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The purpose of this curriculum is, first and foremost; education. I want to give you a “look inside” and see how we lay a program out for our combat athletes. We typically break our training sessions up into sections or “phases” and we will go into description of each of these phases. The phases are as follows: 1. MOBILITY/MOVEMENT PREP 2. DYNAMIC WARM-UP/FOOTWORK 3. POWER AND PLYO PHASE 4. RESISTANCE TRAINING PHASE (Part 1) 5. RESISTANCE TRAINING PHASE (Part 2) 6. FLEXIBLITY/RECOVERY
It’s very important to develop the stabilizing muscles around your joints. Remember, you’re only as strong as your weakest link. This section will act as "pre-hab" or injury prevention and we will discuss exercises that are great for developing mobility and stability in vulnerable parts of the body.
An overlooked element of fitness, flexibility plays an integral part of our complete training system. Flexibility is a joint’s ability to move through a full range of motion. Clearly this is important for all activities, from grocery shopping, to golfing, to mixed martial arts. Flexibility training also aids in injury prevention and allows for proper movement execution, both of which are significant characteristics when it comes to training MMA athletes. This course contains flexibility movements I do with all my combat athletes.
Generally speaking, the purpose of the warm up is to “prepare” the body for what’s to come“ to have it ready to roll for the rest of the workout. While the entire body is covered in this phase, I really like to target three primary areas - the shoulders & thoracic spine, the hips & glutes, and the foot & ankle complex. If we can get these areas of the body active, mobile, and strong, we’re on our way to an efficient and productive training session.
