I don't look strong because I don't eat me spinach

@songoku8627

9 ай бұрын

Ohhhh, who's the most remarkable, extra-ordinary fellow?

@tomo2807

9 ай бұрын

@@songoku8627 🤣

@nicholascanada3123

9 ай бұрын

#carnivore ❤😅

@nickolasdesouza3610

9 ай бұрын

Shame on you

@beenright5115

9 ай бұрын

You're not strong to the finich then either

6:02 Better than HIM beating you up and later finding out he's 15. 😆

I started doing that when I would study my own fights and it's crazy how perspective shifts. You'll watch just yourself in a fight and you'll think you hit someone with a punch only to watch the other guy next time around and see he only just barely defended it. Little details

Great advice: be patient and work hard. Thanks, Ramsey. When I wrestled in high school, we were told to find three take downs, three reversals and three pins we liked and drill them for our arsenal. It worked great.

Man this was a great series of topics. I’m 7 months into BJJ myself having similar issues. The best thing that’s worked for me is every time I get squashed I’ll ask my training partner what I am mistakes I’ve made. The purple and brown belts have been very helpful advising me on how I can do little things to correct my mistakes

Tangent Master Ramsey As a relatively smaller, older guy I decided to stop strength training with heavy weights because heavy lifting and training BJJ both is just not sustainable for me, but have found body weight exercises that are beneficial for strength, especially if you are able to work in various types of pull-ups, dips, and push-ups. Developing the ability to do simple hand stand push ups was an important milestone for me.

Bodybuilders often don't get credit for their well rounded strength profile. While the direct strength sports focus on mostly max strength on some few exercises many bodybuilders usually do quite well on all of them while also probably having the best strength endurance from all the "pumping". A useful kind of strength especially in grappling. Of course while being on stage and looking the best they can barely do some pullups anymore - ironically.

@charlesdourado8292

5 ай бұрын

Yeah everytime i see some challenge like, bodybuilder vs weightlifeter, or bodybuilder vs powerlifter or somenthing like that, where a bodybuilder tries other modality they usally do very well, better than expected, strengh wars for instance the bodybuilder always perfom well

Once again RD proves his knowledge and wisdom are beyond his years!

Perfect timing, was wondering these things myself lately. I moved from boxing to MMA a few months ago and I still struggle with grappling, I can escape it and keep a fight being striking, but I can't make anyone tap out myself. Also I look weak to some I guess, I look like scarecrow, I'm tall and really thin, but I'm wrestling and sparring with people much buffer and heavier than me and I'm doing fine, a lot of them didn't believe me when I told them how much I weight. There aren't many light guys like me so it's not like I have a choice, either way I like training with anyone.

Those bjj tips were gold! My technique and knowledge skyrocketed after prioritizing open mat rolls, watching instructional/drilling with friends, and recording rolls. Trying to hit new moves during rolls or at least attempting them improved my game considerably as well!

I appreciate your perspective and your wisdom, Coach! Thank you!

Hey Coach! I had my first freestyle wrestling class today! I come from a boxing background, so I have to say that trying out full on grappling felt very different, and also much more demanding! Both the warm ups and the practice made my body feel like it was on fire the whole time because of all the crouching and grabbing, but it also felt very cool, and also, somewhat intuitive! I really enjoyed it, and I've decided to keep going to classes to train!

can't wait for that next video about evading punchs !

I watch martial arts/fight videos all the time. Some months less than others, but all the time. It definitely helps. I remember in spring 2020, i saw a video showing the loco-plata(choke with the foot). Months later in fall, im rolling with a guy, a little less experienced, and i noticed my foot on his face. And though it had been months, i remembered that choke, just wasn't totally sure of the exact details. But i was able to figure it out and get a tap. And ive done similar things with striking. I love those mind-blowing 🧠🌋moments.

Oh yes, there's some gold in there. Learning how to learn. Worth watching the bit towards the end about how to pick up, retain, and develop skills/movements/techniques three times! Video the move. Passive, visual. Write something about the move. Active, visual plus connected hand movements. Consider also drawing or developing spider diagrams or 'mind maps'. Activating your visual/spacial processing and memory. Getting overall time in (100 hours). That's 100 purposeful hours. Don't count junk time. Get a willing body for extra practice and drilling. Vast possibilities for purposeful learning. Ramsey delivered the gold again.

