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Training and Conditioning for MMA Online CE Exam With Ebook

Training and Conditioning for MMA Online CE Exam With Ebook

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Product Format
    This package includes the following:
    • Training and Conditioning for MMA ebook
    • Online continuing education exam
    Based on the latest science and research, Training and Conditioning for MMA details physical training, nutrition, and injury prevention for all martial arts disciplines. It uses actual training programs and showcases real examples recurring in the day-to-day preparation of countless elite MMA fighters from the American Top Team, UFC, Bellator, Sambo, and Jiu-Jitsu World Championships. Collectively, the 21 contributors to this book have trained over 200 amateur, professional, national, and Olympic MMA champions, including Amanda Nunes, Junior Dos Santos, Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida, Mark Hunt, Yoel Romero, Héctor Lombard, and Glover Teixeira. The quality and extent of the knowledge they share in these pages is simply unmatched in the world of MMA training resources.

    Training and Conditioning for MMA provides trainers and coaches who work with combat athletes with a comprehensive yet practical manual for all training-related aspects of MMA, featuring the following:
    • Methodology of sports training, including the periodization model used at American Top Team
    • Principles for designing a fighter’s training program
    • Physical assessment of a fighter, from body composition to flexibility
    • Importance of nutrition in high-level training
    • More than 45 proven training programs for a wide range of martial arts disciplines, athlete types, and levels, accompanied by photos of professional MMA fighters demonstrating exercises and techniques
    • Prevention strategies for MMA-related injuries
    After reading the book, certified professionals can take the companion CE exam to earn continuing education credits.

    Learning Objectives
    • Recognize the preparation components of sports performance.
    • Illustrate how the training variables of volume, intensity, and density influence external loads.
    • Evaluate training loads using the RPE method.
    • Organize the various modes of training into a training plan for combat sports.
    • Design a program for desired outcomes based on the principles of resistance training.
    • Select and execute pertinent physical tests to assess the training needs of the fighter.
    • Assess the value of nutrients and supplements to support training and performance outcomes.
    • Choose exercises and training programs to elicit desired adaptations in a fighter.
    • Explain the proper execution of a variety of exercises.
    • Employ a variety of equipment for training specific to MMA combat.
    • Plan training activities to reduce the incidence of injuries common in MMA.
    • Assess movement deficiencies and related interventions for MMA athletes.

    Audience

    Strength and conditioning professionals, personal trainers, or other related professionals who train athletes for mixed martial arts (MMA).
    Chapter 1. Concepts in the Methodology of Sports Training
    Overload Principle Applied to Sports Training
    Modes of Training
    Traditional Periodization Methods
    Block Periodization
    Periodization Model Used at American Top Team
    Construction of a Training Session

    Chapter 2. Program Design
    Principles of Resistance Training
    Resistance Training for Strength and Muscle Hypertrophy
    Resistance Training for Power
    High-Intensity Interval Training
    New Russian Concept of Training
    Methods of Training the Heart Muscle
    Methods of Directing Adipose Tissue Activity
    Heat Acclimation

    Chapter 3. Physical Assessment of the Fighter
    Body Composition
    Metabolic and Cardiorespiratory Fitness: Laboratory Testing
    Metabolic and Cardiorespiratory Fitness: Field Testing
    Tests Specific to Fighters
    Neuromuscular-Musculoskeletal Fitness
    Velocity
    Flexibility

    Chapter 4. The Importance of Nutrition in High-Level Training
    Energy
    Carbohydrates
    Protein
    Fat
    Vitamins
    Minerals
    Ergogenic Aids

    Chapter 5. Methods of Training for MMA
    Body Weight Training
    Resistance Training
    Agonist-Antagonist Training
    Eccentric Training
    Functional Training
    Suspension Training
    Power Training
    Specific Power Training
    Power Endurance Training
    Speed Training
    Agility Training
    Precompetition Training
    MMA-Specific Cross Training
    Training for Adaptive MMA Athletes
    Training to Improve MMA Takedowns
    MMA, Muay Thai, and Jiu-Jitsu Preparation Training for Women
    Training for Wrestlers and Grapplers
    Training for Jiu-Jitsu
    Outdoor Training for MMA
    High-Intensity Interval Training for MMA
    Circuits for Five-Round Matches
    Resistance Band Training
    Training Using the Isoton Method
    Training to Increase Muscular Endurance and Number of Mitochondria in Type II Muscle Fibers
    Training to Increase Strength and Power in Type II Muscle Fibers
    Training to Increase Speed

    Chapter 6. Prevention of MMA-Related Injuries
    Injury Prevention in MMA Fighters
    Head and Face Injuries
    Spinal Injuries
    Elbow, Wrist, and Hand Injuries
    Shoulder Injuries
    Hip and Thigh Injuries
    Knee Injuries
    Ankle and Foot Injuries
    The Science of Stretching and Flexibility
    Stéfane Beloni Correa Dielle Dias, PhD, has a bachelor’s degree in physical education from the Federal University of Paraná (Universidade Federal do Paraná) in Brazil and a PhD with honors in sports training and a master’s degree in sport and athlete preparation from Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth, and Tourism (SCOLIPE) in Moscow. In 2005, before starting his doctorate in sports training at the same university, Professor Victor Nikolaevich Seluyanov became his advisor, and he received the honor award for the best scientific research of the year at the Young Scientists Conference.

