Hey guys, finally a post I can we of assistance to. My name is Adam Singer and I have coached fighters from day one to fights and wins in KOTC, Pride Best, HEAT in Brasil, Pride and Honor in South Africa and many other smaller shows in the US. If I can help in any way please let me know.
Adam Singer
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Hey Herb…
How often do u spar in preparation for the tournament.
Btw, good luck and best wishes
3 times per week. Mostly ground work, but when we get closer to the fight I will do more stand up. Lots of Vale Tudo stuff so we get to work on the transitions between stand up and ground work. My strength is stand up.
Today was a super hardcore Explosive med ball day! I lined up 4 med balls, and blasted one off after the other, then rested. I was doing the workout with a pro football player (Dounia Whitehouse) so there was plenty of intensity to go around. Good times. Level 3 workout so 3 scoops of post workout drink. 2 scoops of protein in about 20-30 minutes, and a contrast shower.
Tempo is SOOOO boring!
15 x (50m tempo 65% with 50 walk and at the end of each tempo I did 10reps of medball ab stuff). I am sure it was Russian or East German medball stuff…(makes it sound more difficult).
Then I did 2 x 5min jog with 1 min rest inbetween.
2 scoops of postworkout drink, some chicken breast, and some lobster in garlic sauce. Then stretches. In a minute I will have 2 scoops of protein powder and a contrast shower. Do contrast showers count if it is from warm to hot to warm? end on warm. 
2 days of good working out. How do I know it was a good day? Well when I woke up this morning I felt stronger and not sore. Yesterday was MedBall throws and lemme tell ya, those things are starting to really fly. Today was medBall abs and tempo. I am stuck at work right now and am feeling protein depleted. I had 2 scoops of postworkout drink, but usually get some more protein into me by this time and a contrast shower. Oh well that will have to wait until I get home later.
Had a good time rolling today. I got a few more submissions than usual so I was quite happy. The fitness is comming along. I have alot of work still with the midsection stamina. I am feeling good.
What was your training regimen between last two posts?
MedBall and tempo work with 2 x 5min jogs afterwards in the very very hot weather. My athletes had their last meet this past week as well so I think I missed a workout in there.
Today, after yesterdays workout I feel great. My quads feel a bit depleted of life but they are not screaming out for nutrients or anything.
Here is a weekly training schedule for Chris Brenan, one of the top fighters in the world. This is NOT what I do for training. It is an interesting example of how fighters train nowadays.
Charlie, what effect does training at altitued have the during the days/week after you come down from altitude? Wasn’t there some controversy about how the Canadian Track team would do an altitude camp just before Nationals?
"CARDIO, CARDIO, CARDIO!!! There is nothing I stress more to my fighters than training and pushing your CARDIO. In the beginning of my career I feel I lacked cardiovascular training and that makes all the difference in the world. I don’t mean just riding the lifecycle or running, I mean really pushing your heart beyond what you might think are its limits. I have been taking my training a step further and traveling to the HIGH altitudes of Big Bear California where I can train and run at altitudes of 7,000-9,200 ft. I train there for my last two weeks of preparation for each fight. By the time I get back to sea level I feel like I could fight all night and I have the confidence to push 100% for the entire match. I have done this for the last year and a half and I have never been more confident in being able to push my opponent to fatigue. Below I will give an example of a typical training session with the NG Fight Team. If you question the High altitude training you can test it two different ways. #1 Come try it for yourself, or #2 fight one of us and see 1st hand…"
Bloody Monday FIGHT TEAM ONLY - 4:30PM
-Thai Boxing with fight gloves and shin pads(six 4 minute rounds)
-Boxing with fight gloves and takedowns (four 4 minute rounds)
-Boxing with fight gloves, takedowns, rolling with strikes (two 10 minutes rounds)
-One 5 minute round of plyometrics to finish it off.