Hey! I'm glad you mentioned Strength and Conditioning in this video. What's your experience and opinion on gynmastic rings? I got myself some and they have been an eye-opener. They are putting stress on stabilizing muscles in ways that traditional calisthenic exercises or barbell compound lifts have mercy on. I think there's a lot of sports-specific benefits to be gained on working those often-ignored stabilizing muscles in striking or pushing. My reasoning is that a punch with a rigid structure that can withstand all the force of impact that it's delivering is "stronger" than a punch with a lot of force generated behind it but delivered by a wet noodle in comparison.

@Xzontyr

9 ай бұрын

You won't regret your investment in them. Working small muscles that connect to larger ones is a useful thing in combat sports.

Best strength training for BJJ is a functional circuit workout with bodyweight, kettlebells, sandbags and clubs. Strength is never a weakness. But you will not look like a Bodybuilder

18:57 I felt like he was gonna say "from the cradle to the grave" 😄

@RamseyDewey

9 ай бұрын

That sounds like a great name of technique!

Hey Ramsey you've probably had some people already ask but could you breakdown Sean Strickland's striking in a technique video? I was trying to explain it to my friend who trains boxing and I don't even really get how it works myself It's kinda a Philly shell but he throws his arms out like a long gaurd and covers at weird angles Anyway just thought that would be interesting to hear a breakdown from you

@impcirca1988

9 ай бұрын

I'd love to hear style breakdowns of particular fighters too!

Strength is a skill, and like all skills, it can be developed, and is very action/objective specific. Bodybuilding is more about aesthetics than anything else.

I think the answer to the last question about punches is connected to the thing you said about positions and variables: it’s partly guessing, partly reacting, and you try to create situations and positions where you have to deal with less and less variables in your head, so that you can react fast to most probable 3 things, rather than juggle 15 in your head. But it’s just how I think about it, I don’t really know shit, i just love fighting games and martial arts. 😅

I’m definitely grateful for learning kodokan judo before bjj. Month one- controlling positions, month 2 basic escapes, month three, basic submissions, month 4 reversals ect.

@bolieve603

9 ай бұрын

And unlike BJJ they probably taught conditioning and that's something that's important as he mentioned. Every judoka I know looks strong for their size

@doaimanariroll5121

9 ай бұрын

@@bolieve603 yep, the intensity pace and repetition of judo practice is 10x that of bjj, it’s much more basic, but the speed and force your taught to apply the techniques gets you quite far.

@doaimanariroll5121

9 ай бұрын

@@bolieve603 like I can tap quite a lot of bjj guys with just the pressure of pins(like a scarf hold or a top mount with hooks)

Watching Lennox vs Tyson did this for me about not always keeping your hands so close to your face. Especially in a fight without gloves

When it comes to judge if someone "looks" strong, I've learned to watch the neck's size. I've found it's a relatively reliable indicator.

The simplest answer to the strength question is that muscle mass is only one factor contributing to strength - neurological adaptation is a huge part of it too. Some kinds of programming (in terms of sets, reps and overall volume) contribute to hypertrophy, some contribute substantially to strength but not hypertrophy. Even down to a specific exercise, for instance the bicep curl - someone who trains low reps with a high weight might look weaker but outperform someone who does lower weight and high reps. Huberman Labs has some great episodes on this.

Hey Ramsey can you watch Marcus Lelo Aurelios fights and training? Would love to hear your thoughts on it

A large part of strength is neurological. when you start exerting close to your max, your brain will perceive that there’s a risk of injury and basically stop you. There’s also the component of tendon/ connective tissue stiffness. If your tendons are stretchy they actually absorb some of the force created by the muscles. There’s also cellular differences on athletes that train in different ways (higher concentrations of mitochondria and stuff) you can’t see any of that. All that makes it not just possible, but common that a person would look not very strong and be able to use there body to produce an incredible amount of force.

