Rafael Dos Anjos S&C?

[RichardN7]

Just wondering. His S&C is unmatched in the whole division. His explosiveness and endurance are among the best I've seen. I'd go as far as say he even has GSP beat there.

Anyone know what his S&C training looks like? How many times a week, what kinds of exercises and drills... any info is appreciated.

 

[DrBdan]

From the Forbidden topics sticky:

How does athlete "X" train / or athlete "X" does this, so shouldn't I? There's a few different reasons we don't like these sorts of threads.
#1. Elite athletes have multi-year training histories, building work capacity, basic athletic qualities and skills. You're a different person, with a different training history, so your training shouldn't be the same.
#2. Very rarely will you find complete and accurate information on how a particular athlete trains. What you see may only be a small portion of their actual training, or it could be for the cameras, to psyche out an opponent or what have you. Without knowing in detail the how and why of someone's training, you shouldn't be hasty to emulate it.
#3. How an athlete trains, or all elements of an athletes training isn't necessarily optimal. There's various reasons for this, from wrong and dated views on training persisting, coaches trying to train outside their area of expertise, to athletes trying bizarre things looking for any edge.

So basically any conversation about this would be conjecture and probably inapplicable to anyone here so it's better suited to the heavies.

 

[rE]

One, his explosiveness and endurance are part genetic predisposition.

Two, his trainer is Nick Curson, who learned from the Marinovich brothers, who also trained BJ Penn for a while, IIRC. There is a JRE episode with Nick, you can also look on his instagram, he posts a lot of his athletes' training. But to learn everything you would need to get some sort of an internship there.

 

[HelloJapan]

One, his explosiveness and endurance are part genetic predisposition.

Two, his trainer is Nick Curson, who learned from the Marinovich brothers, who also trained BJ Penn for a while, IIRC. There is a JRE episode with Nick, you can also look on his instagram, he posts a lot of his athletes' training. But to learn everything you would need to get some sort of an internship there.

This.

 

[MysticCam]

I hear he takes a lot of good "supplements"

 

[tenniswhiz]

I hear he takes a lot of good "supplements"

I'll have what he's having.

 

[selfcritical]

His S&C coach has posted here before, has an approach similar to Sports Science Lab and the Marinovichs, although he's displayed a better understanding of energy systems than them.....he didn't react to critical questions that great.