Contents:
- Medical Video: Hidden Cost of MMA - Brief Martial Arts
- Health benefits of mixed martial arts (MMA)
- 1. Practice total body strength
- 2. Decrease weight and reduce the risk of heart disease
- 3. Increase self-confidence
- 4. Improve the mood
Medical Video: Hidden Cost of MMA - Brief Martial Arts
You must be very familiar or at least have heard of art martial sport like karate, taekwondo, kickboxing, jujitsu, tinju, to Muay Thai. Now, try to imagine all the sports combined into one. When you combine at least two or more types of martial arts in a sports session, this is called mixed martial arts or commonly abbreviated as MMA. The prestige is indeed on the rise in recent years after being popularized by global competition Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in 1993.
At first glance, the MMA seems brutal and full of violent scenes. But in addition to self-defense, it turns out that MMA has a good impact on the health of the body. What are the positive effects on health that can be obtained from MMA?
Health benefits of mixed martial arts (MMA)
1. Practice total body strength
Mixed martial arts combines two or more of your chosen martial arts sports. Whichever you use to compete, you will be required to use almost all body muscles.
With a kick, the leg muscles will become stronger. By doing a hitting motion, the muscle strength of the arms and biceps will increase. Not to mention the training session that you have to live for weeks to months before the match.
Overall, routine MMA will increase stamina, muscle strength, flexibility, endurance of the heart and lungs, body balance and coordination, concentration, and reflex speed. All of these things can ultimately be useful in the smooth running of daily activities outside the ring match. You also don't get injured easily.
2. Decrease weight and reduce the risk of heart disease
MMA can help you burn calories faster. An hour of MMA sessions can burn up to more than 500 calories. Weight loss will result in reduced risk of metabolic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.
3. Increase self-confidence
Through practicing martial arts, we will be faced with stressful situations. This situation then trains us to control negative emotions such as fear, doubt and anger. This full control of your physical and mental body can then be applied to everyday life.
4. Improve the mood
MMA has a good effect on our mental health, because basically martial arts is like other general sports. Regular exercise can help make it the mood gets better. When exercising, the brain will release endorphins that make us feel happy. This endorphine stays active in the body for several hours after finishing exercise. Doing martial arts can be a good way to relieve stress and frustration, making your life happier.
How, are you now interested in trying out MMA?
