Training for power

[peterandrew]

Thanks a lot for this great conversation. I want to increase my power and someone suggest me for this mma training so please give me some more suggestions for that.

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[jhony]

That is really good that you are starting martial arts training. I will also suggest you to start yoga teacher training because it will be so helpful for you in your martial art training.Ancient practitioners have likened
yoga teacher training to a living tree with six branches coming from the trunk, with each branch having its own unique function relating to a particular lifestyle. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is one of the six darshanas of Hindu or Vedic schools and, alongside the Bhagvada Gita and Hatha Yoga Pradipika, is a milestone in the history of Yoga. Though brief, the Yoga Sutras are an enormously influential work, just as relevant for yoga philosophy and practice today, as when written many thousands of years ago.The six branches of Yoga tend to have some aspects in common and familiarizing oneself with all six will certainly help in the selection of your own yoga programme that incorporates routines that appeal from any of the six branches. Asanas or postures, Pranayama or breath control, these two disciplines along with meditation and a strict moral code are the fundamentals of the practice of yoga.

[shane90]

The Strength and power are required for blended martial creative pursuits battling and stand-up battling, the only time power isn't required and method is mostly utilized is in grappling, and that is if you are very good. Even then, power is a large-scale plus...
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[WildWest.]

In other words you need to learn to punch correctly first.

[LAMartialArts]

its all about body movement core training hit the bags as much as you can trust me on this one lifting wieghts is good if you plan to pick some one up and throw them around but if you want to hit hard then you need to start hitting the bags as much as you can learn about boxing training not wieght lifting

[jonbey]

What is a Chinese press up? Are they the same as a Hindu press up?

Yep, they are pretty much the same. Some press up examples here.

[Filero]

I'm not dismissing kettlebells, just dismissing the notion that it's the tool rather than the workout, and saying that you can succeed just as well with or without them. If they motivate you, great. Otherwise, you can accomplish the same thing with other tools. Otherwise, every athlete in the world would only use kettlebells. Even that weakly documented ACE report credits the workout, not the actual kettlebells: "Researchers credit the brisk calorie burning to the fact that the kettlebell snatch workout is a total-body movement performed in an interval-training fashion." The benefits of interval training and olympic style movements are well known and have been for years, and just as easily accessible with dumbells or barbells or any other number of tools such as sandbags. The report is meaningless due to complete lack of detail, but if they compared a soundly-designed program versus a badly designed gym program, and then measured success by what the soundly-designed program did, then the results are a no-brainer. Moreover, the study measure energy output and not max strength/power gains over time, so even if it were valid, it's not relevant to the OP.

Again, I'm not saying kettlebells are useless. I'm saying that athletes succeed with any number of training tools, some may use kettlebells, some may not. In the end, there are more important things than the tools, like good program design and consistency. It's a mistake to ascribe the sucess to the tool.

[WildWest.]

Kettlebells are hardly expensive compared to a gym membership and gym equipment. They take up less space than normal weight lifting machines and are an extremely versatile tool. Additionally, the ability to train at home means less time in crowded gyms waiting for a piece of machinery or weight.
They may be currently "trendy" but they have been around since the 1700's. Besides, if they work who cares if they are trendy?

Nothing special about kettlebells? The following link would suggest otherwise. Admittedly though, like with any sort of training, the more you put into it the more you will get out of it.

ACE Study Reveals Kettlebells Provide Powerful Workout in Short Amount of Time

I went to a conventional gym for 10 years and, in my opinion, wasted a lot of money before finding kettlebell training. The type of training they involve cross over into my MA and work training better than anything else I've come across. The type of full body, off balance, impact training kettlebells incorporate works me better than any other method I've come across.

Is it the only way to train? Of course not but it suits me and certainly suits a lot of other people out there.

Don't write them off.

[Filero]

I'd recommend kettlebells over going to the gym and doing more traditional weight lifting exercises.....the exercises are more geared towards athletic performance.

The key phrase there is "the exercises". There's nothing special about kettlebells -- if you do exercises geared toward athletic performance, you'll make gains in the right direction. Kettlebells are fine, if expensive and trendy, way to go. But you can accomplish what you want without them, the tools do not make the man.

[WildWest.]

I'd recommend kettlebells over going to the gym and doing more traditional weight lifting exercises.....the exercises are more geared towards athletic performance.

[shane90]

My need to do more paractice becaue practice make man prerfect . when you come to an intermediate grade of power, supplementing in dynamic power workouts will be a gigantic help. That means olympic elevators, like snatches, cleans, impel presses, impel jerks. I support getting a little teaching, and doing the safer hang/power versions of these movements. Or, you can do power-based versions or the benchmark elevators -- fall the heaviness to 50%-60% of your 1RM, and do explosive benchpress, crouch jumps,

[Filero]

Hey men, right i have been doing full body workouts at home now for 2 years. But i am thinking of taking the plunge into a gym environment. Basically, gym vs home weights, tell me why you like the gym, has your body improved since using the machines, etc.

The last thing you should be doing, if you're looking to develop combat-sport-specific strength/power, is looking at the machines. These exercises are for too isolated to translate as well as freeweights or bodyweight exercises for combat sports. The best reason to go to the gym is if it has more equipment (in terms of weights, dumbells, barbells, dip bars, etc) than you do at home. Do you have a power rack? Hundreds of pounds of weights for deadlifts? Not that you necessarily need to squat or deadlift, there are many different ways to get strong, but if you want to add in those great exercises, you might not have the equipment at home. You might not have all the dumbell weights so you can progress more quickly, etc. Plus when you're done you can check out the hot chicks on the cardo machines

[Filero]

If you want to develop power for fighting sports, your #1 priority is training and sparring in fighting sports. Nothing I ever did in the gym made my shot and sprawl as explosive as a single competitive wrestling season; ditto for time in the ring for striking.

The next most important thing is max strength. If you are not past a beginner level of strength -- 2x bodyweight deadlift or squat, for example -- nothing will build your explosive power like getting you max strength up.

Once you've reached an intermediate level of strength, adding in dynamic power exercises will be a huge help. That means olympic lifts, like snatches, cleans, push presses, push jerks. I advocate getting a little training, and doing the safer hang/power versions of these movements. Or, you can do power-based versions or the standard lifts -- drop the weight to 50%-60% of your 1RM, and do explosive benchpress, squat jumps, etc. Add in explosive bodyweight movements -- clapping pullups, behind-the-back clapping pushups, etc. Get a little coaching on plyometrics and add those in.

So, in short:
1. Train hard
2. Get you max strength to an acceptable minimum -- 2x bw deadlift and back squat, 1.5x bw benchpress, and then...
3. Add in explosive power work: o-lifts, dynamic versions of standard lifts, and plyos. Suggest you get training on this aspect.

[spence.smith]

Hey men, right i have been doing full body workouts at home now for 2 years. But i am thinking of taking the plunge into a gym environment. Basically, gym vs home weights, tell me why you like the gym, has your body improved since using the machines, etc.

[Broadsword2004]

Thanx, I just read a lot is all. Hmmm, well I don't have access to a gym right now, so basically I do poor-man's strength training for the moment (pullups, dips, handstand stuff, pistols, etc...) I an't wait to get to a gym though so I get do deadlifts and barbell squats.