In my last article I showed you a great drill to improve your footwork and movement to help you be a lightning-quick mixed-martial artist.
Got a lot of great feedback on the drill and I know a lot of people will be adding it into their arsenal of effective exercises.
But there’s a lot more to quickness than just footwork…
Whenever I brainstorm, I like to do something called a mindmap.
So when I sat down and pondered about what it would take to truly improve quickness, this is what I came up with.
Check out the 6 components of quickness by clicking on the image below (it’ll open in a new window):
As you can see – it’s not exactly a simple quality to develop.
If you hit 1 component properly, you will improve your quickness, but if you hit 2, 3, 4 or all 6 – you’ll hit each and every component and will be quick on the ground, with your punches, with your movements on the ground – basically all of the important movements in MMA.
Let’s take the ‘Horsepower’ example – if you don’t have a good base level of strength in the movement patterns specifically needed in mixed-martial arts – like powerfully stepping forward and backwards, then you’ll never be able to attack and retreat in a flash.
Or the ‘Gas’ component – if you don’t have the cardio and muscular endurance to maintain your quickness for an entire round what good is it unless you can finish a fight within the first couple of minutes?
So this clearly illustrates the need for a strategic and synergistic approach to training quickness, much like a mixed martial artist must learn grappling, wrestling, striking and clinch work to be a complete fighter.
Without specifically training your quickness, you’re missing one of the most important qualities a fighter can have, as shown by champs Anderson Silva, Frankie Edgar, Jose Aldo and Dominick Cruz, not to mention other top fighters like Lyoto Machida and Rashad Evans.
If you can take this document and create an efficient and complete quickness program – that’s awesome and more power to you.
But if you see the importance of developing your quickness and want the guesswork taken out of it, I’ve come up with something just for you.
I call it the QUICKNESS KILLS program…
It’s a 4-week program designed with one goal in mind – to make you the quickest fighter you can be.
I’ve selected only the most effective exercises and drills for this program and there’s absolutely nothing else out there like this for MMA athletes.
If you see the importance of being able to step in, strike, then step out without taking any damage, then this program is a must-have for you.
For more info, visit the link below:
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