When I first saw Daru, I thought he was his wrestling coach who also served as an S/C Coach. The first time I watched him was him watching in on a session with Dustin wrestling. But then I watched the other stuff and I'm like this is not going to work for Khabib. Khabib is not doing all this fake science stuff like that. He's drilling. I think the most I saw him do was air resistance while drilling takedowns that @moosaev posted. That seems applicable.
The Westside Method has its place as an effective method of increasing maximum strength. I did a version of the original conjugate system of the 90s with bands, alternating reps, weights, and exercises during high school, and I never plateau'd. Given I had only been training for two years as a 16 year old, it could be inconsequential, but I never had an issue with my progression since I made steady progress whereas my friends were trying new programs every now and then.
There's a lot of quackery that seeps into martial arts training, its weird. Even in boxing, there are all sorts of really dumb drills that have zero functional benefit but are used in many gyms. Pool noodles, those little balls tethered to the head that Lomachenko uses, even padwork. None of it really helps. Sugar Ray Robinson never hit pads a day in his life, the only things he did were shadow boxing, heavy bag, speed bag, road work, and sparring. Thats literally ALL you need for boxing according to all the legendary trainers.
Not saying they don’t take it seriously I’m saying they incorporate it more in their workouts. Look at Khabib and his team, they play basketball, they do long wrestling sessions, it’s more fun. And yeah I agree Firas is a nerd
Robbie revigorated and extended his career (at ATT actually) when he dropped sparring and focused on technique and S&C.
Actual pilots and Formula 1 drivers use simulations. I actually even remember an amateur real life F1 driver losing to a gamer who’s pretty good at the F1 simulation games in a real life race. I wonder what specific simulation training there could be to help boxers.
Pool noodles are actually amazing training tools lol, it saves the health of the boxer and trainer too because they can drill without having to put hands on eachother.
Every legendary boxing trainer i've heard speak on it say its pretty much useless. There's absolutely nothing they provide that can't be accomplished with shadow boxing + bag work, you don't even need a trainer physically involved to drill. Back in the day, the trainer would shout instructions as the fighter hit the bag sometimes, but most of the instruction was during sparring. All high level pros should be able to do self directed drills in shadow boxing and bag work. Everything else is superfluous.
The tape is honestly the weirdest trend I have noticed even in top level sports.
