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Originally Posted by unsunghero
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Ya, I bet to some extent they already do. But my concern was cardio, to what level are these fighters training when not preparing for a fight?
I could say for myself well I train 2 hours on my work days, 3-4 hours on my off days always, and so I have certain level of baseline performance. But when I had a race coming up, I started doing much more frequent and faster “balls to the walls” runs in an effort to improve vo2max. And I saw a noticeable improvement in just a short time doing that
But it’s not something that I would enjoy doing, or find myself doing, when not preparing for a race. The only fighters I’ve heard who train crazy hard and stay in “ready for a fight” cardio shape always were Colby Covington and Khabib. I never really heard this about many others, so it’s assumed that most take it a little bit easier when not in a fight camp
So the question is, if so, how much can they truly improve their cardio in just 10 days?
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True, Usman is probably not at A-Game cardio. On the other hand khamzat missed weight by like 7 pounds not very long ago right before a big fight, so I'm not sure where his dedication is at either. His go-to line seems to be "I don't care who I fight give me anyone" which might just be showmanship, maybe he meticulously studies each opponent, but with those russian guys you can never quite tell. Khabib had a similar line, he'd literally just say "Look I'm gonna do the same thing I always do" and he would, and nobody ever beat him.
10-19-2023, 05:39 PM
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