockStar Fitness Program" (available in the RockSource 360 store) and an RMAX Faculty Coach as well as the Senior Editor of RMAX Magazine, the Internet’s largest fitness and martial arts publication. He is the creator and star of the three-volume RMAX Powered Bujinkan DVD series, author of the RMAX Training Group Manual, and co-author of "Bodyweight Exercise Revolution".

He has been involved in martial arts for the past 21 years, and health and fitness for the past 26 years. He holds black belt rankings in Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu and is one of five Head Coaches of the RMAX FlowFighting™ performance enhancement system. In 2006 he was inducted into the International Martial Arts Hall of Fame as Master Instructor of the Year.

As one of four experts handpicked by RMAX founder and celebrity Flow Coach Scott Sonnon for his elite Faculty Coaching Staff, Murdock has taken a leading role in the research and development of the cutting-edge Circular Strength Training® System (CST). He certifies CST Instructors and Coaches, and travels the globe to conduct sold-out seminars and to work with a wide range of private clients, including professional athletes, NHB fighters, and government agencies.

Given such a background, you may wonder why RockSource 360 asked Ryan to join the team. What do fighters and musicians have in common?

FLOW

Have you ever experienced a moment on stage when you get out of your own way and something else takes over? When you tap into the core and magic pours out? It feels like "you" are sitting back at a distance, maybe hovering above, and watching it all in a detached way. That’s flow state—and we’ve all experienced it, whether fighting, singing, plucking or fucking. It’s the hallmark of artistic mastery.

That ability to tap flow is what sets CST apart from other cutting-edge conditioning methods. Ryan regularly trains fighters and pro athletes to access flow state at will. To recognize the signs, to create a simple process of physical cues which enable them to reach it, and to recognize when things start to go down the tubes so they can reverse it and stay in flow. He can replicate it in other athletics, even in sports he’s never played, because the internal process is the same. And he can replicate it with musicians.

That’s why Ryan is the coach of choice for international rock stars like Jim Gillette of Nitro, Lita Ford, and Steve Kilbey of Australian legends The Church.

But even if tapping flow state isn’t your thing, Ryan has something to offer you. He understands the specific health and fitness needs of singers and musicians, and he’s able to create custom programs that will: mobilize your joints to keep you limber on stage and to keep the tour bus from seizing you up, cardio workouts that’ll take your performance to new levels, yoga stuff to open your chest/throat/abdomen/diaphragm to provide a platform for vocal power, bodyweight exercises for killer abs, and even a fighter's breathing trick to knock the shit out of stage fright.

Ryan is busy condensing the best of these methods into Vocal Flow with Jaime Vendera, a landmark multi-volume DVD series of health, fitness and flow state performance enhancement.  Watch RockSource 360 for a stream of articles, tips, and video blogs from Coach Murdock which will reveal a few of the secrets contained in the series.

The Working Writer

It may interest you to know that Ryan understands the needs of artists so clearly because he is one himself.

When he isn’t wearing his coaching hat, Ryan puts his abilities to the test in some of the world’s most unforgiving places as a widely published travel writer / explorer. This pursuit has taken him to 42 countries to date, including Mongolia, Nicaragua, and North Korea, by Russian jeep, motorcycle, dugout canoe, horse and camel. An Associate Editor of Outpost Magazine, his article "Taklamakan: The Worst Desert in the World" was nominated for a Canadian National Magazine Award in 2006.

His lyrical, poetic prose has been described as “creative non-fiction at its best...”, and is immediately recognizable for its keen observations and for its ability to move from lighthearted and humorous to thoughtful and deep, drawing larger connections to our lives as a whole and leaving the reader with meaningful insights which continue to resonate long after they’ve turned the last page.

To read excerpts from Ryan’s published features, please visit: http://www.rmaxstaff.com/murdock/writing.html

Products

If you’d like to check out a few of Coach Murdock’s existing products, his training DVD’s and manuals are available from the RMAX International online store. He also offers several highly-acclaimed and very affordable Downloadable Training Tutorials, which you can find on the Products page of his website. He also offer the "RockStar Fitness Program" through the RockSource 360 store. RockStar Fitness is THE program for touring musicians to stay in top stamina shape!!! Finally, the ebook, "Bodyweight Exercise Revolution" is available through its own dedicated website.
Getting in Touch

For more information on Coach Ryan Murdock, please visit http://www.rmaxstaff.com/murdock/ or email him at rmurdock@rocksource360.com

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