A key part of injury prevention when training for a fight is strength and conditioning. Injuries are no fun since they can prevent you from training and can even keep you out of the gym for months depending on the severity of the injury. When your body is not healthy, you’re not able to do …
Category: Mixed Martial Arts
4 simple tips that will help you get more out of every MMA class
Achieving the goals you’re pursuing as a student of Mixed Martial Arts takes focus and hard work. It can seem daunting as you regularly put in the work to improve as an individual and as a fighter. To help you stay motivated and continue to progress, we’ve compiled a handful of practical tips that will …
Here’s what the top MMA fighters have in common
To be the best MMA fighter you can be, it’s important to learn from successful fighters. Paying attention to what great fighters do will empower you to overcome the challenges you’ll deal with as you train and improve your craft. Learning to fight takes time and dedication. You can’t become the best MMA fighter you’re …
Why it’s important to train with a beginner’s mentality
Here at Absolute MMA, beginners start every day. It’s important to train and participate in every class you attend with beginner’s mentality. There’s value in approaching every class as a chance to learn new skills and be better than you were the day before. This approach holds true in the different combat sports we teach …
Avoid these four foods when trying to drop weight for competition
Making weight can be one of the most challenging things when training for combat sports. Chances are that you’re reading this blog post because you’re working on getting into a lower weight class for whatever sport you compete such as boxing, BJJ, or Muay Thai. Sometimes that means you have to cut five pounds or …
How to speed up recovery time after wrestling class
Wrestling is arguably one of the toughest sports on the planet. It requires you to engage your entire body and constantly tests your mental fortitude when doing everything from drilling takedowns to perfecting your sprawls. Due to how demanding a workout might be, you can be left feeling muscle soreness that can take a few …
Mixed Martial Art Gym in Utah Inspires Success in High School Student
Student Spotlight for the month of April is one of our teenage members, Coley Armijo. Coley has been training Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu since September of 2011. Coley has made some significant changes in his life and we would like to share his success with all. We asked Coley to tell us in his own words what …
Excellent Weight Loss at MMA Gym in Utah
Pedro, “Hey Ivan! How are you today?”Ivan, “I’m doing so damn good it would kill a mortal man!” Hey gang! Remember Ivan? He was our student spotlight a little while ago (see below). This is an update on his progress. As of June 1, 2011 Ivan has lost 30 pounds in his three months with …
Mixed Martial Arts Gym Doesn’t Need Violence
We had an interesting event at Absolute MMA last Friday evening. We were about to start Brazilian Jiu Jitsu class and had the front and back doors open as well as the warehouse door. There were two men in the alley behind the gym, walking around. This was a little unusual but nothing too out of the ordinary. We …
Utah MMA Gym Sparks Weight Loss
Ruben Cervantes is one of our student successes. Ruben has been a student here since March of 2011. In that time, he has lost 20 pounds and drastically improved his fitness. Ruben came to us with the goal of losing 30 pounds, going from 185 to 155. As you can see he is well on …