I'm in my late 30s now... and have been wanting to compete professionally since I was 22. Starting a family early prevented me from chasing my dreams... I'm not giving up, I'm going to start training again immediately. Thanks for the inspiration brother.

@chrismayclin6397

19 күн бұрын

Go for it, brother!

@Olly1755

19 күн бұрын

I started training at 12 and got the dream of being a pro at 13 is that enough time to be amazing at the sport

@michaelhauser6440

17 күн бұрын

That’s great to hear. I just started training at 33 and am now almost 34. Saving money to train Muay Thai in Thailand for 3 months. I’m probably too old to do anything with it but as of right now it’s helping me a lot mentally and physically

@jeannelson8403

16 күн бұрын

Best wishes on the journey!!!

@RochX-7

15 күн бұрын

@@michaelhauser6440 thats awesome brother. dont stop the journey!

Gabriel I started mma training because i fell in love with the ufc games and the interesting techniques humans can do. i love how technical you are and my form has actually gotten pretty good on my basic strikes, thanks for the help man much respect ❤

@fizievfan

21 күн бұрын

Same

@RandalphTheBlack

18 күн бұрын

Awesome 🤘

For a second i was worried like: "Why the hell is he wearing a collar?" Like i dont kink shame but damn. 😂😂😂

@oanling917

2 күн бұрын

How would you use it even ?

Woke up and went for that running routine🙌🏾. You’re the best champ!

I use reverse breathing in order to absorb body shots. I also have never been dropped or stopped by one. Reverse breathing has some similarities to how someone braces their core in olympic lifting. You belly breathe but instead of letting your stomach expand you draw the navel in to the spine to resist the outward force of the breath. So your back and all sides expand a bit instead and it creates a great deal of pressure like a car tire filled with air. Your body becomes like that. Olympic lifting is similar but not the same, there are some significant differences. I just ignore shots to the body, but still can deep breathe. I also use a heavy medicine ball to condition my stomach with techniques I learned from boxing.

@gajet6568

15 күн бұрын

Very similar to Pak Mei Kung Fu breathing methods

@user-qj6vg8gp3l

9 күн бұрын

@@gajet6568 Yes I think so, if that is the art I am thinking of.

@AlexCain-ej5ev

6 күн бұрын

Nah, you'd get downed by professional

@ReubenWarren-dv1qm

15 сағат бұрын

@@AlexCain-ej5evthis technique is what’s used by professionals.

Vargoat

@joelalexis7664

21 күн бұрын

Idk why this sounds funny to me; but true bro🔥

4:30 so insightful. You know many people never consider the nuances and degrees that technique can be applied? That’s what separates the average from the excellent

Excellent info!

Excellent tutorial!

Amen, I've been teaching this strategy for like 15 years now.

Awesome training advice...👍🙏

Martial Arts has been a huge roller coaster for me. I started Muay Thai a year and a half ago but I actually started teaching myself through your channel two years ago. I got injured a lot lately so I didn't feel like training as hard. But I also realise that without your videos it hasn't been as fun for me to train. I want to do some of my own personal training.

Hello from Brazil. I pratice TKD and your teachings are very good. Keep sharing!

Thanks so much champ. This is a pending task I have, I think is my number one weakness. I"ll be practicing this for sure.🙏🥋

Thanks Coach

Yea i wondered about this, well worth working on

Im 6'2, 46 and not into fighting or fitness.my build looks resonable enough for drunk guys to often see me as a threaght. In real life there are so many tiny looking trained fighters who are infinately more dangerous than me. I find it so ironic. The drunks see me as a challange. Truely laughable once you know me. Much respect to all those who apply disapline to an effective fighter and please excuse my spelling.

You made a great point about breathing. It helped me realize how breathing works.

Instructions unclear i was still shot and am now recovering in the hospital

I have no idea if this is worthy of consideration, but anyone who plays a woodwind instrument might want to consider how they are holding their core as this could be a simple "cross training" opportunity. I know, at least for me, playing harmonica that I have to keep my core engaged all of the time while still breathing in and out to maintain support of the instrument.

In 10 mins I’m off to workout. I’ll give this abs routine a shot - hopefully I’m not rolling off the bed, in great pain tomorrow morning! Awesome instruction, thanks.

Thanks for the advice Gabriel! I’d like to share a low complexity kettlebell exercise that fits right into this, and it’s a double kettlebell racked march in place. That’s a mouthful, what it means is holding a pair of kettlebells at your chest, in the rack position, and then picking your feet up like you’re marching, and do it for time. This is a great upper body conditioning exercise that anyone can do, and especially fighters will benefit for the very reasons you explain in this video. You have to tighten up your core and keep breathing behind that shield when you do a rack hold, and for fighters who also work in the clinch, it will strengthen the back extensors as well making it harder to break their posture while at the same time keeping those abs tight to defend against knees to the body. This exercise is scalable since you can use different weights and go for different lengths of time. You can blend it with shadow boxing or your bagwork, just set a timer and do intermittent sets. It would behoove you to learn the kettlebell clean, so you can safely rack the weights and put them down, and the clean is a great exercise on its own, but you can hike them up whichever way possible too. Try it out and please leave a comment if you do!

