Vitor looking to be in much better shape ahead of UFC 198 thanks to new conditioning approach

[FlyingKimurabar]

It's not actually a bad idea. Would increase your bicep and forearm strength so that you can squeeze harder. And will improve those muscles endurance seeing as his coach was making him hold himself for a minute.

Let's him practice choking for a long time without killing a man, what are you complaining about?



There's a lot of fighters who just spar to get their conditioning down actually, and that's what he's saying is a bad idea.

And moreover, Vitor is still sparring, so I don't know what you're actually complaining about. His coach is just leaving the sparring for sparring (i.e practice fighting), and not doubling down the sparring as conditioning work.

I've never watched a single count down or training video of a fighter which doesn't include them doing strength and conditioning drills, have you? I've myself trained at 3 separate gyms and all of them included lots of strength and conditioning and drills.

I doubt there's a single legit gym that just " spars " for conditioning. He made that up.

In fact a lot of problems might be coming from world class stupid conditioning lifting like Cains stupid knee lifting or El Cucuys worst deadlift form ever.

Some camps definitely spar too hard, but that isn't to get into shape. That's ego and stupidity. They still do a bunch of strength and conditioning to get in shape.

 

[markg171]

I doubt there's a single legit gym that just " spars " for conditioning. He made that up.

He's not saying that. He's saying that people use sparring as a major part of their conditioning and that that's what's bad. Sparring is meant for practice, not pushing yourself as hard as you can so your conditioning will improve.

Which some fighters do do. In one of GSP's countdown videos he mentioned that he spars for his conditioning. Yes he still weight trains and does sprints, but he's said before that when he wants to prepare for 25 minutes, he fights for 25 minutes.

 

[yaheyyosurveysays]

TS you forgot to post pic of said coach
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