Media Islam Makhachev became a gymnast

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Its a training video, for a newbie, lots of jokes and some useful tips, backflips.
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You can understand what he is showing even if you don't know what he is saying 100%

I don't speak Russian, Russian speakers feel free to add to this thread.
 
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It's true that GSP was doing a bit of gymnastics but it's weird in a sense that he has shown to be a bit stiff and uncoordinated. Not sure what to attribute it to, but he had a hard time doing a backflip or even a spring without looking weird and stiff. I'm not even sure I ever seen him doing a clean backflip. Obviously he has all the tools to do these easily but something is missing. Obviously technique is one thing that's missing but just fluidity of motion is off when I saw him do these things.

Even boxing he was stiff as hell with them hands.
Just relax GSP.
 
It's true that GSP was doing a bit of gymnastics but it's weird in a sense that he has shown to be a bit stiff and uncoordinated. Not sure what to attribute it to, but he had a hard time doing a backflip or even a spring without looking weird and stiff. I'm not even sure I ever seen him doing a clean backflip. Obviously he has all the tools to do these easily but something is missing. Obviously technique is one thing that's missing but just fluidity of motion is off when I saw him do these things.

Even boxing he was stiff as hell with them hands.
Just relax GSP.
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Thanks.
But do you see how physical and stiff that backflip is? Or is it just me?

GSP was always very stiff in my opinion. I don't have a good explanation for it, clearly the guy was an insane athlete he had a wild blend of explosivity, endurance and strength. His learning curve in regards to wrestling was perhaps the greatest we've ever seen in MMA. His kicks always looked stiff to me, like he lacked hip mobility and he'd straight leg the roundhouses a lot. His padwork was always very ugly too and he was super tight in the shoulders and an upper body puncher. I think most people agree GSP appeared robotic at times.
 
lol Khabib has his own breakfast cereal?
 

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It's true that GSP was doing a bit of gymnastics but it's weird in a sense that he has shown to be a bit stiff and uncoordinated. Not sure what to attribute it to, but he had a hard time doing a backflip or even a spring without looking weird and stiff. I'm not even sure I ever seen him doing a clean backflip. Obviously he has all the tools to do these easily but something is missing. Obviously technique is one thing that's missing but just fluidity of motion is off when I saw him do these things.

Even boxing he was stiff as hell with them hands.
Just relax GSP.
I think it's his feet, they turn out like a duck. Even when he runs, they flop and toes are pointed outside of knees. So everything looks like a push instead of a spring.

Added gymnastics training to my lifting a while back and the core strength changes are crazy. Who knew holding your own body up was so hard. Islam probably just ripped all the skin off his hands too lol. 5 minutes on the wooden bar will make you bleed.
 
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