The destination creates the avenue. When there's a want there is a way

I swear the writers on the simpsons train their jokes are always so funny and on point

20:34 It would be fnatastic if Coach had enough time to finally fully make that video. He'll probably have it released the next few weeks.

I personally feel that there might be situations in which you may not look strong,you may not know your own strength and you may very well without knowing have strength that is significantly greater then what your physical looks indicates or you may have a significantly much greater strength then most people of your body type without knowing it.

11:04 very good wisdom here

When Ramsey's phisique is goals and he says he looks lanky

Coach I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place. In my town we only have one person who teaches martial arts, and i have gone to all his classes for about a year and a half. He teaches karate and kickboxing, although in a very particular way. He always makes us drill techniques but never lets us spar. Very rarely, and i say like once every 2 months he does let us spar, but he does not make sure we have proper gear on, and he does not really watch us as much, so my opponents tend to go off out of control and i either get hurt or i have to just run around the room (my opponents are usually 20-30 kilograms heavier than me, so if i get hit its not gonna be good for my brain). He also teaches us that his way is the only way. We can never try a new stance or a new move, or anything new. When i asked about trying the philly shell, he went off on a tangent about how you can't block high kicks with a philly shell. He basically never lets us do anything that he does not like. Should i continue going or should i probably look at other cities for better coaches. Whenever i look at those "how to spot a bad coach/gym" youtube videos, he almost always fits all the categories listed. Its almost like hes running a mcdojo with his karate classes too, since everyone, and I mean everyone, gets a belt when they pay a fee of 20 euros. Even the people who dont know what theyre doing, they still get a new belt, and he doesnt teach anything meaningful.

Nowadays i got really easily claustrophobic in BJJ if the other guy is squeezing my head, that didnt happen so easily before. In the ultimate self-defence championship in 2nd episode at 20:59, Matt was talking about that too. Any ideas what to do moving forward other than putting in the time on the mat and just bit by bit getting used to it.

Hey, Ramsey. I have a question. What do you think is the strongest animal that a well trained MMA fighter can beat? Assuming the MMA fighter isn't scared

I have a question. Do you have any insights on how to learn internal martial arts for BJJ or MMA. Especially for a smaller weaker person against bigger opponents. ive been training bjj for about 13 years and the these ideas are the thing i think about most.

Did I miss something? I can't find Ramsey's answer to the last question (reacting real-time to punches). Has he uploaded it yet? I'm very curious to hear his take on.

19:15 - I roll with Mike for an hour every Friday, film and edit the roll, and upload it to KZread. This gives me at least three VERY thorough looks at the entire hour, especially in the editing bay. I can't oversell the value of this. We actually just talked about this in a video as well, haha

Hey Ramsey ! I have a question for you : How do i need to train my neck ? Endurance or strenght training ? I saw G. Varga video about his neck training and he uses his head weight for a lot of reps, but D. Leduc, him, used heavy weights for not as many but quite hard reps in addition. And both fighters are good. Varga's hell of tank with the dutch guard and has not been KOed once i think, but Leduc's the king of lethwei and delivers powerfull headbutts. I'm primally into combat sambo and headbutts are allowed, but i love the dutch guard ! What do i do ?

@RamseyDewey

9 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/nXtsvJSCp9W_law.htmlsi=NWnvPmvsfUi4bYji

Can only hope

What are your thoughts about youth amateur mma (like in IMMAF) without strikes to the head

At 15 I was basically fully grown, not super athletic but already a giant

ramsey "kratos" dewey on the show

Separate post for the guy asking about strength - This is what I used to do and it worked - short version: Day 1 - Bench Press, Pull-Ups, Overhead Press, Rows (I prefer standing with one arm row at a time for core strength and balance as a bonus). Day 2 - no lifting. Day 3 - Romanian Deadlifts, Squats (less weight, full range - butt to the floor if you can), Deadlifts, Paloff Presses, Cable Wood Chops (watch your form - don't boink your back), and Calves. Day 4 - no lifting. Do 3 sets of 10-12 reps each exercise. 2 minutes rest between sets. The last rep should be very difficult, but not "your max". Remember that you are also training martial arts so you don't want to over train. Also, you should definitely do your martial/sports skills training BEFORE you lift. If you lift first, you will be fatigued, you will be more injury prone, and you will be sloppy. Sloppy skills training gets embedded in the nervous system. It's not like some people think - that if you're fresh you'll somehow have sharp skills even though you don't train fresh. I used to do my martial training in the morning, weights at 5pm. On days where I had martial classes at night, I did not lift. Some weeks I only lifted twice. Other weeks I got all four sessions in. Your lifting is not etched in stone - if you miss some lift days because you have your martial training, then miss them. As long as you consistently strength train 2 - 4 times a week, you'll make gains. Best of luck.

