Interview with Jon Jones' Physique Trainer

[Ackmed]

Cliffs:

- Stan Efferding is new to Jones' team. He feels Jones' MMA coaches put him through a lot of training...this overtraining combined with low-calorie dieting during fight camp iimpacted his prior fight performance
- Part of Stan's role is to coordinate all physical training his coaches put him through to ensure his body isn't being fatigued too much
- Jones' wife sends pictures of all of his meals to Stan as well as the # of hours he sleeps every day.
- Jones has been transforming - he has lower bodyfat and more lean body mass than before. He weighs 254 lbs now.
- he eats over 4,000 calories, including 250g protein, 80g fat and the rest from carbs. (Considering his size and activity level this is isn't a crazy high amount)

 

[The Blue Bird]

The Rhino is the man true master

 

[Ackmed]

The Rhino is the man true master

I didn't know much about him before, just read his name here and there. From this interview he seems really intelligent and strong AF!

 

[gluehuffer1776]

seems natty

 

[Garnet_StrongerThanYou]

Is this the guy who puts the needle in Jon’s ass?

 

[Slatersan]

Stan Efferding is the shit. The vertical diet is great too.

 

[tech99]

If Jon starts using The Kooler hes going to be unstoppable

 

[Xoleth]

seems natty

Creatine & fish oil

 

[Prologue]

 

[Yep]

Creatine & fish oil

Strikes me as a guy who is insecure with his symmetry or lack there of.

 

[2004 account]

Stan probably took one glance at Jon's hamstrings and immediately thought 'there's no fixing them shits' and chuckled a bit inside.

 

[Xoleth]

If anyone is interested, after minute 54, they are talking about steroids and growth hormone.

 

[mooseman17]

Should Jon really have the rhino working for him front and center with his steroid image and all? At least do it in the background like the rest of the fighters do.

 

[DRTP91]

Definitely natty

 

[Shoden]

He's helping him stay natty.

 

[kumitechamp]

Me and op can’t be the only ones thinking 4,000 calories seem low? Maybe this is an average. Some days he when he is putting in lots of work he consumes more and on rest days he consumes less.

 

[Frode Falch]

Wtf i eat 5000 calories a day. Give or take.

 

[Kyler Ruxin]

Me and op can’t be the only ones thinking 4,000 calories seem low? Maybe this is an average. Some days he when he is putting in lots of work he consumes more and on rest days he consumes less.

yea at 245 lbs of pretty much pure muscle, that seems way too low. When Floyd Mayweather was in jail for a bit I remember his lawyers complaining that he wasn't getting enough food, because of his training he needed like 8000 calories a day or something like that.

 

[listrahtes]

Cliffs:

- Stan Efferding is new to Jones' team. He feels Jones' MMA coaches put him through a lot of training...this overtraining combined with low-calorie dieting during fight camp iimpacted his prior fight performance
- Part of Stan's role is to coordinate all physical training his coaches put him through to ensure his body isn't being fatigued too much
- Jones' wife sends pictures of all of his meals to Stan as well as the # of hours he sleeps every day.
- Jones' has been transforming - he has lower bodyfat and more lean body mass than before. He weighs 254 lbs now.
- he eats over 4,000 calories, including 250g protein, 80g fat and the rest from carbs. (Considering his size and activity level this is isn't a crazy high amount)

I work with strenght trainers in my profession and respect them if they educate themselves with evidence based training approach.
Efferding is managing training load which is not that difficult to do but ok he is right that a lot of mma coaches dont even do that.
BUT and thats a big but. If you coach professional athletes its a huge red flag if your coach uses roids to this amount. Thats an absolute NOGO. I wont condemn him for using in the past. Pro Bodybuilding you have to, end of story but continuing to do so AND coaching young athletes from different sports is fucked up.

That he "developed" his own diet ok Its a marketing tactic I get it but I really hate all this false marketing with his own sucess story when they leave out the roids they ate like cherries. Its dishonest and I would not work with such a coach. The diet itself is ok but basically its what most professionals would advise. The thing is if you are a pro you will always need a specific eating habit that fits your situation and no programm itself does that.

To me this coach puts up several red flags.

 

[Peli]

Creatine & fish oil

His abs looked mangled. I don't have good an genetics myself so I can relate