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Get a fighter’s physique: Workout 1

The first workout in this four-week program starts with exercises that hit your body from every angle to burn fat and build lean muscle.

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So you’ve watched Creed or seen Conor McGregor fight in the Octagon, and you’ve realized you want the shredded physique of a fighter. Just exercising every day should do it, right? Unfortunately, it’s not that simple.

For anyone except the most conditioned athlete, working out every day is actually a bad idea, as it can lead to overtraining. Fortunately, there’s a better way to shred your core and burn away excess fat—and it doesn’t involve living at the gym.

Instead, try our four-week, 12-workout plan designed to hit every part of your body. You’ll get the body you need to survive in a ring—without having to face off against a guy who wants to annihilate you with a rear-naked choke hold.

Directions

Perform the exercise pairs (marked A and B) as alternating sets, resting the prescribed amount of time between each set. (So you’ll do one set of A, rest, then one set of B, rest again, and repeat for all the prescribed sets.) Perform the remaining exercises as straight sets, completing all the prescribed sets for one exercise before moving on to the next.