Just as fuel is indispensable to cars for motion and speed so is food to your body. Do not expect your body to perform at its peak especially for MMA if you are not eating healthy foods. It goes beyond just satisfying your hunger; unhealthy foods can accomplish that, but expect your body system to breakdown quickly if all you choose is junk food.

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I had about 22 pounds I had about 4 months to do it.  The questions as I bought this book were:

• Could I follow this diet without being a UFC or MMA fighter?
• Could I stick to this diet when times got hard?
• Would I like how Mike Dolce explained this diet and most of all would I understand it?

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Some very well known MMA fighters are vegetarians.  Although this is not something for myself I do understand and respect why they choose to diet this way.  However, sometimes as a fighter who has very intense MMA training sessions I believe it would be hard to recuperate properly afterwards.  So, I wanted to find out more about what it takes to be a health vegetarian.  What I found out was very interesting and I wanted to share it with you.

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Training to be the best martial artist or cage fighter requires an extreme amount of dedication in all aspects of your life.  You have to create a daily schedule so you can balance you technical training with your cardio and your weight lifting.  As a martial artist you also have to be dedicated and create a diet regimen as well so you hit your target weight for fighting or competing and don’t lose excess muscle mass or strength.

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Over at sherdog.com expert mma nutritionist Cameron Conaway has a terrific article on what fiber is and how it should work into your MMA training diet.  One nutritional element that is commonly missed by the MMA fighter is fiber.  While most fighters know exactly what they are putting into their bodies with respect to Protein, Carbohydrates, Fats, and possibly Sodium they do not usually monitor their fiber intake.

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