| There a lot of different styles or martial arts and | | | | sprints with rubber bands. These are awesome |
| many different ways of training. I dare say that | | | | especially if you only have a small space. Rubber |
| your training should help your martial arts | | | | band sprints are very very effective. |
| background. For instance if your style requires | | | | Olympic lifting: Excellent... a fight is all about quick |
| you to hold on tight and use slow methodical | | | | explosive movements (standing or on the ground) |
| motions then it is going to be a waste of your | | | | so you should be training your body to react in |
| time doing a lot of explosive fast exercises. | | | | this way. All of your takedowns, punches, |
| Here is a list of my types of workouts and why, | | | | movements, kicks, stand up grappling etc. require |
| in other words its my training theory. | | | | this type of movement. Be aware that you don't |
| My theory lies mostly in the belief that you should | | | | want to do real heavy weights and make sure |
| train for the fight and train your body to be | | | | the person teaching you has experience or is |
| powerful, explosive, fast and with cardio. | | | | qualified to show you how to do this. They are |
| Weights: if you are training in typical weight | | | | high injury exercises if done incorrectly. |
| training workouts (eg: 4 sets of 10 reps) then it is | | | | Body Weight Exercises: Excellent... the person you |
| a lot of wasted time. In a fight there are very | | | | are fighting is a body not a weight. It will have |
| few times that you are going to need the | | | | similar weights, movement and balances as using |
| strength that weight lifting gives you. If you want | | | | your body or someone else's. Train your body to |
| to use weights then you should do low weight and | | | | compete against another body not a bar and |
| be fast with high reps. You can even add times | | | | plates. |
| on there (eg: use 20lb dumbbells for 40 seconds | | | | Plyometrics: Excellent... This gets you the explosive |
| as many reps as you can within that time). | | | | movement you need. Again, everything you do in |
| Running: if you use running as your soul cardio | | | | a fight involves explosive movement in order for |
| workout you are wasting your time. Running is | | | | your fight plan to be effective. If you aren't |
| excellent as a part of your work out and/or | | | | explosive and trained to be explosive it could be a |
| warm- up but you don't want to rely on it. If you | | | | bad day for you in the ring. |
| are just starting out it is a good way to get | | | | Circuits: Awesome, they combine body weight |
| yourself into the workouts and get your cardio up | | | | exercises with distance for cardio. It also helps to |
| but you don't want to rely on it to get your | | | | get you ready for your rounds. Ensure that the |
| cardio for your fight. | | | | rounds of your circuits are no less than the length |
| If you want to run do long runs a couple of days | | | | of each round you are scheduled for in your fight. |
| a week and do sprints. Your body needs to be | | | | I find that they also are awesome warm-ups. |
| able to explode. I do short and long sprints as well | | | | Stair runs/jumps: Excellent... they go along with |
| as 2-3 long 30- 60 minute runs in a week when | | | | your explosive power work outs. |
| preparing for a fight. I also do a shorter jog | | | | Training for martial arts or MMA is tough. You |
| (20-30 minutes) on my off days to keep my | | | | should research as many different exercises and |
| body moving. | | | | ways to train as you can. |
| A new thing that I've learned through a buddy is | | | | |