MMA workout

[elti54]

I used to be an Offensive Tackle in football, and one of the best in province when I was in gr.11, however I got diagnosed with a spine disease and herniated several discs in back one day at practice.

I had about 99.9% of doctors telling me that, If i played contact sports id cripple myself from the waist down (parapalegic).

However I found a sports doctor who told me, although as stupid as desire to hit people and get hit by people is, and even more dumb desire to do so with a probability of becomming crippled, he told me the way to do so.

Stop playing Rugby and Football and find a new contact sport
strengthen mid section
increase flexibility
and lose all of "Offensive Tackle" weight

so i found a sport that i love, that requires me to do all of the above to compete

MMA.

I was wondering if there is anyone out there that Trains - Boxing, Judo, Ji Jitsu, Mui Thai, etc. that has any good training advice, drills, weightroom exercises.

A few things to consider in training however

I cannot do deadlifts because of back
I cannot do squats because of back

so im reduced to hill running, plyometrics, box hopping etc.
although leg strength is already stupid strong from driving 300 pound guys out of the way from football.... 10 years of football playing Offensive Line will do that for you lol.

Feel free to talk in any concepts u want, Ive taken University Biomed classes and Kinese Classes, Im a football coach, and a SPARTAN trainer (Canadian Equivilant to the famous SPARQ training in the States).

[HOUSTON TEXAN]

All I know is every now and then when I go to a Ju Jitsu class at school when I feel like it rowing strength really helps me pull the other person toward me, especially when I can row almost twice their bodyweight

[swanso5]

if you can't deadlift or squats then you defionately shouldn't be able to do plyo's or box drops (depth drops i presume) although you don;t really need squats for mma

you simply need to do so in a progressive manner

search hammer down strength and hammer down endurance both by chad waterbury

[Mystik]

I train in MMA. Well more so Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai and I compete in MMA. I would recommend that you don't do Jiu Jitsu if you have bad enough back that you can't do squats. The main things I focus on are:

1 - Cardio/conditioning, for obvious reasons of competition.
2 - Deadlifts (which you have to leave out), rowing, lunges (not sure if you can do those if you can't do squats), tire roll, sledge hammer on a tire, lots of different variations of pull ups, shoulder presses, bench presses, lots of pushups, plyo push ups...things like that.
3- Core....I can't stress this enough. It's very important to have a strong core. It will make your punches, kicks, takedowns and everything stronger.

As far as drills. What were you looking for? The drills we do when we are training Muay Thai or Jiu Jitsu? Things like that? Shadow boxing will become your new best friend. It also helps to have at least one close friend you can trust who is also training in Muay Thai. That way there is someone to do pad work with.

One last thing. Get an exercise ball. They are priceless for working your ground game and stability.