Greg Jackson: Powerliftings a "problem" for Jon Jones

[BigDaddyBach]

I wonder if that means we wont see him at 200?? DC called it on MMAHour today; said the power lifting wrecked his cardio. DC should have fought him Saturday, he would have whupped him and maybe finished him. Jackson knows they have to get those muscles off and get Jon back to his slim self if he will fight DC and win. Jackson will want the fight later, maybe like November or at MSG while DC will want it asap. UFC 200 is like 2 month away, that is too short for Jon to get conditioned for a grappling war.

Like Roy Jones Jr, Jon may have absolutely screwed himself by adding on all that weight. When it is time to go down and fight the more skilled fighters, he wont have what he once did.

 

[theheater]

I thought the powerlifting was a great indicator of an increased level of dedication from him, but I had worried from the get go about his cardio. Hopefully now that he's back in the swing of things he knocks that off and sticks to what he was doing before.

or maybe he didnt want guys like rogan or faber making fun of how he looks?

 

[DeadlyDuddly]

I take your point .When i used to weight train i used to only train compound exercises bench press, shoulder press,squat ,dead lift and curls. The chap who run the gym was a World champion and World masters champion power lifter , he was the current World Masters champion at the time . He would be a pensioner now or perhaps dead.

Just checked still alive and kicking and involved in the administration of British and European power lifting .

 

[Was at Pride GP 2000]

By July they can erase all the power lifting and focus on extending his cardio. He will be stronger then DC v Jones 1 and he will have more power. DC paid the ultimate price by getting hurt and not training right. His only chance to win was Jones exploring the unknown. And now that he knows DC is a fight away from retirement.

Get a desk Job DC. You can eat all you want.

 

[Dead Kennedy]

Can't dog a man for wanting to get his swole on.

 

[Minoki Ichihara]

He needs to get back to what got him to the dance in the first place, Hookers, 8ball, and a few ounces if MJ.

This shit right here n$$$$a this shit right here!

 

[Minoki Ichihara]

Fighting is not a body building competition .My neighbours a beast built like a brick shit house , spent a couple of years intimidating me , kicked my dog because we made too much noise in the garden . I jumped over the fence and slapped the fuck out of him .Shame it wasn't a bench press competition he would have won .

I love fucking stories like this ...good shit right here

 

[dr_hellno]

"The mind is water. Water cuts everything. Rock, stone … your mind is water."

Ugh. Jackson really is one step removed from being Koresh-like with his horseshit. He's been told he's Yoda one too many a time.

 

[Sgt Smith]

I've never found strength training to have an adverse impact on my cardio. What I have found to have an impact is not training cardio often enough. Granted, I'm not a professional athlete by any means, but I've always included strength training as a core component for nearly 30 yrs of my life. Obviously professional MMA coaches are much more versed than I am, but in my personal experience I've never found it to have a negative effect. If putting a large amount of lean mass on his frame, I could see a more profound impact on cardio. Possibly it's related to him adding rapidly when it hadn't been a major component of his training in the past? I'm interested to see if he continues and whether or not it has a negative impact in future fights if he does.

 

[Cptn1NSAN0]

or maybe he didnt want guys like rogan or faber making fun of how he looks?

Yes, I'm sure he cares a great deal about being made fun of. He probably thinks about it all alone while driving his sports car to the bank

 

[Jawth]

I lift five times a week and can tell you I'm pretty much worthless for the rest of the day after each session because I'm so burnt out. If he pushes that hard too, which he'd have to make the gains he did I don't know how he could train MMA as well as he did before.

 

[koplin9]

I've never found strength training to have an adverse impact on my cardio. What I have found to have an impact is not training cardio often enough. Granted, I'm not a professional athlete by any means, but I've always included strength training as a core component for nearly 30 yrs of my life. Obviously professional MMA coaches are much more versed than I am, but in my personal experience I've never found it to have a negative effect. If putting a large amount of lean mass on his frame, I could see a more profound impact on cardio. Possibly it's related to him adding rapidly when it hadn't been a major component of his training in the past? I'm interested to see if he continues and whether or not it has a negative impact in future fights if he does.

its the laws of physics.

As you add muscle to your body, it needs more oxygen to produce energy in order to contract.

 

[Jawth]

So can he lose all that muscle in time for UFC 200?

No but he can concentrate on MMA training instead and do a lot of flexibility training too.

 

[NotoriousJoker]

Back when he first started power lifting, I said it could slow him down....Some Sherbro experts said I was wrong.

 

[Jermei]

Is this for real? How do they get the hot mic quotes. Suspect journalism without proving they actually said these things.

 

[Frittata]

He also picked up OSP,huge guy, like he was a baby two times,not saying Greg is wrong,he had a long lay off I think its early to judge....

 

[ocfightfan]

I said from the beginning that I had doubts about the powerlifting. It might be possible I suppose that it was part of some master plan, but those types of movements in and of themselves do not translate well to the athletic qualities needed for MMA. More likely they are counterproductive.

 

[dc007]

Anyone who thinks powerlifting is hurting him has never lifted anything heavy.

 

[Pls Respond]

I told u ppl powerlifting and no drugs would lead to a worst jones

 

[porcodio]

I've never found strength training to have an adverse impact on my cardio. What I have found to have an impact is not training cardio often enough. Granted, I'm not a professional athlete by any means, but I've always included strength training as a core component for nearly 30 yrs of my life. Obviously professional MMA coaches are much more versed than I am, but in my personal experience I've never found it to have a negative effect. If putting a large amount of lean mass on his frame, I could see a more profound impact on cardio. Possibly it's related to him adding rapidly when it hadn't been a major component of his training in the past? I'm interested to see if he continues and whether or not it has a negative impact in future fights if he does.

you can't really train strength and cardio at the same time. I think.