| Mixed martial arts is one of the fastest growing sports | | | | weight dips and military presses. With an exception to |
| in the world, and has large live coverage around many | | | | dead lifts, you should be performing sets in the eight to |
| parts of the world. Mixed martial arts fighters are said | | | | twelve rep range, and in some cases, even higher, as |
| to be some of the most all rounded of all athletes, as it | | | | this will help you develop muscular endurance, which is |
| is imperative that they have strength, agility, flexibility, | | | | of absolute importance within mixed martial arts. Also |
| conditioning at a certain body weight, as well has | | | | consider the addition of plyometric exercises such as |
| having "heart," which is slang for the ability to take pain | | | | box jumps, snatches and the clean and jerk. |
| and physical punishment when necessary. | | | | To help your conditioning different methods of training |
| Generally consisting of three styles of fighting, including | | | | are required. First of all, sustained physical endurance is |
| Muay Thai Boxing, Greco Roman Wrestling and | | | | necessary so that you are able to perform for up to |
| Brazilian Ju Jitsu, professional mixed martial arts | | | | fifteen minutes at a time without breaking down. On |
| fighters are often adept in other forms of fighting such | | | | the other hand, short burst of explosive endurance is |
| as Sambo, Karate and Judo. All of these fighting styles | | | | needed for the times when a fight becomes scrappy |
| are classed by different body weights. | | | | and immediately exhausting for a fighter. Hence, a |
| If it is your goal to become a professional mixed | | | | mixture of long distance running, burpees, sprints, hill |
| martial artist, it is imperative that your training and | | | | runs, swimming and jump rump would make an |
| conditioning program is immaculate, and you must find | | | | excellent regime in order to dial down your conditioning |
| a balance between training on the mat, weight training | | | | for a fight. |
| in the gym and physical fitness training, as well as | | | | Finally, on the mat it is important to train with a myriad |
| ascertaining what body weight you fight best at; too | | | | of different fighters, from different styles of fighting, |
| light and you risk having too little muscle mass to have | | | | and of different weight classes (however, putting the |
| adequate power in your actions, too heavy and you | | | | majority of your focus on your own weight class, of |
| will find yourself becoming fatigued incredibly quickly, | | | | course). It is in this way that you can develop a very |
| which is the bane of any fighter. | | | | well rounded style of your own; to be able to dictate |
| When you are in the gym lifting weights, it's also | | | | your own fight and counter attack and defend when |
| important to perform the biggest of exercises and not | | | | necessary, against any kind of style without gassing |
| waste time on small, single body part exercises such | | | | out is the key to being a winner at this sport. |
| as bicep curls or shoulder raises. Your workout should | | | | Remember, it is training smarter, not necessarily harder, |
| consist of resistance weight training exercises such as | | | | that separates the good from the great, and this is |
| dead lifts, squats, bench presses, weight pull-ups, | | | | especially true within the world of mixed martial arts. |