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The cardio myth:
Let’s challenge the idea that running, biking, and other long slow distance endurance training has direct crossover to combat sports.
Shanghai based MMA Coach and Kunlun Fight Combat League ringside commentator Ramsey Dewey answers questions from the viewers.
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Cardio isn't fighting. but fatigue makes cowards of us all.
Inefficient movements/techniques are typically the problems; especially at the average level and/or for average athletes. That’s why out of shape, fat, retired athletes are fine against people with great cardio and inefficient movement/techniques.
....but Fighting IS Cardio.
@Mr Bumpo why are you telling me that?
@@MrParkerman6 of course you should improve your cardio but it's about relaxing & breathing
@@eclipsewrecker glover Techera (sorry for misspelling) and Randy Couture come to mind.
Ramsey: "Do sport-specific training." Me: *Opens pickle jars for 5 hours*
Man you must have some FIERCE forearms
Dude will be a god at twisting necks. Don't spar with this one.
This the guy that took took my title at last year's indian rug-burn championship.
I said this as a joke, but now you guys have got me wanting to actually do it XD
So when I see you in action and you poke somebody with your fingers, I can scream. Watch out! Its the Shaolin Finger Jab!
So 100 pushups, 100 sit-ups and 10 miles a day won't help me beat people in one punch?
@Stone Wolf HE WON'T JUST ALLOW YOU TO DO THAT IN THESE TIMES OF DECLINING CHILDBIRTH.
I think u missed the joke here stone
It will. But not as much as doing practicing punching people in the face for the same amount of time.
nope, but at least you will be fit.
I did this last year for fun and at least the pushups, situps and squads were no problem. I admit I cannot do 100 in one go but 2x50 each wasn't that hard. I started 3x20 and increased it every day. 3x50 was interesting because that was kinda my limit at the time.. nearly went unconscious doing that.
Running doesn't always engage the same muscles u need to use in a fight, but it's good training for running away in a self defense situation
For that reason MMA athletes end up exhausted at the end of the round against a boxer, boxers run long miles.
@@rnin1754 🤷🏾♂️
@@rnin1754 put a boxer on his back and he will be gassed really quick cause his body isn't use to. Its not the running doesn't make him less tired he trains to throw punches and it makes him more efficient at it and therefore less tired
@@rnin1754 Boxing doesn't have takedown defense. So a fight between a boxer and an mma fighter would end rather quickly. I believe you are correct when you say boxers have the endurance of a marathon runner by comparison. But to say it's a better fighting style because you can run a marathon is rather dishonest.
Running is not going to save you if you put me in a self defense situation
"I've spent most of the day on video editing" We noticed haha. Look at that beautiful sparring background while you talk. *Chef's kiss very well deserved
No, that was last week when I made a dozen different videos with a billion shots each in one day. This one took a couple of minutes.
@@RamseyDewey Well shoot.. then there's something wrong with my editing 😅
@@Mhurilo10 Take the Bob Ross approach: There is nothing wrong, just happy accidents.
@@Mhurilo10 Well there it is the next video its going to be about video editing in a couple of minutes by Ramsey Dewey! I still don know how the Coach has the time to do all this videos including edit, handle a successful business and interact with subscribers all at the same time! and at a regular basis
I read this comment as soon as he said it
I have said this for a long time. Me and my cousin sparred, he's a fitness freak, cardio monster at the gym. I had him gassing inside 4 minutes and I have asthma and never run lol. Because he was trying to make movements that were new to him and you get the idea. This was above 10 years ago but it still brings me joy that it happened.
True I’ve experienced the same. Being gassed as the new guy because you’re all tense and panicking against guys that’s are all over you in sparring on the one hand, and then a year later being the more experienced guy relaxed, calm and technically picking apart the new guy who was a marathon runner that was gassed within 2 minutes because he’d forgotten to breath. The funny thing is it was doing Jiu Jitsu that taught me how to relax in Boxing.
@@wattlebough That's an important point. He was probably very tense and using up a lot of energy just from that alone. He did get a lot better cardio wise and very quickly too but at first he said he felt like he was drowning.
