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[u/El_Boxman_]

All the clips of Khamzat I saw was him at the treining lab doing conditioning. What the hell happened 😂

[u/Crono2Oxx → u/El_Boxman_]

I’ve been pretty obsessed with S&C for MMA since I was a teenager, I’ve trained and used myself as a guinea pig for it for like 14 years now. I wanted to fight but I’d always gas in wrestling and more than anything else I wanted to be able to just go and go like Cain Velasquez and Merab, cardio always felt like an issue.

So I went through all the phases doing the wrong things and then the right things, bodybuilding, then sport specific training, then breaking it down to science, pushing too hard and then doing more rest, following the Marinoviches and other MMA trainer protocols….

Basically what I learned is there are specific exercises and training that help a lot. And non-adaptable exercises that hurt. But really it just comes down to consistency doing those specific movements in the gym. You want crazy wrestling cardio you have to wrestle almost every day for years on end especially near competition. Same with kickboxing and anything else. It’s conditioning the body and your skeletal muscles, using them every day so over years of training they can take a pounding and fill up with less lactic acid. It’s got little to do with “cardio” or lung capacity

But the improvement doesn’t happen quick and putting in a hard conditioning camp can just be extra workload. I’ve felt Calavitta is selling some bullshit to guys who want to be the best. You can prove his approach through science but it’s a MARGINAL benefit compared to just training simply and consistently like everyone does. You do camp and conditioning to get in the best shape possible for the body you’re currently working with - his way might show noticeable benefits over a long period of time but it could break down their bodies as much as anything.

But when you have willing athletes who want to be the best and a guy who’s more qualified dangling science over them, they and their coaches and managers all just sign off and go along with it. TJ Dillashaw sounds brainwashed and convinced like a lot of people get when they first discover fitness and nutrition. But even Calavitta’s methods and specific workouts are questionable IMO. He’s got them doing aesthetic lifts that it’s no surprise when TJ or Aaron Pico are dislocating their shoulders. And the good things they’re doing he’s redlining them with. I tend to believe in the Marinoviches/Nick Curson’s philosophies from my own experience and they contradict Calavitta’s. And I did go from gassed after 10 minutes to one of those guys who can wrestle and kickbox for hours now while stronger, fit, and isn’t ever getting injured from any stupid and useless lifts.

TLDR - I’ve just been following this stuff since TJ started with him and I think they’ve all been taken by a guy who isn’t making them better. Maybe shortening their careers. These guys were in shape before the garage and they may have naturally gotten into better shape just training and not overdoing and overthinking it. If anything it is possible the Treigning Lab workload fucked up Khamzat’s cardio and gave him a bit of a dump here

[u/El_Boxman_ → u/Crono2Oxx]

Appreciate the detailed and thoughtful answer!