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tetsu ryu
30-Jun-2006, 01:36 AM
This is also posted in my Journal if you would like to say something there.

Day 1- Legs
exercises- Explosive jumping both strait in the air and back and forth. running and skipping rope. (to near Failure) Oh and i usually go for 10 pistols each leg afterword.

Day2-Arms and Chest
exercises-Explosive pushups, explosive decline pushups, explosive full range of motion pushups (by using 2 stools and making my chest go past my hands), dips, hindu pushups, handstand pushups, 1 handed hand stands(wall assisted), and finally the very last thing I do for part of my chest workout is sprawl drills. I also do pullups. 1 set of palm facing away 1 set of palms facing toward and 1 set of palms facing away with wide grip. and i usually go for 12-15 reps on pullups and Ive been doing negatives so i can work my way up to a one armed pull up. Oh and Im also incorporating 1 armed pushups as well. I also do hang drills for my fore arms and one armed hanging is pretty difficult.Oh and the only positive thing about school coming back is that I can have a weighted backpack for pullups and pushups.

Day 3- Abs and Back (core)
exercises-impact crunches,sittups,hanging leg raises both to the front and sides,side bends, the plank, and at the end of my abs workout I do a vacuum and I hold it to near faliure. As for my back I do hyper extensions and a back bend. And on the hyper extensions I hold them for 10 seconds each time I come up. And I hold the back bend until it becomes hard to hold.Oh and I also forgot to mention I do explosive torso twists but thats kind of a 2 in 1.

Day 4-Specific Training (MMA)
exercises-Ill usually warm up with some shadow boxing and then I'll unleash the demons upon my puching bag. :yeleyes: And Eventually.. Im trying to find a huge unwanted tire and a sledgehammer..I think you know where Im going with this.. Not only can I beat the stew out of it but I can also flip it over and again and again and then some more very explosively till I'm exhausted.


well thats my workout and I generally go to MMA class once a week to add on to all of this.. and I DO lift some iron but rarely and mainly only for training variation wich by the way encourages muscle growth.. anyway try it out, comment it, whatever.

Peace

illegal entry
30-Jun-2006, 09:30 AM
I've no idea what the point of your workout is.. Strenght.. hypertrophy or just muscle endurance.. Because if it's for any of the first two, it ain't any good to be honest.

Start to squat instead of standing in one place jumping about, do bench press instead of pushups.. Deadlifts are a great caryover exercise in mma, for example putting your hands around someones back while in their guard, standing up and slamming the bloke hard.

And besides, just 1 MMA class per week seems way too little to learn anything at a resonable pace.

tetsu ryu
30-Jun-2006, 12:26 PM
I've no idea what the point of your workout is.. Strenght.. hypertrophy or just muscle endurance.. Because if it's for any of the first two, it ain't any good to be honest.

Start to squat instead of standing in one place jumping about, do bench press instead of pushups.. Deadlifts are a great caryover exercise in mma, for example putting your hands around someones back while in their guard, standing up and slamming the bloke hard.

And besides, just 1 MMA class per week seems way too little to learn anything at a resonable pace.

I dont do what i do to look pretty i do it for explosive power. yeah I know some times I'll replace workout #4 with a 2nd day of mma.

illegal entry
30-Jun-2006, 02:43 PM
Explosive power as in maximum power in minimum time? That's still something you can train in a better way with weights. And if you think "explosive" power will cary over into kicks or punches directly, that's just silly. You'd be better off taking 4 - 5 MMA classes per week and actually learning how to fight in the first place.

Even so, you could just train for strenght as such, which will carry over more directly, as when rolling or doing clinch work.