@abcdef ghijk Yeah it definitely was there later, he was able to outwork me after about 6 months... I just expected him to be beating me from the get go, considering his cardio state before he did MMA.
anyone that lifts weights and does cardio understands differnt things have a differnt impact running is still beneficial but does not work as well without training in said sport wether it is wrerstling/grappling or striking the combination of cardio with significant striking or wrestling time
If you're a lazy bum like me every workout is a cardio workout. Last week I dropped to do calf raises right after pull ups and it almost made me puke.
I wish I couldn't empathize with you, but I do. I really, really do
If you want to stop being lazy you need to stop being an overachiever. i.e. don't push yourself over your limits. Raise the bar over time and don't go hard all the time, and don't expect unrealistic results.
To me, running helps with boxing but it's not really about cardio. It's mostly about digging deeper into myself. Like "Yeah if you can't even run that last kilometer how tf do u think you can handle thoses last rounds in the ring ?" To me it's more about mental toughness/discipline. Your thoughts?
Whatever floats your boat my man. Afterall, who's going to carry the boats and the logs?
@@DumphUxTV You sir, you're a man of good tastes !
So training to dig deeper into yourself,helps you to better dig deeper into yourself. And then you apply that skill to whatever tickles your fancy. It is not the most time efficient way of doing this. Bas Rutten had a training exercise where he first hit and kick the boxing bag for a couple of minutes to exhaust his legs and arms and then immediately go into a grappling exercise. Then bag to the bag and again into grappling.
@@robdielemans9189 that is called supersets
I don't know about that take to be honest. I don't know a Single good boxer who isn't a better than average runner as well. Maybe it was about discipline, but in my active time I ran every morning, before going to school and to work. No matter what Sport I did, i gassed out a lot later than others, if I gassed out at all.
The cardiovascular adaption sure does help in other activities.
I like climbing... agreed, your body adapts, and that endurance can be used for all sorts of innuendo, well played.
like boxing? There is a reason every boxer ever runs long distance pretty much daily.
Yeah but if you wanna be able to fight for 30 minutes the best training is fighting for 30 minutes.
@@isaacmendes1926 why is that. If someone is training for 400m they don't just run 400m over and over again lol.
@@stevenmackintosh8160 uhh they actually do
any kind of exertion at close to aearobic thresh hold with cause your heart to stretch allowing more efficient blood circulation, which is what “cardio” means... makes your heart more effective, this will carry over to most sports positively. The thing that kills you in fights is the anaerobic part, muscles running out of sugar and lactic acid build up, your heart can’t fix that problem. Your muscles have to learn to be more efficient. Like Ramsey said.
VO2, increasing the size of your heart, removing lactic acid efficiently... things I don't think people think about when they say cardio. If you want to increase stamina in a fight than fight more. If you want increase any of the above, you're best route is keep you heart at a consistent high rhythm such as running. Cardio is still very important in it's own.
I recall Fedor mentioning how he eventually fine tuned most of his training to only do fight related training, replacing cardio and weightlifting with wrestling, sparring, and drills.
i red he would run 12-15 km daily if in training tho
I tried boxing after years of running. I could barely last on the bags, and jump squats killed me. The only benefit from running was that I didn't puke or fade where some people did. But I had zero upper body endurance, you really need to train everything.
Ramsey for James Bond in 2021 👍🏼
He lives in China. This are the bad guys in Bond movies.
@@dergroedickewaldbar3285 then its a perfect place for him to start choreography and shooting!
Yarp
Ramsey would be better as "The Hitman" (video games assassins') he has the look and the intensity to nail that performance just give him a tuxedo and a tie and you'll see. For sure its going to be better that his Batman impression. lol
@@Pedro-lg9wz he’s too humorous for hitman, bond is more natural and classy for him
I like to run as a way to exercise without having to invest extra time "I gotta walk there anyway, so might as well"
So the idea of "the myth of cardio" is not just that running/biking/etc makes you more athletic, which makes you more prepared for a combat sport, but that your performance at running directly equates to your performance at a combat sport? With the first one being correct, and the second one not?
Basically
It's like doing squats for jousting. Sure, it will make you stronger and bigger but you won't be squatting on the horse xD
@@Sk0lzky Well, it would add to your thrust effect if you push off utilizing your entire lower body however you can while jousting. Although I'm sure the guy who does purely back exercises will be much more prepared for this.
