TY - JOUR
T1 - Training Frequency, Weight, and Mental Well-being During COVID-19 Lockdown in Professional Mixed Martial Arts Fighters
AU - Ali, Arman
AU - Peacock, Corey
AU - Tartar, Jaime L.
PY - 2021/1/1
Y1 - 2021/1/1
N2 - Introduction : Mixed Martial Arts is a combat sport which includes weight management and periodized training schedules. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, we intend to analyze training frequency, weight, and mood as a result of the lockdown. We hypothesize that overall training frequency will decrease as a result.
Methods : Seventeen professional MMA fighters completed survey, self-reporting behaviors associated with mixed martial arts training, nutrition, and mental-wellness as a result of COVID-19 lockdown. A Wilcoxon signed-rank test was utilized to analyze results.
Results : Analysis determined that COVID-19 lockdown elicited a statistically significant (p≤0.05) decrease in self-reported MMA training frequency, grappling, fight ‘readiness’, happiness, and mood.
Conclusions : These results may warrant the need for potential physical and mental support following COVID-19 lockdown in professional MMA fighters. Although the fighters were able to maintain weight and meal frequency, they were unable to train adequately to maintain fight ‘readiness.’
AB - Introduction : Mixed Martial Arts is a combat sport which includes weight management and periodized training schedules. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, we intend to analyze training frequency, weight, and mood as a result of the lockdown. We hypothesize that overall training frequency will decrease as a result.
Methods : Seventeen professional MMA fighters completed survey, self-reporting behaviors associated with mixed martial arts training, nutrition, and mental-wellness as a result of COVID-19 lockdown. A Wilcoxon signed-rank test was utilized to analyze results.
Results : Analysis determined that COVID-19 lockdown elicited a statistically significant (p≤0.05) decrease in self-reported MMA training frequency, grappling, fight ‘readiness’, happiness, and mood.
Conclusions : These results may warrant the need for potential physical and mental support following COVID-19 lockdown in professional MMA fighters. Although the fighters were able to maintain weight and meal frequency, they were unable to train adequately to maintain fight ‘readiness.’
KW - MMA
KW - mood
KW - readiness
UR - https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/2003
UR - https://researchdirects.com/index.php/healthsciences/article/view/4
M3 - Article
SN - 2768-492X
VL - 1
JO - Research Directs in Health Sciences
JF - Research Directs in Health Sciences
ER -