Tag Archive | "strength training"

MMA Conditioning When Training for a Fight

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

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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 sucking [...]

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MMA Training Mistake #4 – Weight Lifting

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

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Ad: Increase hand speed with a speed bag. If you look at some of my older posts there are references to doing isolated muscle group workouts. If you haven’t been following the blog for that long, I used to lift the only way I knew how to lift. Tri/Chest, Shoulders/Back, Legs/Biceps, some sort of 3 [...]

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MMA Grappling Workout

Monday, July 21, 2008

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So I found this great workout while researching some new workouts. As we all know by now is, mixed martial artists lift differently than body builders. It’s all about muscle endurance not muscle size. The Team Quest Grappling Workout 6 Sets – 60 Second Rest Bent rows x8 Upright rows x8 Military press x8 Good [...]

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Muscular Endurance – Your Best Weapon

Thursday, May 15, 2008

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In my MMA Supplements article I talked about how I trained for Mass. In about 9 months i was able to put on at least 15-20 pounds of muscle mass with the right supplements and the right workout. High weight, low rep was the name of the game.  It’s been a few years since my [...]

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