Featured Workout

"Increase Your Punching Power"

Movement Prep

EXERCISE

TRAINER TIP

Stability Ball Rock the Boat


  • Your glutes do much of the work during this movement so keep them contracted
  • Do not roll all the way onto your arms to keep the core performing the majority of the work

Begin by lying your upper back on the stability ball

Keep your glutes fired and hips raised in the air

Place your hands behind your head

Shift your weight from side to side, resisting any rotation in your torso

EXERCISE

TRAINER TIP

90/90 Stretch


  • Follow your top arm with your eyes all the way to the stretch position
  • When reaching toward the stretch position, pinch your shoulder blades together
  • When returning to the start position push your shoulder blades apart

Begin by lying on your side with your knees and hips both flexed at 90 degrees

Outstretch your arms directly in front of you with the palms of your hands together

Keeping your legs together and your arms straight, separate your hands and reach your top arm all the way back behind you

In the stretch position your upper body will be rotated perpendicular to your lower body and chest will be facing up

Return your top arm back to the start position for one rep

EXERCISE

TRAINER TIP

Inchworm


  • At the top position try to look through your arms back behind you and pinch your shoulder blades together
  • Make sure that as you walk up with your feet you are flexing your body at your hips and not your spine
  • Do not drop your hips to the ground in the pushup position

Begin in a pushup position

Keep your hands stationary and walk your feet toward your hands using only your toes

As you begin to feel a stretch in your hamstrings, make sure to keep your legs as straight as possible

When you reach the stretch capacity of your hamstrings, keep your feet stationary and walk back to the pushup position with your hands

 

Power Training

EXERCISE

TRAINER TIP

Bodyweight Jump Squat


  • Make sure your hips sit back over your heels and your spine remains flat
  • During the squatting motion your feet should stay flat on the ground
  • Keep your eyes focused forward, not down on the ground

Find an area with plenty of room overhead

Begin with your hands behind your hand and elbows out wide

Lower your hips into a deep squat position

Upon reaching the bottom position, change direction quickly and explode up into a jump

Land softly by absorbing the landing and proceed into the next repetition

 

Strength Training

EXERCISE

TRAINER TIP

Back Split Squat


  • Keep your chest up throughout the whole movement; if you begin to lean forward, lengthen your stride
  • Focus your weight and balance on your front foot
  • Throughout the entire motion your front foot should stay flat on the ground, and your back foot should be up on your toe
  • Keep your eyes focused forward, not down on the ground

Begin by placing a barbell centered on your upper back

Pick the bar up with your legs and take a couple steps away from the rack

Take a large but comfortable step forward so you are in a split stance

Lower your hips directly downward until your knee is several inches from the ground

Upon reaching the bottom position, your front and back knees should both have 90 degree angles

Drive through your front heel and stand back up to an upright position, remaining in a split stance

EXERCISE

TRAINER TIP

Inverted Chinup


  • If the legs straight version cannot be completed smoothly, bend your knees without changing body position, and perform your repetitions the same way
  • Do not let your hips rest on the ground until you have finished the set

Begin by placing a barbell on the safety pins of a power rack set about 3-4 feet from the ground

Make sure it is locked into place where the pins meet the rack

Get under the bar on your back and get a shoulder width, overhand grip with your thumbs wrapped around the bar

With your legs extended in front of you, lift your hips off the ground so your heels are the only part of you touching the ground

Keep your elbows, pinch your shoulder blades together, and pull your chest up to the bar

Return to the arms extended position slowly

EXERCISE

TRAINER TIP

Dumbbell Muscle Clean


  • Use the momentum of the movement to get the dumbells over your shoulder
  • DO NOT go heavy on this exercise, it is meant to build stability and endurance in the shoulder, not absolute strength

Begin sitting on a bench with a dumbbell in each hand at your sides

Pinch your shoulder blades together to stabilize the shoulder

Pull your elbows up to your sides, as if someone was pulling on strings attached to your elbows

When your elbows approach the same height as your shoulders, rotate your arms until the dumbells are higher than your shoulders

At the top your elbows should create a 90 angle

 

Recovery

EXERCISE

TRAINER TIP

Foam Roll Glute


  • This can be performed with or without the leg crossed
  • Hit as many areas on the muscle as you can to effectively release tension

Begin by sitting on your foam roller

Roll to the side of your hip

Brace you body weight with the hand on the same side as you are leaning

Cross the leg on the side you are leaning over the opposite knee, this will stretch your glute

Using the hand and foot planted on the ground roll up and down the length of your glute

Repeat on the opposite side

EXERCISE

TRAINER TIP

Lat Stretch


  • Keep crawling forward with your fingers to create maximum stretch in your lats
  • You can reach your arms to the left and right for several seconds to get an added stretch in the muscle

Begin in a kneeling position and sit back on your heels

Keeping your back flat, reach forward and place your hands on the ground in front of you

Without lifting your butt off your heels extend your arms as much as possible and lower your head toward the ground between your arms

 


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