Here is the first part of the ongoing training for the Strike-fit class.
Warm up:
The warm up follows the same principles as before with you taking your members through a shadow boxing routine. We are sticking to four combinations but we are changing them slightly.
Combo 1: Starting off in the basic fighting stance with [...]
Recently I attended Wakefield Fitness First to teach a MMA conditioning master class to their members. Wakefield is one of the Fitness First clubs that runs my class under the name Strike-Fit. The class was well attended and along with the members of Fitness First I had a professional fighter come along to try out [...]
For this evenings session we were again focusing on circuit training to help with Marlons cardio fitness, stamina and muscular endurance. Tonight’s session would follow the format of my R.E.P’s (Register of exercise professionals) MMA conditioning class. This circuit-based workout is currently being run by Fitness first health clubs around the UK on their exercise [...]
Here is the latest ongoing training for Strike-fit. This time there are 5 new exercises as well some new techniques for the warm up.
Upper body: Rotational medicine ball slams
Hold a medicine ball above your head at arms length. Rotate at your hips and slam the ball into the ground by the side of you. Catch [...]
Chest Challenge:
Destroy your upper body in this press up challenge.
This challenge involves nothing more than your bodyweight. Start with one press up and then go into a kneeling position and perform one kneeling sprawl. Each time increase both exercises by one rep.
Example:
1 Press up with 1 sprawl
2 press ups with 2 sprawls
3 press ups [...]
Ground and pound gauntlet.
Jump and punch your way to fighting fitness with this explosive challenge.
For this challenge all you will need is either a punch bag or a kick shield placed on the floor. You will start off with one lateral jump over the bag or shield (One rep counts as jumping over the [...]
These challenges are all taken from the MMA conditioning class which is a studio based workout that is currently being run by Fitness First health clubs by the name of Strike-fit. After completing 5×5 minute rounds of circuit training using drills and exercises based around training principles used by mixed martial artists in their conditioning [...]
Upper body: Rotating shoulder presses. Start with the dumbbells at shoulder height with your palms facing towards you. Press the dumbbells up and across your body by rotating at your hips as if throwing an uppercut.
Lower body: Jump lunges. Start in a lunge position. Jump up and switch legs landing back in the lunge position.
Core: Triangle [...]
