Thread: Just curious- MMA workouts

by them saying they do 2 or 3 a days its not lifting it could be circuit training in am and jiu jitsu afternoon and striking pm.

what they do is jiu jitsu/wrestling 4-6 days a week
striking 4-6 days a week
weight or circuit conditioning 2-4 days a week
spar 4-6 days week
each traininers different
best bet is to find a good mma school and train there.
google mma schools in the area close to you pm them to me and ill find out which are the better ones for you.
hope this helps

Be Blessed, Klutch

some of these guys have great physics imo, i think they do strength exercises mostly rather then bodybuilding

strengh and cardio

From personally knowing a fair amount of very successful pro fighters, the majority of them spend a few days in the weight room and do full body explosive routines, and then spend the majority of their time working the skills of being a fighter..striking days, jiu jitsu, wrestling, etc.. and the resistance training they do is usually set up in a circuit as a giant set of 6-10 exercises and they run through it 2-3 times so it's endurance based too. They dont spend a ton of time in the weight room. Circuit training is their main method of getting/staying in shape.

i think gsp does alot of olympic style lifting if i remember right

Originally Posted by premo

some of these guys have great physics imo, i think they do strength exercises mostly rather then bodybuilding

Yeah, because they don't want to become bloated and awkward.

seems like i heard somewhere gsp did crossfit? i could be wrong, but there is a significant fighter who does

Originally Posted by Klutch

by them saying they do 2 or 3 a days its not lifting it could be circuit training in am and jiu jitsu afternoon and striking pm.

what they do is jiu jitsu/wrestling 4-6 days a week
striking 4-6 days a week
weight or circuit conditioning 2-4 days a week
spar 4-6 days week
each traininers different
best bet is to find a good mma school and train there.
google mma schools in the area close to you pm them to me and ill find out which are the better ones for you.
hope this helps

Be Blessed, Klutch

Very little "working out", most time spent building endurance in the ring or on the mat. You have to remember most of the fighters are cutting 20, 30+lbs before a fight so they are not spending alot of time try to add muscle.

There routines isolate around compound movements at high reps to help increase endurance, xplosiveness, and core strength. Most of the time these are done after a couple hrs of practice and drills. So the focus is not so much on gaining muscle but maintaining and fine tuning.

i found this video for you. GSP 's trainer and footage. Cheers!

Do you think he does juice ? He is very big and ripped all year round. Hour also said he put on 8 lbs of pure muscle this last 3 months

Originally Posted by premo

Do you think he does juice ? He is very big and ripped all year round. Hour also said he put on 8 lbs of pure muscle this last 3 months

He hasn't been busted yet so probably not, a good fighter regardless.