Rich Franklin Workout – This Dude Is Nuts…
Posted by Brad Campbell
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Sep, 2010
Celebrity Workout: Rich Franklin Workout Routine…by Brad Campbell
Yesterday I showed you the George St Pierre workout routine that makes Mr. GSP such a phenomenal UFC fighter. Keeping with that theme, let’s take a look at another elite MMA fighter who’s got incredible athleticism to back his ripped physique.
Enter Rich Franklin, one of the most well-conditioned UFC fighter’s of all time. Seriously, when’s the last time you saw this guy look tired in a fight? Never, ‘cuz it doesn’t happen. He’s got incredible heart and mental toughness, which you’re about to see firsthand, as we take a look at the Rich Franklin workout routine…
Rather than try to explain the madness, I found a great video clip showing Rich Franklin doing some hardcore circuit training. Check this out…
Can you even fathom an hour straight of circuit training? Most people wouldn’t make it ten minutes before giving in to the burn associated with the breakdown of lactic acid. This reminds me a lot of the Randy Couture workout, with the obvious exception being that Franklin uses a lot of machines and even some isolation lifts.
Now, my gut instinct is that this was a “special” Rich Franklin workout routine that was drawn up for Spike’s all access show. What I mean by that is that I doubt the majority of his workouts are so heavily reliant on machines and single joint lifts like bicep curls and tricep press downs.
Just from seeing how competitive he was on The Ultimate Fighter reality show, I feel like he’s the type of guy who doesn’t want to show his “best stuff” to the world. We all saw the much more dynamic and fight-like bodyweight exercises St Pierre was doing in his workouts…I’m sure Franklin does a lot of tire flipping, pull-ups, plyometric drills, etc as well…
Nevertheless, you can still take a lot away from this particular Rich Franklin workout video.
The guy’s got insane focus and he’s conditioned his mind first and foremost, to be able to deal with the pain and agony of his workouts. This mental toughness has allowed him to continually push the limits and take his body to truly remarkable levels of output for ridiculous periods of time.
Another takeaway point for the average guy at home who wants a body like Rich Franklin is this– long bouts of intense circuit training, even when using machines and isolation exercises, will give you an afterburn effect like no other.
Buh-bye body fat. Hello lean muscle. (how YOU doing?)
To incorporate this into your current fat loss workout routine, I recommend getting nutty like Rich once in a while.
Just hit the gym (or the great outdoors) with no game plan whatsoever, other than a goal of completing “xx” minutes of grueling circuit work. For example, set a goal of 15-minutes to start with and see if you can bounce from one exercise to the next, without resting, for the entire 15-minute duration.
The exercises and repetitions performed aren’t so relevant, just as long as you’re hitting every muscle group. To get through this, you’re gonna want to select noncompeting exercises to bounce back and forth to, otherwise you won’t stand a chance (example – alternate upper body, lower body or push, pull).
After completing the circuit workout from hell, record how long you lasted. Then, try to either up the duration of the workout, increase the weight used, or select more challenging exercises the next time around.
Not only will your threshold for pain and mental fortitude be enhanced, but you’ll get a super bad fat-burning workout in the process (see Rich Franklin’s abs above).
Hope you learned something or at least got inspired to train harder and take your body and mind to new heights, after watching this Rich Franklin workout routine. Put your name and email in the blue box below this post to download 5 workout videos designed to get you ripped like Rich “Ace” Franklin.
Your Coach,
Brad Campbell
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