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MMA Conditioning When Training for a Fight

Ad: Martial arts supplies at great prices. This is a guest post from Derek Manuel Conditioning for a mma fight is, unlike many other sports, not black and white. When most people think of the word conditioning, they think of how far and long an athlete can run or perform a certain exercise without [...]

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Tabata – Not An Easy 4 Minutes

Ad: Great punching bags at great prices. Background Not to get into a history lesson but the Tabata Sequence was created by Dr. Izumi Tabata and with the help of researchers from the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Tokyo, Japan. The researched showed that there was an 28% increase in anaerobic capacity and 14% increase [...]

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Shin Conditioning

Just about every MMA training message board has the great shin conditioning debate. Those who swear rolling a bottle up and down your shins is the best way to get your shins conditioned. The opposition swears that it will kill all your nerves and you’ll have problems later in life. Well, I am no bone [...]

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Complete Conditioning for Martial Arts

I picked up this book from the Martial Arts section at Borders for about 20 bucks. It’s called Complete Conditioning for Martial Arts by Sean Cochran. Overall it’s a great book to have in your library. Though the name of the book can be deceiving because a lot of the content is Strength Training related. The [...]

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