(mouth piece, fight gloves, shin pads required)
Tuesday FIGHT TEAM ONLY - 4:30PM
-Wrestling drills (four 5 minute rounds of various shots)
-Neck wrestling and Greco (four 3 minute rounds)
-Live wrestling to the mat or round robin wrestling (five 5 minute rounds)
Two 5 minute rounds of plyometrics
Wednesday FIGHT TEAM ONLY - 4:30PM
-Thai Boxing with Boxing gloves and shin pads (six 6 minute rounds)
-Takedown drills with boxing gloves on one guy and the other shooting (six 5 minute rounds)
-two 5 minute rounds of plyometrics
(Boxing gloves, shin pads, mouth piece required)
Thursday FIGHT TEAM ONLY - 4:30PM
-Wrestling drills (four 5 minute rounds of various shots)
-Neck wrestling and Greco (four 3 minute rounds)
-Live wrestling to the mat or round robin wrestling (five 5 minute rounds)
-Two 5 minute rounds of plyometrics
Friday OPEN TO PUBLIC - 4:30PM
-Thai Boxing with fight gloves depending on how the week went injury wise (five 5 minute rounds)
-Striking from the clinch only (five 5 minute rounds)
-Takedowns and continue rolling on the ground (three 6 minute rounds)
-One 5 minute round of plyometrics
I just got back from a Muay Thai stand up session. Good times. It was relatively easy so I would consider it a tempo workout. Lots of light drills and light sparring (2 minute rounds with 1 minute rest). Just had my post workout drink (2 scoops) and will stretch and have a contrast shower soon.
Love from Herb.
Herb,
i was watching my DVD recording of the Manny Pacquiao v. Juan Marquez featherweight championship fight (boxing) from earlier this spring the other day. Awesome fight, Marquez had his nose broke and was dropped 3 times in the first round. Then got up and went the distance (12 rounds) and pulled out a draw, with many observers having thought he deserved the decision. Having had my own nose broken (“shattered” is how the doc described it) twice in matches, and in both instances immediately calling it a day, i was rather impressed with Marquez’s will and conditioning. The commentators said that Marquez trained in Mexico City, but that each morning he’d get up and drive into the mountains outside the city where he did his roadwork at 16,000 feet!
He looked pretty damn fresh at the end of the 12th round.
howz the weight coming?
td
The weight is comming along great. I am starting to fear myself when I look in the mirror. My club is planning on doing some training at the National High Altitude Training Centre in Vernon, BC, which is around 6000ft, and only about a 1.5 hour drive from where I live. http://www.silverstarmtn.com/about/village/natc.html
Last night was a grappling session. We worked on submissions from the half-guard and passing the half-guard. I am quite sore today. I never did my contrast shower and took too long to get food into my system afterwards. Ugh, you live and learn. Part time athletes get part time results as Charlie says.
I just got my 10 DVD set of King of the Cage with 101 matches and around 20 hours of footage. Wooooohooooo! What will Herb be doing this weekend!
Also I learned yesterday that Robert Shabaga from my club is ranked #6 in the Americas for Professional Shooto (that includes Brazil). http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?search=yes&eventid=2483
Hi Herb,
what is your “mother martial art” ?
I mean,
what do you prefer ?
Jiu-Jitsu ? Judô ? Karatê ? Muay Thai ? Boxe ? Taekwondô ? Savate ? Kung-Fu ? Kick-Boxing ? Wrestling ?..
And which one of this stiles you´re better ?
My mother martial art is a combination of whatever Jean Claude Van Damme did in “Bloodsport” and what Splinter taught the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I trained myself for years with just punching and kicking a heavy bag and fighting trees and imaginary opponents, until I started taking Chito Ryu Karate at 16 and then at 18 I started taking Boxing. Now I concentrate on wrestling and Jiujitsu since the Striking aspect of the game is mainly used to transition into a takedown.
Just to quickly update my training…things are going extremely well. I train everyday (not always fight training, but tempo and med ball). The plan is still to fight in November as I discussed with my instructor in Monday. I have a few things to clean up as far as making stupid mistakes on the mat, but besides that and getting a bit more endurance, things are going well.
Marc Laimon is comming up to train with us (instruct us) for 4 days this September. He has been up here before and is an excellent teacher. www.marclaimon.com Probably top 5 instructor in the world for MMA and Jiu Jitsu.
Most of the guys I train with and my instructor are world class. If there was an environment that could breed champions, I am in it with my club.
I just wanted to use this thread as a forum to give props to my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ who has made all of this possible. Thank-You Jesus! 
LOL! TOUCHE
Herb, I noticed that you do not have workouts listed in which you train with weights. Do you not perform any weight training?