Kettlebells And Mental Toughness…
In the world of strength and conditioning I always like to touch on the characteristic of mental toughness. Today I’m going to talk about how this particular trait goes hand in hand with kettlebell training and the successful mindset of fitness in general. Keep on reading if I have your attention.
In the world of martial arts mobility is a key factor in the success or failure of any fighter. Body weight resistance is a big part of my program when training serious fighters and serious fitness junkies to get into top notch physical condition. This is why I am including a couple of killer body weight drills to for you to work on to” take the fight” to your personal fitness and MMA strength training routine! Keep reading if I have your attention.
The following workout consists of my final training week for 2 of my competing fighters after a 6 week plan. The focus of this last training session was to emphasize big core movements for the optimal development of strength, power, and speed. There has been a steady increase of intensity (increased weighted resistance/volume) over the course of the 6 week periodization plan. There is also some additional emphasis on cardio with the inclusion of more strength endurance/mobility based drills along with combining lifts with a superset structure. Feel free to give this a try, but ease into the volume and amount of weight being lifted. Make sure that you progress by executing a quality lift rather than allowing heavy weight to compromise your technique!
The winning ingredient for your warm up is the same thing as your training. The key is MOVEMENT! Now this being said there are a lot of aspects to moving the body. You see it has been my experience that moving the body through various planes of motion is what trains us to be ready for most any physical feat. However the problem with most strength and conditioning programs out there is that they neglect proper dynamic warm up in addition to neglecting getting the body used to moving in more than one direction. Continue reading if you are serious about kicking your training off in the right direction.
So are you interested in learning how you can achieve 10 times the cardio from your workouts in 1/10 of the the time? If so then you have arrived in the right place. Permit yourself a minute to continue reading up on how kettlebell cardio is one of the best forms of conditioning you can put yourself through!