@DaroZuo

19 күн бұрын

Isn't it good to also hold just one and do some reps for each side? Assymetric loading is a big challenge for the core.

@Chiburi

16 күн бұрын

@@DaroZuo You can do static holds, marching in place and loaded carries with just one bell, for sure, but the exercise I described is more fitting. It puts you somewhat in a guard position and two bells means higher intensity which is often missing in bodyweight training and martial arts. You would need a lot heavier bell to reach the same intensity as racking two, and it would take more time out of your workout.

Very interesting. Never thought of that

This is something I do a lot Gabriel espeically the stomach conditioning where I have people punch me to the stomach and the low kick conditioning as well, I will be sure to try out the ab routine tomorrow and let yoh know how does it work for me Gabriel I found this one very informative! 🎉

Super crunches are best done against the wall. Side bends on the "horse" and side planks are crucial to being better able to take hook punches, shins and knees to the obliques. People almost always sell-short their side-abs and it costs them in a fight.

Very smart analysis sentiment honoring the breathe but recognizing the down side...

This information is exactly what I have done and taught for years... part of me feels like you somehow got this information downstream from me... lol

Thanks for all the good advices, Gabriël. But how about conditioning your rib Cage. I have had several rib injuries. They are verry painfull and it takes a long time to recover. Greets from the Netherlands.

My abs are solid from 26 years of heavy backsquats. It is the ones to the ribs always get me... :(

Never dropped to the body but dropped many with that signature body hook. Legend!

you have more space for breathing in your upper back than you do in your chest - opening up the upper back with special breathing exercises and being able to utilize that space is game-changing

@albrooker2949

8 күн бұрын

Never thought of this, going to try it out this week now

My phone was about 3 ft away when I started this video and it looked like you had a dog collar on lol Great information man :)

@G36Kaers

22 күн бұрын

Jet Lee and then adesanya style, thought the same

@paulconrad6220

22 күн бұрын

Gabriel letting the kink show

@ikust007

21 күн бұрын

Me too😂

when you get hit with a ball of the foot kick. and it's to your kidney or floating ribs, no amount of training is enough to keep you from being badly hurt. One of the reasons I dont care for top of the foot as a striking surface is it's just too big to get enough penetration to do real damage. Especially with shoes on, the ball of the foot is a deadly device.

Some people also hold their breath instead of exhaling when taking a shot whenever they do our conditioning. What you should do is exhale as if you are doing a sit-up. (not during sparring I mean during body conditioning).

Hello from Uzbekistan

@andresmuaythai

22 күн бұрын

Hate from Tajikistan 🇹🇯

@Themilkman95

21 күн бұрын

Hello from Australia

@martialartsking7707

21 күн бұрын

Hello from Pakistan

@sumanachatterjee2409

21 күн бұрын

Hello from India

@duanep48

18 күн бұрын

Hello from deez

6:46 happy to know I am not the only one crazy dude doing that !

That's cool! Does it work if you get hit in the liver or solar plexus, too?

when i joined a kickboxing gym a kid that was 145 hit me so hard in the face i was traumatized. he hit harder than guys that are 250 lbs

Being 250 and doing 100 situps in 1 sitting (do 10 situps then rest 10 seconds, then do 10 situps then rest 10 seconds, and repeat until you get to 100 situps) Just with this 100 situps most people cannot punch through my stomach muscles. I've even hurt some peoples wrists by footwork scooting into the punch 5 inches and sorta making their wrist bend. If you are real good you can also turn your stomach slightly to make the fist land uneven so the shove hurts even more.

@dirtpoorchris

10 күн бұрын

I think because im so heavy and still do situps this causes like 5 inches of muscle where my diaphram is. I can crunch my top abs and make them stick out further than my ribs. Ive never had my diaphram punched out in my life. It sounds like a wooden barrel full of dirt when you hammer fist my diaphram.

Thanks for all the videos Gabriel, I have 14 amateur fights and haven't had any problem with shots on the abdomen, I can take really hard hits to the stomach no problem, but rib shots man, those really hurt, I'd been hurt twice with those, I endure the pain during the match, but both times the pain last for a month or so, a month that I was very gunshy even when doing very, very light sparring, cause raising my arms hurt , and was afraid of receiving another shot to the ribs no matter how light. Any suggestion on how to take those shots better?

@force7285

19 күн бұрын

A little side bend/twist and contracting your lats helps a great deal.

That driving impression😂

Wish I saw this sooner 😅

When I was a kid I chest breathed. Then I was taught to stomach breathe. Then I read old timey body builders saying you should chest breathe, and now you are also saying to chest breathe. So I now have to undo years of belly breathing and go back to chest breathing lol.

@benjamindover8221

22 күн бұрын

having both is good. Belly breathe on the outside for extra stamina, chest breathe when ur close for the extra protection

@k57x3

19 күн бұрын

relaxation vs tenseness

@dmytoe5679

17 күн бұрын

Haven't watched the video, but breathing into your belly is definitely better in your day to day life.

