Iamp;#39;m new to mma i have some questions? -

okay, im 15 and im starting to do MMA ( mixed martial arts ) okay so i don t really have money to get enrolled in a gym to train so i was wondering if one of you can tell me some drills to do so i can get used to it while i earn enough money? please let me know, if you may send some videos and all that.|::::|Good for you for understanding that you need to go to a gym to learn this stuff. (We get a lot of folks here who don t quite seem to get that.) However, learning MMA from a video is like learning how to bowl or how to play basketball from a video: while it may be a good reference, you really need a gym and instructor to set you up for the actual techniques to begin with. Otherwise, you re going to make a LOT of mistakes in form. So - I d recommend not doing any exercises specific to punching, kicking, or wrestling. Instead, you should work on fundamentals of fitness: strength, flexability, reflexes, and endurance. Like in any sport, this type of training should be taking you 1 to 1 1/2 hours a day. When you start in with the sport, it should be 2 to 2 1/2 hours a day with practice. This is assuming you re moderately serious about it, like you would be joining a basketball team or some similar sport. If you re only mildly interested, 3 times a week is probably enough - twice for class, and once on the weekend. 1. Flexability - yep. This means stretching out, and then working the muscles that you just stretched. However, this is pretty much standard PE stuff - you just need to do it. 2. strength - mma, like wrestling, tends to use quot;wiryquot; muscle rather than bulk muscle. For strength training, you should be doing a low-weight, hight-rep workout. Start out with sit-ups and crunches, leg squats and push-ups. If you jog, get a set of hand or wrist weights and jog with them in your hands. 3. Endurance - this means running, or swimming, or biking, or whatever gets your heart rate up to 80% and keeps it there for at least 20 minutes. Rather than optimize on the best workout, make sure to find something that you re willing to do on a regular basis. If that s running or swimming, that s fine - but it s actually not necessary. (For me, as I get tendonitus in my knee easily from jogging, I row.) You should be doing a 20 minute workout minimum every day, with a 40-60 minute workout 2-3 times a week. That beign said - if you can do it, jogging probably IS the best thing to do, aside from swimming. Wind sprints (jogging, then sprinting for 10 seconds, then jogging some more) and hill runs (sprinting up a hill for 20-30 seconds, then walking down and repeating) are two of the best ways to build up your cardio. Swimming is probably less hard on your body, though - if you have the resources to do it. Aside from those basic things, try to look around in your life to see if there is any quot;freequot; training, such as wrestling teams or dance instructors. And of course, if you ve got any friends/relatives who are willing to teach you actual martial arts stuff, that d probably be good to - but you ve probably already thought of that one...|::::|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGFBmVw8K... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5umBWsf_... lt;--- These are very important Join your school wrestling. The school I went to had no wrestling but I can tell you I wish I had taken it. edit: eoh418 good answer, but I gotta know, do you ever sleep?|::::|join your schools wrestling team, i never did but most of the people that are in my gyms started out this ways. get a heavy bag and do drills straight punches hooks kicks upercuts also there are many conditioning drills to do ( i recommend getting a dvd called the pit workout) p.s. i started in my basement also haha. and now i fight in professional events|::::|You can get a good start with little to no money by joining your school s wrestling team. If you just get the wrestling experience over the rest of your days in high school you will have a good start with conditioning as well as technique. If you truly are serious about fighting in mma in the future then joining the wrestling team should be an absolute must on your things to do list. (i know wrestling season started already this year, dunno if you could get in now or not, but find out and if not sign up next year). A lot of cities also have boxing clubs that are free or maybe a small one time fee for their cost of licensing. The YMCA often has a boxing program. Look into that. Participating on any school sport will benefit you as far as cardio and conditioning, and you will learn different exercises and will help learn dedication to athletics. The swim team will whip you into darn fine shape! I am recommending school sports above all else right now because they generally don t cost much if anything, and you ll build a strong level of physical conditioning as a base for your future endeavor. Also training and working out on your own takes a lot of motivation and dedication and it is easy to get lazy. When you have team support, expectations/responsibilities to the team, and an instructor pushing you it helps ALOT. There is plenty of resources on exercises and conditioning on the internet, and a alot that is mma specific also. Just do a google search for mma workouts or conditioning for mma . Youtube is also a source for video demonstrations of exercises and routines. Good luck! Hope to see you in the cage kickin butt some day!|::::|Everyones giving great advice. Just do what they said and join your schools wrestling team, and make sure you practice hard because having a ground game is very important in MMA. Also go on youtube and watch some boxing, muay thai, or any other stand up videos, and then practice some punches kicks and knees. My final advice is to watch UFC and other MMA fights alot because they really do help. Hope I helped!