MMA Training Workouts

By Shawn Anderson

I encourage anyone who needs to lose fat, build lean muscle and get into "fighter shape" to start training with their own version of MMA exercise programmes. It's not surprising that MMA fighters all seem to have that lean, ripped, and athletic look, like Brad Pitt in Fight Club.

It's imperative that we learn from these world class sportsmen. If you'd like to seem like an MMA fighter who's in wonderful shape, you need to be in fantastic shape yourself. Sadly, we can't cut corners and the only real way to get a ripped MMA body is to put in hard work thru your own MMA-inspired exercise routines.

In my viewpoint, the ripped Hollywood look is the sole one to go for. Massive and cumbersome is going out of fashion. Generally, one can see from watching MMA sportsmen compete, that having a little less muscle mass is favorable to an impressive performance. These fighters have the perfect mix of power, explosiveness, endurance, and overall athletic ability.

If only strongman competitions were more main line then muscle building then perhaps more mixed martial artists would incorporate better strength and conditioning exercises into their MMA work-outs without the requirement of learning or knowing why.

One of the most typical mistakes MMA wrestlers make when the are new to the concept of adding strength and conditioning to their MMA work-outs is that they carry around the mindset of a bodybuilder. They are going to the gymnasium thinking they need to do all sorts of exercises for each muscle grouping and the only way to get a productive workout in is to get a good "pump."

But if you wanted a general concept of what sort of strength and conditioning you want to develop with your MMA workouts, then think of the sort of exercises strongmen do : picking up heavy and ungainly objects, carrying heavy weight for long distances, performing extremely strong and heavy lifts as many times as possible in a certain time period, to name a couple.

These kinds of exercises are way more functional and carry over very well to MMA fighters when it comes to the sort of strength and conditioning they need . The explanation being is that in a MMA fight your opponent, unlike a balanced barbell, is a continually shifting his awkward weight that you have to steadily push and pull from both balanced and unbalanced positions, for example the sort of resistance a heavy and ungainly object would give you.

If you want to be an MMA fighter, you'll have to train like one. This means you will have to learn the parts of an MMA workout. Although kung fu skills has been around for centuries, the game of mixed karate skills is still in its infancy. Mixed martial arts is growing big leaps with the increased acceptance of the final Fighting Championship ( UFC ) and the real life TV show, The final Fighter.

there are several sides to designing a good MMA workout for anyone looking to become a professional fighter, or for someone just looking to get in shape. A good workout includes coaching in some, or all, of the following areas, conditioning, striking, grappling, wrestling, or submission skills. These abilities can be both offensive and defensive in nature. - 31491

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