I throw the hook vertically because if I screw up in a real fight and throw a head punch, a horizontal hook has a lot more chance of breaking my hand (which has happened before) The horizontal hook is technique designed to be used with boxing gloves.
I am just getting started in MMA, no fights just training at this point. At my college we have a college supported club which we get to train 3 times a week in a wrestling room with all the gear we need for just 15 bucks a semester. I have been surprised that not too many people do high rep stuff for muscular endurance as I think that this is just as important as muscular strength in MMA. My training consists of full body 3x per week and three 2 hour sessions of technique/sparring with MMA club.
Training looks like this:
Day 1:
A1: Clean and Press 6 sets of 2-4
A2: Box Jumps- onto 30 inch box 20 reps in between sets of Cleans
B1: Squats: 3x20-25
B2: DB Bench: 3x 15-20
very minimal rest between sets of Squats and Bench really work on lactic acid muscle endurance training
C1: One-Leg Stiff-Leg Deadlifts : 3x8-10 (really works balance)
C2: Supinated Pull-Ups: 3xAMP (As Many Possible)
If anyone is interested in the other 2 days let me know and I can post. I feel like the high rep squats and bench really correlate well into the MMA training because they get your heart rate way up and by the 3rd set your chest and legs are so pumped you feel like you feel in your whole body at the end of an intense training session.
OK, today was beast. Anyone else had this happen to them. Do a retarded bicep workout and you get the “Dinosaur Arms” thing where your arms dont straighten, go to the gym, and promptly get arm-barred prompting you to run around in small circles holding your arm going “ohgodohgodohgod”. Anyone?
I tend to get high rep work in during classes at our gym. Typically with bodyweight exercises or with a partner for weight.
A great drill we do at the end of a grappling class is as follows. Break up the class into two teams. The teams face off by weight 1 on 1. Then, one at a time the pairs, one from each team grapples for 30 seconds. If there is a winner the losing team must perform 10 squat hops. If it was a draw (no submission) then BOTH teams must perform them. We go through all of the partners, then we do the whole thing again, this time with 9 squat hops ad nauseum. Seriously sucks.
[quote]fireplug52 wrote:
I tend to get high rep work in during classes at our gym. Typically with bodyweight exercises or with a partner for weight.
A great drill we do at the end of a grappling class is as follows. Break up the class into two teams. The teams face off by weight 1 on 1. Then, one at a time the pairs, one from each team grapples for 30 seconds. If there is a winner the losing team must perform 10 squat hops. If it was a draw (no submission) then BOTH teams must perform them. We go through all of the partners, then we do the whole thing again, this time with 9 squat hops ad nauseum. Seriously sucks.
Oh, and I’m back in training by the by.[/quote]
That sounds pretty brutal, but does anyone ever get submitted? We do something similar in wrestling practice, but its a little easier to get a takedown in thirty seconds than it is to get a sub
It is brutal. But, the point is not really to work on submissions. The point is to get a crapload of reps in, and the work. This drill is designed to make you attack your opponent, balls out. Stalling is punishable with more squats. We do this when coach notices guys rolling really easy/light when he wants intensity from us.
[quote]Lindow wrote:
anyone ever tried “shocking training” . aperantly this makes you a great martial artist : - YouTube .[/quote]
Wow that training looks like it will be the next big thing. I’m thinking of scrapping the olympic lifts and instead incorporating the 3 story free falls onto grass. The only thing is, I don’t know what a good rep scheme is. I think I’ll start with some singles and progress by upping the height or wearing a weighted vest.
Got a weight training session today:
Box jumps (6x3) BW
DB Power Clean from hang (6X3) a light db just working on speed, probably a 70 or something
A1. Box Squats (15 reps total) 315lb
A2. Chin ups (15 reps total) BW + 45lb external
B1. Bench Press (15 reps total) 225lb
B2. Neck Harness (2X25) 30lb
I had a great Pankration class on Tuesday, we did escapes from the mount while getting punched at 50% intensity. It was haaaard, in terms of endurance. I was absolutely gassed at the end of class. I haven’t been doing enough anaerobic cardio and it really showed. I’m thinking of incorporating Tabata front squats and some HIIT or circuit training with various BW exercises.
jump squat training
snatch
snatch pull from blocks
pull from blocks for reps
power squat 3x2min
weighted situps
bagwork
5x2min, 30s. rest
muay thai- leaving right now. Really not in the mood at all but i figure i won’t be a bich and as my dad says “you don’t have to like it, you just have to do it”.
(i’d LIKE to get some pussy right now but my gf is competing in gymnastics pac-10’s…tickity fucking tock…tears hair out)
Did some(45min) no-gi grappling tonight, no real tough training partners were there, so I was letting them get bad positions then defending/escaping. Worked on incorporating some rubber guard.
I’ve got a PT test coming up for the Army and I’m a big believer in specificity so a lot of my training has shifted to Pushups, Situps and running. I’ll be pumping iron again in approx. two weeks.
[quote]Xen Nova wrote:
welcome to the thread no gi[/quote]
Thanks for the welcome.
Saturday is my off day, went for a light jog to shake the cobwebs, came back then stretched. Have just recently attained enough flexibility to make the rubber guard work, so I’m stretching like crazy.
[quote]No-Gi wrote:
Xen Nova wrote:
welcome to the thread no gi
Thanks for the welcome.
Saturday is my off day, went for a light jog to shake the cobwebs, came back then stretched. Have just recently attained enough flexibility to make the rubber guard work, so I’m stretching like crazy.[/quote]
How did u work to make your flexibility like that? i need to know because im tryin to take a jits class soon and i want to work on my flexibility before i even start…i would love to have enough flexibility to do rubber guard
[quote]Young O wrote:
How did u work to make your flexibility like that?[/quote]
My mind set was that at every minute I was either moving toward or away from my flexibility goals, so I stretched as frequently as I could without interfering with other training.
Eddie Bravo has a good section on stretching in “Mastering the Rubber Guard” but it’s nothing ground breaking. I think the frequency was really the key.
13:21 Two Mile
99 Sit ups in 2 min
Got some grappling in but it was just technique drills, only about 15 minutes of actual rolling.
4X6 One legged squats
4X6 One legged good mornings
Supine Bicycle Tabata Drill
Did the Eccentric Bicep Curl on the front page today. That thing is a BEAST. Another question? Any idea how long standard Thai pads are supposed to last? I bought a pair of Century brand ones about 6 months ago, and there totally collapsed right in the middle. Dont know if thats normal or what. I used to just use the ones at the gym, for the past 2 years or so, and Ive never seen any of them crap out like this. Is this normal? No one at the gym had seen anything quite like it either. I figure they must be defective or something.