@@DumphUxTV afaik it's much more important to lean your upper body and make sure you're planted in the saddle, if you watch jousters', legs you'll see they don't really thrust into it because it would compromise the stability (those tall cantles allow for that). Generally the way cataphracts and late medieval/renaissance cavalry used to ride is really weird and counterintuitive, instead of having quads work like crazy you ride like on a chopper bike...
@@Sk0lzky Learn something new everyday! Thanks man!
I was up to 1am rolling in bed wondering about conditioning im fights trainning... Wake up, see this vídeo... Ramsey is awesome
Surely Ramsey has pass the 100 pushups 100 sit-ups 100 squads level. Look at him.
No drive for 12 years. That pretty much explains in part that super calmed and happy estate 😁
I hate driving too dude. Lucky him eh?
Ramsey just explained SAID ( specific adaptation to imposed demands) in a very accessible way.
The only person I ever heard mention this is Coach Zahabi, where did you hear it from ?
Running will only cause joint problems if you're doing it wrong: landing on your heel like most people. You need a midfoot strike or land on the balls of you're feet especially if you run barefoot. This will actually HELP your joints and you'll be better off than people who don't run at all.
Truth is that even the pro runners don't all go ball first. Everybody of them seems to have their own ideal style of running. Thats why I'm so sceptical of all this talk about Unhealthy running styles
Running feels fine to me especially on the balls of your feet
@@meisterproper8304 who?
I had great a tip from 59 yo active runner - that you should land your feet like you do on kick-scooter. He got channel on youtube btw, his name: Valery Zhumadilov.
@@feveredmushroomHD who what?
I've noticed the same phenomenon of really quickly starting to feel like crap if I don't train. I don't train every day though, I usually do 4 training sessions a week, but if I have to skip a couple of those so that I get four inactive days I start feeling myself wither and get restless, wanting to go train.
Same here
I think this stuff is largely perpetuated by gym trainers who've started bleeding into martial arts since there's more and more crossover with gyms offering some kind of combat sports or mma gyms serving as more generalized fitness gyms in some cases. They're well meaning but they tend to see everything through the lens of specific programs and seem to have a knee jerk impulse to make programs for everything. Also you obvs don't want clients getting hurt, which is so easy with live practice in combat sports so there's some market incentive in there as well to guide them on the road that's safer for the business. I'm always surprised how complicated the explanations of any given fitness/lifting/strength/conditioning coach will be on even basic things like throwing a punch. At some point you gotta just *DO THE THING*. No modifications, no bands, no weights, no circuits or weird intervals and your opponent doesn't care what your heart rate is. * [EDIT for additional context] * I'm not saying "don't do conditioning and other training". It's just lower in the hierarchy than doing more rounds. I'm talking about practical outcomes for the majority of practitioners. Who are mostly non competitive and non professional. Where students start doing supplementary exercises LONG before they're nearing any kind of limit of benefits from just doing the activity more. If you train 2-3 times a week, you will get more from training 2 or 3 MORE times a week than you will from 2-3 days of other training. Competitive fighters do supplementary training because the time they're logging in applied training 2x a day, 6 days a week is DEEP into the territory of reduced returns. Is it going to help if you run for 20min before a training session? Yes, obviously. But if you train less than 5x a week you will generally get far more relevant adaptation from adding 20min more of sparring or other live drills.
No it's perpetuated by people who actually understand strength and conditioning
@@hasanc1526 Pretty sure a guy who shadowboxes for an hour a day will be much better suited for combat than a guy who runs an hour a day. But I'm no strength and conditioning expert.
@@DumphUxTV It would probably be the same as running provided that you do not stop for breaks. With running it's easier to never stop. I've run for a very long time, and it's given me great endurance and very short recovery time.
@@Docinaplane I'm not sure about that. It would make more logical sense that the shadow boxer would have toned specific muscle groups for combat whereas the runner would excel at picking his feet up and running in a straight line.
@@DumphUxTV Running away is the best self defense lol Running is my foundation, but I've done the martial arts almost as long as I've been a runner. Best on your journey!
Running is good for running. Biking is good for biking. 5:30 I have really good muscular adaptation for the activities I have invested my time in. 8:30 Marcelo Garcia - what do I do for cardio for Jiu Jitsu, I do more Ju Jitsu.
It's not about muscular adaptation, cardio increases your atp, oxygen saturation, etc...as well as mental toughness of a certain type.
