Hey man :) It also depends on your age as well... doing MMA + pumping Iron and aiming for good performance in both is very taxing. Since I turned 25 a few years ago, I can no longer go beastmode and put my body through punishment ( doing intense sparrings weekly while training strength in the gym is NOT sustainable) because I started developping chronic pains and inflammations in the ribs, wrists, elbows, knees and shoulders. Not to mention the increased risk of injury ( I broke my knuckles while warming up, twisted my ankle while climbing the stairs ). Even with a high calorie, high protein and minerals diet, I would still suffer from such hardcore workouts. My advice would be to slowly reduce the volume or intensity of workouts as you age if you want to do both, OR, just focus on one discipline and progress safely. Getiing injured can be a handicap ( I can hardly scrub my own back in the shower because of the constant pain in shoulder joints)

This is my exact spilt. I train Muay Thai 3x a week (Mon and Wed is technique and bag work, and Fridays are for Sparring) in the evenings around 6PM and I lift 4-5 days a week (Pull workouts Mon and Wed) and (Push workouts on TUES, Thurs, and Sat) around lunch time between 11A-1PM. I do additional cardio on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6PM (30 mins on the elliptical machine). I’m 39 years old and I feel great doing these workout splits.

@@saihinadir isnt that when you are at your peak

How old are you?

@@kingofthemultiverse4148 28 since Januray

Can you be big and ripped while doing mma?

@@saifullahkhalid8931 of course you can. Gain muscle by eating a whole lot of calories and protein while you're doing both and also train your abs(lean bulk) and then cut down 5% on your maintenance calories to achieve the body you want.

600 MG of testosterone will help as well!

So did it work

@@jonblask9543 Depends how you set up your workouts. If you don't set them right you'll be so drained and your body will be sore all over. Making it impossible for you to workout the next day and so on. But it's possible. Also depends what's your main priority/goal. Strength and conditioning or more muscle.

Alfredo Salgado not to mention the amount of cortisol your body will be exerting, causing low testosterone and erectile dysfunction.

jon blask it did for a while hahaha but i just went to the gym instead

it depends man if your overtraining your cns would be effected

Growing younger.

You are an inspiration sir.

amazing

One badass dude, i would not want to be the guy who pissed you off sir

My respect, mister Johnson! Im now 24 and I'm doing powerlifting and bodybuilding at once. I want to start martial arts, but it's a little bit hard when you are father of 2 kids at the age of 24 😅

That sounds like a 1-rep max. You don’t need size to get stronger. Size only comes from doing more reps at the same weight.

+King Aesthetics great man! I also implement Bikram yoga with my bodybuilding.

how do they compliment each other

@@J_Saiyan do you find they compliment each other too, and if so, how

@@mihailmilev9909 doing yoga doesn't interfere with muscle recovery and takes no equipment to do meaning it's really easy to put into a time slot.

DIET DIET DIET DIET DIET DIET

Mirco Böddecker They both do work fucking moron. You just arent training hard enough. Either that or you are just lazy.

This is exactly my situation right now

That is exactly my situation as well !😂

But I’m going to go for it fuck it I’m just going to do both

You cannot micromanage every aspect of your life. What if you get into a dance battle? When you're 50 you'll be laughing at your attempt to micromanage reality like that and the older you get the less chance of violence there is.

@@youngboxer420 how did it work out for ya

Thanks for sharing your feedback, much appreciated.

How do you split it in the week?

Alexander Ray

Why waste your time doing just boxing. Stop boxing, your probably better than tbe average Joe and start on your weakness such as wrestling and grappling and later do Thai or Kickboxing.

I do boxing / powerlifting . Yes it drains my body greatly . But I see how powerlifting crossover to boxing . I have way more power . Powerlifting usually twice a week . And there are days where I do boxing back to back with powerlifting . But I try to separate the two . And my powerlifting only consist of deadlifts , squats box , bench press , overhead press . Compound movements only ! It cuts down on my time .

