MMA fighters usually have incredible physiques, but are they worth the beat-down? MMA fighters are in awesome shape… there’s no doubt about that.
But what you may not not know is you don’t actually have to be a professional fighter to get a body like that.
In fact, most guys SHOULDN’T train like a UFC fighter to look like one!
Instead ask yourself this…
Have you ever watched a UFC fighter in action and said to yourself… “Man, I wish I looked like that.”
What if you could get a ripped set of abs without training 6 hours a day (like it was your job)?
What if you could eat your favorite foods every day without having multiple, authoritarian coaches dictating what things you could stick in your mouth?
What if it only took 3-4 short trips to the gym each week to see real, muscular, six pack definition that made all your friends red with envy anytime they saw you?
Think this sounds fake?
I Thought The Same Thing…
Until I discovered how to do it for myself.
Now, I sport a six pack practically year-round training only 3 hours a week and eating pie and ice cream almost every day.
If you’re interested in building a body that looks as good as a popular UFC athelete… keep reading because you’re about to discover why training like a professional MMA fighter is a TERRIBLE idea for the average guy to get in shape!
You’ll also learn why you can actually exercise less and get a defined, visual six pack that will make your friends’ girlfriends drool the next time you stop by your buddy’s house for the big fight.
If you’re new to the site, you may have heard of me… my name is Kyle and I’m the founder of Campus Gains.
I help guys in their 20s and 30s transform their bodies so they can finally become “the muscular one” in their group of friends.
I’ve collaborated with and interviewed some of the biggest names in the online fitness community including Jordan Syatt, Kevin Kreider, Rusty Moore, and Greg O’ Gallagher (Kinobody).
And I’ve learned powerful diet and training methodologies that have allowed me to get as lean as I want, as fast as I want, whenever I want.
So let me start by saying this…
It’s Deceiving To Follow The Training Plans Of UFC Fighters Shared On The Web
You might be tempted to just google one of your favorite fighters like:
- TJ Dillashaw
- Demetrious Johnson
- Conor McGregor
- Stipe Miocic
Then you could try to find out what kind of stuff they ate and how they worked out to look the way they do.
And then you could just follow it blindly.
Well here’s my advice…
Don’t Do This (Here’s Why)
Did you ever step back and think to yourself…
Why is this guy’s workout routine openly available to me to read on the internet?
Well, if you haven’t thought that yet, you SHOULD because there’s a sinister reality behind it all that you need to come to grips with.
What these multi-million dollar fitness magazine publishers and prime time television sport conglomerates don’t want you to know is this…
Whatever MMA guy you idolize…
Even if you know his exact workout routine…
Even if you know exactly what he eats…
Even if you know exactly how often he trains…
It Won’t Work For You Or Me!
Why the hell not?
Well I’m glad you asked because I’m going to be brutally honest why the training principles of a world-class athlete are a waste of time for us.
So here’s…
5 Reasons Why A Professional MMA Fighter’s Workout Is A Waste Of Your Time
#1 – You Need Elite-Level Genetics
Do you know why TJ Dillashaw is a professional UFC fighter?
It’s because he can take liver shots, jabs, and leg kicks until his face is soaked with blood and then he’ll wake up tomorrow and continue going about his life.
Whether you realize it or not, his lifestyle and his training schedule are specifically designed for a guy with elite-level genetics.
Guys like you and me wouldn’t last 15 minutes in this guy’s shoes before we passed out crippled and broken on the floor of the gym locker room.
If you tried, you would bury yourself and come away from your workouts drained, exhausted, and frustrated.
Additionally…
#2 – You Need Tons Of Free Time
When you’re a professional MMA fighter… that’s all you do.
You train all day.
You talk with coaches all day.
You eat, breathe, and sleep fighting and training.
We don’t have the luxury of being able to abandon all our normal responsibilities (as much as we’d like to) and devote every waking moment to looking like a jacked superhero.
Instead, we’re too busy with:
- Driving ourselves to work
- Spending 8+ hours in a cubicle every day
- Waiting tables
- Going to college classes
- Doing homework
- Hanging out with spouses or girlfriends
- Raising kids
- Taking care of pets
Can you imagine how quickly things would fall apart if you tried to take a week off just so you could put yourself through 3+ hours of daily training (just so you can get abs)?
(It wouldn’t be good.)
Let’s keep going…
#3 – You Need A Perfect Diet (Every Single Day)
When most guys go on a diet, they do something like this…
- Go super hard and strict on days 1-3
- Go a little more relaxed on days 4 and 5 (I mean it’s not really gonna do any damage)
- Take a day off (Come on, it’s the weekend)
- Take another day off (Well I already ruined yesterday)
- Start over again next week
Do you think this plan would fly for Conor McGregor?
Hell, no.
These elite-level fighters have their meal plans and diets regimented and handled by other professionals to make sure when they’re supposed to eat a specific thing at a specific time that there’s someone is standing there at the side of their ice bath holding a chicken breast on a fork ready to be shoved in their mouth.
If you wanted to follow a typical MMA fighter’s diet and have a piece of pizza… God help you.
Similarly…
#4 – You Need A Perfect Training Routine
There was one time I couldn’t go to the gym because I had to work late for a couple hours.
When I got home, I didn’t want to get in a fight with my girlfriend over how long I’d be at the gym so I just called it a loss for the day.
And I’m sure this has happened a handful of times in the last 6 months.
Do you think UFC pros are allowed to do that?
Hell, no.
Again, they’re competing to be the best in the world and one missed training session could mean the difference between victory and loss.
If their opponent is training 6 hours per day, by god they better be training 7 hours!
If the other guy is going to the gym 6 days a week, then they have to go 7!
