Martial arts fitness at home

[Butt Nugget]

what are some excersizes I can do at home instead of a gym to improve my fighting form and fitness?



sorry if this question has been asked 3254990 times....but I just need something to print out and remind myself and help get me motivated...

[TheSymbol]

I guess the bog standard ones, my main man. Press ups, squats, crunches, leg raises, tricep dips.

You could try hindhu press ups (sometimes called cobras) and hindhu squats. You might want someone to show you how to do those though.

Shadow boxing and skipping are good, if you have the space for that.

[Merlyn123]

You can do normal Exercise also some of the mail exercise available in books
you can find there how to do exercise

[Filero]

I'd advise you that if you have a specific goal in mind, you want more than just a list of exercises. Bodyweight and home gym type exercises can be incredibly effective in building the strength, explosive power, and endurance that fighting sports require ... if you do things right. Otherwise, you'll just be another guy who does loads of pushups and situps and really makes very little progress that is translatable to fighting effectiveness.

I highly recommend Ross Enamait, a trainer of elite-level fighting athletes, and whose products are clear and amazingly effective ... they discuss not just exercises, but how to put those exercises together into a routine, and how to put routines into programs, that will build whatever your goals are (in your case, as a fighter, you'll want strength, power, muscular endurance, and cardio endurance). Check out Never Gymless and Full Throttle Conditioning: RossTraining - Products

[timwagnor]

Push- ups, Pull - ups, Burpees, Strecthes, Crunches....this should take care of your chest and shoulder....For thighs sit-ups are good...But agin it depends on whether you just want to be in shape or really want to be fit for sparring competiton.
If you are already doing any of the above mentioned exercises, you can try the the advance version of them like push - ups using only your index finger and thumbs, pull-ups using only on[YOUTUBE]http://tr.youtube.com/watch?v=tedwsGw6s64[/YOUTUBE]e hand etc. its tough but it can be done, because it has been done...

Anyway you can get some useful nutritional and training tips on:

www.lloydirvin.com

[chillaplata]

If you are studying BJJ you might find it helpful to do hip escapes, triangles, bridges, and breakfalls, in addition to the many good exercises that have been suggested above.

One of my instructors used to have me do an exercise somewhat along the lines of a burpee but geared more specifically toward grappling. You start standing up and sprawl until your hips and legs are on the ground with your torso slightly raised on your arms. Then you scramble around until you are lying on your back, maybe practice a few upkicks, and then stand up using proper technique (i.e., shield head with arm, raise one knee and rotate hips and torso slightly to opposite side, post hand opposite raised knee behind you, and then stand up by swinging straight leg under your body and rising to assume the fighting stance). If you repeat that 10 or 20 times it's both a good workout and a good drill.

[Junka]

Love that video. I work out in the bush so some rope and a couple of gym rings or whatever they're called to hook up to a tree are about the only equipment I can carry. Cool! Thanks for posting that, I've been thinking along those lines lately.

BTW there's lots of hindu pushups and hindu squats posted on youtube. As with most things on youtube just ignore the comments. The thing to remember with hindu squats is that you actually inhale as you come up and exhale as you go down which is a bit counter intuitive at first.

[Scott Bolinger]

study up a litte bit on plyometrics, that would be a benifit.
I have one of my plyometric routines on my ste at This is part of Chapter 1 in my

thats a very good routine to start with.

[sanjidcapa]

Hello Butt Nugget,
I got a nice Article. I think U lt.

Self Defence Stance

What does this stance say? Does it look aggressive? That’s the purpose of the stance to create a physical barrier between yourself and your potential attacker, without saying you want to fight. Put this with a assertive “back off” or “I don’t want any trouble” and you have a potentially effective method of avoiding conflict. Remember the way we communicate is broken down into the following

• Physiology 55%
• Tonality 37%
• Words 7%

An attacker can tell just by looking at you exactly the way you communicate whether it weak, frightened, confident, alert. Try and look like a victor not a victim, “when your strong appear weak, and when your weak appear strong”


Sparring/Fighting Stance

This stance says your will defend yourself if you have to. The objective of this stance is to protect as much of your upper body as possible the following are key points to observe:-

1. Elbows tucked in to protect your mid section
2. hands tight to your chin to protect your head
3. bend your knees slightly
4. turn your shoulder to form a tight and compact defence
5. tuck your chin in

[Hardball]

20 minutes of daily stretching. This way you can kick cold. For example you are walking down the street and 3 thugs jump you. You won't have to worry about being warmed up. Stretch everyday.

[macky82]

im learning much from this thread! cheers!

[hybridmartial]

Push- ups, Pull - ups, Burpees, Strecthes, Crunches....this should take care of your chest and shoulder....For thighs sit-ups are good...But agin it depends on whether you just want to be in shape or really want to be fit for sparring competiton.
If you are already doing any of the above mentioned exercises, you can try the the advance version of them like push - ups using only your index finger and thumbs, pull-ups using only onhttp://tr.youtube.com/watch?v=tedwsGw6s64e hand etc. its tough but it can be done, because it has been done...

Anyway you can get some useful nutritional and training tips on:

www.lloydirvin.com

thanks for the info!