1:09 very cheeky ramsey
Sit on a couch or office chair and feel like crap. You nailed it! I've had good years and bad years in regards to exercise and martial arts training. Now I try to have dumbbells and some equipment around me for quick exercise, and if I don't have any other way to train I will go for a walk or a short run. But I don't want to be a runner. It's just a way to keep from feeling like crap!
This is so true and people really need to take note. For example, I'm generally more fitter and active than my older brother but when it came to basketball he could perform better than me because he played more basketball than me. On a similar note, what are your views on walking and whether athletes should do daily walks or if its better to not include it in their routine? Walking has so much health benefits to the average joe but would they become lost or null on an athlete?
Yep!
Walking is great. Everyone should walk.
@@RamseyDewey I thought as much. Its just coz some of my gym friends and sport friends say walking is for old people 😂
Yes Mike Tyson walked and became hw champ. I've seen footage of Muhammad Ali walking... But I've been walking since I was 1 and I can't fight at all
But of course you should Walk!
7:11 I finally don’t feel alone on that. I bike everywhere as well. And I’m digging all the superhero inspired compression shirts.
Only run like activity I felt helped me get ready for fights and tornaments was sets of short sprints, hills and stairs, (running up, climbing down), my teacher used to tell me those are better than just running, I felt like they worked for me, maybe coz I suck at running and I do t enjoy it very much
Sprints are the secret to the universe, I’m convinced. I also hate them with the fury of a thousand suns.
@@nickcarroll8565 I know how you feel, you do one and its like yeah, its fun, you do a couple and I like aiight Im don, your coach says ok 10 more sets and you a re like whaaat??
Beautiful to watch you both play and progress in the ring, poetry in motion
Ramsey, your movements show your depth of knowledge I would love to train with you.
Love your videos BTW. I love your ability to articulate the different styles. As a former practitioner of Wing Chung in the 70’s, I’m overwhelmed at the pace of MMA and the speed at which you guys fight today.
This is actually pretty accurate, I used to run a lot when I was younger and would get gassed easily during a fight, lately I've been focusing way more on shadowboxing as my form of cardio and I can easily handle about 12 3 minutes rounds of it
Ramsey you are very logical in all your aspects of physical and mental observations . You are a very logical person.
Ramsey really look forward to meet and train with you one day :)...ps would love to see you do a review on the karate combat show :)
Long distance running and cycling are aerobic. Sprinting and fighting are anaerobic. Running can benefit your fighting cardio, but it has to be sprints. The only time fighting is aerobic is during opening rounds when people are sizing up each other - this doesn't happen outside of combat sports and also doesn't always happen in sports. Cycling and distance running can help you be a better fighter by improving muscular endurance, leg strength, and of course, willpower, but cardio is just different.
Fighting is anaerobic?
@@Mhurilo10 Yes. Except maybe technical Muay Thai sparring, which is done in slow motion, all fighting is anaerobic.
Aerobic running helped me quickly boost my fighting stamina. I am able to catch my breath between rounds more easily. You need both aero and anaerobic , in my opinion
@@salamangkali-allmartialart4836 As someone who sometimes spars for 1-3h. Fighting to me feels like both. As in, you have to burst in and out but you also need to manage your stamina, no?
You definitely need both aerobic and anaerobic endurance for fighting. Helps you when it gets intense as well as when you need to catch your breath between rounds.
My "road work" for Jiu-Jitsu is a weighted backpack hike up and down a hill by my house. Got me used to engaging my leg muscles for an extension and repeditive period if time. It helped.
at 4:46 you hit the bag so hard that made something on my office to fell down
There's in shape and there's fighting shape.
your right we spared some light rounds with the olympic rowers now i am not on that level for sure but they couldn't do many rounds before they where done i was pretty surprised
From personal experience, for my grappling conditioning, if I’m doing a lot of swimming, I feel it’s the thing that helps keeping me from gassing mid roll. And for stand up, I’ve always had positive results with sprint intervals. But nothing compares with the actual training
I was thinking like i already know that video why do i get a notification but there it is in new !
If you can knock out 500 Hindu squats below 15 mins (1 squat every 1.8 seconds) and do a ‘Gotch Bible’ workout easily, you will feel the benefit in any physical endeavour - from fighting to walking... P.S. I can’t do either right now at 51 years young - but I have frequently in the recent past. Work to do I guess! Edited for auto spelling.
