Mixed Martial Arts is a sport with a very bad reputation when it comes to injuries.  This might be due to the fact that most people just instantly associate fighting with blood and gore, or that the blood we do see in MMA matches is...

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Most MMA fighters devote a great deal of time and attention to nailing down the ideal training system.  They create a rigorous, well-planned system of drills, sparring, running, weight training, stretching and more, and when they’re in the gym, they are spot on with everything...

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Three rounds.  Five minutes each.  One minute rest between each.  That’s a total of seventeen minutes of your body working at near capacity when it comes to cardiovascular demands.  Some would say an MMA match feels like a 17 minute sprint (or a 29 minute...

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Years ago, athletes in most sports abhorred the thought of using weight training as a means of increasing strength for performance.  Even in professional sports, coaches used to warn their athletes that the use of heavy movements such as bench press, squats, and deadlifts would...

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