The Bas Rutten Mixed Martial Arts Workout

[Arith]

Hi guys. I just recently purchased the Bas Rutten Mixed Martial Arts Workout and wanted to hear what you guys thought. For those who dont know Bas Rutten, he is a fighter who is the former UFC Heavyweight Champion and the former King of Pancrase in Japan. He now teached mixed martial arts in Beverly Hills and is a commentator for the Pride Fighting Championchips on pay-per-view. The workout consists of a DVD and 4 audio CD's. The DVD explains the various workouts and techniques and the CD's are the actual workouts. The CDs each include two verions of each workout, 2 min rounds with 1 min rest in between or 3 min rounds with 1 min rest in between.

CD1 is the boxing workout which consists of Bas calling out various boxing combos that you can do shadowboxing, on focus pads or a heavy bag.

CD2 is the kickboxing workout and is pretty much the same as CD1 except there are kick combos added to the workout.

CD3 is the all around fighting workout and is the same as cd2 except there are sprawls and gound moves added. (When bas yells DEFENSE you have to sprwal into the pushp possition and then shoot back up).

The all around workout on cd4 is the same as cd3 except various excersises are added, including pushups, situps, mountain climbers ,etc.

You can see a better description of the workouts here: http://www.basrutten.tv/html/mma_workout.html. That website gives an example of what you end up doing in the all around fighting workout:

On the 7 rounds of 3 minutes from the All Round Fighting tape you make:

424 knees or kicks

162 sprawls

525 punches

70 push ups

20 seconds in push up stand, making fast wrestling exercises. That's at least a punch/kick/sprawl/push up every second!

I was wondering what you guys thought of a workout like this? Would this be good for cardio? How would i encorporate this into a regular lifting routine? I would be doing these workouts on the heavybag. Thanks guys....Im hoping this helps my get some motivation back.

[DaRkAnGel]

Originally Posted by Arith

Hi guys. I just recently purchased the Bas Rutten Mixed Martial Arts Workout and wanted to hear what you guys thought. For those who dont know Bas Rutten, he is a fighter who is the former UFC Heavyweight Champion and the former King of Pancrase in Japan. He now teached mixed martial arts in Beverly Hills and is a commentator for the Pride Fighting Championchips on pay-per-view. The workout consists of a DVD and 4 audio CD's. The DVD explains the various workouts and techniques and the CD's are the actual workouts. The CDs each include two verions of each workout, 2 min rounds with 1 min rest in between or 3 min rounds with 1 min rest in between.

CD1 is the boxing workout which consists of Bas calling out various boxing combos that you can do shadowboxing, on focus pads or a heavy bag.

CD2 is the kickboxing workout and is pretty much the same as CD1 except there are kick combos added to the workout.

CD3 is the all around fighting workout and is the same as cd2 except there are sprawls and gound moves added. (When bas yells DEFENSE you have to sprwal into the pushp possition and then shoot back up).

The all around workout on cd4 is the same as cd3 except various excersises are added, including pushups, situps, mountain climbers ,etc.

You can see a better description of the workouts here: http://www.basrutten.tv/html/mma_workout.html. That website gives an example of what you end up doing in the all around fighting workout:

On the 7 rounds of 3 minutes from the All Round Fighting tape you make:

424 knees or kicks

162 sprawls

525 punches

70 push ups

20 seconds in push up stand, making fast wrestling exercises. That's at least a punch/kick/sprawl/push up every second!

I was wondering what you guys thought of a workout like this? Would this be good for cardio? How would i encorporate this into a regular lifting routine? I would be doing these workouts on the heavybag. Thanks guys....Im hoping this helps my get some motivation back.

Yes that form of cardio for me is a lot funner, anything for the cardiovascular system to get going. As far as his tapes ROFL. My friend has a few and that guy is so funny with his accent, "Nevir liver liivir punch", "never lever liver" lol. It is just a part where he is talking about doing liver punches and you can't tell **** what he's saying lol.

Bas is one of my favorite fighters though, he is the guy on the logo of UFC. Plus who can't love the guys cocky personality?
::deep voice::
"Hiiiiiia im Bas, look at my legs... you see them? Yaaa you like don't you. I'm so beastly. Look you see them? They bigger than your head"

[Arith]

Hehe...I know, he cracks me up. He sure loved his "liver punch." How do you recomend these be incorporated into my normal workout routine? I do weights monday wednesday and friday and do mixed martial arts training tuesday and thursday. I dont know when to use these tapes.....thanks.

[Arith]

Well, i did this workout for the first time yesterday and loved it. I did the regular boxing workout with 2 min rounds and 1 min rest in between and it kicked my ass. I could barely keep my arms up or punch at the end and i was drenched in sweat. Real good workout. It kept you going and listening to him talk it felt like i had a coach next to me. This workout is highly recomended to anyone who wants to have fun doing cardio. You dont need to know anything about boxing because he explains the punches and combos on the DVD.

[Psyckle]

Ive been in martial arts (Kung-Fu) for 14 years. And to train for both my brown and black belt we had to do six 3 minute rounds on the heavy bag. First round just hands, second round just kicks, third round both, last 3 rounds full tilt. I must say it is one hell of a workout, probably some of the best cardio you can do.