Transformers RID Season 4

Evan and Myles MMA Training Basic Gear

Yep! So Heatwave went ahead and signed me up for an mma class...without even asking me first! And then he went and left me here! Sigh...Why did I trust that robot again?

Isaac Walls used to be a professional MMA fighter before a serious injury ended his career forever, he had then moved to Griffon Rock.

"Ok first off you're gonna need some more appropriate clothes."

"Huh? What's wrong with the ones I'm wearing?" Myles asked genuinely confused

Isaac just gave he an 'are you serious' look

Seriously Heatwave?! This kid doesn't even know what basic workout attire is!

"Well your clothes aren't exactly practical for working out..." Isaac hummed in thought before walking to the door.

"Give me a minute I think I still have my old gear from when I was younger, it should fit you."

He stepped inside leaving a confused Myles standing in the middle of his makeshift gym. As he waited Myles looked around and was impressed to see that despite being retired this guy is still very dedicated to the sport.

A few minutes ticked by before Isaac final stepped back out with a blue gym bag in hand.

"Alright Myles come over here." he sat on one of the two steps and opened the bag as Myles took a seat across from him

"So I'm gonna give you a quick breakdown for all the gear you'll need. Ok."

Myles just nodded silently as he watched, figuring since he's the professional it's best to just watch now and ask questions later.

"Good now let's get started."

Isaac opened the bag and started taking stuff out, the first were two rolls of blue 'bandages'?

"First we have the hand wraps. In MMA we do a lot of heavy bag work and sparring so these are vital, always make sure you have a good pair when doing mixed martial arts training."

Next was a long white belt

"Next we have a white reflective PT belt. And this is just in the off chance you're doing a late night run or early morning run and the sun's not up yet. Safety first kid."

Next up was...a towel?

"This is called magic cool, it's basically just a little rag that you wet it ring it out and it just gets really cool. You'll be doing a lot of training and it'll get hot at times so this is just something to help you stay cool."

Next is some weird black 'V' shaped thing

"This is a hand grip it's pretty much used to work your grip strength but people often use it as a stress reliever."

Now that I could have really used a long time ago. Myles thought I'll definitely be using this a lot.

Next is...body spray, Isaac was smirking at Myles as he shook the bottle

"Don't wanna be stinkin'."

"Growl..." Should I be taking that as an insult?

Next up are a few braces

"Now these are just a few braces to help get a little muscle activation in weak areas around the joints and that little activations keeps it active and aware of what's going on so that you're less prone to rolling your ankle or something similar."

Next is...a waist band.

I swear to God if this dude calls me fat I'm decking him right in the nose! Myles internally growled

"You won't need this, and I don't think I need to explain since everyone knows what it's used for. But some fighters do use it as a muscle activation around the core area while they're training to make themselves more less prone to injury."

Next are a pair of gloves

"And here are some lifting gloves and as the name suggests we use these when lifting weights to help prevent any damage to your hands, but I don't suggest using them often since you want to condition your body for rough environments."

Next are a couple mouth guards

"I'm sure you can already guess what these are used for."

Myles nodded

"Good so there's no need to explain. Now those were all the small items and here are the big ones

The first up were a bunch of big rubber bands in various colors

"First off are resistance bands and the three colors are for three different levels of injury prevention exercises."

Next is what looked to be a small tin of protein powder

And it's blue raspberry! My favorite flavor!

"Next are some BCAAs, now when you're training really hard especially mixed martial arts it really wreaks havoc on your body so you need to go hard on recovery just as hard as you go in the gym. So aside from just carrying proper nutrition into your training regimen you always want to consider a good quality recovery supplement."

Next are more bigger braces

"Here are a couple of shin guards, help protect yourself during training."

Next are more pairs of the padded gloves the ones Myles is holding are blue with white strips

"And finally we have the MMA gloves, now these are used for more than just punching, you also use them for clinching, grabbing and much more ground work. There are many different types of MMA gloves.

First are Bag Gloves used to protect fighters from heavy bag work and since that is one of the most intense actions it requires a lot of protection for your wrist and hands. These gloves are the least flexible of all MMA gloves, wrist support is much wider and padding is much denser and firm keeps the gloves small yet protective.

Next are Sparring Gloves, meant to give you the best protection possible regardless of the receiving side they're designed to protect both you and your sparring partner. There is extra padding on the outer side of the gloves or across all fingers with a bigger surface.

Now the Training Gloves which are the ones you're holding right now. Now these are kind of a mixture between the Bag and Sparring Gloves, these gloves are meant to find balance in finger and thumb mobility to protection. They're great for grappling, punch mitts, pad works, soft bag work and so on. The reason I have so many pairs is because it's better to have all the types of gloves and using these for intense bag work and/or full on sparring is highly unsafe, you can end up injuring yourself or your partner.

And lastly the Competition Gloves, now these are for the real deal the padding is mainly to prevent cuts from both you and your opponent but not to sofen blows. Do not use these gloves for sparring practice at the gym ! Demands for these gloves varys from one organization to the other so if you become skilled enough to make it to a competition always make sure to check before that your gloves meet the conditions.

Now one last thing: too many fighters train without hand wraps. Not a smart move, that is because MMA gloves already provide less protection than boxing gloves. Plus in competitions you'll have to wear hand wraps so better get used to them.

But if during your training you find them uncomfortable or can't get your wrapped hand into the glove let me know and I'll get you some more elastic and shorter ones.

And that's about it for now, any questions?"

Myles thought for a moment as he helped Isaac put everything back in the bag except for the training gloves. He shook his head.

"Good." Isaac said as he set the bag to the side and handed Myles a pair of black athletic shorts with blue and silver stripes on the sides, a plain gray T-shirt, and the wraps and gloves.

"Bathroom's upstairs second door to the right, go change all we'll get started." he said pointing to the open door behind him

"Thanks." Myles took the things and headed inside.