crossfit & MMA

shinobi academy · 26-01-2011 3:20pm #1

Do you think crossfit is a good strenght & conditioning program for MMA?

26-01-2011 6:52pm

I wouldn't say that it's a good strength and condidioning program for mma in it's own right, but its workouts or other metcons definitely have a place in a program.
Personally, I use a combination of traditional strength/power training with metcons and crossfit wods and find it works quite well.

_oveless · 26-01-2011 8:03pm

Do any successful mma fighters use it?

Burkatron · 27-01-2011 12:29am

_oveless wrote: »

Do any successful mma fighters use it?

Bj Penn did, not sure if he does anymore. Jason McDonald has a Crossfit box in Canada.
John Hackleman is involved in the Crosspit stuff so I'd assume he incorporated into Chucks training.
All MMA fighters do WO's similar to what you'd find in Crossfit, it varies so much you'll find similarities/crossover in loads of systems!

Mellor · 27-01-2011 12:03pm

Was going to mention BJ too
He is in one of their videos on the mainsite, but you can tell its a few years back

The guys all train in mma gyms which are unlikely to be crossfit also.
But crossfit is just a brand, they all likely do CF style metcons as part of a larger program. Maybe Barry from IP might give a more knowledgeable opinion

Hanley · 28-01-2011 1:40am

CF's biggest weakness is the lack of planned progression.

The workouts are pretty much 100% random, despite what they'll try to tell you.

Crossfit "style" workouts, which used to just been known as high intensity circuits..., are good for general conditioning. But if you go into a fight having only trained CF mainsite workouts, you're gonna get murdered.

shinobi academy · 29-01-2011 4:09pm

anyone know of any places in Dublin?

Sid_Justice · 29-01-2011 4:50pm

google crossfit dublin like

Mellor · 31-01-2011 2:59am

There are are a few crossfit affiliates in ireland, two are in dublin.
google will give you the rest

Mellor · 31-01-2011 3:12am

http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFit_BJPennMuscleUp.wmv

The Shane · 31-01-2011 4:10pm

For a high level athlete Crossfit will lack the specificity required for the particular sport. This is across the board not just MMA. So I think the original question has to be phrased in the context of what level a fighter is at.

At the very start of MMA training I think that the training itself will drive enough adaptation. From that point where competitive performance can be more greatly improved by the development of attributes than more mat time then I think Crossfit is great. The diveristy and general improvement in a wide range of skills linked together is excellent up to a high intermediate stage. At which point I think that the methods are still valid but require a more focused approach to programming, occasionally focusing on the individual components of fitness to shore up weaknesses.

Shane, The

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