Ramsey, at what age can a man expect to start losing/naturally declining some ability in strength and speed (aka father time)?

@RicoMnc

9 ай бұрын

I can't answer for Ramsey, but for me it was somewhere between 35-45, hard to say exactly when. It was very humbling when I realized it, and it motivated me to start doing some kind of morning work out routine again, and eventually train MA. Now I'm > 60 training BJJ.

Question for the coach: Hello Mr Dewey, I'd like to ask you a question about a dilemma I am facing. I am one year into judo, but now I may leave my small hometown to move to a bigger city where I can choose to keep on my judo journey or start all over with bjj. If martial arts are a way to search for the truth, my question is if, in your opinion, bjj is a more true and honest practice of fighting than modern judo, were after an ippon, even if both fighters could keep going on the ground until the submission of one of them, it doesn't happens. Thank you

Some of those 15 year olds are crazy. In my first judo competition a few years ago I was all happy because I beat a green belt (a rank higher than me) then I found out he was 16. I'm 6'3" around 200lbs at the time this guy was around the same weight and around the same height but I thought he was 23 or something and probably outweighed me by a couple pounds.

Also my coach says always watch out for tall and lanky their always weirdly super tough.

Hey Ramsey , I look like the wimpy guy of bjj in the thumbnail. Almost literally 😂😂

@RamseyDewey

9 ай бұрын

Wimpy guy? That’s the physique of some of the best jiu-Jitsu experts on the planet!

@Chan_Chal_Chit_1

9 ай бұрын

@@RamseyDewey woah ? Please make a vdo on jon jones vs Tyson fury debate that Joe Rogan started and who on planet earth could defeat jon jones in a Street fight ( no weapons or ovens ) ? Any martial art (ist ) you think would give Jones a tough fight? ✌️

To be fair when it comes to Tae Kwon Do or the kicking people in the head sport if you want to call it that it's won via points alot of the times as opposed to actually knocking somebody out however knocking people out and strong kicks to the head can still happen and that might possibly create certain potential problems particularly if somebody is going too hard at too young of an age.

@monkpato

9 ай бұрын

They've realized that even light strikes to the head trigger the protein that eventually causes CTE.

@RamseyDewey

9 ай бұрын

Points... for kicking the other person. Extra points for kicking the other person in the head. Yes, I know how the sport of taekwondo works. I competed in TKD for many years.

Long and lanky? You look like The Hitman 💪

Hello ramsey, I can half squat 320 ibs. Is that considered increasing my strength in my legs 🦵 ?, I can't go all the way down with 320 ibs. Thank you ramsey

@RamseyDewey

9 ай бұрын

When you can half squat 321 lbs, that will be an increase of strength. Half squatting is fine as a supplemental exercise. Don’t feel like you need to squat crazy amounts of weight right now. Use the minimum effective dose to get stronger. There are a lot of great squatting tutorial la on KZread that can fix your squatting form: check out Juggernaut Training Systems, Allen Thrall, Zack Telander-they all have excellent squatting videos.

Okay, I know three posts in one video is nuts, but this video was a good one that just so happened to hit a lot of things I know something about. To the BJJ guy who learns a technique and then it is never taught again: I highly recommend you watch the Joe Rogan Podcast with Firaz Zihabi (I'm spelling it wrong). I believe he was George St. Pierre's trainer. He and Joe discussed that in most wrestling programs, the wrestlers will drill a move set over and over and over, then come back to the same move set next week, until it is cemented in their heads. BUT ... both of them commented that a lot of BJJ schools spend 10 minutes on one technique, then free roll for the next hour, and that this is bad. Rogan commented that at 10th Planet they don't do that - they trained like wrestlers. Sooooo ... maybe you need to find a new BJJ School. As a wrestler I saw this myself in several martial arts gyms. I was lucky that I never ended up in one that didn't drill and drill and drill, but that's probably because if I saw the school was lacking, I moved on.

