HEIGHT: 5′ 5″ WEIGHT: 115 lbs COMPETITION WEIGHT: 120 lbs
Hailing from Crystal Lake, Illinois, Felice Herrig is a professional fighter.
I’ve been fighting for 8 1/2 years now. I’ve fought in boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai and MMA. As an amateur, I accumulated 6 kickboxing title belts and currently hold the IKF Women’s US Bantamweight Muay Thai title.
In 2007, I won the reality TV show Fight Girls on the Oxygen channel. I was on the 2008-2009 season of Chuck Norris’s World Combat League on the Versus channel. After the WCL in 2009, I hosted my own local MMA TV show called combatwire, where I interviewed top fighters such as Bas Rutten, Jeff Curran, Clay Guida, Miguel Torres and the Tapout Crew. In 2009, I began fighting MMA. I am 1 of 2 of the first female MMA fighters to ever be a part of an MMA video game called, Supremacy MMA . I am currently 5 and 3 in MMA and my combined fight record is 32 wins, 5 losses and 1 draw.
FACEBOOK: Felice Herrig
TWITTER: @feliceherrig
2011
MMA – 5 wins and 3 losses overall
Overall Fight Record – 32 wins, 5 losses, 1 draw
I train 5-6 days a week with 2-3 training sessions a day. A typical week of training looks like this:
- Monday AM – 1 hour MMA followed by 10 rds of Muay Thai
- Monday PM – 1 1/2 hours of Gi Jiu Jitsu
- Tuesday AM – 1 1/2 hours of No Gi grappling
- Tuesday PM – 1 hour MMA practice followed by 8-5 min sparring rounds
- Wednesday AM – 1 hour of MMA practice
- Wednesday PM – 1 hour of wrestling
- Thursday AM – 1 1/2 hours of No Gi
- Thursday PM – 1 hour MMA followed by 8-5 min rounds of sparring
- Friday AM – 1 hour MMA practice followed by 10-5 min rounds of Muay Thai bag work
- Saturday – Wrestling followed by Jiu Jitsu
- Sunday – Rest
Felice’s Stack
Two weeks before a fight, I’ll go on a superfood routine and become a raw foodist, so all of my supplements are superfoods. I believe in the Hippocrates’ saying, “Let your food be your medicine.” Throughout the day, I drink lots and lots of herbal tea and coconut water.
Sample Diet
Meal One: Upon waking, lemon water with chlorella, maca and spirullina
Meal Two: 1/2 cup oatmeal with 1 tbsp coconut oil and 1tbsp raw cacao powder
Meal Three: (post-workout #1) A piece of fruit or superfood smoothie
Meal Four: (post-workout #2) A big salad with a variety of vegetables, no dressing, just sea salt or an avocado and a baked potato or sweet potato
An Interview with Felice
Favorite Type of Training: Boxing and No Gi Jiu Jitsu.
Favorite Cheat Food: Chicago style deep dish pizza.
Favorite Diet Food: Mashed banana with raw cacao powder and coconut oil.
What’s in your Gym Bag? Aside from the usual gym gear, coconut water, hair ties, bandana, chlorella powder, raw food bars, a good exfoliating face wash.
What Do you Like to Do Outside the Gym? I love Caribou coffee. I make it a habit every day to go there and have some alone time and read. When I’m not cutting weight, I love trying new exotic foods. I’m a tomboy and girlie girl all in one. I love being in the outdoors and fishing and camping, but I also love getting my mani/pedi and facial.
How Did you get into Fitness: I’ve been intrigued by fitness since I was in 6th grade. I grew up watching my dad be a health nut. He was always into martial arts and bodybuilding. I realized after picking up a dumbbell a few times that I grew muscles pretty quick. I was addicted to the results and have dedicated my life to health and fitness ever since.
What Do you Love to Listen to when you Work Out: Oh boy, lots and lots of variety. I take it back to old school Motown like The Platters and The Box Tops to 80s rock like Motley Crue, AC/DC, Poison and all the new artists like Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Kings of Leon. I just love music. It makes me happy. With music I can do anything.
