[itsoktocry]

>If done properly, the gym will teach you periodization and allow you to: - practice different repetition patterns

Does periodization even matter? Professional fighters are some of the fittest athletes on the planet, functionally and aesthetically, and they aren't worried about weightlifting routines (if they lift weights at all).

[Retric]

Most professional athletes including fighters lift weights or use machines.

If you want to add power to some movement then practicing it repeatedly at full force can work. But you run into repetitive strain injuries, it’s much safer to build power using weights and controlled movements.

Critically these are very focused workouts. A professional wants to build strength in very specific ways as unnecessary bulk is actively harmful in most sports.

[throwup238]

The only athletes I can think of that don’t do a lot of weightlifting (in the general sense) are endurance runners and even then it’s on a case by case basis.

I worked for the Blackzillians and American Top Team UFC teams and I can assure GP that they absolutely do a lot of weightlifting. They don’t worry about routines because that’s what their coaches are for. They track their fighters and automatically adjust the training program when they stall.

[CPLX]

Those guys lift weights constantly. Nearly every variant of professional athlete does, maybe a few exceptions for fully endurance based sports.

[itsoktocry]

>Those guys lift weights constantly

I know for a fact this isn't true. I know high-level amateur fighters (ie aspiring pros) who don't lift any weights.