Fighters Cardio Workouts????

[Mumbles401]

People say that spme MMA fighters are cardio machines. Does that mean that they never get tired, or does that mean that they run miles and miles a day? I have searched all sites for some typical workouts for Tito, Franklin, Fedor, etc etc etc. Does anybody know a typical routine for any fighter?
Jerk off responses will not be tolerated. LOL

[Nathan Michelson]

Tito runs 3 miles a day and said he gets his time down to the 18 minute mark. not sure if you run or not, but that's a damn fast 3 mile time.

it's just a turn of phrase. anyone in the UFC or Pride should have cardio enough to go 3 5 minute rounds. it's rediculous not to.

[Bathwater]

A while ago either Mayhem's website or Myspace had a blog describing one of his cardio workouts. The first season of TUF had that test where the guys had to run those ascending speed drills on the treadmills. Considering that only a handfull out of 16 professional fighters passed I think it's probably a pretty damn tough workout.

[azzwipe]

BJ penn sits at a table with a pizza and a beer. That's why he's so amazing 1st round but can't make it into the 2nd.

[Gold Bond]

How did the ascending speed drills work??

[SPbassist08]

Training really depends on the Fighter, and whether they want to put the time in or not.

[BostonBadBoy]

i believe it was they would get on the treadmill and run five miles per hour for 5 minutes, and go up one mile per hour every five minutes after up to ten miles per hour. so that was like 30 minutes of accending speed running. almost everyone couldn't make it, i know Diego was able to do it, a few of them puked i think. i believe diegos conditioning is very overlooked from watching that. i believe he could fight a 5 round title fight at a faster pace than almost anyone, if you saw his fight with karo you know. fighters tend to lean toward sport specific workouts. you can find one of rich franklins typical conditioning and endurance workouts somewhere one T-Nation.com, Justin Garcia has a great workout at bjjfighter.com, called the chim chim workout. the best in my opinion. crossfit is great also.

[Mithra]

I don't know how they train, but I strongly suspect they do periods of High Intensity Intervals...

UFC fighters training by going all out for 5 minutes, 5 times.

Pride's longer 10 minutes would be trained with a "medium" intensity.

If you need to be able to run for 30 minutes, then you train by running for 30 minutes...

[Ninja>Shogun]

Alistair Overeem's cardio workout is the best one as far as I'm concerned.

He just fucks his hot girlfriend for 3-4 hours a day.

[Prodigal Son]

I remember reading in an interview that Fedor runs upwards of 10 miles a day and at least 7.5 or so. Also, I remember reading he doesn't lift weights or not very much.