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never2prepared
melee training - anaerobic fitness training
Apr 19 2008, 11:39 AM EDT | Post edited: Apr 19 2008, 11:39 AM EDT
Another aspect of physical fitness is a training technique used by MMA, strongman, and highland games competitors.

It just so happens that it’s perfect for developing your fitness for using a bludgeoning type weapon.

Seriously, “Smacking a large tire with a sledge hammer”.

The core strength, shoulder strength, and hand/forearm strength developed through this activity is high, and also very practical. This rare exercise is done not for it’s hammering-away-at-the-undead training, but instead for total-body fatigue. To exhaust your energy reserves through total-body max-effort work.

If you threw in a mobility based side-to-side style shuttle run, you’d have an excellent combat based work out routine.

You will need:

1 tire, 200 to 300 pounds (a big tire).
1 sledge hammer, 10 to 12 pounds.
A place to train.

Beat the ever-living-undead-snot out of the tire for 30 to 60 seconds. (you would be amazed at how difficult this is) Then run 15m to a point A, 30m in the other direction to point B, then 30m to A, and back to the start point:

A ------------------------------Tires----------------------------B
15m 15m

Do this while holding your implement of death to get used to maneuvering with it. For a higher level of realism, wear your Zombie protective gear.

Repeat 2, 3, or more times, depending on current fitness level.

Again, the intent is to develop anaerobic fitness while using a functional skill and functional fitness set in a zombie infested world.
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