Cross training also known as conditioning refers to training in different ways to improve overall performance. It takes advantage of the particular effectiveness of each training method, while at the same time attempting to neglect the shortcomings of that method by combining it with other methods that address its weaknesses.

Cross training in general sports

Cross training in sports and fitness refers to the combining of exercises to work various parts of the body. Often one particular activity or certain muscle groups, but not others. Cross training aims to eliminate this — jogging, for example, is excellent for endurance, weight loss, flexibility and prolonged use of large muscle groups (such as those in the legs). A jogger may lift weights in order to build muscle and increase upper body strength, things that running cannot provide. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The term Exercise can refer to: Physical exercise such as running or strength training Exercise (options), the financial term for enacting and terminating a contract Category: ... Jogging is a form of trotting or running at a slow or leisurely pace. ... Look up Endurance in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Weight loss, in the context of medicine or health, is a reduction of the total body weight, which can mean loss of fluid, muscle, bone mass, or fat. ... For other uses, see Flexibility (disambiguation). ... A top-down view of skeletal muscle Muscle (from Latin musculus little mouse [1]) is contractile tissue of the body and is derived from the mesodermal layer of embryonic germ cells. ... Diagram of an insect leg A leg is the part of an animals body that supports the rest of the animal above the ground and is used for locomotion. ...

Cross training in mixed martial arts

In mixed martial arts of self-defense application, cross training refers to training in multiple martial arts or fighting systems to become proficient in all the phases of unarmed combat. This training is meant to overcome the shortcomings of one style by practicing another style which is strong in appropriate area. A typical combination involves a striking-based art such as Muay Thai, combined with a grappling-based art such as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Many hybrid martial arts can be considered derivatives of such cross training. Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a recently emerged combat sport in which a wide variety of fighting techniques are used, including striking and grappling. ... Self defense refers to actions taken by a person to defend onself, ones property or ones home. ... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a recently emerged combat sport in which a wide variety of fighting techniques are used, including striking and grappling. ... Sauki Muay Thai (IPA: [/muai32 32/]; Thai: ) (Thai Boxing) is the Thai name for a form of hard martial art practiced in several Southeast Asian countries including Thailand, Cambodia (where it is known as Pradal Serey), Malaysia (where it is known as Tomoi) and as a similar style in Myanmar... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is a martial art and combat sport that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting with the goal of gaining a dominant position from which to force an attacker to submit. ... Hybrid martial arts (also known as hybrid fighting systems) refer to martial arts or fighting systems that incorporate techniques and theories from several particular martial arts. ...

Modern mixed martial arts training generally involves cross training in the different aspects and ranges of unarmed hand to hand combat, while at the same time avoiding association with any particular martial art. Focus is placed on certain types of fighting during different training sessions, such as stand-up grappling, or ground fighting. For the band from Florida see Hand to Hand. ... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ... Ground fighting taking place in a mixed martial arts bout. ...

Cross training in Business Operations Management

Cross training in operations involves training employees to engage in quality control measures. Employees are trained in tangent job functions to increase oversight in ways that are impossible through management interactions with workers alone. In engineering and manufacturing, quality control and quality engineering are involved in developing systems to ensure products or services are designed and produced to meet or exceed customer requirements. ...

Cross training Advantages

♠Cross-training helps patrons in the long run, as employees are empowered to answer questions about the entire organization.

♠Cross-training requires the staff to re-evaluate the reasons and methods for accomplishing their work; inefficient methods, outdated techniques and bure bureaucratic drift are challenged, if not eliminated.

♠Cross-training raises an awareness of what other departments do

♠Routine scheduling is enhanced with the ability to move staff about the "Operation"

♠Better coverage, increased flexibility and ability to cope with unexpected absences,emergencies, illness, etc.

♠Cross-training can increase the "employalibility" of staff who have the Opportunity to train in areas they were not originally hired for.

See also

• Cross trainer
• Interdisciplinarity