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Pre-Fight Preparation For MMA Fitness
Mixed martial arts(MMA) is a mixed bag, and MMA fitness takes on this quality. But mixed doesn't mean confused—mixed martial arts merges the strengths of several types of martial arts, creating an altogether new and extreme combat sport.
When people are first interested in mixed martial arts, they often presume that they can just master the two best forms of martial arts, and they are pretty much on their way. Not true. In the first place, there is no "best" martial art. They all are different and it would be like comparing fruit. This is not the way to go if you want to achieve MMA fitness.
Instead, you have to train for all of them, all at once. This is because each type of martial art has its area of focus, and a mixed martial artist needs to focus on all of them. MMA fitness requires that you understand this.
For example, jiu jitsu focuses use of strength on the ground. If you go against a mixed martial artist and your specialty is jiu jitsu, he may realize this in time and use other martial art forms to keep you standing and to prevent you from getting him on the ground. That is why mixed martial arts is a mixed bag. It involves doing everything, all together, and simultaneously.
Preparing For The Fight
Let us walk you through an MMA fitness routine. Suppose you are out of shape and are really starting from point A. Suppose, too, your fight is scheduled three months away. In your initial training session you might go through the usual warm-up, a workout, and perhaps the Thai pads. This may involve 10 rounds of only one minute. Yes, one minute. People may think you are crazy, but you won't care because you know what you are doing.
A week later, you can do ten rounds of one and a half minutes. From there, add an additional 30 seconds to your workout every week until you have hit five minutes. MMA fitness is about doing things slowly and gradually, because before you realize it, your routine will be tougher than you expected.
An advanced training schedule for mixed martial arts can be as arduous as training twice a day, four days of the week; one time two days a week; and one day off—most likely Sundays.
MMA fitness requires that even when you are at the height of your regimen you must pace yourself in terms of how much commitment you will give to each training session. If you go one hundred percent each time you will burn out. Save some sessions for just going at 80%. Even at this stage there are areas of pacing that you must adhere to in order to win.
The closer you are to the fight, the more you have to build yourself up and train harder and harder. The key word to all of this is pacing. If you start to rev up too early, for example if six weeks before the fight you are already going six rounds of seven minutes, you simply will not make it. MMA fitness does not work that way. Go slow, but always go forward, and you will attain the height of MMA fitness that you need in order to win.

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