Many MMA fighters have looked at the bodies of the weight lifters around them and wondered “How do I get ripped?” When looking at your weak muscles, it’s often difficult to imagine them being toned, ripped and chiseled without having to work out every single day with weights. Not to mention, you need to balance your MMA training to keep your technique and endurance crisp. Rather than wondering how to get ripped you should think about the following training plan that will help you get the ripped and hard body you’ve always been wanting. Not unlike your MMA training, repetition and practice are the only way to improve and obtain results.

You need first to remember that the answer to getting ripped involves a combination of proper nutrition and an excellent workout. You need to know that muscle weighs more than other body tissue and weighs a great deal more than fat. This means that you’ll need to gain weight and eat a lot of calories in order to become ripped with big and strong muscles. Your nutritional program will begin with at least 5-7 meals per day so that you eat every 2-3 hours throughout the day. You will need to base much of your diet on protein, which is the building block of muscle formation. (more…)