Stamina training!!!

[Dobbersky]

I was wondering if anyone has some really good Stamina Training, here's one of mine

Try it an "8-min Bag Test"

Total is non stop for 8 minutes:-

1 min continuous round kicks - thigh left leg

1 min continuous round kicks - thigh right leg

2 mins continuous front kicks - stomach left leg/right leg

2 mins continuous punching - stomach left/right fist

2 mins continuous punching and kicking - right/left leg/fist

Constant power/speed!!!

Do it correct you'll be knackered/absolutely tired after the 8 mins if not you not put enough effort in to it!!!

Looking forward to your best stuff too!!!

[DWx]

Good punching drill with a bag (or person with pads) is left-right jab, down 2 pushups, up left-right-left-right jabs, down 4 pushups, up for 6, down for 6, etc. all the way up to ten and then back down. Leg variation is to do 2 kicks, 2 squat thrusts. Or the absolute killer is left-right leg and hands then down for burpees.

We also do loads of sprint stamina training e.g.:

- Hill sprints: sprint up the hill and jog back down for x amount of sets (also do the with stairs)

- Timed sprints: have a set time limit (e.g. 20 secs) to sprint the length of the hall and then rest before sprinting back. The faster you sprint, the more of the time limit you have to rest before going again. Do this for 5 mins.

- Sprint relay: groups of 4 or more, (kinda hard to describe). Persons A and B are at one end of the room, persons C and D at the other end. A sprints across to C and D. Then A races C back to where B is. Then C races B back towards D. Then B and D race. etc.

- this works well if you have loads of people. Need two lines (maybe 1/2 your class) holding pads down the edges of the room. Other 1/2 a class take it in turns to sprint to the first one, hit it with a strike or kick then sprint across the room to the next one and hit it (so that you're zig-zagging between the two lines). Then when you get to the end, sprint down the length of the room until you end up where you started then join the back of the queue. Stagger it a bit, but if the person behind you catches you up, some kind of forfeit is involved