Martial Arts & Strength training

scottie pippen

Hi all, first time posting in the martial Arts section.

I'm technically an oul-fella, with poor cardio & only recently took up kick boxing, really enjoying it

Just wondering what kind of strength training experienced martial artist's do?

I have been doing stronglifts strength training3 times a week for the last 8months, which consists of 2 different routines, these are althernated

work out A - squats, overhead press, deadlifts
work out B - squats, bench press, bent over rows

I'm thinking of cutting the strength training down to twice week, and continue to do kickboxing twice a week, and add an extra day of cardio to help bring overall fitness levels up, or perhaps change my routine

HellsAngel

scottie pippen wrote: »

Hi all, first time posting in the martial Arts section.

I'm technically an oul-fella, with poor cardio & only recently took up kick boxing, really enjoying it

Just wondering what kind of strength training experienced martial artist's do?

I have been doing stronglifts strength training3 times a week for the last 8months, which consists of 2 different routines, these are althernated

work out A - squats, overhead press, deadlifts
work out B - squats, bench press, bent over rows

I'm thinking of cutting the strength training down to twice week, and continue to do kickboxing twice a week, and add an extra day of cardio to help bring overall fitness levels up, or perhaps change my routine

I do a bit of weight trianing myself, just the bench, curls for the biceps and a triceps excercise, 3 times a week. Just to look after the arms and chest. Also kick and punch the bags about twice a week for about an hour. Don't think strength training is really neccessary for striking martial arts. Maybe it helps in grappling such as BJJ etc

If it's a lifetime habit then keep the weights up, it will do you no harm. My two cents anyway.

Doug Cartel

I found Starting Strength really helped me when I started in judo. I was probably weaker than average and getting a bit more lifting ability helped me make it through the classes without getting too banjaxed.

The returns were a bit diminishing though and after a while I don't think it was making much difference. This could also have been because I was starting to develop some actual judo technique and didn't need to muscle through things as much any more.

One thing that did make a big difference though was when I started doing power cleans. I think they helped quite directly with a few techniques.

The problem with Starting Strength is that you spend so much time doing big squats and deadlifts, which can leave you too knackered to do your actual MA training. I found myself dropping down to two sessions a week, but then, of course, YNDTP as Rippto would put it.

You might also be interested in looking at complexes, like Cosgrove's Evil 8. these help you work on outputting a lot of effort over a short period of time, and are great for training for rounds.

Doug Cartel

Also, check out this thread - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056321271

CIARAN_BOYLE

My thoughts for S&C are
If your instructor has you do some in class become comfortable with the excercise and practice yourself

If you get out of breath in class work on aerobic fitness

If you have a problem that is noticable in class work on it. For example my instructors have mentioned several times that my lats don't engage properly when I throw a punch so I started doing a couple of pullups to get used to engaging my lats.

scottie pippen

thanks guys.

the weight lifting has been big a hobbie for the last year or so, got my self up decent body weight and strength level (was in terrible shape from a desk job last 6years & sedentary lifestyle)

aiming to maintain my current weight/strength while building up a good level of general fitness 7 agility


found this article & a few others on complexes , looks quite interesting

Ill check out that other tread too

Cheers