Cleans and snatches

plyometrics

bull shit

That's actually a really good way to not lose your weightlifting or bodybuilding gains and still have some mma endurance.

@@TheFracturedfuture i´ll do my research about it. thanks for the advice.

You can include both martial arts and weight lifting in your fitness program. Just make sure you get enough recovery time.

@@TotalFitnessBodybuilding just subscribed to your chanenel , great videos you have

Hello jon. I am a 16 year old boy who just started training for muay thai. I was also doing bodybuilding workout 4 times a week before that. But after enrolling for muay thai (6 session per week, 30-40 min cardio each session) have limited my bodybuilding training to only 2 days a week. What would you suggest me to gain muscle with this split or to atleast maintain what i have achieved?

@@deepakjain7259 I wanna do both of them too, but I am not aiming for competitions or anything so I think doing Muay Thai one time per week and 4days per week bodybuilding should be perfectly fine, as I need to gain more. Btw from where do you learning Muay Thai?

@@manojvishwakarma3698 i am learning it from my locality the name of the club is battlefield fight club

yes but not as intense,now i'm doing 4 days of strength training and 2 days of boxing at home, and 1 rest day. as before i was doing a shred/weight loss at a weight gym, and attend a local boxing gym. now i have a family so i do everything thing home. i have both a weight and boxing room, basic equipment, and lots of improvising.

Really??

@@mdfareeduddin8016 yeah how

how can you do both

@@mihailmilev9909 look michael chandler train

If you wanna be really good in 1 thing you need to go at least 3-5times a week and do that one thing,so always depends what you want

I hear ya, that's why I stopped training in BJJ myself... I enjoyed it, but when you're getting submitted and people are forcing your joints beyond their normal range of motion - it can cause a lot of damage. At least with weight training - you're in control over what you do - or don't do.

It still takes time to recover from high rep workouts. Bottom line you have to experiment and listen to your body to find the balance of weight training, sports training, and recovery that allows you to function at your best.

I wonder if you found a solution to your problem in the 6 years that have passed

If your 17190 pounds I'd say do burpees and diet

Sure, if you enjoy doing heavy bag work you can add that to your workout routine.

yes im just gonna do chest and back thursday and legs and shoulders friday. should be fine i think. thx for replay..and i think i will need some suplements for faster recovery..

How did it work out for you?

Semper Fidelis i do mma 3 times a week for 2 hours plus i hit the gym heavy 4 times a week and i still manage to recover just got to get those vitamins in your body plus some amino acids and at least 8 hours of sleep every night and you should be alright

kushman strong i appreciate your reply, i'll see what works best for me ;)

+Lee Hayward then i assume i'll take mma classes 2 times a week while hitting the gym 3 times a week,i'm just short of 18,my body can take that kind of strain for a few years

Well training Jujitsu once a week is a waste of time unless you start when your 6 years old.

i aint lee but just wanted to respond your answer if you gain muscle mass you will become more powerfull but it will slow you down at the same time cus throwing a punch with a big ass arm wont be that quick.

A man should have a Y chromosome. What he does with his life is up to him.

You know your comment is shit when the reply has more likes.

Mma will not make u able to defend ur family from real criminels

@@miesvaillanykyisyytta3252 did you just now assume my gender?

