[quote]MMA101 wrote:
FightinIrish26 wrote:
admbaum wrote:
This thread is hysterical. One of my MMA coaches is a body builder. He runs the 40 in like 5 seconds. Fighters lift, true. Training like a body builder will make a fighter slow, true. Lifting like a fighter will improve your speed and power, true. 1 day a week is not enough. I train combat sports almost everyday and I lift 3 days a week. My strength, speed, and agility increases with progressive loading and the way I lift and put my exercises together. Just google some of Randy Couture’s barbell circuits and compare that to how a body builder like Ronnie Coleman lifts. Its completely different. I’ve said this in a few threads; sport specific training requires training a sport specifically. Saying a fighter shouldn’t lift is like saying a sprinter shouldn’t squat.
Its not a Judoku, here’s some food for thought
I think people on this board simply tell people not to let lifting take over their training at the expense of skillwork.
I’d say most guys (and the women) here lift at least twice a week. And not many of us shy away from bench pressing… it’s just another exercise in the toolbox.
But I guess the REAL martial arts trainers laugh at it… whoever the fuck they are…
All I can say is all the top MMA strength and conditioning coaches do not have their fighters do bench presses. I am not aware of the exact reasoning but I guess it is because it is an isolation exercise and you are never going to be laying flat on your back pushing your hands up unless you want to get armbarred.
The video that someone posted is the type of exercises you want to be doing for Judo as the ts is. His will be more tailored towards Judo of course, with exercises where he can mimick gripping and throwing, resistance bands maybe?
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In Judo, you often end up on your back with your opponent laying across your chest. Benching has plenty of caryover in that instance.
To the OP, I practice Judo a couple times a week, lift 3 times a week, and do some sort of conditioning 3-4 times a week.
If 1 day a week is all you have time for, then a full body routine would be the way to go. Incorporate some explosive exercises and some power exercises. For example:
Hang cleans
Front squats
Speed bench
DB rows
or
Speed pulls
Back squat
OHP
Pullups
If you can get 2 lifting days a week in, you could do both. Unilateral work can be subbed in too… swap back squats for bulgarian split squats. Change the hang cleans to DB cleans. Ultimately, you want to develop speed and strength as Judo requires quickness and strength. You also want to maintain or improve you flexibility as well, so a dynamic warmup prior to the workout (and before practice) and some static stretching could be added after. Foam roll anytime.
If you do actually get 3-5 Judo practices in, that should be plenty for grip and conditioning (assuming you do rondori in each class).