[Scott Johnston]

ffilosa1:

Some of the guys we’ve worked with, especially the SEALs do some “rolling” or BJJ.  Depending on your aerobic status; meaning can you run 8min/mile at your aerobic threshold or are you aerobically deficient? and need to emphasize building your aerobic base?

Doing a couple of hours of high intensity MMA each week is going to slow your aerobic development dramatically unless you are able to do 10 hours/week of aerobic base work.

Training is demand-driven. First understand the demands of the event you are training for.  Then train to address those demands. Training for other stuff that is not related to those demands is a time and energy suck. In the case of aerobic base development you will actually y be going backward by doing high intensity training with trying to build that aerobic base.

We’ve coached quite  few guys for Tier 1 and 2 selections.  I always tell them:  This is your Olympics.  You need to train like an Olympian.  Training like a professional.  That will entail sacrifices.  If you are aerobically deficient that means taking a several months break from MMA in order to improve THE single biggest factor that will affect your performance at SFAS….AEROBIC BASE CAPACITY.

Scott