Category: Metabolic Demands
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The Fighter’s Edge: Exploring Bioenergetics in MMA Training
Mixed Martial Arts is not just a test of strength and skill, but also a demanding energy marathon. Recognizing the crucial role of bioenergetics in MMA, Dr. Jason Gillis presents a transformative online video training course: “The Bioenergetics of MMA.” This course dispels common myths and illuminates the science behind MMA training, empowering fighters with…
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The Most Important Energy System in MMA
This five-part article series has explored the metabolic demands of mixed martial arts. When you understand this, not only will you appreciate why you fatigue or gas-out in the cage, but you will know how to bring about specific physiological and biochemical adaptations that will optimize your performance on fight day. In Part 1 you…
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How to Organize Your Training for Unstoppable Endurance
Before you start reading this article, have you read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 in the series? Periodization is perhaps the most important, yet most often neglected component of a fighters’ training plan. Periodization is the process of organizing your training plan over a period of time to help you manage your fatigue…
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MMA and the Aerobic Energy System You Probably Never Heard of.
Before you read this article, make sure you get up to speed with Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. Not all cardio workouts are created equal and subtle changes in the work-to-rest ratio or work interval length of a training session can bring about very different adaptations that may or may not be useful…
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Training to Prolong High Intensity Efforts
Before you read this article, make sure you get up to speed with Part 1, and Part 2, in the series. … We’ve been exploring the metabolic demands of mixed martial arts in this article. Understanding this is critical because it influences how you design and carry out your training plan. Get it right and…
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Creatine, MMA, and Power Training.
Before you read this article, make sure you get up to speed with Part 1 in the series. …. Understanding the metabolic demands of mixed martial arts (MMA) is the first step in designing a scientific training plan. If you don’t know which energy systems support your activity in the cage, or why you fatigue…
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How To Build Unstoppable Endurance in MMA
The purpose of this article series is to provide you with a blueprint for creating a periodized training plan that will help you develop a level of endurance that will run your opponent into the ground. You’ll be introduced to concepts that if implemented, will allow you to design an evidence-based training program to improve…
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The Metabolic Demands of MMA
Myths and misconceptions about the science of training can end a fighter’s career before it starts. The main objective of this series of articles is to set the record straight in one area in particular: the metabolic demands of mixed martial arts (MMA). This article will explore how your body powers the repeated high intensity…