FIGHT CONDITIONING

Developing your fuel tank VS using it, are TWO completely different things. Let’s look at how you can DEVELOP it.

It’s every combat sport athlete’s goal to develop ‘World-Class Fitness’ so they can perform at their best, come fight day. So, let’s look at the 3 energy systems that help us get there!

1. Aerobic System: think of this as our fuel tank size. The better developed this is, the greater our recovery in a fight. The bigger the tank, the more fuel available.

2. Glycolytic: The greater this system is, the longer we can perform repeated bouts of high intensity activities within the round. Although, this comes with metabolites that are associated with ‘fatigue’ - eg. your legs/shoulders having that burning sensation - think of this as a funnel. The more developed this system, the smaller the tube the funnel has. Which means we can delay/buffer how “fatigued” we get & feel 😏

3. Alactic: The POWERHOUSE! Strong, Powerful, Explosive, though can be short lived. Basically this means pedal to the metal, sense of urgency, get this win in the first 10seconds of the round & let’s go home early.

All of these systems sit in the same car, though the longer the fight goes & at different intensities, each system takes turns driving the steering wheel to get our hand raised for that W. 👊💥