Best MMA Workout

Jens Pulver shows us part of his MMA workout to increase grip strength. Who is Jens Pulver? Jens Pulver is a mixed martial artist that is well-known for his fights in the UFC, PRIDE, and WEC organizations. He was the first UFC lightweight champion and is also known for being a coach on the MMA reality show The Ultimate Fighter 5. He has fought both in the 145 lb and 155 lb divisions. He currently has a record of 22 wins, 12 losses, and 1 draw. He holds notable wins over BJ Penn, Joe Stevenson, Caol Uno, and Rob Emerson. Most recently he has been fighting for the World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) organization.

Jens Pulver has a long history of fighting out of the Miletich camp in Bettendorf, Iowa. Pat Miletich created Miletich Fighting Systems. His camp is well-known for their quality MMA workouts and great MMA conditioning. Another incredible fighter that originally came out of the MFS camp was Matt Hughes, one of the best welterweight fighters ever.

In this Jens Pulver workout video, he shows us a quick tip he uses in his MMA workouts to increase grip strength.

This technique uses two tennis balls and a pull-up bar. Jens shows us that by placing a tennis ball in each hand while doing pull-ups, he is able to increase the difficulty of the pull-up without adding weight.

Jens Pulver was also featured in Men’s Fitness. There, he showed some of the various exercises others can use to train like a fighter. He states that he trains his entire body in one session with a focus on strength and endurance. This MMA workout includes, sprints, push-ups, jumping jacks, bench dips, heavy bag burpees, burpee clean and press, burpees with dumbbells, burpees, fast high knees, mountain climbers, plank jacks, split lunges, squats, squats with overhead press, shoulder circles, bent over rows, med ball touches, tire sledge, power-wheel rollouts, band pulls/snap downs, thick rope pull-ups, tennis ball pull-ups (listed in the above video), and the plate pinch.

There are five different stations in the workout. Each station utilizes a few of the exercises listed above. Jens is at each station for five minutes, repeating the exercises for that station until the 5-minute time limit is up. He then has a 60 second break before he moves on to the next station. This MMA workout is designed to simulate a 5-round fights with 5-minutes per round.

For more information on this grueling MMA workout, check out the full article at Men’s Fitness. It includes photographs of each exercise with exact information for each of the five workout stations.