How Should We Train?

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"How Should We Train? - Part 1"

There is almost a “revolution” taking place in the realm of Strength and Conditioning training. We are seeing new implements and new styles permeating training at an amazing rate. Whereas 10-15 years ago, much of Strength & Conditioning training relied on barbells, dumbbells, a few machines, and running, new we have at our disposal kettlebells, Clubbells, elliptical trainers, elastic bands, plyometric routines, and much more. GPP (General Physical Preparedness) and SPP (Specific Physical Preparedness) are becoming not only more known (as to what it is), but also more popular and more practiced. Even Olympic weightlifting movements seem to be making a comeback in popularity.

Is all this good? Let me rephrase that – is all this necessary? As new training styles become popular, they seem to become more “exotic.” By “exotic,” I mean that they fall further and further away from “traditional” training styles. For example, where one may have performed bench presses, they now perform elastic band resisted dips or board presses. Where one may have performed squats, they now performed plyometric depth jumps. Instead of performing clean and presses, trainees may perform snatches and jerks.

Now, this isn’t to say that all these “exotic” movements and/or routines aren’t useful – or that they’re not more useful than “traditional” exercise. However, the more “exotic” your exercises are, the more “risky” your exercises become. They get risky because of many factors – a movement may be more difficult to learn, there may be more potential for injury, or you just may not be able to use heavy weights. Is the added benefit “worth” the extra risk?

For example, I’ve seen one-handed barbell snatches prescribed as a part of strength routine various times. The reasons given were because it helped developed explosiveness, balance, and quick strength. This all sounds good, but think about it – a seven foot long Olympic bar is pretty hard to control maneuver with one hand. Now think about performing a snatch with it. Because of this alone, a trainee would probably be confined to try to just learn the movement with an empty 45 lbs. bar for quite some time. Now, a dumbbell would be much easier (and, in my opinion, safer) to use when performing the one handed snatch. And one could use a much heavier weight while doing so. So, would the extra benefits gained from using a 45 lbs. bar still be greater than that of, say, using a 75 lbs. dumbbell, given the same set and rep scheme?

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Thanks again, and take care,"
Joe Rogan
UFC Color Commentator
BJJ Brown Belt
US Open TKD Champion, MW & HW TKD Champion

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Celebrity Trainer to Rapper/Actor LL Cool J
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professional MMAist
American Top Team, Boca

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The Ultimate Fighter 8 cast member

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Leigh Remedios
profesional MMAist
UFC, Cage Rage Veteran

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www.higher-faster-sports.com

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www.staleytraining.com

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www.mikemahler.com

"I just wanted to thank u for all your help with the programs my training went awesome for my fight. I was strong As A MOOSE!!!...i came out and was kicking his ass thanks to my new found super strength...everybody asks me how Ican be so strong at 185 and i refer them to you!"
Adam Rothfelder
professional MMAist

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Brian "Endgame" Meek

"Hey man, I had my first mma fight in New York last weekend and ended up giving up 30 pounds to my opponent because he was the main event fighter and his opponent backed out. They asked me to fight up in weight in the main event against this guy and I won via arm bar submission in the second round. I just wanted to thank you for the programs with the sandbag because I was stronger and better conditioned then this guy who has apparently won the gold cup tae kwon do championship 7 out of the last 8 years. If it wasn't for my strength and conditioning, I probably would have never gotten him to the ground and won. Just wanted to give you a shout out and say thanks."
Matt Macaluso
professional MMAist

"It's cool to see you layout the rep schemes for the power complexes. And I liked the section on healing shoulders, lots of guys out here have that problem...And also, good to see you include MFD, I am still a huge proponent of that, I think it's key."
Chad Hamzeh
professional MMAist/Muay Thai fighter

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