Goi's Fitness Forum

saw this on Ross's blog too.
http://rosstraining.com/blog/2009/03/07 ... he-planet/
I have huge respect for his humility and down-to-earth personality, his stoic non-chalence and calm.

Watched that on youtube when it first came out prior to his bout with Andrei Arlovski.

That guy is a class act.


Fedor's website Q&A section up, where people can write in questions to be asnwered by Fedor.

Q: Which exercises with weights do you use in your strength training? Maybe the power lifting trio or other exercises from that arsenal? What, in your opinion, should be the results in Bench Press, Squat, and Dead Lift for a heavy weight fighter that competes on a high level?

Generally, I?m interested in your views on strength training for an MMA fighter. Which exercises are key, and which should be excluded due to their relative uselessness to the sport?


A: Before transitioning into MMA I spent a lot of time on weight training. During my time in the army all I did was weight training, since there was no opportunity to either box or do distance running. So all I did was lift. When I was on the national Sambo team, I also devoted a lot of time to strength training.

When I transitioned to MMA, I completely stopped weight training, because grappling completely replaced it. Stand-up and ground grappling ? all working with a partner is all I do. I realized that everything else is superfluous. Before you are 20 or so, weight training is needed, but after your body has formed, you need other work.

As far as my results, at the age of 21-23, I bench pressed 170 kilos (375lbs). I squatted approximately the same. Since then, I have never attempted to lift my maximum on a barbell. I devote no time to lifting weights, and try to spend as much time sparring with a partner.

From this you will get the sensitivity to fight. Also, I work a lot on the pull-up bar, and parallel bars, i.e. I work with my opponent?s weight as well as my own body weight. I do floor pushups, dips, core exercises, etc. These are the main exercises that I do for strength training.

btw, his younger brother who is also a fighter can clean and jerk a 60kg barbell with one arm for reps.It was shown in a separate documentary.

mad dog lol damn zai. im inspired lol.

aaron wrote:mad dog lol damn zai. im inspired lol.

Yeah. Notice what he said about ppl who deceive themselves by saying they are going to win, when "all these can be taken away in a moment". Really love tt part.

lots of pithy aphorisms there.