Periodization,Martial Arts & Working Out

Xen, I’ve talked to Wiggy a few times and all I can say is that he is always very helpful and his stuff is top notch.

You might want to also look up rossboxing, Ross is the man and has always helped me out when ever I sent him an email.

The workout Xen posted is actually really good becasue you want to avoid frying your CNS.

O before I forget I guess you do bag work, rope work, etc. What about sparring? Best of luck to you.

roc, i’ve only heard good things about him- great to hear another affirmation.

Yea i’ve seen Ross’ stuff. GREAT info. So definitely google that too.

For the plyometrics I was thinking of something along this line,two times a week.

Drop Pushups) 2-3x10
Speed pushups) 3-4x10
two-handed heavy bag pushes) 3x8-10
one-handed heavy bag pushes) 3x8-10
power hops) 3x10 for each leg
speed hops(looks like skipping)3x10 for each leg
box jumps) 3x10
Medicine ball catches)3x10

This would probably lead to overtraining if I did it in conjunction with a three day a week resistance training(either bodyweight or weights) routine though. So I’d have one phase that’d look something like this

Mon\ Plyometrics
Tues\ resistance training
Weds\ Swing and Sprint
Thurs\ rest
Fri\ plyometrics
Sun\ Round and Round

Still overtraining for that phase?

thanks

That works, I’d use lower reps higher sets with some rest no more than 60s you can keep it to around 30 if even that high.

The more reps the less of an explosive quality each of your motions will have.

First one is explosive as hell, 2nd one drops barely, 3rd is ok…4-5th there’s a noticeable drop off in speed. This is really evident if you’re able to watch someone try to go above that.

Keep it at 4 at the highest.

-X