Thread: after advice

Hi

im after some advice, as a person that is trying to switch over from powerlifting/strongman to MMA would it be best to just try and stick to improving one particular area, ie get good at standup (boxing, kicking) and just focus mainly on one area first or try and learn a mix of all martial arts? kickboxing, BJJ etc etc

I'd say it all depends on how much time/mobility/facilities you have around you to begin with?

well lets say for arguments sake i had ideal conditions, access to all types of classes and time to train as i like

If that was the case then I wouldn't take the time to learn one individual art at a time, I'd be blasting them all from the off. In ideal circumstances I'd be training all of the core arts separately, so in a week:

Wrestling,
Boxing,
Submission Grappling/BJJ,
Thai

Supplemented by:

2 X Conditioning sessions
Couple of lifts (mainly squats/deads/bench and some olys)
MMA Sparring a couple of times and work with a good MMA coach to bring it all together.

How awesome that would be :thumb

Originally Posted by MMAunltd

If that was the case then I wouldn't take the time to learn one individual art at a time, I'd be blasting them all from the off. In ideal circumstances I'd be training all of the core arts separately, so in a week:

Wrestling,
Boxing,
Submission Grappling/BJJ,
Thai

Supplemented by:

2 X Conditioning sessions
Couple of lifts (mainly squats/deads/bench and some olys)
MMA Sparring a couple of times and work with a good MMA coach to bring it all together.

How awesome that would be :thumb

Too much for the average guy to even think about!

Originally Posted by theheft

Too much for the average guy to even think about!

Originally Posted by youngun

well lets say for arguments sake i had ideal conditions, access to all types of classes and time to train as i like

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Originally Posted by MMAunltd

If that was the case then I wouldn't take the time to learn one individual art at a time, I'd be blasting them all from the off. In ideal circumstances I'd be training all of the core arts separately, so in a week:

Wrestling,
Boxing,
Submission Grappling/BJJ,
Thai

Supplemented by:

2 X Conditioning sessions
Couple of lifts (mainly squats/deads/bench and some olys)
MMA Sparring a couple of times and work with a good MMA coach to bring it all together.

How awesome that would be :thumb

:good:whs

gotta agree, if you can do it all - do it :thumb ...even when I did not have lots of time (i.e holding down a 40plus hour job) I still done thai 3 times a week, BJJ 2-3 times a week - weights or conditioning x's 2.

Originally Posted by MMAunltd

!!!

Sorry didnt really read the first post properly, just read through yours and got depressed because I cant do it haha!

Go for them all and see which one you like tbh.

I crossed over from a bodybuilding background (damn it but hey, enjoyed it at the time).