Whether you believe it’s the right thing to do or not, youth and high school wrestlers are starting to train for a career in Mixed Martial Arts. Youth everywhere are dreaming of getting into the Octagon. Many wrestling coaches, while they do not like the fact a wrestler may consider training for an MMA career during their folkstyle or freestyle season, know that the growth of MMA has been a big reason more youth are coming out for the sport of wrestling.

In The Ultimate Guide to Wrestling Camps chapter six is titled Mixing wrestling and MMA – tips for young wrestlers and parents

At every level of MMA, there is a wrestler who is making a name for himself in the sport. Case in point: UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was an All-American wrestler at Arizona State. The wrestler Velasquez beat to win the heavyweight title? Brock Lesnar – an NCAA national champion from the University of Minnesota.

The list of successful wrestlers moving into successful MMA careers continues to grow at a rapid rate. Just ask Ben Askren, the two-time national champion from Missouri and U.S. Olympian is open about his desire to pursue a career in MMA, where the financial rewards are much greater, than a career in international wrestling. The trend isn’t about to stop soon.

The sport of wrestling teaches skills that other martial arts don’t and that is a key reason that wrestlers are succeeding in the sport. However, any wrestler or martial arts expert will tell you that without the proper conditioning there is no chance to succeed in martial arts. Wrestlers are some of the best conditioned athletes in the world. However, training for wrestling and MMA requires a different training program, different workouts and even a different mind set.

Unless you have a personal MMA coach or are training with an MMA club, it’s hard to know how to train for a career in MMA. There is an answer though, and that answer is the Ultimate MMA strength and Conditioning Program. Not only can you get a free 46-page ebook full of tips and information, you can get tips on how to avoid 5 critical MMA workout mistakes. Never gas! Never lose because you didn’t train and prepare yourself to be the best.

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