Reaching the elite of any sport is achieved after many hours of preparation and prior work. In the case of contact athletes, such as Ilia Topuriarequires turning the body into a temple, and working both mentally and physically with one goal: to be the best of the best.
To do this, it is advisable to be accompanied by one of the highest standards in training. That’s where the figure of Aldo Martineztrainer not only of Ilia, but also of her brother Alexander. His work is key so that the Hispano-Georgian can reach the fight with Volkanovski at full capacity.
The goal over the past few weeks has been efficiency: minimum body fat and maximum muscle mass. All this after a routine in which he combined aerobic and anaerobic work, in addition to enhancing strength and reflexes with pure combat practices.
The presence of Aldo Martínez with Ilia Topuria in the UFC elite training camp has allowed him to work in extreme conditions, thinking above all about the adaptation necessary for the extreme dehydration process for weighing. One of the days they went inside a tent at high temperature, so above 40ºC and with a relative humidity above 40%. An overwhelming environment to push your body and mind to the limit.
But beyond the events dedicated exclusively to this weekend’s fight, Topuria’s routine features an element that is surprisingly common in many traditional gyms: the ‘landmine’.
The ‘landmine’, Ilia Topuria’s secret weapon
Aldo Martínez explained in an interview with TodoAlicante that this device is one of the best arguments that Topuria’s routine has.
It is about the ‘landmine’a bar normally of Olympic dimensions anchored to the ground with a weight at its free end. The versatility of this device allows you to perform unilateral and bilateral joint exercises, which also allow the work of the ‘core’, muscles of the arms, pectorals, dorsal… Topuria uses it constantly, in addition to the kettlebells (or kettlebell), dumbbells to use, or sports rope.
Sit-ups, pull-ups or lifting kettlebells are not lacking in Ilia Topuria’s routines
Although in recent days she has been reducing the load in her training, the basis of Ilia Topuria’s routine is high-intensity interval work or HIIT.
A normal preparation day combines running on a curved treadmill, with intervals of 10-15 minutes at maximum power, and between one and five minutes resting, with elevated front, side abdominals and backwards after. Depending on the day, you can then combine lifting kettlebells and dumbbells with pull-ups held for between 5 and 8 minutes. In addition, the use of the combat rope is essential in your daily life.
«I do a lot of functional work, HIIT and so on. I would say that it is up to 80% of a fighter’s success.”
Ilia Topuria
MMA fighter
However, Topuria does not do weight training as such, beyond what is merely useful. «I don’t do weight training as such, but I do do a lot of functional work, HIIT and so on. I would say that it is up to 80% of a fighter’s success,” he explained in an interview in Men’s Health.
All this physical training is combined with mental training, psychological preparation. Both for the previous suffering, and to anticipate the management of defeat or victory, those who work alongside Ilia Topuria They have made sure that it reaches its peak of form on the 26th.
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