| Every workout routine from a standard gym trainer | | | | press in any way. It is a great exercise for building |
| is always the same. Their routines are always about | | | | strength and isolating your chest and shoulders for |
| building your chest, shoulders, legs and arms all | | | | bodybuilding. But in an MMA routine, it would not be |
| separately. But a good MMA routine develops | | | | the best way to really develop the muscles used. |
| muscles groups based on the movements that you | | | | A different, better exercise would be to throw a |
| use to strike, sweep and take down your opponents. | | | | heavy medicine ball or even a heavy bag to a |
| Every gym trainer always looks at the bench press | | | | partner. When you begin your movement of |
| as the holy grail of building and defining muscle and | | | | throwing the medicine ball, start the ball at your hip |
| strength. Guys in the locker room always talk about | | | | or on your side. This better reflects the torquing |
| how much they can bench, or how many reps they | | | | that your body does when you are delivering a hard |
| got in. But, when it comes to fighting, the bench | | | | punch. Raise the ball towards your chest and press |
| press offers little in the way of really knowing how | | | | it to your partner. In doing so, you are developing |
| to deliver a punch. This is because the bench press | | | | your chest and shoulders as the bench press, but it is |
| has you laying down and only using the chest and | | | | in a more free flowing motion. You also should be |
| shoulders in a up/down motion. | | | | standing, which develops your balance making you a |
| When you workout with a good MMA routine, you | | | | more formidable fighter. |
| would be thinking more about the movements that | | | | This is just an example of the unorthodox methods |
| you would need to throw that punch. That would | | | | of developing muscles for movement, and not just |
| not only include the chest and the shoulder muscles, | | | | to build. MMA routines are created around the |
| but also the obliques and back muscles that torque | | | | thought of what movements should be isolated for |
| your body for its full potential. When you are | | | | each different strike that is done. That way, you |
| throwing a punch, you aren't standing in a completely | | | | compound the development to deliver the most |
| straight up position (like the bench you would be | | | | powerful blow possible. |
| laying on). | | | | For more MMA routine information click here! |
| Now, to be sure, I am not discounting the bench | | | | |