Strength and Conditioning in MMA

[Thin Lizzy]

During the preview show for the latest UFC card there were clips of the training that was being implemented by the strength and conditioning coaches for Matt Brown and Robbie Lawler.

They had the fighters doing exercises like box jumps, clapping push ups, isometric bench presses and medicine ball throws. I'm sure there were more which weren't shown.

It's a results oriented game and the result was that both fighters, who were favored to win, got knocked out in the first round.

With the new testing standards, fighters probably aren't going to be able to train as much and will be needing more recovery.

I see less emphasis on strength and conditioning and more on sports specific training: punching, kicking, clinching, evading, footwork, takedown defense, fighting when against the cage etc.


Sorry, Coach

[Twaddle]

Agreed, more technique, less strength.  Especially if you're one of Coach's fighters.  Your training should focus on "lying on the mat, and fighting off your back".

[Spike]

As far as box jumps, ropes, Olympic lifts/cleans, etc
It's explosive training aimed at integrating the nervous system AND skeletal muscles

It is aimed at improving POWER

Pretty sure if they would stick to the gh instead of the ghrp-6 and fragments they'd be ok but most of them just do what they are told and a lot of strength coaches don't know shit about peptides and testing procedures

[Thin Lizzy]

Agreed, more technique, less strength.  Especially if you're one of Coach's fighters.  Your training should focus on "lying on the mat, and fighting off your back".

I suspect you'll be able to pick up one of these on the cheap very soon.

[Thin Lizzy]

As far as box jumps, ropes, Olympic lifts/cleans, etc
It's explosive training aimed at integrating the nervous system AND skeletal muscles

It is aimed at improving POWER

Pretty sure if they would stick to the gh instead of the ghrp-6 and fragments they'd be ok but most of them just do what they are told and a lot of strength coaches don't know shit about peptides and testing procedures

I understand that there is logic and reasoning behind performing these exercises, but, there's a trade off. These exercises require energy, which is limited, and could be used elsewhere. Moreover, the fighter could get hurt doing one of these exercises and as a result might have to back out of a fight. It comes down to risk versus reward.

[Simple Simon]

Agreed, more technique, less strength.  Especially if you're one of Coach's fighters.  Your training should focus on "lying on the mat, and fighting off your back".

the sponsors always insist on any fighter trained by coach to have the logos on the soles of their feet so the audience can read them when the fighter is being carried out on a stretcher.

[SF1900]

Agreed, more technique, less strength.  Especially if you're one of Coach's fighters.  Your training should focus on "lying on the mat, and fighting off your back".

Wouldn't more technique and less strength in most sports just make more sense? I mean, you obviously need a certain amount of strength for any sport; however, technique seems like it would go a lot further. Look at arm wrestling; technique is probably just as important, if not more important, than strength.

[Thin Lizzy]

Wouldn't more technique and less strength in most sports just make more sense? I mean, you obviously need a certain amount of strength for any sport; however, technique seems like it would go a lot further. Look at arm wrestling; technique is probably just as important, if not more important, than strength.

With MMA becoming a multi billion dollar business, a lot of people in various parts of the health and fitness industry are trying to get a piece of the pie. All of a sudden, every fighter needs a S&C coach, a nutritionist, a sports psychologist, a movement coach... As a result, fighters get talked into doing things the might not be in their best interests.

Apparently, Meisha Tate got talked into doing Keto for her last fight, and, yet again, the result was bad.