What is the best way for me to improve my endurance for mixed martial arts?

I would like a complete endurance workout to get my heart in the best possible condition for mixed martial arts.|||If you%26#039;re trying to improve your cardio, just doing *any* cardio routine won%26#039;t help your MMA training. Cardiovascular endurance is activity-specific, meaning that to improve an activity, it%26#039;s best to work through that specific activity.





For instance, if you want to train for a marathon, don%26#039;t train for it by working out on a stair-climber (duh). While working out on a stair-climber like a madman may help the overall conditioning of your heart, you%26#039;re mainly developing your cardio capacity to climb stairs, not run at a marathon pace.





Picking specific activities for MMA really depends on the techniques you intend to use. If you%26#039;re a kicker, guess what - work on cardio kicking drills. If you%26#039;re a grappler, work on cardio grappling drills. Etc.





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Glad you asked. You do that activity while keeping your heart rate in your cardio zone (usually around 65-80% of your recommended maximum though varies by source). Don%26#039;t know you%26#039;re max? You can find it pretty easily online (usually look it up by gender, age and weight). And you can use a heart rate monitor or just periodically stop to check your pulse with a watch. You want to keep doing that activity while keeping your heart rate in that cardio zone as long as you can. Over time, you%26#039;ll be able to do it longer and longer. Actually, if you want to make the workout even more adapted to MMA, alternate your workouts between cardio as described above and interval cardio training.





Interval training has the additional benefit of conditioning your body to recover quickly from short, sudden periods of intense activity. The most well-known interval training exercise is fartlek running. Reading about it may help you understand how to apply interval training to other activities. In a nutshell, rather than keep your heart rate in the middle of your cardio zone, you spend relatively short intervals at a high heart rate (near your recommended max) and then a longer period at a lower hear rate (near the lower bound of your cardio zone). Then you just repeat the cycle. Over time, you can lengthen the high-intensity intervals and decrease the low-intensity intervals.





Do NOT try training at maximum intensity for long periods of time. Maximum intensity workouts put a lot of strain on muscle fibers, ligaments and joints. Instead of increasing your cardio capacity, you%26#039;ll wind up shredding your body so that you can%26#039;t work out as much or as often as you ideally should.





I hope this helps you in your training. And heed the advice given in other answers - get plenty of rest and pay attention to nutrition as well :)|||Do basic training. Get a balanced nutrition. Have enough rest.





Jogging would be a good idea to train your endurance.|||Man, good question ...





Maybe you can create a circuit course for yourself, or a series of courses ... Make some long, some short, etc, and just run those courses till you%26#039;re ready to drop.|||quit smoking





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it breaks down to this:- smaller rounds of exercise throughout the day......I walk in the mornings, practice boxing twice a day, go to the gym in the evenings.





have a strict timetable for eating,try not to eat after 7-7.30,avoid sweet and sauces/gravy of most kinds.Have three basic meals and try keeping the food as simple and less complicated as possible.





Do breathing exercises.yoga will strengthen you up like you will not believe.It also cures back pains and muscle pains in the elementary stages itself...............in the advanced stages it works pure magic





to give you an example here try one of the exercises by the one of the greatest catch wrestlers in history http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Competition/... the breathing exercises look simple but they should both exhaust you and make you strong if done properly.