What is your fitness plan actually FOR? Different sports need different plans, assuming that you are not just at the stage of 'bigger muscles please'. Today's focus is on combat sports: jiu jitsu, muay thai and so forth, but not wrestling which we usually treat in separate posts. Although bjj is pretty  like wrestling, we suppose, but different rules so included here (especially as we more youngsters taking it up and hence getting into fitness rather than phones). Boxing and MMA too, although not sports we would necessarily recommend ourselves.  So here we need muscle for sure, but plenty of cardio and working on flexibility and endurance as well.    A young guy there clearly into hi chosen sporting venue! And here's a fun way of engaging the really young: An important lesson there from a young Irish boxer: if you want success, TRAINING NEVER STOPS   ...and no harm in starting young if carefully coached and supervised...   Watching Ibrohim's headsprings the...

We'll start with some pix which strongly feature the shoulders, then work our way down the torso a bit: So much for some impressive deltoids and trapezius... now we move down a little way to some prominent pectorals:  On to abdominals now:  Impressed with their dedication to hard work?