Getting fit for the Legion.

[Alberto]

Currently im training Muay Thai 2 hours every day of the week. I'd recommend it if you want to get physically fit and learn to take hits; lots of cardio involved, as well as push ups, sit ups. The most tiresome exercises are the actual Muay Thai training. Man, hitting those pads nonstop for 10 mins per exercise can get rough: I feel my muscles burning. But its a good pain, not joint paint or something bad for your body.

I hope training for 4 months is plenty to get enough endurance and what not.

I'd advise not training bullshido martial arts like TKD, Kung Fu, Karate or the likes. Too much katas, not real contact sparring. Just a bunch of fancy moves that doesnt work in a real life situation.

Of course, in modern armies you will rarely get into melee combat, but still, Its a good sport.

[betrand]

Nice! I'd be interested to hear about other EV's routines ..

Me personally I'm following this: iwantsixpackabs.com/abs.html

Currently every muscle in my body from neck to ankles is wailing.

I so wounded my quads yesterday I have to peg leg down the stairs ..

Loving it!

[fdw]

I also do muay thai. BJJ + boxing + mma also.


it's good general fitness but I wouldn't neglect running

[SMOR12]

mate i'm just boxing and runing...and now i'm gona start a little swiming....
it's not bad,trener wants us to give 101% ceazy ****...yasterday he made a cuple of us run for 2 houers....I'm think'n thats not bad for joining tha legion???

[Sugardaddy]

I dunno if muay thai will make you fir in the areas the legion wants super short bouts of energy and overall static endurance that martial arts give you might not suffice.

Run more and do weights or at least body weight training apart from muay thai classes, in general just martial arts without core conditioning gives you crappy fitness real fighters do their martial arts as well as weights and cardio so do not for one second be fooled by that (oh unless you train as a fighter more than once a day)

[Alberto]

This is not the Karate or anything. This is Muay Thai. They train hard.

About 30 mins dedicated to cardio. Lost of push-ups, burpees, ropejumping, thai crunches, jugging. And then, hitting the pads with a partner in a series of combos, non-stop. When I first joined I felt very tired...but after about 1 month ive seen an improvement in my overall endurance.

But I agree that you shouldnt neglect running. Running is always good.

[ManFromNowhere]

Well, hello everyone. I honestly prefer cardio exercises; running, mainly. I'm used to running 20 Km a day in two sessions, and I've been doing it during the last year, every day, and resting on Sunday (leave the muscles rest). A friend of mine, who spent 12 years in the spanish legion told me to leave the muscles rest one day a week, or they will end up badly within 4-5 years or so. Chinups and situps do not present any significant problem.

I practised martial arts for years, but I stopped doing it a couple years ago; kempo is also cool if you want to get resistance and experience in real fighting.

I still have two months before joining, so I think I will also swim. Does anyone know what are the swimming requirements?

[repman86]

Well, hello everyone. I honestly prefer cardio exercises; running, mainly. I'm used to running 20 Km a day in two sessions, and I've been doing it during the last year, every day, and resting on Sunday (leave the muscles rest). A friend of mine, who spent 12 years in the spanish legion told me to leave the muscles rest one day a week, or they will end up badly within 4-5 years or so. Chinups and situps do not present any significant problem.

I practised martial arts for years, but I stopped doing it a couple years ago; kempo is also cool if you want to get resistance and experience in real fighting.

I still have two months before joining, so I think I will also swim. Does anyone know what are the swimming requirements?

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[Sugardaddy]

I did muay thai and for sure it will not make your times much better on the field running sure you will hit harder and faster, but that is something that you should consider auxillary.

My point is do not make muay thai primary sport.

BTW I did it and am doing it I know what it is like that is why I am saying what I am saying

[Alberto]

Well, you need good cardio to keep throwing those punches and kicks; I think they go hand in hand. I have seen improvement in my endurance, thats why im saying that for me it has worked so far.

And im agreeing with you that running IS good and a must to develop better stamina.

[Sugardaddy]

Yeah martial arts alone will not give you good fitness levels you have to do other work to develop your body.

[Griffo]

Another good trick is if you do some tough workouts at the gym with a good trainer or spotter by first getting to the burning point on whatever sets you are working on with some good weight then get your trainer or spotter to help you do "negatives" just as you reach burning out (You wont be able to do these by yourself). It will burn like ******* hell but you gotta keep doing it and push yourself - you gotta learn to love the pain.

If you can I recommend hiring a professional trainer, a really professional and strict one training different muscle groups each day. They will push you further than yourself or a mate ever will. Then add a good long interval run to the end of that too. do that MOST DAYS, and I will also agree with ManFromNowhere a day off each week is a bloody good idea; and reward.

[Steier]

At least in the first month or two I highly recommend taking a day of rest every other day, since muscles need around 48 hours to rebuild. As your fitness and endurance get better you should decrease the number of resting days during the week.

IMO the Seal program is cool and give you a good level of fitness.

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It combines everything you need for the Legion, at least for the start. In the end get ready to easily run 10km, do pushups, situps and some pullups. Anything less is enough and anything above you'll lose at Castel, because simply you'll not train too hard.

You're not getting fit for the Royal Marines, you're getting fit for basic training.

[dustdevil]

I'd advise not training bullshido martial arts like TKD, Kung Fu, Karate or the likes. Too much katas, not real contact sparring. Just a bunch of fancy moves that doesnt work in a real life situation.

Kung Fu isn't a martial art in itself, its a phrase thats been americanized and a label for the over 450 styles of chinese martial arts.It translates roughly to "Hard work over time to accomplish skill". Some of which-like Xingyiquan which was created sometime in the 12th century-is still used today to train Chinese officers of the military and national police force in close quarters combat.

[Ricardo]

I though ive seen that Emelianenko picture elsewhere !! he will be back , "the one that doesnt fall , doesnt stand up "!!

Ive been an MMA addict for the last decade .... anything you guys need or want to know about MMA (im not trying to be a showoff ) but you can ask me