@randybowman

17 күн бұрын

@@dmytoe5679 Is it though? The old timey guys said breathing into your chest might help expand your ribcage. I haven't noticed much difference in like shortness or breathe or anything between the two. When I first switched to belly breathing it's just cause I was told it was correct.

@dmytoe5679

17 күн бұрын

@randybowman While that is true, it also delivers the least amount of oxygen. There's a book called yogic breath or something like that which recommends breathing with the diaphragm, then filling the mid and upper chest.

Hello I was wondering what are those back exercises you were mentioning in this video? That would be really helpful for me please, I'm sure I have back pain related to what you were talking about, those exercises might give me relief and strength back in those areas please :)

From 6:30 on has become my morning wake up workout every day this week because it's fast and I want to have a stronger core so I don't break any more ribs. 😂

god dayum, bro got the body of a greek statue

Your video is good as always. Thanks coach!

I just realized what chest breathing has done for me my whole life.

I’ve watched the video you made for an ab workout similar to this, but the first exercise is followed by flutter kicks, then knee pulls (knees to your face), the same toe touches in this video, and finally bicycle crunches. How would you compare these two workouts? Would you consider one better than the other?

my bully was surprised

Catching a clean shot to the liver with a relaxed core is a trip to the canvas. Worse feeling ever.

does this work for liver shots as well?

Bro you've got like a 12 pack thats insane

i wonder if there's any importance or benefit on conditioning your back. because usually people only condition their front side, ie stomach, chest etc, i hear some people said to condition their back side as well for balance

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Gabriel what is that thing on ur neck r u doing a humilation ritual

Man so many people here who struggle with the ribs, I feel less lonely! I got cracked ribs twice ‘cause of a mf at the gym who thought I was his sandbag

🙏♥️👊 #Respect

6:40 Sounds dense! Like you can easily jump up and half bounce off someones sidekick with your stomach.

Bassrutten told me to belly breath… 😢

To throw an effective body shot, you’re not hitting the abs. You’re actually hitting the rib cage where there’s not much muscle connected to this bone you gonna hit the bone precisely and you wanna hook inside where it damages the liver that’s an effective body shot. I see people and boxing they do this uppercut type of body shot, which is like a hook and uppercut combined. You don’t wanna do that, you want to sink into the ribs as you’re the ribs outside the other end of his body punching through his body that’s a rib shot shot. No one can take no matter how hard you train.

Opinion on nose vs mouth breathing? (Nose breathing supposedly helps the body regulate oxygen/co2 levels better)

@BenDover-bk5on

15 күн бұрын

there’s a reason we have a nose use it bruh

I think it's a lil different if you're a middleweight .

Hello from India, Meghalaya shillong

Im always afraid of liver shot.

In the thumbnail it looks like Gabriel is shirtless while wearing a dog collar

I thought that was a dog collar

I thought you was wearing a dog collar at first hahaha

I tried using this tutorial in combat and immediately got bitchslapped

Its the liver or spleen shots I fear.

missed it

Body Conditioning? Kyokushin: Hold my Beer... 😁😁😁

@xyaeiounn

21 күн бұрын

Fighters in their forties with colostomy bags is why I backed away from 'whatever it takes' attitudes. The lining of your bowel is detachable and complex.

@BoxerKyokushin

21 күн бұрын

@@xyaeiounn why do you have colostomy?

@xyaeiounn

21 күн бұрын

@@BoxerKyokushin Years of damage to intestines can cause the lining to become detached, infected, inflamed or just dead. So can a few very big hits. A little bad luck, and continued training with injury can really alter a person's future.

@BoxerKyokushin

21 күн бұрын

@@xyaeiounn so you have colostomy?

bro forget all that and this. just breathe through your nose ong and youre good.

Hummm. Sometimes you see standing exercises like this in CMA.

You can stomach breath without relaxing your abs your diaphragm just pushes the organs down instead of out

Perhaps it’s because you never trained with real professional boxers with heavy hands usually tie fighters don’t have any hands, but either way I get what you’re coming to try hit in the body by Canelo Álvarez

Hello from Russia

Greetings from Denmark. Great content🙏🏻🙂

Great video but why are you wearing a dog collar? You haven't been partying with diddy have you 😂😂

@PP_Derrick

22 күн бұрын

To hold the mic

Swimmers are always chest-breathing.

The chest breathing is bs

whats with the dog clothing?

@swaytannic1179

16 күн бұрын

He's on some Adesanya type shiii

@BenDover-bk5on

15 күн бұрын

are you slow

Me watching this as a 245lbs guy who doesn’t even feel body shots 😅

@Hae_Nuces

22 күн бұрын

you got that natural armor

@xyaeiounn

21 күн бұрын

Maybe you've never been around someone looking for your liver, kidneys, bladder or solar plexus. If there's anyone who's conditioned these parts of their body modern science would like to do extensive tests. A pro will shock these without any indication of being about to do so.

u really a gang member now huh

No shirt, but a scarf... what's up with the scarf?

Mike Tyson style body weight training or Bruce lee style is great for the abs. Those dudes were built like athletes blessed by the hand of the maker. Emulate them takes talent, but 99% of it is hard work.