That Simpsons clip was quite fitting for jujutsu. XD

@RamseyDewey

9 ай бұрын

Like I said, whoever wrote that scene knew what was up!

Sport specificity: HUGE. Story Time: When I got my first college degree in Exercise Physiology, going in I thought cardio was cardio and strength was cardio and strength - that simple. I'll never forget the day my professor told us, "So, when looking at cardiac output, generally it measures the same across activities. BUT ... have you ever noticed if you put an athletic runner on a bike they gas out faster? That's because they have the same cardio, but they have not developed economy of motion. To a runner looking to become a triathlete, bicycling is more fatiguing and swimming may as well be the moon." I laughed so hard at the analogy, but I also realized in that moment why I could wrestle for an hour but a 3 mile run made me want to jump off a bridge.

Never knew when I was bored on KZread watching fights. I was technically film studying every single time. Watch the first fighter next time. I watch it watch the second fighter third time I watch it watch who is controlling the octagon. That's funny

It’s funny how often people Judge what they see. I look stronger than a lot of dudes but the reality is I have a bad lower back, my shoulders are in pain half the time from all the pressing I do so I’m not flexible at all, and there’s people 30lbs smaller and several inches shorter than me that can lift way more than I can. One thing I’ve learned from lifting for a while now, it’s difficult to know a persons strength just by looking at them.

Nice beard. 😊

Big guys look good for people who don't understand strength. I worked with this big bruiser hulk guy with a little bit of fat. He was always having to take breaks to wipe his face take drinks etc. Another type of strength is skeletal. Runners have some of the strongest spines and weights can't replicate it the same.

8:05 you should look at olympic weightlifters. They look even smaller, but imo it's way more impressive. Just look up Naim Süleymanoğlu during the 1988 olympic games, where he did a 190kg clean and jerk at 60kg bodyweight (perhaps one of the most impressive lifts in history). He looked "reasonably athletic" at best, but he was one of the strongest people who ever lived.

Some fighters look monstrous: Lombard, GSP etc.

@RamseyDewey

9 ай бұрын

Yep. Fighters come in all shapes and sizes.

I remember when I was a boy me and my dad was boring I had me a little hard in the head and made me dizzy he insisted on stopping I didn't want to didn't understand I do now

Anyone who looks at ramsey dewey and is suprised that he is strong is a damned fool

@RamseyDewey

9 ай бұрын

There are a lot of damned fools out there, apparently.

When did ur beard grow back??? 😳

@RamseyDewey

9 ай бұрын

Hahahaha!

Timestamps where?

I went to a Capoeira and Jujitsu gym and I paid for the private lessons and for an entire year all I learned was how to play the game (not how to apply these techniques in a actual confrontation) and my body looked worst than it did when I first I arrived. Should I have left my gym or did my trainer ripped me off? (I don’t know any takedowns or throws, my capoeira skill is amateur at best, and during my private lessons all my trainers wanted to teach me was jujitsu so I’m great at ground work as long if nobody hit me)

@waltherwagner9711

9 ай бұрын

If you want to learn how to fight, you should train striking (boxing, kickboxing, thaiboxing) and grappling (wrestling, Judo, bjj) or MMA.

@danguillou713

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, maybe they did. Private lessons might be a good complement to your regular training, if you can afford it. But it can't replace rolling and sparring. If your coaches told you so and you didn't listen, then it's on you. But if they let you think that private lessons _instead_ of regular training would be better for you than regular class, then it sounds like they conned you.

