Exercise Category: Phase 1.1: Strength & Conditioning
Build the functional engine required for high-intensity combat sports. Phase 1.1 focuses on structural integrity, explosive power, and metabolic conditioning. Before mastering the weapon, you must fortify the platform. This category covers foundational strength, joint stability, and the physiological capacity to sustain peak performance in MMA and Kickboxing, ensuring long-term physical durability and functional mobility.
Slip & Roll
Defensive head movements are designed to evade incoming strikes while maintaining a balanced position to execute counterattacks. Execution Standards: 200+ FCS Combat Application: Minimizes damage taken during exchanges and creates tactical openings for counter-striking by mastering efficient, high-speed head movement.
Sprawl Drills
A defensive wrestling movement designed to counter a takedown attempt by rapidly driving the hips to the floor and extending the legs to kill the opponent’s momentum. Execution Standards: 200+ FCS Combat Application: Trains the muscle memory and explosive reaction required to defend a single or double-leg takedown attempt, keeping the fight in your preferred … Read more
Shadowboxing
A dynamic combat simulation that integrates footwork, head movement, and striking to build high-intensity anaerobic endurance. Execution Standards: 200+ FCS Combat Application: Develops the specific metabolic conditioning and neural pathways required to sustain technical striking under the fatigue of a multi-round exchange.
Tempo Squats
A variation of the squat that emphasizes time under tension (TUT) by following a specific 3-1-1 movement rhythm. Execution Standards: 200+ FCS Combat Application: Eliminates reliance on momentum and “bouncing” out of the hole, building the raw structural strength needed for clinch control and explosive level changes.
Single Leg Stand
A static balance and stability exercise aimed at improving proprioception and ankle joint integrity. Execution Standards: 200+ FCS Combat Application: Enhances stability during kicks or when defending a single-leg takedown, ensuring the standing leg remains a solid anchor.
Hollow Body Hold
An advanced isometric core exercise that trains the anterior chain to resist spinal extension by maintaining a “hollow” shape. Execution Standards: 200+ FCS Combat Application: Trains the body to maintain a protected, compact structure while on the ground (Bottom position), preventing the spine from being overextended.
Wall Sit
An isometric lower-body exercise that focuses on quadriceps endurance and mental resilience under constant tension. Execution Standards: 200+ FCS Combat Application: Develops the specific leg endurance required for long wrestling exchanges against the cage or maintaining a low, stable base.