Whenever I train people in the gym, I often cringe at what I see other people doing.
Bad form is everywhere and I can see people’s bodies getting destroyed as they’re supposedly working out.
Not only that, some of the exercises and routines I observe people doing are pure lunacy.
But one thing I can’t stand is when mixed martial artists are told to perform exercises that are completely useless or downright dangerous.
I mean, if you’re going to tell a fighter what to do, you’d better be damned sure that you know what you’re talking about, because this guy’s (or increasingly so, gal’s) health is at stake.
For the average Joe who hits the gym to get bigger biceps and impress the ladies, a little bad advice here and there won’t kill him.
But for the combat athlete who’s about to step into the cage against some brute who wants to tear his head off, poor training advice could mean the difference between winning a fight and being too gassed to keep your hands up and getting KO’d with an ugly cowboy punch.
Needless to say, I take my job seriously.
So in this article, I’m going to expose one of the absolute WORST exercises to do as a fighter.
And just because you see a UFC fighter doing an exercise on TV or in a YouTube vid doesn’t mean it’s gotten them to where they are…
A lot of times fighters would be better off not doing an exercise instead of ruining their bodies with some of the idiotic stuff I’ve seen.
Anyway, without further adieu, here’s one of the WORST exercises for MMA…
Drum roll please…