TRAINING

Here are a few tips I learned from the All Army Boxing Team when they were stationed in Fort Ord Ca.  Go to a high school or college football field and have your fighters put on mma gloves and run the stairs at the bleachers 10 times, fast on way up, slower on way down.   Immediately after the stairs go to the 100 yard line and sprint backwards and then jog to the opposite 100 yard line, sprint fowards to the line where you will be waiting holding mitts or thai pads - have them punch and/ or kick - power combinations for a minute and a half, jog to the opposite 100 yard line and repeat for a mile or a mile and a half depending on duration of the fight.   The idea is getting your fighter punching hard after being winded and coming on strong at the end of his rounds during the fight.  The backwards sprinting - besides helping coordination, developes legs to punch and move, as well as helps with the takedown defense.  This workout takes only 30 to 40 minutes depending on how many rounds the fighter will be competing for.  For a cool down give them a water bottle and have them walk around the track at their own speed and then the workout is done.

Our fighters grow to look forward to this after their 4th or 5th time as they get in shape and are no longer puking. We do this as a morning cardio workout with evening training sessions in the gym. We have found it works quite well.  Do this 3 to 4 times a week at least 6 weeks out from a fight, use a sweat suit for cutting weight if its not to hot.  This workout will also help with recovery in between rounds - this is the kind of workout we use for our DogBoxing concepts.

Hope this is helpful to somebody and stay up on my blog posts for more information on TRAINING (watch the pages labeled TRAINING  for added posts)