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Posts Tagged ‘conditioning’

Killer Conditioning – Sled Dragging – Prowler Pushing

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

I trained with the rest of the Diesel guys, the dudes from Krank Systems, Mark from Elmira Fitness Club and Taylor Sexton a few months back.

As a finisher to the already 3-hour workout, we finished with the Diesel Man Maker.

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Tags: conditioning, prowler pushing, rope pulling, sled dragging
Posted in athletic strength training lift odd objects, how to improve fitness and conditioning, how to improve grip strength, how to lose fat improve fat loss, how to lose weight and get in better shape, muscle-building-workouts, strength training muscle building workouts, strength training to improve athletic performance | 1 Comment »

MMA Strength and Conditioning – High Intensity Resistance Training Circuits

Sunday, August 1st, 2010

MMA Strength & Conditioning

High Intensity Resistance Training Circuits

In the following video you’ll get to see some pretty cool resistance training circuits.
Why Are Resistance Training Circuits So Effective?
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Tags: conditioning, fight training, fighters workouts, injury rehab for fighters, insane conditioning workouts, john franchi, mma strength and conditioning, mma strength training workouts, pat audinwood, training workouts for combat athletes, UFC strength training, WEC strength training
Posted in accelerated muscular development, strength training muscle building workouts | No Comments »

MMA Strength and Conditioning – High Intensity Resistance Training Circuits

Sunday, August 1st, 2010

MMA Strength & Conditioning

High Intensity Resistance Training Circuits

In the following video you’ll get to see some pretty cool resistance training circuits.

Why Are Resistance Training Circuits So Effective?

CHECK OUT THE REST OF THIS KILLER POST AFTER THE JUMP (more…)

Tags: conditioning, fight training, fighters workouts, injury rehab for fighters, insane conditioning workouts, john franchi, mma strength and conditioning, mma strength training workouts, pat audinwood, training workouts for combat athletes, UFC strength training, WEC strength training
Posted in accelerated muscular development, strength training muscle building workouts | 471 Comments »

High Intensity Metabolic Training – Powerful Prowler Combination

Monday, June 28th, 2010

High Intensity Metabolic Training

Powerful Prowler Combination

I am training two MMA fighters for their upcoming fights on August 6th.  We recently did a killer prowler finisher after their lower body workout.
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Tags: athletic strength training, brutal conditioning, combat athletes, conditioning, elite fitness, fat loss, grip strength, high intensity metabolic training, metabolic workouts, mma, power leg training workouts, prowler, strength training for athletes, thick rope training, ufc
Posted in strength training muscle building workouts, strength training powerlifting, strength training to improve athletic performance, strength training workouts | 17 Comments »

Hindu Push-ups, Mace Swings and Sandbag Get-ups OH MY!

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

Non-Conventional Strength Training for Real Results

When you look around during your typical day what do you see?  You probably see a lot of people who look like they’ve never worked out a day in their life.  Let’s take it one step further.  When you go to the gym, what do you see?  I would bet you even see people in the gym who look like they never worked out, OR you see the same people you’ve seen for the last several years, doing the same exercises they always do.

And you know what?  They still look the same as they always do.  How can this be?  They are always in the gym, yet they never change?

Well, they’re not doing something right.

Bad Nutrition?  Definitely

Wrong Exercises?  Probably

Wrong Intensity?  Probably

Too Much Volume?  Maybe

Something is not right.  Maybe they’re allergic to exercise?  That must be it.

Something has to change.

If you are stuck in a rut with your workout and you’re looking for some new exercises and some new challenges, try out some of the following movements.

Hindu Push-ups

Incredible movement for the shoulders and hips and is great to hit for high volumes for conditioning.  It can be done on an elevated surface to help perform the movement through a full range of motion (ROM).   The movement can also be overloaded with chains, a weight vest or elastic bands.  It is a very popular movement with old school grapplers and fighters.  I actually use it a lot in warm-up because of the benefits of the shoulders and hips.

Mace Swings

This movement can be performed using a mace or a clubbell.  I love the movement because it fries the grip and opens up the upper back and shoulders.  If you don’t have any of these special implements, we’ve actually used and ez-curl bar as a substitute.  Mace swings should be done for high repetitions or for a specific length of time.

Sandbag Get-ups

This movement is brutal.  It taxes the entire body and forces it to act as a single unit.  Because the entire body is working, it becomes very metabolic, very quick.  If you don’t have a sandbag, a dumbbell or kettlebell, held at arms length, can be substituted.  As you drive upward on the outstretched arm, tension on the bent leg allows the straight leg to swing through into a lunge position.  From there, the lifter braces hard and drives to a standing position.  This movement is amazing for conditioning and great for fighters for bracing while fatigued.

Try any or all of these movements during your next training session.  They can work as the supplemental exercises or you can throw them in at the end for conditioning.

