5 things MMA fighters do that will blow your mind

#2 Training schedules

Weidman is a machine – fact

The training schedule that MMA fighters go through in order to get themselves into the best physical condition possible is absolutely ridiculous. So many of the top level guys push themselves to a point where you truly do wonder if it's all worth it. To a normal human being the obvious answer would likely be no, but that isn't how the world works for a mixed martial artist.

Take Chris Weidman, for example. The following schedule makes up precisely half of his daily routine when preparing for a big fight - 8 am bike ride, 1.30pm Brazilian jiu-jitsu, 8.30pm heavy pad work, squat to push press 30-pound dumbbells, car push for 60 yards, fireman rope pull, farmers walk for 60 yards with 80 pound dumbbells, then repeat. Yes - we said half.

We conclude with what may seem like the simplest thing of all.