If any one is up for sharing, id like to know what you do to train for HMA.
What’s you do inside and out side of the art to improve your skills?
Have you got drills, sets or ideas that make you leaner, fitter and general improve your overall skills that you can pass on?

My current fitness goals aim towards MMA fitness and while I’m no where near that yet, i'd like to hear from others with the same goal.

Thanks

Kit

Hey, Im a stoccata member, and i train pretty hard, but not specifically for the martial arts. As a group we do lots of flexibility exercises before class, but thats it.
Every week I do-
3-4 1 hour mtn bike rides, comprising lots of jumps, hops, going up and down ledges, steep downhills and uphill pushes. This type of riding gives you a much more intensive muscle work out than road riding (yawnnn.......zzzzzzzzzz), whilst still being a god cardio workout as well. (And you dont look like a lycra clad lady-boy).
Either...
2 lots of 30-40 laps of a 50m pool, at about 50m per 45 secs. 2x30 sec breaks during the laps. This is a great cardio workout, but has good muscle work too. Doesnt bulk you up much, but makes you lean and fit.
Or.
As much surfing as I can fit in, depending on surf size and quality. Usually Im out for 2 hours and the workout depends on the size. Bigger=harder! I ride a body board, so that has great leg, arm and upper body work involved, less cardio, but heaps of fast punchy muscle work.
Yoga, I try to get at least an hours class in a week and a few extra stretching sessions, of about 15 mins. If nothing else 4 or 5 salutes to the sun every day keep your hamstrings and hips flexible.
I try to do at least 2-3 hours of swordwork a week too, split between slow training exercises and full speed bouting with steel. Thats down from last year, when I was fitting in 5 hours or so a week.
Im 189cm and about 90kg by the way.
In our group, I am one of the more active ones, but activity doesnt necessarily equal fighting ability!
Cheers dude, Harry.

Bloody hell Harry... you're making me feel lazy. I walk to and from work every day (30 mins each way) but only because I'm a tree hugging hippy and not for fitness. Other than that, swinging a sword around for a few hours a week at Stoccata is about it for me.

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Shame I still drink so much beer.

You're not alone in that...

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I usually focus on an anaerobic workout like the ones listed in this post-

http://laches.wordpress.com/2008/01...tness-for-hema/

A good week will have strength circuits Monday, Wednesday and Friday. This usually involves at least pullups, pushups and squats.
Tuesday and Thursday are interval training. I mix the exercises up for this, ranging from sprints to sword floryshes.

I generally mix things up as I get bored of the same workout week after week.

It is nothing too crazy, but coupled with a healthy diet, it keeps me fit and usually able to outlast anyone I spar (in hist. fencing) with.

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"It's a hot night. The mind races. You think about your knife, the only friend who hasn't betrayed you, the only friend who won't be dead by sunup. Sleep tight, mates, in your quilted chambray nightshirts."

I have been meaning to reply but just have not had time.

Not to bore you but here is a quick history – I got fat, smoked a pack a day, ate **** and did it all the time for over 8 years, history over.

This year health has taken a step up and in the last 6 months – smoke free 7 months – 16kg lighter (added lots of muscle) – healthy diet – Person Trainer and a gym in shed.


4 mornings a week i do a 5 minutes warm up followed by 10 minutes of stretching followed by ether a 2km run or 20 minutes on the x trainer

I follow this up with 3 sets of 4 of the below.
1 – 50- 80 (per leg) mountain climbers
2- 20 squats
3 – 24 pushups 12 full and 12 half (getting there)
4 – 20 hip flexes
5 – 30 sit-ups
6 – Lunges
7 – 20 dips
8 – Pointers
9 – Lower back extinctions
10 – 1 minute of leg switchers
11 – 1 minute of punchers
12 – 1 minute of skipping
13 – Calf raisers


Monday night – Fiore Research + cardio and weights - 3 hours
3 sets of 4 of the above activities Plus / or 3 sets of weighted actions.

1- The non- weights ones that work with addition weight
2 - Dumbbell work
3 – Weight bench work
4 – Activities that do at lest 3 parts of the body and fitness and strength in one go.


Wednesday night - Fiore Class 2 hours – unarmed/dagger/sword

Thursday night
2 x 3 set of 4 of the above activates Plus 30 minutes of bag work.

Most other weeknights – 3 sets of 4 activities or a run or stretching or something.

Sunday off


Anyway sorry if the above is a bit of a mess.

There is a lot of work in getting my ass into gear so i take eveything one step at a time.
Small and reasonable goals that are acheavable..

It's hard but you feel good when your done.

Id like to move to more of what David does - fun things that also give you a work out :P



Kit