Background
A strength athlete for 11+ years, MMA Weekly columnist, and moderator of the Strength & Conditioning forum at mma.tv, Matt "Wiggy" Wiggins lives in Cameron, NC. He runs the strength, conditioning, and fitness website WorkingClassFitness.com, authors strength training manuals, and designs personalized training programs for MMAists as well as other athletes and non-athletes online.
He can be contacted at wiggy@workingclassfitness.com.
Articles :: Sorted By Date
Strength-Endurance Training: Be Stronger... Longer.
If you take a look at virtually any activity in which increased strength would be beneficial, you'll notice that for that increased strength to be beneficial, you'd have to be able to take advantage of that strength over an extended period of time. Full program included!
Section: Training :: Oct 30, 2003
Density Conditioning.
Wiggy wants you to strive to either do more work in the same period of time each workout, or do the same amount of work in a shorter period of time each workout.
Section: Training :: Aug 31, 2004
Ultimate Burpees: What They Are And Why You Should Use Them.
If ever there was a full body exercise, this has to be one. Burpees are a great cardio and endurance exercise.
Section: Sports :: Sep 02, 2004
Tournament Preparation - Part 1
This week's article is the first of a two-part article discussing how to get into condition and prepare for a tournament.
Section: Sports :: Sep 22, 2004
Tournament Preparation - Part 2.
Keeping with the sample routine from Part 1 of Weight Dragging...each week, add at least five minutes to your Weighted GPP sessions. Keep the same 4:1 work to rest ratio...
Section: Sports :: Sep 27, 2004
