[quote]BaTmAnJaCkEd wrote:
Today I trained from 530 pm to 1030 pm… So much for keeping conditioning to a moderate level. But i’m learning that if I dump in enough calories/protein/macros/micros that my body is maintaining the weight. Yes my lift are SLIGHTLY down but I’ve yet to get fully rested and try maxes.
Truthfully. If I am slightly weaker I am ok with it, I mean define weaker. Is 200 body squats weaker? Is a couple hundred push ups weaker. I’m pretty sure that within a matter of weeks your body is capable of transforming mucle cells and equipping them with extra mitochondria if Endurance is required, and vice versa.
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If you are looking for the physiology of mitochondria development/cellular/structural adaptation vs functional adaptation/fitness we can jump in until we all hit “Critical Nerd”. If not, the body is very adaptable.
As far as weaker vs stronger. You seem to have your head on straight. If we are using the numbers on the weights to measure strength than fatigue is going to mask the ability to display strength (fatigue masks fitness as the old saying goes). This occurs both in terms of days/weeks with training vs displaying ability and also second to second in your fight. If you are trading some limit strength for the ability to “display” your strength longer you might find that you go from being “weaker” than your opponent to “stronger” in short order.
A real concern is injury prevention/minimization, especially if you have drastically increased or changed your work load. You are training to damage someone who will be getting in the ring to do the same to you. This shit is hard on the body, but don’t do the other guy’s job for him and come in injured or injury prone.
To that end I am going to plug FightingIrish’s thread here:
5/3/1 for MMA and Boxing - Combat - Forums - T Nation
and KMCNYC’s excellent mobility thread
My stock advice is to not ignore any pain or soreness around joints, as opposed to muscle bellies, and to really work thoracic mobility, scapular stability, scapular retraction, and scapular depression. Try to increase/maintain hip flexor length. All of the punching, kicking, kneeing, and clinching tends to diminish these qualities and a great many athletes compensate their way to chronic injuries. This advice is cookie cutter and may or may not help your individual case. Caveat emptor and all that.