Fighters may focus more on bodyweight exercises, resistance training, and functional movements that help them develop explosive power, speed, and endurance.
The reason why some MMA fighters may not lift weights is that they believe it can make them bulky and slow them down. They also want to avoid the risk of injury that can come with heavy weightlifting, such as strains, sprains, and tears.
Instead, MMA fighters often use other forms of strength training that help them build functional strength and power. These can include exercises like plyometrics, kettlebell swings, medicine ball throws, and bodyweight movements like pull-ups, push-ups, and squats.
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A fighter who lifts weights will always be better than a fighter that does not. Even Bruce lee lifted weights, unconventional, but still had a weight resistance routine.
Endurance : lifting light weight with 20-25 reps in fast speed. And cardio/HIIT
Power and speed : lifting medium weight with 8-12 reps in medium speed.
Submisive : train isometric such as plank, and power (lifting heavy weight 1-5 reps)
You have a talent for saying alot of words without actually saying anything worth saying.
Same for boxers for decades and decades 💪🏽🥊. Fighters and martial artists may have the “best version” of a human body.
Soo… they DO lift weights.
P*ssy pad detected 😭
there is a video up of Jon Jones squatting 600lbs lmao you don't get that without many years of powerlifters (at a little help on the side). It def helps lol
Except Conor Mcgregor
You only want functional muscles. Otherwise it adds unnecessary weights to you, making you heavier and harder to make weight
Same reason the military does mostly bodyweight training; you need to be strong enough to carry 65 pounds of gear, but you also need the muscle endurance to carry that weight for a 15 mile foot patrol everyday.
You have no idea what you're talking about. 🤦♂️🤷♂️
“MMA fighters don’t lift weights – they merely lift weights.”
Shane carwin lifts weights and has a very impressive bench
it makes their punches inaccurate and tire easily
This is wrong. The guy should mention that he’s talking about competitive fighters. I’m a fighter, I used to compete amateur so ofc I had to regulate my weight. But now I don’t compete, I don’t care about glory or money so I don’t need to limit myself to staying light. “If my 80kg self could knock out my 70kg self, what’s the point in being a world champ at 70kg?” This is my opinion at least. I know I wouldn’t do well against taller bigger professional opponents, but being bigger and stronger makes me personally more capable, especially if I ran into a bigger guy on the streets. However I do try to keep a balance between endurance/stamina/strength/speed and size.
Idk, Yoel Romero looking ripped and has a bit of bulk when he fought Adesanya.
Pro mma fighter here. I lift 4-5 times a week. And my lifting routine is similar to that of a bodybuilder. I’m also a light heavyweight so I probably focus more on lifting than my lower weight class counterparts.
We can, with bodyweight/calysthenics wise, or when we use wheights..if we pull or push does it explosive and decent slowly and wait at least 3 sec when you're downwards with the wheights. The explosive part is the strike/kic phase, the slowly downwards and 3 sec rest is the endurance phase we need in grapling etc
Ai scripted video
What about Jon jones 😜
Title: Mma fighters don’t lift weights
multiple fighters lifting weights
“Mma fighters lift weights”…
ok. but what's the name of girl in 2nd clip
In other words:
Theres muscle for show and muscle for go.
Useless video.
Say it to ROMERO boy)
Jon jones powerlifts
they don’t need to left a lot that’s why
Next…
Even if it's not for it's still 100x times more aesthetic than too big bodybuilders
Who is that shirtless guy in the blue pants at the end of the video?
Me trying aesthetic body and knowing how to fight like MMA😅
i love clickbait titles
Mcgregor: 💀
Weights make you big and it isn't a bad thing for the average person but it can be when you get too big for your performance with guys naturally at that weight. That's why it's much less than most athletes
It's not weightlifting in the conventional sense of bodybuilding. I've done Krav Maga, boxing and MMA, and the general focus, based on experience, is speed, technique, and endurance supplemented by moderate strength and conditioning achieved with exercises using weights and bodyweight. We don't look like bodybuilders in the muscular sense, obviously, but we can definitely put a bodybuilder on the canvas, especially with a well executed round house to the jaw.
They are both totally different sports/disciplines but share some exercise in common like deadlifts which builds the posterior chain, as an example, which is needed for jiu jitsu or judo.
So much words for essentially nothing
MMA fighters are not the best fighters in the world. In fact, they know next to nothing about combat. Krav Maga does.
Fighters don't need aesthetics
Aethetics need them