90s/2000s MMA training vs Now...

[Bluesbreaker]

I know it wasn't usual, but I believe the Lion's Den camps were pretty brutal and probably shortened the careers of some guys. Like Chute Boxe though, it certainly gave us plenty of great fights.

 

[Jack Handy jr]

Think what is VASTLY overlooked is better and designer PEDS. Especially for recovery . Mma is SUCH a grueling sport year round , year after year , I don’t know how anybody could be “ clean “ for a whole career even with periodization abd advanced training protocols .

I hit the wall hard at 35

so guys north of that age that can still sub grapple,strike,sprint,drill,lift,and stretch 4-5 days a week imho have to be on something unless they’re some kind of genetic outlier

 

[TheMaster]

How did old school fighters train back in the day that is different?

I am curios to know because the talk is that now fighters get paid to train full time and usually former champs get old and lose their status.

Other than that, has there been new techniques or new training methods that specifically replaced the old ones?

 

[updowniri]

Remember the Rich Franklin All Access episode? Those insane weight room marathon sessions? His trainer's philosophy was "Rich fights 5 five-minute rounds so we do ten 10-minute rounds so he never ever gets tired". Did it work? Was Rich in great shape? Sure. But you gotta think if it was worth the time and how much it taxed his recuperative ability.

The truth is if you fight 5 minutes at a time then you should train 5 minutes at a time in fight camp. Going longer changes the energy systems you're using. You'd be better off resting less than the allotted 1 minute then you'd be training more than the 5 minutes.

In the late 2000s a fighter and S&C coach named Paul McVeigh experimented with fight camp S&C training and anecdotally found that less was more in terms of volume. And it didn't matter much what modality he used, he just had to work hard for the 5min on 1min off format. Urijah Faber, Randy Couture, and others have echoed similar thoughts.

Probably because they will be busting their but for those five minutes, if its ten minutes they will find loopholes, stride it out, take some power off. Three all out do or die hill sprints can gas you more then thirty striding sprints on land.

 

[Foppa21]

Back then it was very much train like you fight, all the time. Basically sparring sessions 6 days a week

 

[Kforcer]

Minowa also would sprint against horses and cars. Or was it airplanes?

It was airplanes. Definitely airplanes.

 

[mattemate]

Does anyone remember Minowa-man and his high altitude training?

YES! YES! YES!