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Old 12-02-2006, 08:03 AM   #1 (permalink)

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What conditioning exercises do you do?

Just wondering what kind of conditioning exercises you guys do?
Trying to get a bit of variety. I've got;
constant kneeing, punching, kicking, uppercuts w/bags, resistnace bands etc.

Any specifics that your schools do would be cool
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Old 12-02-2006, 09:42 AM   #2 (permalink)
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guess i might as well answer the question. 5 km runs. hiit. weight-training. pads/bags/sparring/grappling.
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Old 12-02-2006, 11:43 AM   #3 (permalink)

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I keep it simple. I alternate between jumping rope and burpees. 3 times a week I run, mixing it up between long distance and sprints.
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Old 12-02-2006, 03:19 PM   #4 (permalink)

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I mostly do burpees, stair sprints or tabatas on a exercise bike...when the weather allows it and my mind wants it I hit the road
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Old 12-02-2006, 08:13 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Some of the Conditioning drills that I do are

Interval training such as tabata intervals are a big part of my conditioning so are 400m sprints, Litvinov sprints and drags, 100m sprints, tyre flipping drills, bear crawling, sandbag drills, clubbells, kettlebells, med ball drills, 5 km to 10 km runs, hill sprints, mountain runs, bodyweight circuits and exercises like burpees, weight circuits, and using a weighted vest while I do some of the previously mentioned exercises.

Of course I do skill related conditioning like sparring and mitt and bag work, rolling drills etc. But I like my conditioning training to be varied and it helps to keep me motivated. I don't do all the above exercises every week or even every month, I cycle them in and out of my training and on occassion I throw in something new just for variety.
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Old 12-02-2006, 08:52 PM   #6 (permalink)

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I do some of Ross's stuff, burpees mixed with sandbag shouldering, medicine ball conditioning. I also do a couple LSD runs a week and some barbell complexes. Other than that boxing and grappling.
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Old 12-04-2006, 03:25 PM   #7 (permalink)

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Burpees and hill climbing
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Old 12-13-2006, 12:53 AM   #8 (permalink)

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i run on my tread mill or jump rope until my heart rate is at 170 then i try to keep it in that zone for about a minute then right after i do circuit weight lifting with really light weights.
other than that i jog, hit pads, spar, or grapple
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