Goes to show everyone’s different I suppose. I trained mainly judo, boxing, kickboxing & mma. For a longtime dips, chin-ups, body weight squats & their more challenging versions were my go to strength options. They kept my weight down, which if you compete is very important, & seemed to keep my practical hands on people strength up with the best of them, which I back up with I high win to loss ratio. I never was a very technical competitor either. I’m curious
@Kozushi , you’ve got a lot of training experience, did you also compete extensively. I only ask, as from my experience the two can be quite different, especially in weight to strength ratio.
I was what you'd call a "regional" level competitor back between 2005 and 2011. I fought in stuff called "international/national/provincial championships" but I wouldn't categorize them that way. None of them were qualifiers for anything Olympic level nor professional. However, yes, I do have a reasonable amount of competitive experience for someone not intending to make a living from it. My rule was I'd compete in anything I could drive to and from in less than 2 hours, hehehe.
I was in many more competitions than I got gold in, but here are the golds:
2010 Budokan Masters Champion
2010 Budokan Senior Male -100kg Champion
2009 Eastern Ontario Masters Champion
2009 Senior International Cup Judo Champion;
2009 Copa Ontario BJJ Champion;
2008 Joslin's Canadian Open BJJ Champion;
2008 Budokan Judo Champion;
2008 Budokan Judo Champion - Black Belt division, Senior Male, -90kg.
And indeed, chinups and dips were my only strength-building exercises at that time, and (chuckles to himself) maybe they were doing the trick. I've restarted them as of this morning, thanks to the wisdom of this forum!
Regarding weight, I tried to gain weight before competitions because the heavier guys were normally less skilled than the lighter guys.
There's an old description of me on our old club website here, which I noticed mentions that I do a lot of chinups and pushups as training, hahaha!
Judo4MMA.com - Judo Biography of Christopher Miller