Hawk Finn":2b9bfbtv said:
Interesting. I wish they delved a little more into what the MMA work actually is...I mean, does it involve sparring or is it a glorified Tae Bo-type workout? Does anyone know?
I generally skim linked articles, but am glad that I read that all the way through. A very good read. I was really impressed with his forward-thinking as it pertains to life after football.
Honestly there is no such thing as set "MMA Training" lol.
I've been in four different MMA gyms, and even in those gyms they had different classes for different groups. The afternoon workout crew, the diehards, the competition group, the pro group, and even of those groups there were different workouts for them depending if they had a fight/match/competition/tournament coming up or not.
Anyway some of the gyms focused on a lot of ground, some striking, some liked to mix up the drills where it was both in one, some really liked to separate the disciplines, then had you mix it up only in sparring (lets face it MMA boxing, kick boxing, wrestling, and jiu jitsu is really unstructured compared to pure boxing, kickboxing, wrestling and jiu jitsu). i.e. Some groups just make u do striking drills with foot work with bags and mitts. Some like to make you work a bag and then mix in sprawls, ground and pound, then back to striking.
Oh and I've been to MMA gyms where the beginner classes do feel like more "glorified Tae Bo" like you said. Where it's Tae Bo IMO, but higher intensity and you actually learn clean striking techniques and maybe actually hit something for once lol.
