[JayElliott]

I've posted questions on these forums before, and I've found that as my knowledge increases, my questions increase as well. Perhaps that's a good thing.

I began at 340lbs a year ago, lost 52 of it, then gave my body a rest to settle (which began in April). Since that time, I went back up from 288 to about 293, and two weeks ago I began the second cut (trying to work down to 240). Today I'm walking around at 278 and dropping - I do progressive LSD five days a week, do a hard weight routine (using supersets) three days a week, and am about to add HIIT sprints to the mix (for three mornings a week). Okay, enough background and bragging, here are my questions.

I intend to fight at the beginning of 2009, and am planning a basic 'fight prep routine' (to begin 8-10 weeks out from the fight). So far, it is as follows (the following only contains strength/conditioning, not technical workouts):

Monday/Thursday:

Morning - HIIT sprints, stretch

Afternoon - high-intensity machine weights routine (similar to Rich Franklin's old routine with high weight and low reps), stretch

Tuesday/Friday:

Morning - medium intensity treadmill runs, 5x5minutes (increasing incline and speed), stretch

Afternoon - strength session including bodyweight exercises, a possible dumbbell complex, sandbag cleaning (also currently looking at other exercises based on the gym I have available), stretch

Wednesday/Saturday:

Morning - (what I consider a) plyometric routine based on Sean Sherk's "Caveman" training, consisting of 5-minute rounds of burpees, flipping a 300-lb tire, sledgehammering the tire, punching and kicking with resistance bands, shooting with resistance bands, stretch

Afternoon - REST

Sunday:

REST

Question I have is, is the "Caveman" routine more strength-based than plyo-based, and moreso, is this too much for strength and explosiveness training?

Any other critique is greatly welcome, as always.