Train For Mixed Martial Arts Fighting.

[D-Rock]

March 1st I begin intensive training for mma fighting. So during the month of march I'm not gonna be doing my normal training routine. I'm also not gonna be going to my normal gym. I know with this type of training it's more focused on agility, conditioning, and form. So I was wondering what tips you fellas might have for me to maintain my strength and size during this training.

[The Dag]

Lift. Your going 2 have to give up some size as a mma fighter, but you can keep most of your strength by lifting through all your training. Your weight lifting shouldnt affect your mma training as far as speed, flexibility, agility. and it should give you an edge in the power department. Keep your guard up, and good luck! -Dag

[IronLeague]

No special candy coated tips or tricks here bro... EAT.

If you wanna hold on to your size and strength you have to keep your calories up, eat more food.

Respect,
IronLeague

[Lawman]

You're going to be lifting less cause you'll be spending alot more time on the mats instead of with the iron. I was training for a fight (old school boxing) and I broke my body parts up into 2 different days, so that I worked my whole body in 2 days instead of my normal 4 day split.

Elevate your reps a little bit; So you'll want to do 12-15 or 15-20. Use really short rest periods between sets (30 to 45 seconds) and you'll also help build your wind up, which is critical. Do lots of intense cardio. You don't want to so much run for 10 miles at a time, because running wind is alot different that fighting wind. The rounds in your fights are going to be 3-5 minutes. So you want to do all out, gut busting cardio for short durations. I used to warm up by running 1 mile on a tread mill, then go and run stairs until I wanted to puke. Or if you don't have access to a long staircase (3 or 4 flights), use a good steep hill for wind sprints.

And finally, eat good meals often, as all the cardio, boxing, grappling etc will burn your calories in an awfully big hurry, and you don't want to canabalize your lean body mass.

Hope that helped.

[tanktwism]

When I fought, I would split up my running 3 days at a jog, starting at a half hour and working up to about an hr, then 3 days 60, 80, 100 yard sprints.

As for lifting, I lifted alot lighter to not bulk up too much or out on weight (which was an issue). I tried to keep it up around 12-15 reps with less sets maybe 3 exercises per body part, 3-4 sets each. You need that muscle energy for ground time and for bag time. You want to keep strength up through lifting and keep your main focus on fighting. Try a morning cardio/fight training-night lifting split. or whatever your gym will permit. Be sure to get lots and lots of rest bro - its easy to overtrain. Any more detailed questions let me know.

[D-Rock]

Thanks guys I was looking for advice from people who had been fighters previously. Well I'll keep that all in mind we'll see how it all goes once March hits. Sorry for taking so long for me to respond to my own thread had some family issues come up this week didn't have much time for the computer. Any more info would be appreciated.

[k1usa]

I did lots of promotional work for K1usa...still do a bit...Im looking at this new group...the IFL...seems like they will give UFC a run for the money. Last year I promoted the fights at the Arnold...and this year...the UFC bought the entire event for the friday night fights....oh well...should be a good thing. where do you train???? Have you heard of Fairtex here in SFO??? You should consider a trip to them for some good training......or...you could visit with Frank Shamrock here in San Jose...he has a great gym as well...

[peterpyper]

alot of running bro,get ur eundrance up rocky marciano ran 6-10 miles a day every single day,even when he wasnt fighting,also calisthenics,pull ups,pushups,dips get shreded..remember to stretch dont wanna be stiff on weights

[RowdyRobby]

I used to run a mixed martial arts school with my Father-in law. We trained a bunch of amatuer fighters with success. If I were you this is how i would start.

figure out what weight class youll be fighting in( Exp. if you 185 right now youll probably fight at 170, of if your like 225 youll fight at around 205.) you want to be the strongest at the leanest weight. youll know what I mean soon enough. you will start to hear things like "that dude is a heavy 185" of "that guy is a light 170"


As far as lifting I would Alternate between strengh and endurence like 6 week programs. You need to be as strong as possible but you dont want to gas out in the first minute either. Same with your cardio. Start out by building up milage to get a good cardio base. if you can already 3 to 4 miles in 7 min. per mile or less. skip this part. Then add sprint like 4X200 add a sprint each session.

Fighting goes in spurts so a long grinding jog doesnt do much for an intense burst of action. thats where the sprinting come in. Body weight exercises are esp. good in high reps. Cause you will be moving your self around like nobody buiseness. I could go on and on, but your coach will be able to give you the hands on teaching and advice in person. Since he will be able see you in person he will have a easier time figureing out wht works best for your bodytype and all that stuff. Good Luck! And like K1 said make sure you get a reputable coach, he will take you as far as you can go!!

[RowdyRobby]

to see the school i used to train at go to www.lockflow.com it has tons of info. on all the latest haps, in mma

[Tom]

Love the site link!!

[Pokoritel]

All I have to say is that I used to be a boxer and all boxers new that the more we trained intensily with weights the slower we would become. I never trained for an MMA fight buy I know that weights will slow you down. I could be wrong but ask your trainer just in case. Good Luck