Is my workout enough?

Ekro · 09-22-2008

Well right now im in college in DE and 6 outta 7 days a week i go to the gym and run about three miles in about 28 minutes ( just to give a idea of the pace) then i do a fairly heavy workout i hit the machines pretty hard work my back abs bicepts and pecs.Also i take BJJ and MMA classes on mondays and wednesdays... im a former highschool wrestler and i dont feel like i get gassed to bad during classes but anything i should change up would be greatly appriciated

Thanks.

MuayThai4Life · 09-22-2008

You have to feel out your body. The problem with a lot of young people is overtraining and not knowing their doing it.

If your not gassing in class thats cool, but I promise (from experience) fighting is much more intense than training, you really need to push your cardio during training. If you do that and you feel that you still have a lot of energy to burn then you need to up your training in some region...

What I suggest is including sprints about 1 day a week instead of the 3 mile runs. Also (I'm assuming your training to fight MMA) you need to really work on those 5min rounds.