Important: Conditioning FAQ & Training Articles

[JoeyJman]

It is almost wrestling season, how can i drastically improve my cardio and endurance for wrestling......i need the best way to allow me to go all three rounds without being exausted by the end of it

muhammed ali in his younger years would race the bus to school, the trick is to take everyday life and substitute lil things 4 gd cardio

[mnd96]

Any tips how to fight against someone overly aggresive during boxing sparring? Today i was sparring against a guy shorter than me but were the same weight. The guy kept running up to me and pressuring me real hard, due to this he got a few good hooks to the head which made it hard for me to do much against him. (Started recently so not advanced at all)

[HolographicWay]

Read through all of the posts and bookmarked the links to read later. Thanks!

[LegitManlet]

Any tips how to fight against someone overly aggresive during boxing sparring? Today i was sparring against a guy shorter than me but were the same weight. The guy kept running up to me and pressuring me real hard, due to this he got a few good hooks to the head which made it hard for me to do much against him. (Started recently so not advanced at all)

Stick your jab in his face and box him. Counter him with the straight right when he throws hooks if you time it right you will hit him first. Stay off the ropes. Good luck.

[Lialalola1990]

nice

[AtomicZabka]

Been training a couple weeks now, but tonight in the wrestling portion I got a little discouraged after being slammed (I know as the FNG I will get slammed) but I felt like I really didn't learn anything and just got thrown around....any advice? I plan on sticking it out, just need some encouragement I guess.

[tnway]

nice

[trentium1]

hey, what's up, looking for guys to grapple around with, training like , energy transfer and holds, anywhere any time. Playful where we sweat out for hours. Hit me up on here and or on Instagram: forestrecon

[SupermanNdango]

orite.. my first question is.. How do i increase strenth without increasing muscle mass?? Ive been a bodybuilding fan for years.. and my main goal was increase muscle mass and strenth didnt matter to me.. so if anyone can help out its appriciated..

to increase your strength the simplest way is to lift heavy. You need to lift within 1-5 reps of about 3-6 sets . The goal is to increase the amount of fast twitch muscle fibers you activate , which you can do by either lifting at at least 85% of your 1 rpm , or plyometrics. The common mistake that many fighters do is to take the body building approach . The problem is that your arent trying to look good and win mr olympia . And also you dont stimulate the fast twitch muscle fibers when you lift anything less then 85% and when you lift more then 5 reps. This wont necessarliy lead to size increase because you will not lifting and taxing the same muscle group over and over again (hint DONT) as you would with bodybuilding. also to prevent yourself from overtraining and injury which is VERY easy to do with mma(*cough cough team aka) , dont lift like this more then 3x a week . Really preferably 2x a week and devote the rest of your training to conditioning and skill development
good luck my brother and go knock em out champ

[SupermanNdango]

Any tips how to fight against someone overly aggresive during boxing sparring? Today i was sparring against a guy shorter than me but were the same weight. The guy kept running up to me and pressuring me real hard, due to this he got a few good hooks to the head which made it hard for me to do much against him. (Started recently so not advanced at all)

if hes shorter then you should utilize your reach nd keep him at bay . Never back straight up but move at an angle side to side . Also if he gets close then uppercuts all day followed by a hook or a cross . if anything the uppercut should almosty be used as a jab to set up another powerful strike so you can expose his head . Make sure the strike you follow up with is powerful and throw about 3 punches then circle and jab out to a comfortable distance