Do people in mma use body weight exercizes or wieghts??

Question

also can you tone your body with body wieght exercizes also getting muscle strenght and endurance?

Answer 1

I'm sure it varies on the fighter. But, two days ago I did nothing but tons of pushups and squats. And I'm still sore from head to toe. The exercises I did are on www.fight-site.com. I think they're under conditioning and Power. They are deffinitley worth looking at. If you just twist your hands certain ways while doing pushups works a whole different array of muscles.

Answer 2

Fedor is probably the only elite fighter that does not lift weights.  Most do.

Answer 3

a good program will utilize both

Answer 4

Different fighters use different training methods. I saw an advertisement in an MMA magazine for bodyweight excercise equipment. If you look through enough MMA magazines, you'll see the ad I am referring to. It is a device with a very basic design that allows you to use your own body weight to train (isometric excercise).  Bruce Lee's top student Dan Inosanto has long been a proponent of isometric exercise. It's pretty good for building muscular endurance and you don't get as bulky as if you lift heavy weights.