    Dias worked for seven years as the head strength and conditioning coach of the best MMA team in the world, American Top Team, where he has trained and still advises some UFC athletes. He served as first secretary and counselor of the Regional Council of Physical Education–State of Paraná and has also worked as a guest professor in postgraduate programs at Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Faculdade Estadual de Educação Física de Jacarezinho, and Instituto Aleixo Educacao e Desporto, giving seminars and instructing courses in Brazil, the United States, Canada, Russia, and Portugal. In 2015, he began a full-time professorship at Keiser University–Orlando in their exercise and sport science program.

    Dias trained Muay Thai for seven years at the legendary Noguchi Team in Curitiba, Brazil; earned his second-degree black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu; and since 2012 has been a regular columnist for Tatame magazine, where he writes about training programs and elite physical preparation. He has published six books in Brazil and Russia, and in 2019 he received the 15-Year Commemorative Medal from the Regional Council of Physical Education–State of Paraná for his contributions to the growth and strengthening of sport in the Brazilian state of Paraná.

    Everton Bittar Oliveira holds a degree in physical education from Universidade Positivo in Brazil. He completed his specialization courses in sports training from Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná and is trained as a resistance training specialist (RST) and practitioner in neurolinguistic programming (NLP). In 2007, he earned his black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu after training with master Alexandre Penão.

    With more than 15 years of experience in the field, Everton has trained several athletes and coached in several gyms in Brazil and the United States and has also worked as a guest speaker for several courses in sports training and personal training. In 2012, he moved to the United States, where he began working as a strength and conditioning coach for the best MMA team in the world, American Top Team, where he coached many champions, including Amanda Nunes (UFC champion in two divisions), Philipe Lins (PFL champion), Natan Schulte (PFL champion in 2018 and 2019), Adriano Moraes (ONE-FC world champion), Kyoji Horiguchi (Rizin champion), Rudson Caliocane (Titan FC champion), Raush Manfio (PFL and Titan FC champion), Victor Dias (Titan FC champion), Jessica Aguilar (WSOF champion), Thiago Moisés (LFA champion), Josh da Silveira (LFA champion in two divisions), and Thiago Alves (Bare Knuckle FC champion). Everton is also responsible for preparation of many professional racing car drivers and tennis players.

    André Geraldo Brauer Júnior, PhD, holds a degree in physical education from Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná and has complemented his training with courses at the Brazilian Institute of Research and Extension; Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth, and Tourism (SCOLIPE); and Federal University of Paraná (Universidade Federal do Paraná). Since 2006, he has been teaching undergraduate and postgraduate studies in the discipline of sports training methodology. He works as a research professor at UniBrasil Centro Universitário and teaches courses in physical preparation for various sports. In addition to his academic work, he provides sports consultation for athletes of different modalities and various fitness facilities. Dr. Brauer is the author of books and scientific articles in specialized journals.

    Pavel Vladimirovich Pashkin was born in Orenburg in the USSR. Pavel currently lives in Moscow, Russia. He started doing sports at the age of 10, in the same kind of sports as his father and first coach, Vladimir Alexandrovich Pashkin, who held the title of Master of Sports of the USSR in sambo wrestling and judo, and his uncle Valeriy Alexandrovich Pashkin, who was an honored Master of Sports of the USSR in sambo wrestling. At the age of 17, Pavel Pashkin became world champion in Slada Russian wrestling.

    In 1998 Pavel entered Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth, and Tourism (SCOLIPE) in Moscow, where he continued his sambo wrestling classes under the guidance of Sergey Evgenyevich Tabakov and Sergey Vladimirovich Yeliseyev. Pavel took first prize in the Moscow Sambo Wrestling Student Games in 2000 and second prize in the Sambo Russian Championship in 2001. He fulfilled the standard for a Master of Sports of Russia in sambo wrestling, earned a diploma as a specialist in physical education and sports, and in 2006 defended his thesis to earn a master of physical education and sports degree. While studying for his master’s degree, he studied under the guidance of the prominent Russian scientist and academician Lev Pavlovich Matveev, who instilled in him a love of science and gave real understanding of the essence of physical education and sports.

    Since 2006 he has been working as a personal sambo and strength and conditioning coach with amateurs and with professional athletes. He was the organizer of fitness sambo and physical education tours for FitSambo Tour in Russia, Europe, Africa, and the United States. In 2009 Pavel held a seminar on sambo for the professional MMA fighters of American Top Team.

    In 2016 Pavel together with his wife Olga Sergeyevna Pashkina, Master of Sports of Russia in rhythmic gymnastics, opened FitSambo LLS, a company providing personal coaching in the field of physical education and sports. In 2018 the FitSambo physical education and sports club opened in Moscow, with an emphasis on children’s sports and fitness in the field of martial arts and rhythmic gymnastics.

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