Really well S.A.I.D. Ramsey 🙏💯
Running and cycling definitely help cardio, when I came back after the gyms were closed when I was doing those exercises in between i definitely felt better than when I did nothing in between
I don’t like to run myself but there is too much of a benefit in skipping rope and running. If all done upon your capabilities you’ll surely become a different athlete. That’s surprising not many realise that even those at the professional level but again everyone is different.
Right on point man. I can spar for long rounds but I hate running.
Its just that, muscle memory, body gets used to certain ways of the most movement, cardio fighting capacity ive called it, just different types of fitness.
Excellent video!
I found cutting down on running and adding more bag work improved my cardio in sparring.
Makes sense. A fight is a lot more like bagwork than roadwork.
ive done a lot of hiking trying to bow hunt. the hills are like 25 plus degrees. i went running the other day and it translated to decent running despite not running for a while
THANK YOU! FINALLY SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS
I’m only running because I need to drop weight! I have a bad BMI so running helps me loose weight! Once I’m at fight weight then I’ll stop running! Training by day Watching Ramsey Dewey at night! All Day!!
Everyone is diffrent. Running is really good for punching kicking leg strength. Ramsey didn't really box he was more of a clinch knee fighter.
Very wise outlook
I used to hate running, until I learned how to run, now it’s awesome training. Springing of with the glutes and the calves on the ball of the feet. It’s very good for that in out aspect of fighting and good for calf and glutes. But you have to put oomph spring and zest into every stride, if your just gonna plod along for a while, probably not worth it.
Incorporating these things into your training may help but as a trainer for many years (32) Coach Ramsey is 100% correct!! Again another great video!!
They lucky , that ddddouble arm bar , with choke and heel hook . Coach Ramsey was getting out and kill them all with the Magic touch Of the Death Finger
I’m a distance runner. New to taekwondo. Just a green belt. Coach is right. Two min rounds kicking and punching. A whole different animal. If you want to be a good fighter, you gotta fight. No short cuts.
I join my son once a week for a boxing session. The coach said for my age (40) it's rare to have a my kind of stamina. Maybe because I do Bas Ruttens boxing cds when i'm not in the gym.
Hey Ramsey, could you do a video on blocks and guards
I've been running a lot over the past few months because I have a dog who refuses to walk. At the same time, my fight endurance has actually gotten worse because I haven't been able to train as much.
Like you said with your experience swimming, cross-training "shocks" the body and makes your muscles work differently. I think it helps get through a plateau in training and helps with repetitive motion stress... but it doesn't replace actually doing what you are training to do (boxing, sparring, grappling, etc.).
My best cardio improvement happened about 6 months after I stopped smoking. Dont waste time folks, quit smoking now!
I’ve found that doing “cardio/conditioning” for other/better reasons is best done through exercises that do not tax your sport-taxed muscles; and to train one’s sport-antagonistic muscles. Good techniques are either efficient movements or contrary movements for the reason of more efficiency.
I do a lot of running purely for the sake of building up endurance. Not physical endurance, but making it easier to shut down the voice inside my head telling me to stop. Long, drawn-out, menial tasks like that are really helpful for letting you access a bit of the gas you're not comfortable using
I wish I lived in a area that had good reliable public transportation and wasn't so spread out so that having a bike was a idea way to travel. We could solve so many environmental issues if we just walked and biked a few days a week, instead of having to drive everywhere.
Ramsey, the way you talk is so epic. it's so dramatic lol
Dont know about other martial arts but for boxing roadwork is essential, nothing really can replace it properly. Its purely for stamina purposes, also can act as a gut check.
Nick and Nate Diaz both have insane endurance during fights and they both do triathlons on their off time in addition to MMA training. There's something to be said for optimal lung and heart endurance in a battle.
I like the video background instead of it just being blue lol
This is why my warm ups mostly consist of combat related movements such as footwork or form along with some other exercises and stretches. I just up the intensity with faster movements. I think squat jumps are very useful. Painful, but your lower body will be a tree trunk and your judo throws will be killers.
