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powerbag challenge

rich78uk — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:21:06 GMT

If you have a powerbag to hand then give this short but sweet challenge a try. Perform 5 reps of the following, clean and press, burpees and lateral jumps over bag. This is 1 set and the aim is to perform as many sets within a 10 minute round. Post your scores here and check out the video of a couple of sample sets. http://www.resultsconditioning.com/archives/545

Transition/Differences in Strength Training for Football into MMA Related Training?

Stone78 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:56:00 GMT

I'm 17 (18 in January of 2010). I just finished my senior year of football. About to start training and getting into MMA.

I weigh 250 lbs. right now (I put on a lot of weight for season). I'm roughly 6'1".

One of my coaches used to be a physical trainer, he helps us with our workouts. As far as my peak strength within the last year:

Flat Barbell Benchpress - 365 lbs
Power Cleans - 260 lbs
Parallel Safety Squat - 550 lbs
RDL - 650 lbs

Crude approximation of workout:

I really wish I had my sheet, because I don't remember the percentages, plus my trainer/football coach had the percentages I used swapped around drastically every two weeks.

But the basic routine is

Warmup (55%) 1x10
Middle (65-70%) 3x5
Heavy (75-95%) 3x3
Burnout (135lbs-165lbs) 1xFailure

Mondays and Thursdays.

This is supplemented by a similar workout with these:

Monday:
Barbell Incline
Hammer Curls
Dips
Shrugs
Farmer's Walk
Pushups (Regular: 3x10, Claps 2x10, Depth Push Ups 3x10 [forgot the actual name for last thing])

Thursday:
Pretty much the same, but instead...
I do Dumbell Incline and I also add in a Dumbell Bench.

Tuesdays and Fridays are for lower body, back, more shoulders.

Tuesdays and Fridays are some conglomeration of these:

Front Squats
Parallel Squats
Hello Good Mornings
Straight Leg Dead Lifts
Stargazers (3x25, 2x50, 1x75)
RDL
Legpress
Toe Raises
Step Ups
Crazy Ab Stuff

I have hellacious sprints for conditioning in football, but I know MMA is a totally different thing so I'm not even going to ask about it atm.

So... would a similar workout be good for strength training for MMA, or could someone suggest following a different plan? Football is almost wholly different, so I know training shouldn't be the exact same for core workouts (Bench, Squats, Cleans vs ?) but as I've said before, I'm virtually clueless about any strength training for a different sport.

I would greatly appreciate any help given. Thanks in advance.

Workout challenege...

Qwertty — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:51:53 GMT

I dont know if this is a real workout...but i put it together this morning. I want whoever tries it to see how many reps they can get done without struggling. I made it through about 15. 25 is my goal and then i will up all the reps, more pushups, more jumps, etc. The point of this is to just move as fast as you possibly can. If you dont fall over from being dizzy...let me know

Start standing, with lots of space around you, sprawl onto the ground as fast as you can, and immediatley..

Do 5 pushups at maximum intensity! as fast as you can

On the last one, spring to the ground and jump as high as you can

jump 5 times, after the last one

throw 10 punches straight in front of you as fast as you can...tae bo style.

spin in a circle as fast as you can 5 times(the real killer), and repeat

what style would suit me best

Josh1996 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:53:40 GMT

hey im 13 im a big mma fan i already have a First degree black belt in tae-kwon-do
i am 6'2 and 255 pounds and im big on striking and elbowing so what kind of style would suit me best

Resistance Weights

16volts — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:06:50 GMT

Ive been taking weightlifting at my school and have been moderately happy with the results,
why im not extremely happy is because mainly i think from having to only workout for like..30-45min before having to change classes,
we use free weights and mainly a kind of two day base exercise, on day hang cleans, power cleans, squats,sometimes snatches or combos either/or,
then the next day bench press, push press and various other exercises like DB inclines, pushups, dips, military press, curls etc

1.Is this a good routine for functional strength/mma strength and conditioning?

2.I like this routine and is it possible to replicate this on resistance weights? since no gym near me has free weights

3.If this is not a good functional strength/mma strength and conditioning routine or it isnt possible to replicate it on resistance weights could someone give me a few machines or exercises on resistance weights that would achieve that end, and are resistance weights EVEN worth it for the kind of strength im looking for?

Question about lifting light

Carlitoz3 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:57:48 GMT

I am currently lifting light to tone up my muscles. Is their any benefits to lifting heavy once a week or month?
Thanks for reading :)

My own personal strength training video.

thehaas84 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:54:32 GMT

Hi guys!

I am new here and just posted my first strength training video on youtube. Here is the beginning of my Superior Man training. I'll post more soon of my personalized fighting style.

So any questions? :thumb02:

My video doesn't seem to be embedding properly, here is the direct link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feAwvclMWDo