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27d •
Strength and conditioning for fighters #1
This is the tl;dr version. I am in no way qualified for the advice I'm repeating here and would advise working with a professional s&c coach and consulting a medical professional before starting anything related to this kind of programming. But what I've learned so far is this: Two full body strength sessions per week are awesome. One is great. Three, four and five have diminishing returns. Meaning you'll be sore for your skills work. Always warm up properly. Then start off with plyometrics like jumps, hops and leaps. Next do your main three lifts, like squat, bench and row on one day. Deadlift (or rack pull), incline bench and a pull variation the other day. Add in some accessories (neck work, mobility exercises,...) throughout as circuits so you don't waste time waiting. And at the end to cool down. A good video on training splits for combat athletes: https://youtu.be/6FArXgCAeds?is=Vd6lUnpIqCcs_EwA
3 likes • 26d
@Serwan Scheppers I'd say that it's a bit of a weird one On one side yeah there is more risk of injury, but on the other hand, it makes for a way more "allround" solution and the injury is due to the less modular nature of the sandbag which causes progressive overload, which the user might not be ready for. There is also an ego aspect to this, as someone who can deadlift 180kg's can often only lift a 80kg sandbag. Their unstable form makes them a totally different experience from the tools made for lifting. It's like a pendulum, if machines are on one side, and barbells on the middle, sandbags would be on the other side. Especially for grappling i see the benefit of these, because a human body also is not made to be lifted and will move in a different way each time. Kettlebells on the other hand are one that i think is very underrated, the unstable nature and the conditioning aspect are not to be underestimated. A kettlebell is just such a versatile tool for your posterior chain, also for rotational exercises (wood chops, russian twists). And I think it also can build speed, similar to how olympic lifts do.
4 likes • 22d
@Serwan Scheppers like that time i got 30kg's of grain delivered, and i said "do you need help" and he went "nonono" until he touched the box
Apr 27 •
A wrestling manual from 1659.
https://www.thearma.org/Manuals/Passchen/Passchen.htm German wrestling, known as "Ringen" Especially interesting to note is the subdividing of the body in weak/half/strong parts and leveraging these to counter holds. ex: "When you try to break free from a hold, you must usually apply the Half-Strong of your arm to the Weak of your Adversarii." Also of note is that unlike many modern grappling styles, striking is allowed (this is not the case in modern versions of this, as practiced by HEMA practicioners), as are stomps (nr 38) and throat crushes (nr 37). At the end there is an explanation about how to do a double leg takedown, but this is quite different from the one we are used to, as in our modern martial arts we are more likely to "run through" the adversary, as to get him on his back, but here (probably due to the rules) they actually do more of a suplex type takedown with it, by tossing them over their head.
2 likes • Apr 27
https://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Kunstlicher_stuck_K%C3%A4mpffens_Ringens_und_Werffens for more information
2 likes • Apr 27
@Filip Swennen
Dec '25 •
West Vlaams Worstelen
https://www.traditionalsports.org/more-about-tsg/articles/ruslan-c-pashayev-traditional-wrestling-games-in-west-flanders.html Niet op de hrond vallen we
3 likes • Dec '25
Also here's a file on glima / viking wrestling. I ordered a book on irish collar and elbow wrestling, a style where you were permitted to kick the other persons shin, often with metal boots. Rather interesting is the type of throws and how they correspond to modern day judo throws.
2 likes • Dec '25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEkNj6zHQ60
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