Running, cycling, tennis, etc are great for some cardio cross-training to martial arts but another thing not factored into in this video is that the best cardio for martial ANY sport is swimming. That is because swimming does something the aforementioned do not; it uses the full range of motion of almost the whole body. The aforementioned will tighten you up and need extra stretching to increase or keep your ROM for martial arts, so they should be done sparingly.
SPECIFICITY is king! Great video coach.
I think context matters - cardio isn't going to win you a fight but if you're just starting out it can help you get into shape to start training. I was close to 46 when I started at a gym (first proper exercise since school!) and it was the cardio - mainly running - that had the most dramatic impact. I lost around 35lb in 4 months and then started a martial arts class with my daughter. My point for writing this is that some people might watch the video and dismiss cardio entirely. It can be a useful tool. It was for my fat a**!
My cardio on the ground is pretty decent but when I train standup which I rarely do I get gassed and danced around on easily, I was always intending to train more stand up just focusing alot on the ground at the moment , and I do hill runs to complement it all and give me that added boost on my days off training. But I agree with Ramsey.
I guess shadow-boxing would be the most ideal "transfer" cardio towards combat sports training, but I'm also keen on jumping rope and swimming. I feel like they cover a lot of bases in tandem.
Ropeskipping for Boxing and Kickboxing is the same myth in my opinion. I prefer shadow(kick)boxing with jumping step shifting from one feet to another, instead of ropeskipping. Works also on the footworkskills and coordinating it with kicks and punches.
I agree w almost all of your vids, but I disagree with this one. I’ve wrestled for a long time, was a state finalist in folkstyle, and a state champion in freestyle wrestling. Cardio was always my Achilles heel in wrestling. I wrestled more than 95% of my teammates, yet I didn’t fix my cardio problem until I took up cross country and sprinting. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure it doesn’t crossover perfectly... but it helped tremendously. Once I got my 8:30 mile down to below 6:00, I saw a tremendous increase in my wrestling endurance
he's talking BS. all pro's do roadwork since the dawn of time.
Cycling could cause joint (knees) problems as well if you are not hydrating constantly and your seat is not properly leveled. And you should also observe your heart rate and not red zone your heart - in my opinion it is much easier to do this on a bicycle.
brilliantly expleined master.. thats why i wondered why i wont gas out after 10 or 12 rounds of punching bag cos i do it years but probably wouldnt run 3miles 😉😉😉
Running doesn’t cause joint problems. It can help joints for your longevity. Dose makes the poison.
What if your overwieght and running on concrete? Im 15kgs overwieght, i feel it will harm me.
@@eddard9442 cycling :D
@@eddard9442 or swimming even better. but its less accesible.
@@eddard9442 The same with any other activity, you have the correct recovery time. Issues (in all exercise) come from over-training and not having the correct amount of recovery time.
@@Halbared fair enough
I agree to some extent. For years I've been doing kettlebell circuit training and it has always helped me a lot for endurance and cardio during the jiu-jitsu classes. Also when I had to stop kettlebell exercising for a few weeks or didn't feel like it for a while, I can honestly say that my cardio during class was not as good anymore. Some cardio workouts are nothing more then healthy but indeed pretty useless for functional purposes, but others can be very useful.
Kettle bells have A LOT more crossover to grappling than running and biking.
@@RamseyDewey Yes and I'm glad we can at least do this as an alternative during our second lockdown here in Europe.
Building an athletic base is good for sport and life in general. It's no substitute for specificity though. Great video.
I concur. I'm a boxer and tried to become a Pro Wrestler (WWE). I could not make it through training. Had to stick with boxing. See, boxers and most athletes move in horizontal directions. Pro wrestling is verticle movement. Getting slammed, getting back up. Powerlifting guys slamming them, and getting back up. So, up and down up and down. Completely different worlds in my experience.
Ramsey bout to go full on businessman. NOGIBJJ and hot mix tape music. Start selling those albums when you drop them.
some days in jiu jitsu my “cardio” will be struggling during warmups but fine during hard rolling
Running does build the most important muscle, the heart. Bicycling does too, but I think maybe the running more approximates fighting, boxing at least.
