Welcome to the Get Fit Guys' quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

My name is Ben Greenfield. I'm the Get Fit Guy and in today's episode, you're going to learn

how to train like a UFC fighter, even if you don't want to get into the cage.

Okay, so the topic of how some of the world's top

athletes, MMA fighters, get fit, has recently been at the forefront of my mind. Not only am I,

as I recently posted on Instagram.com slash Ben Greenfield Fitness, personally training to step into the

cage for a kickboxing fight later this summer,

but I also recently watched one of the most hyped events of the past several years in the

realm of athleticism, cardiovascular fitness, muscular endurance, stamina, and stress control,

a fight between Connor McGregor and Nate Diaz. And even if you're not training for a fight,

you too can tap into some of the same skills so that you can look, move, and perform like these athletes.

So step one is to engage in hit. A fighting fitness begins with what I call a big gas tank. And when a fighter in the ring is referred to as gassed, this typically means they've run out of oxygen, and they're in the process of being forced to repay that oxygen debt. Now, when you exercise, your body uses oxygen to create energy,

but when you reach a high intensity during exercise, your body's demand for oxygen exceeds

your ability to breathe in that muckux oxygen and deliver it to muscles.

And when this happens, your body goes into an oxygen debt.

Once you go into an oxygen debt, not only do your muscles begin to burn and you begin to breathe hard,

but you also put your body into a state where it needs to repay that oxygen debt post exercise. While repaying a debt

may seem like a complex topic, better addressed by my fellow quick and dirty tips podcaster,

The Money Girl. It's actually quite easy for your body to repay an oxygen debt. You just need to

breathe more and breathe deeper. And when you breathe more and breathe deeper, your body burns

more calories.

Depending on how hard you've worked, this oxygen repaying can help you burn anywhere from a few dozen to over 100 extra calories each hour after you exercise for up to 24 hours after you've

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