Program Design Strategies w/ MMA Coach, Darryl Christian

Barbell Shrugged

Doug Larson

Business, Training, Fitness, Health & Fitness, Paleo, Weightlifting, Nutrition, Crossfit

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2017

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

One thing that separates CrossFit from most other training systems is the fact that you are required to develop proficiency in a wide range of fitness modalities- weightlifting, gymnastics, powerlifting, etc

The MMA game is very similar and unlike boxing, wrestling, or any specific martial arts, fighters are required to be generalists in all the systems. There are a lot of variables, and when it comes to coaching, that makes things a lot more challenging.

In this week’s show, we linked up with wrestling coach, Darryl Christian at RVCA headquarters to chat about how he is working with some of the top MMA fighters in the game like Dominick Cruz. We talk program design and get into the details of what he looks into when working with some of the top fighters.

If you are a fighter, a CrossFitter, or anyone who is looking to get more strategic in your training, there is a lot to take away from this episode. We dive into topics such as

How to measure training volume
When and why to focus on recovery vs high volume training weeks
How to strategically train for strengths and weaknesses in multi fascinated sports (like CrossFit and MMA)
How to work with and communicate with multiple coaches at the same time

Enjoy the show,

Mike

Transcript

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0:00.0	You know what, I think it's all a piece of the pie in a sense to me.
0:05.0	It's the same thing, all the ingredients on a pizza, I think everything's important.
0:09.0	But it's all different stage and different amounts.
0:30.0	We're going to Barbell Struck, Mike Blitzer here with Doug Larson, Andy Galpin.
0:47.0	And we traveled up here to Rooka Headquarters where they train a lot of MMA and a lot of other things as well.
0:54.0	And we're here with Darrell Christian. He is one of the guys that trains a lot MMA fighters.
1:00.0	He's a wrestling coach, he's got a crazy career in wrestling, overall, multiple time national champ, been all over the world competing.
1:10.0	And now you consult coach MMA fighters, a lot of guys in the UFC, people like dominant crews, very impressive.
1:17.0	Yeah, it's been fun. Staying busy with everything, I think the sport's evolving so fast that the education and the little structures is behind.
1:25.0	And that's why you're seeing a lot of different things happen within the culture.
1:30.0	So Mike, just gave you a brief intro to who you are, but can you go more in depth and tell us who you are?
1:34.0	Yeah, you know what, I started my wrestling career in University of Oregon. And then after that, I transferred that to Olympic Tracer and Colorado for seven years.
1:42.0	So I've been a part of national teams and structure for a long time from, you know, striking edition with Jimmy Radcliffe at University of Oregon.
1:49.0	And then he's huge speed and explosive guy.
1:52.0	If you don't know that name, Jimmy Radcliffe is, I mean, high power plyometrics. Like that's the guy.
1:56.0	There's a reason why Oregon's been the fastest guys in the country for 30 years.
2:00.0	And it's almost entirely because of Jimmy Radcliffe, just a legend in the field.
2:04.0	Yeah, anytime you hear about jumping and explosive power, like I always hear about Jimmy Radcliffe.
2:08.0	Right, yeah, Godfather like that.
2:09.0	So that's a growing up. My strength goes, this loves the guy.
2:12.0	Actually, I didn't really put that together because typically wrestlers don't spend a lot of time doing sprinting, jumping plyometrics stuff.
2:19.0	So that was probably a huge advantage for you guys to have him.
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