+Lee Hayward thanks Man Very informative :)

I have been working out for over 4 years been on a diet like 4 times got good looks and lost weight but for the past 4 years I have been eating junk food and fat food not watching my food but right now am training MMA for 10 mouths now am gonna go as long as I want am training. In the gym right now and working on becoming a powerful fast heavyweight I take no protein in bodybuilding and doing different workouts for my MMA training, taking tbt pre workout. In my MMA trading lost 25 pounds in 9 mouths lol I was not watching my diet but I want to be come a powerful and fast heavyweight am at 242 gonna cut down at 220

It's quite difficult as Lee says and how your body responds to mixing 'em in is quite diverse between individuals. If you want to focus on martial arts, forget about doing a 2-day split-system where you go 6 days a week to work on each muscle group 3 times a week. 3-day split system, maybe, but I'd either go for a 2-day split and instead only hitting the gym 4 times a week whereas each muscle group gets hit twice a week or my personal favourite: full body workout 3 times a week with only one exercise per muscle group. I alternate the sets between sessions. High reps and a mere two sets on one session and the next I go for lower reps and four sets. The latter alternative works well for maintenance and eventual progress in strength, but it doesn't give much growth. Try taking a break from martial arts or only do light martial arts training and do the 2 day split, hitting the gym 6 days a week until you're satisfied, then go back fully on the martial arts and do the full body workout 3 times a week. :)

Thaaanks a lot for your advice you helped me a lot

great job Man good luck and thank you :)

Lee Hayward ok thanks for the reply m8

SM PA did it work?

rus s He died🤣

U can gain a bit of muscle through mma training if u eat loads of calories and protein

There's certainly some big fighters out there. I remember back in the day when Brock Lesnar was dominating the heavyweights in the UFC and had to diet down to make the weight cut limits.

the drugs my friend the drugs.

kenshiro tell him about the sweat sauce baby 💉💉💉

Ken Shiro so his genetics are weak ? lol

Kenshiro is right, or both are... To be a great bodybuilder, you have both... Great Genetics and great Steroids... Period!

That's fine, do what you enjoy the most.

@@TotalFitnessBodybuilding the martial arts not bodybuilder I just prefer martial arts because I need discipline

Bobby Tarantino Wrestling definitely requires a high amount of strength and muscle mass. Thanks for making me realize that the workout routine of wrestlers can help all athletes in other martial arts to focus on both weight training and combat training (though they might not require as much ssize as wrestlers)! 😊

Personally I'd rather be fit and healthy, not really looking to become an assassin :-)

Being lean and skilled is not better than being ripped and skilled, there’s a reason why martial arts have weight divisions, a guy who’s 5’10 185 pounds, can 1 rep 315 bench 1 rep 405 squat, 1 rep 495 deadlift, and trains 3 hours a week kickboxing/muay thai and 3 hours a week wrestling/bjj (basically a typical mma gym) will be much more deadly than a guy who’s 5’10 160 pounds, 1 rep on bench is 185 pounds, 1 rep on squat 275 pounds, 1 rep deadlift 350 pounds, but trains martial arts 15 hours a week, 7 hours muay thai/kickboxing 7 hours BJJ/wrestling Martial arts is literally athleticism x skill, your athleticism matters just as much as your skill is, Guy number one let’s say his athleticism is 8, his skill is 5 8 x 5 = 40 Guy number 2 let’s say his athleticism is 4 and his skill is 7 4 x 7 = 28 It’s going to be hard to grapple someone bigger & stronger than you and they have similar technique, vice versa it’s gonna be hard punching kneeing & kicking someone who’s bigger & stronger than you with similar technique, now granted when it comes to striking you’ll pull your full force so benefit of the doubt, but in a real street fight scenario a guy who’s twice as strong as you plus has 25-30 pounds on you who knows how to throw a proper roundhouse kick, will cause you extreme pain and probably break a bone, it’s the reality a lot of martial artist neglect, not the one’s competing as a career because they have weight divisions, I’m talking about your typical self defense/hobbyist Do atleast 1 hour full body workout 3 days a week Balance it into 3s 3 hours workout a week 3 hours striking a week 3 hours grappling a week And for cardio I recommend 9 miles a week, aka 3 miles a day, also about 8 minutes of jumprope = 1 mile running, so 24 minutes of jumprope = 3 miles running Rule of 3

As long as you continue training for speed and agility - you can maintain it, or even improve it, while building muscle.

How old are you now?

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