Training programs designed to improve strength in grappling and punching combat sports` athletes have become particularly relevant. The strength training plays a special role, with potential effect on high level performance, muscular balance and prevention of potential injuries. At this conference the protocols that can be used, depending on the level of the athletes and kind of combat sports they practica, will be detailed. Such information is vital for enhancing the scientific understanding of grappling, punching and consequently for the development of optimum strength and physical conditioning strategies. Therefore, professionals must be acquainted with the latest information and be able to deal with the adequate criteria to prescribe safe and effective force training programs to combat sports athletes. This workshop will present the necessary criteria and practical tools in order to achieve the purposed goal: (1) Initial considerations for the practice of strength training in Combat Sports: Explosive strength, power, plyometric, circuit training and physical conditioning; (2) Strength training types depending on the intensity of the realization; (3) Programming strength training of the grappler and the puncher; and (4) Design, implementation and evaluation of strength protocols.
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