Aug 19
2010
MMA Fitness Training for Women Is Not Your Typical Boring Workout!
Written by Girls of MMA Team | posted in Featured Blog, MMA Blog | 12 Comments
Benefits of a Hardcore MMA Style Workout Program
Although the stereotypes do not favor women to be in positions of power in the MMA, training like a professional mixed martial artist is an activity that can bring great benefits to the female population in any given context. The training program for women in MMA has been found to be intense, disciplined, and well rounded when compared to the “typical” workout program most women, and men, go through on a daily basis.
That is why MMA training is growing and increasing in popularity and acceptance. Calories are burned, muscles are built, speed and endurance are maximized, and confidence grows to increasingly high levels. There is also a strong sense of community between the women who participate in this type of training. The variety of tasks required means that you are not likely to get bored with the regimen anytime soon!
Moreover, MMA training programs are challenging so that you do not feel that they are wasting time by joining it. Some of the exercises that are recommended in other programs are just too simplistic to provide the desired results of most women. You need a program that will work on different levels. The MMA program achieves this objective in ways that were previously not in the vocabulary of weight watchers. You also get the ability to obtain self defense and discipline. These are things that all people can appreciate regardless of their gender.
Mixed Martial Arts training is the stepping stone to a balanced and healthy lifestyle. That is what we all wish for when we first start the process of going on the treadmill or swimming. With the MMA program you achieve all of this in a limited amount of time. It is a regime that has built a formidable reputation for effectiveness. It remains to be seen whether the reaction of the public will remain positive about this sort of thing.
There are a number of things that you will need to do as part of the training session including some kickboxing, plain boxing, Muay Thai, Wrestling and Grappling. You will emphasize the activities that give you the best results. The Kettle Bell training program can assist the ladies in losing fat without necessarily building large muscles, but rather a nice toned figure. This deals with one of the most challenging side effects of high end weight loss. You will also find that you are stronger and can undertake many more tasks than before.
Mothers will find that the MMA regimen will give them the encouragement to get fitter and discover their fresh figures that were in existence before the child was born. That is an advantage that is appreciated by all but the harshest cynics. MMA training is popular for a reason and that popularity is fully justified by the kind of results that it is able to produce.
If you are looking for a new workout, something that is intense and not boring, then contact your local MMA gym and check it out! You won’t be sorry!
I completely agree. I am a 28 year old successful scientist, who enjoys an average of 4 training sessions a week. Many people, not just women, are intimidated by the thought of joining a school. I have been training off and on for about a year, and regularly for 6 months. Once I was able to leave behind any insecurities (both physical and social) and focus on the work, everything changed. I finally let go of all of the obstacles I put in front of myself and just started moving. Since then, I have lost twenty pounds and gained agility, strength and power. I only wish I had more female training partners. Since starting at CNYMMA, I have seen many girls come and go. Many women come to the school to lose weight and get in shape, but seem to drift away after a while. I know for me, it took a lot to convince myself that I deserve to be there and that I fit in (this was all in my head, the guys were very welcoming). I hope that in the future, more women will find the same inside themselves and just go for it!
Karen, I am a 31 year old student and am just starting to get into MMA related training as part of an over all fitness thing but have really really enjoyed what I have learned so far in aboxing class and BJJ class. I too am looking for someone to train with… I have friends I run, swim, bike with but not MMA… they are just not interested. I am at all expirenced, I just started classes about 5 weeks ago… but love it and can really see myself getting into it. You mentioned CNYMMA, I am in that area so maybe we could find a way to meet, I woud enjoy meeting other women into the sport.
I have been doing BJJ and I am going to try out the MMA class on Monday. I think I will enjoy it. I agree with the statement that I wish more women would stay and come to class more. I look up to the women MMA and BJJ fighters who do it professionally or have achieved higher belts. I read all these blogs about how the women, who are mom’s, and work full time, and enjoy the sport as a hobby, would love more women in their classes or to be taught by a woman and I wonder why there isn’t more organization amongst us? Maybe I am just not hitting the right websites…Are there women seminars out there? What is census? I know many of my friends are turned off by the contact of the sport but I wish I could just get them to try it.
I was wondering if there was a Marital Arts classes for girls I could take in the state of Alabama?
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This article is informative and gives a good perspective for a beginner MMA trainee. I have always liked MMA but never had the chance to experience it myself. My local MMA gym was to expensive for me to join but I was lucky enough to run into a trainer at my gym who specialty is MMA training. Its has only been three months that I have been training in MMA and its the best workout ever. If you are up for a challenge and like to be pushed this the workout for you. I didn’t have much weight to lose but I have lost a great deal of body fat. The results have been worth the sweat and pain. Like they say no pain no gain. I recommend MMA training to anyone who wants results and willing to put in the work no matter how much it hurts at the time. It is also a great confidence booster.
I have taught MMA classes for men for several years but just recently started a class for women only. I think the intensity of an MMA-style workout comes from the expectation of a deadline. You are preparing for a fight (whether you will actually end up in a cage or not), so your training on a specific event rather than hopping on a elliptical trainer to read a magazine for half an hour. I think the key is to find a place where they are training fighters and offer fitness classes rather than a facility claiming to teach “MMA” but have no fighters to show for it. At an actual martial arts gym, you will receive technical training as well as intensity conditioning, which I think is as important for those wanting to just hit the bags as for fighters preparing to enter the cage.
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It’s hard to find knowledgeable people on this topic, but you sound like you know what you’re talking about! Good stuff, thanks.
You need to post more often. Reading your articles makes my day so much better. Keep up the amazing work.
I am 20 years old and wanting to train to not only lose weight, but to compete in the amature bout. The only problem is I am 5’10 1/2″ and weigh around 180 (currently dieting and working out to prepare for my training in the summer) and I can’t find any women my size to compete with. However, I hope to train for a year (or more…MMA is a serious sport, not something I can learn in a day). I fell in love with the sport my freshman year of high shool and hope to find a job in it using my Exercise and Sport Psychology degree I’m currently attending school for. Really glad I’m not the only woman out there that has fallen in love with a sport that is seen as “masculine”. If any of you know how I can support our professional lady fighters out there, please let me know.