Kenny Florian Is an MMA Champion. See How He trains!
Kenny Florian’s Fitness Routine
Most of us have watched the UFC gladiators give it all they have for three rounds. Each round lasts five minutes! You have to be an amazing shape to be able to fight in the UFC! Most of us have wondered about the training, exercise and diet program that these elite athletes put themselves thru!
Kenneth Alan Florian (born May 26, 1976 in Westwood, Massachusetts) is a Peruvian American mixed martial artist with a background in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai. He is best known for his appearance on the first season of The Ultimate Fighter reality show where he lost the middleweight final to Diego Sanchez. Florian currently fights as a lightweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is currently ranked by multiple MMA publications as the number-three lightweight in the world.
Kenny Florian’s Diet
His diet consists of Soy milk, Apple juice, Fruit, Protein powder, Glutamine, Post-workout recovery shake, Cottage cheese, Banana, Apple, Raw walnuts , Granola bar, Post-workout recovery shake, Chicken breast, Green vegetables, Yogurt. He also includes Protein Powder, Glutamine, Multivitamin, Fish Oil, Joint Complex. These diets gave him energy during exercises and fights.
Fitness and Weight Loss Benefits of Martial Arts
Some people train in martial arts for its fitness and weight loss benefits, but it has other benefits as well. It has more benefits than cardio exercises, fitness and weight loss training combined. You will be able to learn the art of defending yourself and your loved ones in facing certain situations. There will also be an increase in the body’s flexibility since the rest of the body is doing exercises. Martial artists’ also gain more benefits with a relaxed mind in this chaotic times.
Here are some fitness benefits of Martial Arts, it builds strength like no other exercise programs do. Flexibility is also another benefit, since all your muscles gets a good stretch, with their full-body exercises. Endurance, it’s not just being able to exercise for a very long time, but exercise for a very long time without faltering. It also helps develop coordination. It exercises and heightens our senses. We become quick enough to catch something rather than being hit by it. These are just few benefits that people can achieve with Martial Arts, but as the exercise get intense, and diets become strict, quality fitness and weight loss are achieved quicker.
Kenny Florian didn’t just start in UFC with a snap of a finger but worked hard for it. He did the right fitness training and diet.
Fitness training
Together with his brother Keith and coaches Peter Welch, Mark Della Grotte and Kevin Kearns, they watch his opponents’ fights and develop a game plan with the right fitness, exercise training and diet plans that will be carried out in Kenny’s Martial Arts Center. To help increase his stamina and better chances at his opponents, they would train a couple of their own fighters to fight like his opponent. Since every match have 3 five-minute rounds, every 2.5 minutes, the chosen opponent will be replaced by another fighter. That way, for the duration of that 5-minute round, KenFlo would be able to exercise and develop a stamina to last all 3 rounds.
“1 1/2 to 2 months before any fight Kevin has me doing three rounds consisting of nine different exercises. Each round goes five to seven minutes followed by one minute of active rest. Some of the exercises we do include ground and pounding a heavy bag, punching, kicking and kneeing exercises, balance movements and takedown movements.” Kenny said to Bodybuilding.com
Since both KenFlo and Keith have exercised Martial Arts traditions for a very long time. In order to help other fighters, KenFlo and his brother Keith put up their own martial arts center. Their exercise training consists of Fundamental, Black Belt Club, MMA VIP Club, Junior Samurai, and Muay Thai programs. They not only teach those exercises to adults but to teenagers as well. To help them with not only a fitness and weight loss training but to help exercise their self discipline as well.
Whatever may be on your mind, fitness training, exercise, weight loss, or being a UFC Fighter, just learn from KenFlo and exercise you self discipline. Here are some DVD’s that could help you start out: Kenny Florian Mixed Martial Arts & No Gi Seminar DVD, Superfit: Royce Gracie’s Ultimate Martial Arts Fitness and Nutrition Guide (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu series), Ultimate Fighting Techniques (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu series). Check them out to start your own ultimate fighting technique for fitness, exercise and even weight loss.
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