MMA guys using non sports specific training IE Combat ropes

thing is..in mma..you have so many different skills to learn..i mean hell boxers can spend hours a day training just boxing for yearsand never learn "it all". the same can be said for any kicking art, or wrestling, and defintely something like BJJ. if you are going to take time, and engery, to do ropes, you are going to lose time and engery to do the other things. spend a hour going over grappling form and 40 minutes grappling hard. spend a hour going over stand up form and 40 mintues going hard (bag work, hard mitts, heavy sparring).

 

my point is mma has so many different things too it...many of them that can be done in a intensive condition building way...stand up sparring.boxing and mauy thai both...hard bag work, mitt work...(all working the muscles in similar ways the rope does..but also improving punching power and form). than of course rollling..grappling..which is a awesome conditioning too. of course i think some room can be found for other work..and boxers do do things like ab work (although if you are doing pendulum swings you will get lots of ab working doing that...still i could see doing some ropes...i just think too many guys focus on that **** and there fighting workouts end up being cross fit workouts. The vast majority of your time should be spent doing sports specific movement...espically when you can find so many that really do work your conditioning in such a intense way.

 

yeah fine..do it for 5 mintues at the end of the work out than.but i have seen plenty of gyms where they spend half an hour doing that ****...just grappling will give you a hell of allot grip strength work..and it will also make you better at grappling.

 

my coaching credentials is that i was a fair amateur boxer who has done a bit of mma training for fun. I suck on the ground though i've gotten better i have no real wish to work at it. having said that I have sparred with pro mma fighter at standup..and most y suck, realtive speaking..most come from wrestling backgrounds..so they do actually do a fair amount of grappling..than they do a bunch of cross fit ****...and have almost nothing left for boxing (i think because in truth, they aint good at it..so they dont want to train it..and they dont like sparring). when i do spar them i am generally not impressed..given the fact that i was never a great boxer and am not really training at all now. Hence my thought that most of these guys would benifit from more skill work, or even sports specific conditioning work (like the heavy bag).