Mixed Martial Arts Conditioning Association
Become an MMA Conditioning Coach
You could always benefit from more members, students, and clients.
Your local community is filled with opportunities to build quality relationships so you can increase your student numbers.
Yes, this is different than running a Facebook ad or making a YouTube video. We aren’t saying you should stop doing that. It’s just important to be active in your community as well to maximize the relationship opportunities.
Here are some ideas you can implement immediately:
You may be missing out on the biggest market for your coaching services.
If you’ve been focused on only elite athletes, you are leaving so much on the table.
Working with elite athletes is exciting and rewarding. And, you also know that they are often broke on the way up. They can barely pay for your services.
On the other hand, someone who likely has more education, a more stable career, and just wants a fun martial arts fitness workout can more easily hire you and keep using your services for a long time.
And, they are going to be much easier to train. You will do less work, and still have a lot of fun. They are thrilled. Everyone wins.
You know there is always that battle of building muscle/strength and increasing flexibility. It’s a delicate dance. You want and need both. So what do you do?
You have some options.
Here they are in no particular order:
1. Alternate between a strength set and flexibility set during your workout.
2. Do many of your strength exercises on a very deep, low and specific way to that you include flexibility and range of motion in each strength movement.
Let’s be honest, you could use some help with your flexibility.
What if you could do rubber guard like BJ Penn?
What if you had the hip dexterity to do kick like Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson?
What if your back was just more flexible, so it didn’t hurt so much?
What if your shoulders had more mobility so you didn’t tap so fast on an Americana or Kimura?
What if you could finally do the splits?
What if you just felt better before you went to sleep each night?
Sometimes you just don’t have enough time (or the desire) to do a full workout. Yet, you know you need to do something.
This is the perfect time to do the 1 Technique + 1 Conditioning Drill Workout.
Here’s how it works:
On the day of your workout, you decide which technique you need to work on most.
As a fitness or conditioning expert for combat athletes, you’ve likely had thoughts of being cage side as one of your athletes enters the UFC octagon.
This is an incredible accomplishment. It’s highly coveted.
It’s most likely never going to happen.
#truthbomb
Let’s be honest… the likelihood of one of your students getting to the UFC is slim to none. Yes, we know we have members who train fighters in the Bellator and UFC. Yes, we even have certified coaches who train UFC and Bellator World Champions…Quite a few in fact! [Read more…]
Group classes have benefits and drawbacks.
This is true if you are teaching BJJ, boxing or strength and conditioning.
The benefits of a group class include:
1. Group energy
2. Multiple training partners for doing drills
3. Learning through more observation
4. Often more fun
5. More friendships and bonding
The drawbacks of a group class can include:
1. Less individual attention
2. More general instruction to appease all levels
3. Possibly greater likelihood of injury
4. The desire to compete could lead to over-exertion
So, what do you do?
