13 year old training?!?

[Emir Mehovic]

what is a good mma scheduel for a 13 year old wanting to make it into the ufc?

[Andy Lopez]

if you want to fight in the ufc you have to train like its a full time job. At your age training 3 or 4 times a week would be the best 5 maybe but that's pushing it. Most adults don't train any more than that. Good to see you have great ambition just finish school first so you have a back up plan

[Ron Almeida]

my son is 12 and trains 5-6 days a week, sometimes more than 1 class a day, and works out with body weight 3-4 times a week.

he loves training all the time, he even trains when we are out of town and he is always drilling on me at home.

he wants to be a pro fighter when he grows up and i support him 110%, his training takes alot of my time and money but i am happy to do it.

[Xsimon]

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There is no set schedule.. you just have to work hard and want it bad enough. You obviously can't do it like a full time job.. no pro athlete in middle school or high school trained like that. I say treat it like any other sport.. practice 6 days a week 2-3 hours and work on your free time on your skills as well. But as I said earlier.. especially with mma which won't be as "structured"(classes all day long etc..) you need to find what schedule works for you and stick too it..

The extra hours of work you do in your free time outside of practice to improve yourself is usually the most beneficial.

[Dave Brown]

I saw the thread title and thought I could lend my expertise but they would not apply here. Or maybe they would I have always found a rolled up news paper to the end of the nose the best way to train a teenager.

[Clinton lawrence]

emir listen to ron mate his boy is no joke also hit conner the machine up as well i love seening all the young pups come up if only i was as driven at young age man if only

[Xsimon]

I saw the thread title and thought I could lend my expertise but they would not apply here. Or maybe they would I have always found a rolled up news paper to the end of the nose the best way to train a teenager.

Sounds like you're living your life through said teenager. If my sister and I wanted to play sports we had to commit completely ourselves and they would support us by providing transportation etc.. Best example would be using my sister who had figure skating practice at 5am every day before school. If she wanted to go she had to wake up at 4:30 and wake up my dad.. if she didn't then she isn't going to be going.

My biggest fear when I'm older is that I'll possibly live my life through my children. Its a fine line.. but imo should never be crossed.

[Dave Brown]

Okay that made absolutely no sense but thanks for playing.

[Scott Yockel]

Semi related semi interesting video.

There is no set schedule.. you just have to work hard and want it bad enough. You obviously can't do it like a full time job.. no pro athlete in middle school or high school trained like that. I say treat it like any other sport.. practice 6 days a week 2-3 hours and work on your free time on your skills as well. But as I said earlier.. especially with mma which won't be as "structured"(classes all day long etc..) you need to find what schedule works for you and stick too it..

The extra hours of work you do in your free time outside of practice to improve yourself is usually the most beneficial.

As a coach to youth jj players and youth wrestlers, don't follow this. 2 to 3 days a week is enough, even if he/she wants to do more. Its important not forget he/she is still a kid and needs to do kid things. I've had a couple of my own wrestlers that worked out 6 days a week get burned out by the time they hit high school and never wrestled again. Some had a lot of talent and could have done well even into college. Not mention injuries at a young age from over doing it can last a lifetime. If mma in the ufc is the goal hold them back alittle and then when the time comes they will be ready.

[Josh Passini]

As a coach to youth jj players and youth wrestlers, don't follow this. 2 to 3 days a week is enough, even if he/she wants to do more. Its important not forget he/she is still a kid and needs to do kid things. I've had a couple of my own wrestlers that worked out 6 days a week get burned out by the time they hit high school and never wrestled again. Some had a lot of talent and could have done well even into college. Not mention injuries at a young age from over doing it can last a lifetime. If mma in the ufc is the goal hold them back alittle and then when the time comes they will be ready.

Hit the nail on the head. I started wrestling at eight years old and had so many injuries and was burnt by highschool. Overtraining may be worse for kids than not training enough. Kids are still growing physically and mentally and need kid time and there growing bodies are not designed to handle the work load of full time training. If they need that mma/jiu jitsu fix get them every book, dvd, or whatever on technique and have them try to get there fix that way. When I was full time fight training we training 3 hours mid morning and 3 hours in the evening. 6 hours a day 5 days a week is way to much for a growing kid.