@matthewjenkins4559

9 ай бұрын

⁠@@danguillou713 Yeah, I got conned and he is making it seems like it my fault. I am going to MMA

@danguillou713

9 ай бұрын

@@matthewjenkins4559 Sorry to hear that. But you're wisened up and free to change gyms now. :-) And silver lining: I'd be surprised if the last year didn't teach anything. Fundamentals and athleticism aren't wasted. Even clubs with heavy focus on rolling all the time include fundamentals and PE. "Playing the game" is a good precursor to light sparring and positional drills. Even the bjj clubs who like to throw their noobs into the deep end of the pool on their first day, then complain about how those noobs don't learn techiques because they're so focused om the all-out physical effort of not getting immediately squashed and strangled. Not learning how to put the parts together is not the same thing as learning nothing. Better luck at the next place!

For me I definitely got a pretty tall build even though I'm not freakishly tall I also have got a bit of a pot belly and my arms do not really look like anything that impressive but as for my legs I actually look like the female character Chun Li from off of the video game Streat Fighter even though that might be a bit of an exaggeration and even though I am quite strong I don't think that I am exceptionally strong for my size and I'm not really the best weight lifter compared to alot of people however I also feel like at the same time that I probably have at least a bit more strength then what I even know that I have.

@tritchie6272

8 ай бұрын

When I was a teenager I had smaller guys beat me at arm Wrestling cause I sucked at arm Wrestling. However put us at a job like packing boxes of stuff from a truck to a room,I could work them into the ground. Back then I was better at that then the boys that were bigger and stronger than me. My bench press always sucked for some reason. I used to have a decent leg press. I've never been good at much of anything in a gym. But I used to be good at certain blue collar task. I guess different people are just made different for some reason. I have recently (couple weeks ago) stated back doing some moderate exercise at home. This may sound odd considering what this video is about, but I'm not trying to be an athlete. At age 50 that would be foolish. However maybe these video's will help my motivation to improve. Big thing I've always struggled with is eating habits. But at least I'm starting back with some exercise. After work it sometimes seems like the energy isn't the best.

In Mexico you can become a pro boxer at the age of 15. Funny how the minimum age acceptable for being in a sanctioned brawl varies to culture from culture.

Why don't you look strong? Better to hide that strength you have. Yes look healthy but not need to show power.

Bodybuilders have a high fatality rate - many dying in their 30's or 40's. It's one of the most self-destructive things a person can do to their bodies.

@yumehousetv

9 ай бұрын

That's because of the drugs

@jacsmith2217

9 ай бұрын

@@yumehousetvdrugs and lack of health monitoring not to mention some of the party guys doing recreational shit along with the steroids some of these dudes had strokes and heart attacks and had no idea before they died blood pressure through the roof if you’re doing that shit you should be making regular visits with a doctor

@BWater-yq3jx

9 ай бұрын

Resistance training (without steroids) is one of the absolute best things you can do to maintain good health and functionality in your later years.

@yumehousetv

9 ай бұрын

@@jacsmith2217 You're right, therefore the best thing to do healthwise is to stay natural if you do bodybuilding as a hobby.

A steady and consistent supply of Weetabix has gotten me pretty far in the weight lifting world.

Like in chess.....the more you play the better you get.

Have a street fight with master wong already. Surprise him outside his gym and have it out, get someone to film it.

how do all? then try another hundred hours on a freshly gravelled carpark, half hour at a time. taztez

Height and frame > muscle. Big wide skinny man always wins he doesn't have to waste energy time and health to build unnatural amounts of muscle he can just train martial arts and will still look bigger than bodybuilder in real life

@jacsmith2217

9 ай бұрын

Plenty of top MMA guys have tons of muscle though…

@faithalone5081

9 ай бұрын

Muscle is important for mma especially if you are bulking for another weightclass. You can very easily build you cardio even if your bigger. The reason why lanky people succeed in mma is because it is significantly harder to fill out your frame. An example of a person who has long arm genetics+muscle sergei pavlovich, ciryl many others

@faithalone5081

9 ай бұрын

+your glazing mario

@HauptmannGallenstein

9 ай бұрын

@@faithalone5081 but the point is you dont have to build that much muscle to weigh a lot. if youre 6 foot 4 with decent frame you already weigh around 180 even as a super skinny teenager. you can do functional training and will be at 200 to 220 lbs without having to force feed and do dedicated bodybuiling / powerlifting training. at below 6 ft you weigh like a girl in skinny state and to get to 200 + lbs you have to prioritize strenght training and the limiting lifestyle to a degree that a) takes away your freedom in life b) will over time damage your joints and connective tissue and c) doesnt allow for as much functional and martial arts specific training