Oh, by the way…
#5 – You Need World-Class Coaches
Nothing in your training, diet, or schedule could be possible without the constant attention, guidance, critiquing, decades of knowledge, and priceless experience of a world-renowned coach.
These coaches cost millions of dollars to employ and are at the beck and call of these pro fighters to guarantee that nothing pulls them off the rails or slows down their progress.
Notice I said coach..es… as in plural too.
So unless you’re able to…
- Abandon every obligation you currently have
- Completely give up eating your favorite foods forever
- Spend the majority of your day (every day) training
- Spend millions of dollars to hire the best coaches in the world
- Have reconstructive surgery to improve your muscularity and pain tolerance (cause your genetics suck)
Then you should NOT attempt a professional MMA fighters training routine!
“Well What The Hell Can I Do Then?”
You know that the media is feeding you fitness information that can’t possibly help you but I say
If you want abs, why not just… get abs?
What am I talking about?
MMA fighters don’t train the way they do so they can get a six pack.
They go through all that painstaking work and torture so they can move faster, kick harder, and beat their opponent into a pulpy mess.
But in the process of training to be insanely dangerous, sometimes they can see their abs at the end.
So that’s why I say… don’t work towards one goal, hoping to achieve another.
That’s a good way to wake up months or even years from now, looking in the mirror wondering why you wasted all those trips to the gym and you still look exactly the same as when you started.
If you want to train to get ripped… train to get ripped.
It’s actually a LOT easier AND faster.
(And won’t require you to take a beating in the process.)
For example, to get started here are…
5 Things You Need To Do To Build A Body Like An MMA Fighter (Without Fighting)
1 – Lose Body Fat Covering Your Abs
Contrary to what most guys think, getting a six pack doesn’t start with crunches or anything like that.
It doesn’t do you any good to build up your ab muscles… if you won’t be able to see them anyway!
That’s why the first step is to lose the body fat surrounding your abdominals so your muscles can actually show through.
The easiest way to achieve this is by eating in a caloric deficit and possibly throwing in some LISS (low impact steady state) or HIIT (high intensity interval training) cardio.
In some cases, this step by itself is enough to get a six pack!
But really, once the fat is gone, you need to…
2 – Build Up Your Ab Muscles To See Definition
Here’s where applying some targeted exercise can really make those abs pop!
And I’m not talking about your grandpa’s exercises like sit-ups (since those can really kill your neck and back).
Instead, you want to save your spine and perform movements that actually target the rectus abdominis without injuring yourself like:
- Cable crunches
- Reverse crunches
- Hanging leg raises
- Mountain climbers
And after you’ve built up your abs, you need to build the other major muscles that contribute to a visual “V” shape (wide shoulders + tight waist)
So you should…
3 – Build A Large Chest, Wide Back, And Broad Shoulders
If you’ve looked at most of the popular MMA fighters, their upper body creates this sort of “V” shape.
They’re upper body has to be strong and powerful if they want to choke out their opponent fast before they can recover.
That’s why your favorite UFC athlete usually has a large chest, a wide back, and wide broad shoulders.
Now, do you need a whole barrage of exercises to build up these muscle groups?
No!
Actually, you can build incredible strength, size, and definition in those areas just by doing 3 sets of 5 reps with these exercises:
- Bench press
- Deadlifts
- Rows
- Shoulder press
These are compound exercises that make your workouts very efficient so you can spend more of your time playing video games instead of working out.
Now… once you’ve taken care of the major muscle groups you can…
4 – Focus On Lagging Body Parts To Build Aesthetic Proportion
You may have heard this before, but I’ll say it again because it’s an important point here.
Everyone is a slave to their genetics. Everybody’s body is different.
…and because of that, you may have to work harder and longer on other muscles than the guy next to you to achieve a specific look.
Take me for example.
If you check out my pictures on my About page, you may notice that I have super long, monkey arms.
Because of that, my arms are actually my worst physical attribute and I’ve had to devote more time and energy on building up just my arms so I can look physically proportional.
I’m currently dedicating an entire day to just arms (aka “Arm Day”) and rotate through a handful of exercises including:
- Standing barbell curls
- Spider curls
- Incline seated dumbbell curls
- Tricep extensions
- Dumbbell tricep kickbacks
- Close grip bench press
My advice is to do 3 things:
- Identify the muscle groups that you think are lacking
- Pick 2-3 exercises to perform for that group
- Do those exercises at least once per week (twice if you have the time)
Finally, there’s one single important piece of diet advice I’ll give to make sure your training efforts are actually worth something…
5 – Eat High Protein
Proteins are the building blocks of muscle.
Without it… even the hardest workout session isn’t going to produce crap for gains.
That’s why you should consume roughly 1 g of protein for every 1 lb of body weight every single day.
This is plenty of protein to:
- Build new muscle tissue
- Maintain existing muscle tissue
- Kill your ravenous appetite
How To Get Started Today
With those 5 things together… you can build a very impressive-looking body that’ll prompt your friends to ask whether you’ve been stepping in the ring yourself.
(Carry around a pair of sparring gloves for full effect.)
Now that you have a plan, would you like a detailed set of steps to get started building this leaner, more muscular body today?
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- The most important step in the whole book (disregarding could cost you your six pack!)
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Thanks for reading!
-Kyle
Founder of Campus Gains
P.S.
If you want to build a body like a UFC athlete, you actually SHOULDN’T train like one!
I showed you why it would be a huge time-suck for regular guys like you and me to try it “the professional way”.
Instead, you can tackle the problem head on with some simple tactics that focus on the direct physical changes to look like an MMA fighter (without having to train like one).
And don’t forget…
I’m beta-testing my new $37 book and you can participate by registering here to claim one of the limited FREE digital copies.
I personally used the steps in this book to drop 20 lbs of body fat and get a chiseled body that looks pretty good on Instagram.