Martial Fitness Training
• Power, Body Mechanics and Flexibility
This martial fitness training program has been tailor made to meet the specific demands of martial artists and warrior athletes.
Why is fitness training for martial artists important at every level of their training?
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Done properly it will sharpen your body mechanics, increase mobility and flexibility along with your ability to generate power (important for a solid base, striking and kicking) and just as importantly - it will help to counteract the imbalances already currently in your body from previous injuries or bad habits in training.
Martial Fitness Training Basics
• The martial fitness training program below is split into 3 phases encompassing power, body mechanics and flexibility. Each phase is simply a period of time in which you train in a particular way to achieve a particular objective. The exercises are different in each phase and build on the ones performed previously. Each phase requires only 3 sessions a week commitment.
• Warming up is essential before any type of physical training and there are scientific studies to back this up. It 's also important to warm up before each martial fitness training session. Perform 5-10 minutes of light aerobic exercise (jogging, stationery bike, rower, etc.) followed by joint mobility for every joint and then do some stretches to all the major muscle groups.
• Some of the exercises below are unique and you may not be familiar with them. It 's
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Don't neglect your strength and conditioning training. Your MMA training on its own will get do wonders for your fitness, but if you supplement your training with strength and conditioning(S&C), you will reap the benefits in the long term. Many MMA gyms will be well equipped for S&C training and may even have conditioning sessions as part of their timetable, but if not make sure you find time to work on your strength and conditioning. It's not just lifting iron and jumping rope, modern MMA training utilises many types of conditioning techniques for fighters including everything from flipping giant tyres to altitude mask training.
CrossFit is continually changed useful developments performed at high force. All CrossFit workouts depend on useful developments, and these developments mirror the best parts of tumbling, weightlifting, running, paddling and the sky is the limit from there. These are the center developments of life. They move the biggest burdens the longest separations, so they are perfect for expanding the measure of work done in the briefest time. Force is crucial for results and is quantifiable as work partitioned by time—or power. The more work you do in less time, or the higher the force yield, the more extreme the exertion. By utilizing an always shifted way to deal with preparing, utilitarian developments and power lead to sensational increases in wellness.
There are three stages to properly warming up the body. The first stage is ‘Cardiovascular’ exercises, this should increase the heart rate and warm up the muscles, activities such as running or jumping games are perfect for this. The next stage is the warming and
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I would like to lower my body fat percentage and build lean muscle mass in my upper and lower body using a 3-day split program. I would like to increase intensity and repetitions gradually in order to create sustainable progress. Increasing intensity and repetitions too rapidly will not create sustainable results for me. Additionally, I would like to ensure that strength training is supplemented with cardiovascular exercise (blue days in the chart) and rest days (grey days in the chart).
Many people often tend to neglect warming up and straight away go for muscle training. This can be extremely dangerous because you might suffer from a joint injury or there can be a risk of pulling a hamstring or sore muscles. Further, a basic warm up is suggested in order to get the blood flowing which will certainly reduce the chance of injury.
This doesn’t give them much time to develop their strength so they need to have an efficient MMA workout in that little time that they have. In their strength program, they can focus on movement patterns while doing full body workouts. Rather than generally working on their biceps, chest, back, hams, and quads, they can do pushes, pulls, squats, twists, lunges, and deadlifts.
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