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Tags: athletic strength training, chaos training, conditioning, core training, hindu push-ups, mace swings, power training, sandbag get-ups, sandbag training
Posted in accelerated muscular development, athletic strength training lift odd objects, strength training muscle building workouts, strength training to improve athletic performance, strength training workouts, strongman training for athletes | 9 Comments »

Diesel Training – Survival in the Sun

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

“We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.” – Winston Churchill

All I could think about yesterday was what I had to do to survive.

It was a beautiful and hot day. The thermometer was showing over 90 degrees, and although it was slightly cooler in the Garage Gym, it was still humid and everything we touched got covered in sweat.

We started out with about 10 minutes of warm-up that included Mobility / PVC Roller / General Warm-up. By the end of that, we had already sweated through our shirts. Each of us went through a giant glass of water just during this time

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Tags: conditioning, front squats, lunges, prowler, rope pulling, strength training, strongman, training outside
Posted in athletic strength training lift odd objects, grip strength, how to build muscle, how to improve fitness and conditioning, how to lose weight and get in better shape, sled dragging workouts, strength training videos diesel tv, strongman training log stone tire farmer | 3 Comments »

Group Conditioning Circuits

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

Lean on Me

Guest Post

Barry Gibson

http://www.grapplefit.com

It’s something of an honor to be asked to do a guest post for Smitty and Jedd, especially as I’ve been a big fan for some time. For people that don’t know, my name is Barry Gibson and I own and operate Grapplefit Training in Sunderland, England. I have been the regular strength contributor to Fighters Only Magazine for almost four years now, and have had the concept of Grapplefit for at least seven years. Only now is it becoming a reality and I have my own unit where I train combat athletes full time. I also run fat loss boot camps for ladies and gents not involved in the fight game. One of my more recognizable clients is Ross Pearson – TUF season 9 lightweight winner and now UFC fighter. At the time of writing, Ross has just defeated Aaron Riley at UFC 105.

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Tags: athletic strength training, conditioning, fat loss, fitness, mixed martial arts, mma, ufc
Posted in athletic strength training lift odd objects, core workouts for athletes, how to build muscle, mixed martial arts training, sled dragging workouts, strength training muscle building workouts, strength training to improve athletic performance | 5 Comments »

Rest Pause Training – Step-ups and Rows

Monday, November 9th, 2009

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Building serious muscle doesn’t have to take hours and hour and tons of volume each workout.
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Tags: bodybuilding, conditioning, gain muscle workouts, grip strength, how to build muscle, rest pause training, rows, step-ups, work capacity
Posted in accelerated muscular development, how to build muscle, how to lose fat improve fat loss, strength training muscle building workouts | 7 Comments »

Complex Training for Elite MMA Athletes

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009


COMPLEX TRAINING

Guest Blog Post from Franklin Joyner, Triumph Athletics

The beauty of complex training (CT) is that it’s simple and it works. CT is the blending of strength and speed. In essence, CT is nothing more than a ME exercise immediately followed by a DE exercise. This is an enormously effective style of training. To better understand why it is so effective we will first need to look at the science behind CT.

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Tags: boxing, combat athletics, complex training, conditioning, fighting, mma strength training, strength and conditioning, ufc, work capacity
Posted in how to lose fat improve fat loss, strength training muscle building workouts, strength training to improve athletic performance, strength training workouts | 390 Comments »

Backyard Cardio

Monday, August 24th, 2009

A New Slant on the 40 Yard Dash for Backyard Cardio

By: Andy Book, CSCS

Running sprints with limited rest periods between repetitions is unquestionably a great method of building strength endurance. On the other hand, running repeated sprints is frankly boring. It’s rare to see even dedicated self-trained athletes running sprints.

Typically, if you see somebody running sprints, there’s a coach directing this effort. If you don’t want to run sprints, but still want to build strength endurance the following circuit is a great alternative for boring sprint work. However, you’ll be doing 40 yard dashes. Boredom shouldn’t be an issue with this circuit. Fried lungs…well that’s another story.
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Tags: cardio, combat conditioning, conditioning, kettlebell training, sled dragging
Posted in grip strength blob, kettlebell training, sled dragging workouts, strength training to improve athletic performance, strength training workouts, strongman training for athletes | 9 Comments »

Tom Lawlor Wins!

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Tom won a unanimous decision over Kyle Kingsbury Saturday night!  Unfortunately, he injured his hand and he is working to get that healed up right now.  Tom was an animal with his training and completed some of the toughest conditioning circuits I’ve created during the lead up to the fight.

We here at Diesel are proud of Tom!

Tom is looking at his next fight in the UFC at 185, so he is going to be dropping down to a more natural weight.

Here is Tom giving a shout out on MMA Junkie – CLICK HERE FOR THE DIESEL MENTION

Tags: athlete, combat, conditioning, dieselcrew.com, fighting, mma, strength, tom lawlor, training, ufc, win
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