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Your conditioning sessions do not have to be hours of long laborious exercises, try a few Mini Workouts as a change or even when you are pushed for time. You do not have to rely on them all the time but a couple of times per week would be good alternative from your regular workout. If you are a competitive fighter than you would be going beyond this level of training but once again, a short sharp session is far better than no session at all.
If you do no conditioning at all, then this is a perfect way for you to get started!
Recreational Martial artists, could rely on these for conditioning as long as you are not neglecting your technical training, flexibility and other aspects of training related to your art.
The great thing about mini workouts is that you can really mix them up and design each session different enough to keep your enthusiasm sky high.
I like to use functional exercises, that utilise multiple muscle groups in one exercise, rather than isolate a specific muscle. I also use exercises that use very simple tools or none at all.
My Mini Workouts are about 30 minutes long, that even allows for a 5 minute warm up and a 5 minute stretch at the end. They are a Tabata style of session, working very hard for 20 seconds and then taking a 10 second rest. I repeat this 30 second cycle 8 times and then rest for 30 seconds. The same exercise can be used throughout the 4 minute round or use a different exercise for each cycle
The type of exercises I use for mini workouts, that require no equipment or tools at all are:
Burpees
Push Ups
Body Squats
Squat Jumps
Squat Thrusts
Single Leg Squats
Jump Ups
Pikes
Dorsal Raises
That is really just naming a few options and then you have all the additional options that utilise some very simple tools.
Incorporate Mini Workouts into your daily schedule, the results that you can get are phenomenal.
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