Fighters Cardio Workouts????

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People say that spme MMA fighters are cardio machines. Does that mean that they never get tired, or does that mean that they run miles and miles a day? I have searched all sites for some typical workouts for Tito, Franklin, Fedor, etc etc etc. Does anybody know a typical routine for any fighter?
Jerk off responses will not be tolerated. LOL
 
Tito runs 3 miles a day and said he gets his time down to the 18 minute mark. not sure if you run or not, but that's a damn fast 3 mile time.

it's just a turn of phrase. anyone in the UFC or Pride should have cardio enough to go 3 5 minute rounds. it's rediculous not to.
 
A while ago either Mayhem's website or Myspace had a blog describing one of his cardio workouts. The first season of TUF had that test where the guys had to run those ascending speed drills on the treadmills. Considering that only a handfull out of 16 professional fighters passed I think it's probably a pretty damn tough workout.
 
BJ penn sits at a table with a pizza and a beer. That's why he's so amazing 1st round but can't make it into the 2nd.
 
Training really depends on the Fighter, and whether they want to put the time in or not.
 
i believe it was they would get on the treadmill and run five miles per hour for 5 minutes, and go up one mile per hour every five minutes after up to ten miles per hour. so that was like 30 minutes of accending speed running. almost everyone couldn't make it, i know Diego was able to do it, a few of them puked i think. i believe diegos conditioning is very overlooked from watching that. i believe he could fight a 5 round title fight at a faster pace than almost anyone, if you saw his fight with karo you know. fighters tend to lean toward sport specific workouts. you can find one of rich franklins typical conditioning and endurance workouts somewhere one T-Nation.com, Justin Garcia has a great workout at bjjfighter.com, called the chim chim workout. the best in my opinion. crossfit is great also.
 
I don't know how they train, but I strongly suspect they do periods of High Intensity Intervals...

UFC fighters training by going all out for 5 minutes, 5 times.

Pride's longer 10 minutes would be trained with a "medium" intensity.

If you need to be able to run for 30 minutes, then you train by running for 30 minutes...
 
Alistair Overeem's cardio workout is the best one as far as I'm concerned.

He just fucks his hot girlfriend for 3-4 hours a day.
 
I remember reading in an interview that Fedor runs upwards of 10 miles a day and at least 7.5 or so. Also, I remember reading he doesn't lift weights or not very much.
 
I know that Jeff Monson can push tires and dodge PVC pipes with boxing gloves on them for hours.
 
Trust me, go to the training forum, you'll get a lot better results.
 
I ve seen Mirko Cro Cop do sparring with guys and when they are both gassed, the other guy go out and another come in and start punching like hell to fuck up Mirko, while he is trying to defend himself gased out.

Ive done lot of Full contact fights in my life and even if u can run 3 milles a day fast, 2 min of fighting is fking rough let me tell ya. The adrenaline pump the air out of ur body like crazy
 
Most fighters change it up, Tito has ran up ski slopes in big bear, opulled guys on bicycles and Franklin runs with a sled or treadmill intervals, it all depends on the fighter, it is good to change it up though, keeps the body sharp.
 
BostonBadBoy said:
i believe it was they would get on the treadmill and run five miles per hour for 5 minutes, and go up one mile per hour every five minutes after up to ten miles per hour. so that was like 30 minutes of accending speed running. almost everyone couldn't make it, i know Diego was able to do it, a few of them puked i think. i believe diegos conditioning is very overlooked from watching that. i believe he could fight a 5 round title fight at a faster pace than almost anyone, if you saw his fight with karo you know. fighters tend to lean toward sport specific workouts. you can find one of rich franklins typical conditioning and endurance workouts somewhere one T-Nation.com, Justin Garcia has a great workout at bjjfighter.com, called the chim chim workout. the best in my opinion. crossfit is great also.
Your wrong, Diego didn't finish. Actually Leben was the only guy to finish the run and he got drunk the night before.
 
Alistair Overeem's cardio workout is the best one as far as I'm concerned.

He just fucks his hot girlfriend for 3-4 hours a day.

Well, she must be doing all the work because Alistair's cardio is still mediocre.
 
This is from Mayhem's Myspace. It's kind of long but injected with his usual brand of humor.

How to get "ILL" cardio....

