Is it possible to get into top fighting shape without running? If so give me ideas. Eliptical? Bike? Etc.
YES...do TAKU's Intervals
TAKU
Where do i find these.
We're very fortunate to have Taku and Scrapper on this forum.
Don't forget yourself todd- You add extra entertainment to this site.
Remember your fighting style will dictate your preparation. In BJJ you should probably do less leg based activities than you would for Muay Thai for example.
For the 132,000,000,000th time...
It doesn't have to be either/or (outside of a genetic or medical
condition) but both and and...
There are reasons to run -- though they don't have much to do with
building the kind of stamina most fighters need.
Just as there are reasons to perform sprints, intervals and other forms
of GPP.
We're fortunate to have sfbjj on the forum too
"Remember your fighting style will dictate your preparation. In BJJ you should probably do less leg based activities than you would for Muay Thai for example." ---- How do you figure that? Care to go more in depth with your studied reply?
There are all sorts of ways to condition without running.
Someone has already mentioned Taku's and Scrapper's stuff. Both are super effective programs.
I'm a big fan of weighted conditioning work. Do low-load lifting with large muscle groups for high reps. Good examples of this are high rep kettlebell training, heavy medicine ball work, unweighted/weight vest calisthenics, barbell/dumbbell complexes (google Istvan Javorek), etc.
My new book The Conditioning Handbook is essentially 200 pages devoted to the question, "How can I get in shape without jogging?". I highly recommend it, of course I am a bit biased. :)
Check out the thread called conditioning handbook for a list of the contents.
Brian
Respect-What about that statement do you not understand.
Why should you do more leg based activities for Muay Thai than BJJ??
conditiong handbook by Brian Jones excellent for icreasing work capacity
MaxCondition by Jamie Hale an entire chapter dedicated to enhancig work capacity
coach hale
www.maxcondition.com
Most of BJJ is done mostly on the ground with little demand put on leg endurance (Shrimping, Sweeps from the guard take downs, ect., being some of the exception), Muay Thai is done almost excusively on your feet putting more demand on leg endurance plus all the kicks and knees.
I don't have a huge amount of experience in either dicipline (more in BJJ than MT) but felt those were good examples to use to get my point across.
It similar to the fact that a a swimmer would do less leg based cardio than a rugby player.
But fighting isn't BJJ... it's fighting. Your ability to stay on your toes and move well for the whole fight helps in any combat sport that includes striking.
C
Chad,
Besides an "all in" street encounter, what is fighting? MMA is fighting? Anything that requires you stay on your toes and move well? Any combat sport? Is boxing fighting? Pro boxers oten refer to their matches as fights. Some would say boxing is far removed from a fight. Hence the question.
I wonder if it may be more accurate to regard wrestling, BJJ, boxing, judo as fighting, but each with their agreed limitations, in the same manner than MMA has its (lesser) limitations. But perhaps the limitations imposed on MMA are relevantly different from those imposed on say, BJJ.
I am just asking. What say you?
semantics, sorry. if you are better a wrestling or BJJ you will probably want to take that "fight" to the ground against a superior striker, am I wrong?
Any way I'm talking theory, I never said abandon Leg based cardio for ground "fighters", I'm just saying the emphasis shifts.
if you dont like running jumping rope is exellent for get into shape especially cardio wise