Yeap Ramsey! It sucks for us office workers specially in my company where we are so slamed with work that for you to catch up to your workload. You have to work extra hours that you wont notice by the end of the week, you will clock 55-60hrs in total. Then when its time for exercise, since you are so mentally drained. You feel exercising is like a form of forced march to your death. Of course, in my end I still do my best to exercise daily even if its only 15min of cardio. But thats the reason why they say that office work is the worst when it comes to your health.
one thing i noticed when i started working out, i was REALLY out of shape, not from the difficulty working out, but from HOW MUCH MORE energy i had a month or two in than I had before I was working out, something as simple as a diet can change EVERYTHING about how you feel on a daily basis, you move faster, you think faster, you feel smarter, i'm not sedentary people are stupid, thier not, but you think faster and grasp concept much more clearly and much more quickly when you have better bloodflow to the head, it's insane really the level of difference, you don't know theirs something wrong with you if you've never been better
I think people mix cardio up with muscular endurance. Cardio is how about how well your heart and lungs can deliver oxygenated blood to your muscles. Muscular endurance is how long your muscles can repeat a particular movement without failing. They are linked but separate. When you run you train your heart and lungs plus build muscular endurance suitable for running. When you swim you train your heart and lungs plus build muscular endurance suitable for swimming. The heart and lungs stuff translates quite well between activities but the muscular endurance bit is more activity specific.
5:39 that made me smile. Looked like a walking dead scene or submission gangba*g 😁
Well how much energy use you can sustain is seperate from how efficient you are at any particular activity. If you want to be able to last longer at boxing (for example) both are going to be relevant
Hello Ramsey, when I practice shadow boxing and footwork, I always feel a good burn in my left leg and calf but not a whole lot in my right leg. I try to practice both southpaw and orthodox to even this out but still have this issue, I’m worried I might develop a imbalance and was wondering if you had any experience with students who felt this or any tips to work to feel it equally in both legs when working boxing footwork. Thank you
Hey there coach Dewey! I’ve decided today to ask you for some guidance on how much I should work out. My apologies if it’s a bit long. I’ll be 19 on Nov 3rd, I’m 5’ 11” and weigh around 200 lbs. I’ve been doing body weight workouts at least 5 days a week for a month now and today I’m going to cut down my meal portion sizes. If I’m not physically active for most of my day and get 8-9 hours of sleep consistently, is it okay to workout as much as I want without worrying about taking days off constantly to let my body repair or would that be unhealthy and overall detrimental? I’m tired of looking and feeling this way, and I’ll do what I need to improve, but I worry a lot about doing too much or too little, that’s why I humbly required your guidance. Stay safe, stay healthy, thank you, and god bless 🙏🏾
Agree 100% coach. You don't see a basketball player kicking a football 🤔. I haven't run for any of my fights. I personally think fighting is mental, physical & good technique; the greatest of these is mental. I have trained with very strong/muscular guys & while they would be stronger for the first, their bad technique & cardio for combat fades quickly.
neck and back problems so i couldnt run when i was training seriously, for cardio for martial arts, id just do alot of sparring and circuit training, and was able to spar for 15 minutes with no breaks. a few times a day.
I use cycling for recovery. Just chill and ride my bike. It's good for my core and back.
Here’s a counter point: I believe running is the best form of cardio for combat sports despite not being the most sports specific form of it. The reason? It’s huge benefits to mobility and posture and strength in the lower leg. I find that whenever I’m running as part of my muay thai routine, I’m much more comfortable with hip extensions, high kicks, and staying light on my feet.
Would you say then that sprinting would have a greater effect than distance running? I think it trains the fast-twitch muscles and flexibility needed for powerful kicks to a much greater extent around one's hip flexors as well as the quads / calf region, plus it has the added benefit of a HIIT training approach that would more closely resemble fighting than sustained, low intensity training like distance running. The only major downside I can think of is that it's much more rough on one's knees than distance running typically would be.
I agree, my backs and hips always get tight and sore, but running seems to help, only when you run properly though, using the glutes and calf’s
That rather sounds like active recovery than cardio training tho
Hey coach, love your work, very informative. By the way, my dad always said the best self defence technique is the "running" technique 😂 WAITE ! I think i had a grate realisation, maybe all those running for warm ups, roadworks and cardio in martial arts maybe, just may be, it could be for you to get ready for a situation when some one is going to attack you with a knife. That's it! That's it! so they were not useless after all. They were the real self defence in martial arts. Why couldn't we figure out this soon😮 🤣