A lot of people ask me, "Hey Mayhem, why you so funny lookin?" to which I reply, "It's okay, 'cuz I get things cookin." But a few other people ask me "How do I get great cardio?" If I don't feel like putting any effort into my answer I say "Go run, lunchbox." Usually they come back and say, "I just ran 10 miles!" "Fantastic, run another 15 and you have a marathon."What people don't understand is that fighting isn't a marathon, its a sprint. Actually, its a fifteen minute series of sprints, and to get ready for that, what do you do? Howabout a fifteen minute series of sprints? Now you're learning, spanky. As a cerified techno geek, I have a crack team of cardio trainers that hook me to machines and have me sprint on trampolines, and speak with fake russian accents, but it has occurred to me that not everyone has these special and unique opportunities, so what follows is the "I live in my van down by the river" cardio routine. Walk outside of your trailer and look around. Is there a patch of gravel that is flat enough to run on without losing your rubber slippers? Cool, this is where you are going to run, but first gotta warm up- don't wanna pull a hamby! First, make like your sister and bend over. Seriously, bend over and touch your toes, just make sure your Uncle Richard isn't in town this week. Also, find a sturdy side of your single wide and push against it, with your lower legs at an angle stretching your calves. Next up, using the vinyl siding for support, grab your toes and pull your heel close to your butt- but not that damn close! Shake your legs out, and start a nice smooth jog, being sure to pick up the pace after about a half a mile (use your ford festiva's odometer). Run about a mile then take a breather, but don't go inside and start drinking kool-aid just yet, the real work hasn't begun yet. Steal you cousins casio g-shock watch and go to that patch of gravel we talked about earlier. It should be about a hundred yards long, and doesn't have to be gravel, as long as you can sprint on it. Get psyched up, push the button on the side of the watch (the one that starts it, not the one that makes it talk), and sprint the 100 yards as fast as you can. When you get to the end, turn around, wait for the watch to hit 30 seconds then sprint again. When you start to get the hang of this, try sprinting up a hill then walking back down. This will get you into what we in the biz call "savage shape" hopefully enabling you to tear the head off of you opponents for at least 15 minutes. The reason this works so well, is people mistake continuous, monotonous running for getting in shape. If you are running half speed for an hour you aren't blasting your heart rate, and that is a very squirrel neck method of training. Get crunk and do it high intensity style. Good luck and it doesn't count if you just read this over and over then download porn continously. That doesn't get your heart rate up for long enough. GOOD LUCK! --Jason Mayhem Miller
 
Strict Nine said:
Well, she must be doing all the work because Alistair's cardio is still mediocre.

LOOOOOOOOOOOOL LAUGHING SO HARD AT THE ALISTAIR COMMENTS
 
Bathwater said:
This is from Mayhem's Myspace. It's kind of long but injected with his usual brand of humor.

How to get "ILL" cardio....

A lot of people ask me, "Hey Mayhem, why you so funny lookin?" to which I reply, "It's okay, 'cuz I get things cookin." But a few other people ask me "How do I get great cardio?" If I don't feel like putting any effort into my answer I say "Go run, lunchbox." Usually they come back and say, "I just ran 10 miles!" "Fantastic, run another 15 and you have a marathon."What people don't understand is that fighting isn't a marathon, its a sprint. Actually, its a fifteen minute series of sprints, and to get ready for that, what do you do? Howabout a fifteen minute series of sprints? Now you're learning, spanky. As a cerified techno geek, I have a crack team of cardio trainers that hook me to machines and have me sprint on trampolines, and speak with fake russian accents, but it has occurred to me that not everyone has these special and unique opportunities, so what follows is the "I live in my van down by the river" cardio routine. Walk outside of your trailer and look around. Is there a patch of gravel that is flat enough to run on without losing your rubber slippers? Cool, this is where you are going to run, but first gotta warm up- don't wanna pull a hamby! First, make like your sister and bend over. Seriously, bend over and touch your toes, just make sure your Uncle Richard isn't in town this week. Also, find a sturdy side of your single wide and push against it, with your lower legs at an angle stretching your calves. Next up, using the vinyl siding for support, grab your toes and pull your heel close to your butt- but not that damn close! Shake your legs out, and start a nice smooth jog, being sure to pick up the pace after about a half a mile (use your ford festiva's odometer). Run about a mile then take a breather, but don't go inside and start drinking kool-aid just yet, the real work hasn't begun yet. Steal you cousins casio g-shock watch and go to that patch of gravel we talked about earlier. It should be about a hundred yards long, and doesn't have to be gravel, as long as you can sprint on it. Get psyched up, push the button on the side of the watch (the one that starts it, not the one that makes it talk), and sprint the 100 yards as fast as you can. When you get to the end, turn around, wait for the watch to hit 30 seconds then sprint again. When you start to get the hang of this, try sprinting up a hill then walking back down. This will get you into what we in the biz call "savage shape" hopefully enabling you to tear the head off of you opponents for at least 15 minutes. The reason this works so well, is people mistake continuous, monotonous running for getting in shape. If you are running half speed for an hour you aren't blasting your heart rate, and that is a very squirrel neck method of training. Get crunk and do it high intensity style. Good luck and it doesn't count if you just read this over and over then download porn continously. That doesn't get your heart rate up for long enough. GOOD LUCK! --Jason Mayhem Miller

so basically mayhem's cardio work out is all about sprinting for short times on flat land and up and downhill?
 
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