@faithalone5081

9 ай бұрын

@@HauptmannGallenstein functional? General physical preparedness is literally proven to apply to all athletes. Even jon jones(even mario rios mma casual notice this) did forcefeeding and powerlifting just for extra gpp. His SBD is extremely good higher than normal strength standards. Their are so many ways to bulletproof your body just to avoid injuries. This was also shown even at the highest level of powerlifting which is way some nattys stay alive for long without any problems. Matt wenning connective tissue work working on smaller muscles to help imbalances(ie external rotations which help for mma because you are extremely likely to get an injury cause of americanas, kimuras and just the action of punching itself my damage rotator cuff) gpp has been done for decades and it does not only apply to barbell/standing excercises machines are fine and even mma fights have been seen using machines

I’m a guy and I want to join an MMA gym but I don’t want to get buff/bulky by any means. I used to go to a kickboxing gym and they’d always make us workout so it makes me apprehensive on training again. Rather keep my current workout and remain thin.

@tomo2807

9 ай бұрын

I don't lift much anymore outside of squats, got most of my phisique from training jiu jitsu and mma paired with body weight workouts, thin boi here too lol

@BWater-yq3jx

9 ай бұрын

If you're naturally thin, it's extremely unlikely weightlifting will make you bulky. Many guys are desperate to be bigger and do everything they possibly can to add muscle, and still make only minimal gains.

@jacsmith2217

9 ай бұрын

Did you actually get big or bulky? Plenty of fighters do strength & conditioning training and are still skinny

@songoku8627

9 ай бұрын

@@jacsmith2217I mean, kinda, but that was also during my trying to be into bodybuilding phase but even then not much growth so honestly y’all might be right I shouldn’t worry about it. It’s a good gym too, they train 6 days a week and the coach has a pro record so I’ve been psyched about it but I just haven’t went for it but I’ll go for it.

@songoku8627

9 ай бұрын

@@BWater-yq3jxYou basically described me years ago. I remember I would even do that raw onion drink back when I was a teen to boost my testosterone 200% but I never got the gains only the stomachache 😂

hello Brock Lesnar walks though the room, I would never call you long and lanky, I would say that you would have a good amount of muscle mass for your size,

Your voice was made to be recorded.

Still don't like the idea of bjj, it feels like the most useless way of self defense. Unless one on one in a ring. I so much rather stay on my feet. Way easier to turn tail and run when I feel situations become too dangerous. Also if you're weak looking but are completely fearless, the strong intimidating looking people tend to become very confused. Because "why is this little guy not afraid of me? What does he have planned or up his sleeve?" I might be too adhd to like bjj because it is so slow paced, and my autism has caused me to rage against having my movements limited. So might just hate grappling sports that try to take my freedom of movement away. It makes a friendly fight feel like a struggle for survival and I want to use my teeth and go for all the wrong spots because fuck sportmanship if you're panicking xD. Man brains get in the way of learning things sometimes.

@jacsmith2217

9 ай бұрын

I think it’s pretty good if you need to restrain someone without actually hurting them & also there’s plenty of videos of bjj guys coming to the rescue when someone is being assaulted and they didn’t get jumped cause not everybody on the planet just has friends with them at all times

@jon...5324

9 ай бұрын

Everyone has to get over their natural reactions when grappling. That's literally step 1, the rest is actually learning to fight. If the moment you are put into a stressful situation you panic, you're screwed in a real fight.

@eldudemp6195

9 ай бұрын

Please don't tell me you're the type of guy that screams "just STAND UP" on ufc matches lmao

@RicoMnc

9 ай бұрын

"Man brains get in the way of learning things sometimes" - yes, yes indeed... Had a similar conversations with some who also comment something like, "I just don't see how BJJ is beneficial for self defense..." When I pointed out the now long history of documented, often video evidence of BJJ being very effective, I just get this blank stare, like if they couldn't mentally conceive how something could be true according to their own limited knowledge or experience it just couldn't be true... Solipsism much...

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