I'd be interested in knowing not just how many hours a week the typical UFC fighter spends on strength training, but into how many days per week he spreads this out. Finally often dos the average UFC fighter train a muscle group such as lats?
How Many Hours On Average Does A UFC Fighter Spend Weekly on Strength Training?
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I would hope that the "average UFC fighter" doesn't do silly things like "train lats" and instead focuses on "getting strong".
There is certainly not enough data to fairly answer your question:
1. AFAIK, no reputable survey companies are examining the weight training habits of UFC fighters.
2. For many fighters (and their coaches), actual training schedules are probably not going to be shared publicly, since training is your primary competitive advantage.
3. When fighters do "release" their training schedules, it's primarily a marketing thing, and most likely has no real relationship with how that fighter trains.
There is certainly not enough data to fairly answer your question:
1. AFAIK, no reputable survey companies are examining the weight training habits of UFC fighters.
2. For many fighters (and their coaches), actual training schedules are probably not going to be shared publicly, since training is your primary competitive advantage.
3. When fighters do "release" their training schedules, it's primarily a marketing thing, and most likely has no real relationship with how that fighter trains.
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Probably not a whole lot since they have to work on wrestling, boxing, Muay Thai, bjj, conditioning and all that shit and still manage to recover.
I'd also imagine it changes over the course of their "season" depending on what is on their schedule.
And x2, I doubt (but I could be wrong) that many of any do "lay day" or "leg day" or "back and bi" day or whatever the heck bodybuilder types do.
I'd also imagine it changes over the course of their "season" depending on what is on their schedule.
And x2, I doubt (but I could be wrong) that many of any do "lay day" or "leg day" or "back and bi" day or whatever the heck bodybuilder types do.
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In addition to what pliftkl said, the amount of lifting will change depending on whether or not they are in a fight camp. If they are between fights they will probably do more strength training than they would in camp and in camp they will probably reduce or even cut it out completely as they get closer to the fight date. Of course there is a lot of variation in training between fighters and gyms, depending on which qualities a fighter needs to develop and which ones they (or their team/coach) think are important.
And there's still a lot of variance in MMA strength programs. Some guys keep it simple with heavy compound lifts while others still believe in wacky "MMA-specific" strength programs. Sometimes those can be good programs that simply focus on something other than max strength and sometimes they are just garbage.
And there's still a lot of variance in MMA strength programs. Some guys keep it simple with heavy compound lifts while others still believe in wacky "MMA-specific" strength programs. Sometimes those can be good programs that simply focus on something other than max strength and sometimes they are just garbage.
