3 Training Hints For Fighters
by Joe Hashey, CSCS author of Bull Strength Conditioning

Fighter's training schedules are packed! There is no avoiding it if you want to be in the best competitive shape. However, there are a few tips that will help maximize your time spent training without compromising results (actually improving results)!

The first thing I will do is make these tips short and sweet so you can get back to training!

Training Tip #1. People often classify my work as being "a grip guy." That's not quite true. I'm a trainer that attacks whatever is needed for the sport demands and is the weakest on the athlete. With most athletes it is the grip.

However who has the time to add grippers, pinches, etc at the end of a workout? Instead work GRIP INTO YOUR CURRENT TRAINING. Towels, thick bars, and sandbags are all great options to add hand strength to your current program.

Kettlebell Towel Swings

Sandbag Pull Throughs By Grapping Cloth (NOT HANDLES!)

Training Tip #2. Get your primary exercises in, and then add some working recovery periods during your supplemental lifts. For example, get your first lift complete and let's say you have 2 minute recovery periods for the rest of the lifting session.

During those rest periods put yourself under a static hold for 30 - 90 seconds, then rest for the remainder of the time. This will help teach your body to recover under stress (like between rounds). Examples would include a plank or a sandbag/keg bear hug.

30 Second Bumper Plate Holds During Rest Period

Training Tip #3. Always make time for active recovery. Self myofascial release on a foam roller or lax ball will go a long way for fixing those sore muscles.

If you are maintaining a packed training schedule, that this is a MUST or your muscles will break down.

Love The Foam Roller

Work these tips into your current programs for more results, in less time - isn't that always the goal anyways! Good luck with your training.

 

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