Making the weight

[Meguro]

A sauna suit in Tokyo during the rainy season??? Shoot me now! Just stop buying dinner at the combini and you're in!

Lately I've been doing mostly interval training, nothing long and sustained that would qualify as aerobic. But just the other day I went for a short run that turned into a 2 hr. mini-marathon ( had some free time that day). I have the impression, but not the science to back it up, that anaerobic training has spill-over benefits for aerobic applications.

[Sohan]

Yeah I'm gonna have to do something about my poor diet arent I.

If it means less time in the sauna suit then its worth the effort.

I've had my own weight room set up for over a year now but hardly ever used it. Then I started using it to rehabilitate a couple of injuries last month and got into the habit. I'm not pushing it too hard though, mainly working on strengthening connective tissue. I was planning to knock it off 4 weeks before the fight to focus more on my stamina.

Thanks.

As far as weights go, be sure to taper your volume down as you get closer to the fight, but keep your load intensity high. In plain terms, if you are doing 4 or 5 sets of 5 reps, cut it back to 2 or 3 sets, then maybe just one or two up to a week or two before, then no weights the final week. This helps you build yourself to peak strength before the fight. Just remember to keep the reps low and weight high but reduce the total number of sets. You'll also be able to reduce bodyweight without losing as much strength this way.

With respect,

Sohan

[Dragn]

Its going well. I cleaned up my diet and cut back on a few callories. Added a bit more cardio, and started eating dinner early, before training.

I used to eat a big meal after training at around 11pm and go to bed. So everything was turning to fat.

In only a week I'm already down to 71kg. The fights been moved forward to July 30, but I'll be fine.

I was planning to drop the weight training next week. Its just too hard trying to keep up a weight program AND train 4 days in the dojo AND do extra conditioning work to prepare for a fight. For me stamina is more of an issue than strength, so I replace my weight workouts with anaerobic bodyweight drills and interval training. Theres only so much time in a day. Not long enough to do everything I want.

Trying to put together a good ballance of skill/strength/stamina workouts is a real art, which I'm still learning to understand.

[Dragn]

Lately I've been doing mostly interval training, nothing long and sustained that would qualify as aerobic. But just the other day I went for a short run that turned into a 2 hr. mini-marathon ( had some free time that day). I have the impression, but not the science to back it up, that anaerobic training has spill-over benefits for aerobic applications.

Yeah alot of sports trainers are starting to say that aerobic training just isnt really a priority for intense sports like ours. It can possibly be detrimental in some areas.

Sparring and bag work is a good example. If you always spar round after round pushing to the limit, till you're fighting tired and sloppy, then thats the kind of movement your body remembers. You develop sloppy habits.

I'm speaking from experience on that one!

Better to include days where you keep it short, sharp and intense for just a few rounds.

I'm trying to develop a more scientific approach to my training these days . Problem is that theres just so many conflicting opinions out there.

Even the experts cant agree.