How to: Start Training in MMA

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Originally Posted by HIMBOB

Ask your coaches,


Yes board shorts are fine (No pockets is what to look for) but if you have friends in the USA get them to buy MMA shorts and ship them (stronger and last longer).


Ease into it, Don't plan on jumping into 1-2 sessions a day 6 days a week.

Thank you for your advice. I kind of feel dumb asking about the whole shorts thing. Since I am in a third world country no one can really afford those types of things. I'd feel embarrassed wearing something like Hayabusa and being very noob at everything, when there are local established fighters here that train in what ever they have.

Originally Posted by Robmasterflex

Pick one or two of your favourite things, preferably one striking, one grappling. (Boxing and judo aren't bad ideas because you're also looking for self defense application outside the ring. On the streets you'll most likely be using your fists because kicking seems risky, you don't want to end up on the ground, same reason why jiu jitsu may not be the best either. A lot of police officers train judo because you can put a much larger person on the ground fast and decide from there if you want to fight or flight.)

Thank you for the advice. I finally found a gym that is constructive and works well with my style of learning. A lot of friendly people to, if the coach couldnt explain it to me, people would get up and show me how.

Originally Posted by Tim1

Would you mind if you told me the name of your gym? Just curious...

I am now going to FIST Gym in Quezon City, Philippines. Before I posted this thread I was still in the process of speculating gyms.

Originally Posted by TriangleMan

Dude, if your gym is that loaded,why can't you just ask your coaches these things instead of an anonymous board?

When I posted this I was still speculating gyms and only took 2 classes prior. Its not a top of the line gym, but it has the basic necessities needed. The reason why I haven't asked any trainers because there is a huge language barrier between people and my self. I can only understand Tagalog, but I have a hard time constructing sentences myself. But now I found a gym that is very resourceful and informational.

Originally Posted by Smashr

Trust the coach,not some random people on a computer bro..just my 2 cents.

Yeah, I trust my coach now. The previous training I got was just terrible. I got corrected on so many things when I went to my first day. I could actually feel the difference in my strikes after what the coaches at FIST taught me.

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Thank you for all the advice from everyone.

I finally found a gym that actually cares for the people they train and walk-ins. But since my schedule with school is so busy I only have time to attend Boxing or Muay Thai.

My next question is am I overdoing it? I haven't asked my coach yet because I only went on Sunday and I am kind of worried that he might try to persuade me to just work out there, but they lack a lot of physical and cardio equipment. Plus the other gym I go to is only $30 a month.

Sunday: Muay Thai
Monday: Gym - Chest, Triceps, Shoulders, 2 miles of cardio on Treadmill or at least 20minutes.
Tuesday: Boxing
Wednesday: Legs, Back, Biceps, 2 miles of cardio on an eliptical or at least 20 minutes
Thursday: Rest
Friday: Muay Thai
Saturday Gym - Gym - Chest, Triceps, Shoulders, 2 miles of cardio cycling or at least 20minutes.

To elaborate on my Gym Workouts. Ill do 2-3 of each work out 3 Sets, 10 Reps. Nothing over 100lbs. All my ab workouts are during boxing/muay thai

Day A:
Chest - Variations of Bench Presses, Dumbbell Flyes, Push ups
Triceps - Skullcrushers/Dips/Standing Dumbbell Tricep Extensions
Shoulders - Reverse Fly Machines/ Front Dumbbell raise/ Kettlebell Thrusters

Day B:
Legs - Squats/Calf-Raise/Kettle bell one legged Deadlift
Back - Deadlift/Reverse Grip Bentover row/Rack Pulls
Biceps - EZ-bar curl/ hammer curls/ close grip standing barbell curl

I got all of these workouts from a body building website. The workouts I posted are the ones I am doing this week, I am going to change each work out every week to mix it up, but I'll make sure to do variations of deadlifts and squats.

I am gonna alternate Muay thai and boxing. I can't attend Judo or BJJ classes right now because they're offered around 7pm and thats when I need to study.

[HIMBOB]

I don't love your weights routine.


I would ditch all your isolation stuff and do compounds.
For instance no more curling instead do rows, ie chin ups, pull ups, bent over rows, upright rows. Things like.

This is not an area I am very knowledgeable on but I thnk you can find a better plan for you if you have a bit of a google.

[TriangleMan]

You're just going to confuse him further with the advice...

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Just an update after 3 months of training.

My schedule now looks like this

Sunday
REST

Monday
Morning Run
Striking 7-8:30pm
BJJ 8:30-10pm

Tuesday
Morning Run
Weight Lifting
BJJ 8:00-10pm

Wednesday
Morning Run
Weight Lifting
Striking 7-8:30pm
BJJ 8:30-10pm

Thursday
REST

Friday
Morning Run
Weight Lifting
Striking 7-8:30pm
BJJ 8:30-10pm

Saturday
Morning Run
Weight Lifting
Wrestling 11:00am-12:30pm

My Lifting Schedule is based off of 5/3/1 and now I use more compound workouts and fewer isolated workouts

Tuesday, Friday
Chest, Triceps, Shoulders

Wednesday, Saturday
Legs, Back, Biceps

Chest - Bench Press Variations, Dumbbell Press Variations, Push up Variations
Triceps - Dips, Close Triceps Push ups, Skull Crushers(Iso)
Shoulders - Battling Ropes for 10minutes with rest in between, Kettlebell Thruster, Pushpress

Legs - Squats, Dumbbell Lunges, Kettlebell Swing, Calf Raise(Iso)
Back - Lateral Pulldowns/pullups, Rack Pulls, Rows, Deadlift
Bicep, Drag curl, Hammer curl(Iso), Alternating curls(Iso)