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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: 196
« on: September 18, 2017, 01:25:59 pm »BW: 85.7kg
Activity: 12.5
Misc:
Diet Compliance:14/14, 0/5, 9/9, 0/2, 4/4, 0/2, 14/14(PR)
Here we go. Heavy day! Last training session at 33 y/o.
BS 3x140(PR), 0Fx160(lifetime PR attempt)
SVJ PR!!! RVJ PR!!
BS 5x132.5(PR), 5x135(PR)
RDL 10x120(PR), 8x210(PR; hooked)
TDL 8x90(PR), 8x100(PR)
Hill Sprints 4(PR; +10kg vest), 4(unweighted)
BackXtn 12x60, 12x60, 10x60
Notes:
First session out of the way. I bailed on the 160kg at quarter squat position. My weaksauce quads just can't look out what my glutes and hips can bounce out. This is frustrating but i know now with the tarpbar filling the gap (training the portion of quarter squat from dead stop) i will FINALLY address this weakness. Anyway! Im gna go back for the 2nd sesh later tonight!
2nd session was dope. Killed every set i attempted. PR for daysssss. It still seems unbelieavable to me but the only exercise which causes my legs to fatigue or get a burn .. is ... freaking tarp bar DL. And im using such modest weights too. So maybe i got it wrong all along. To get stronger legs i needed to ...... DL .. all that time spent obsessing about my squat nevertheless left my legs weak. lol. So awesome to discover that after all this time. All along I hammered my strong point instead (glutes & hams) of my weak point(quads). Now we know. Having said that, i need way more reserve PC strength to make up for my shit build for squatting. So im gonna keep progressing EVERYTHANG .. but now also my weaknesses which i wasnt hitting before.
that is pretty much the definition of a "PR fest" .. was awesome scrolling down my IG feed and seeing "PR", then another "PR", then another "PR", and one more "PR".
and turns out, there's even more PR's, not video taped. lmfao.
happy birthday man.. keep riding this wave dude, straight up beast mode.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: September 18, 2017, 01:24:29 pm »Happy birthday btw. May all your jumps match or exceed your age.
thanks! The tarp thing is from the old internet forum i cant remember which, either Power & Bulk or Irongarmx where they'd always mispell it. Never learned anything else from there tho
Haha ok cool. I just assumed you were updating from a phone and it was auto correcting.
i assumed he didn't know how it was spelled, but, i also had part of me that thought he was spelling it that way on purpose for fun .. kinda like how people spell "the" -> "teh" .. hah.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Goal: 40in svj, 44in rvj, sub 5 sec 40yrd dash
« on: September 18, 2017, 01:22:21 pm »Just got the TENS machine for 45.99 from $70.... seems like a total pos but it gets the job done.....
Zapped my finger so bad too when i grabbed it on accident while it was on HIGH, still stinging right now lol.
^^ LMFAO'd. hah.
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Adarq- yeah lots activity is good, I want to gain some strength while I cut. I don't feel doing just 3 x 10 reps at a light weight is adequate. I'd like to do 3 x 10-12 reps at a decent weight while I cut, like 255 or higher. I don't do upper body lifts at all, lol.
btw when I said nice and light, I didn't meant it as "light weight". just to clarify, I was speaking about 10RM. 10RM is still well within the range for strength gains, and even more so in the range of hypertrophy gain than say 5 RM. So you can definitely gain strength using 10RM's and it's easier psychologically/nervous system wise than lower rep ranges, when calories are fluctuating below baseline.
as for upper, i'd at least do some bodyweight upper: dips/pushups/pullups/chinups are more than enough for maintain/gain upper body mass, and improve upper body strength/explosiveness.
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Lol at the NWO theory, very interesting.... I've definitely thought about all of that stuff. Today people are more dependent on the stuff that corporation offers: pharmaceuticals, processed foods, soda drinks, tobacco, etc etc.....
Entropy-- I don't know about ephedrine.... seems like it has some adverse health issues..... I just take some caffeine though and even that I tend to take too much some times. I used to take 200-400 mg a day when I got back to training, now I am at Kingfish level taking 600-800mg a day..... it's not good imo.....
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: warpspeed to the new scenario
« on: September 18, 2017, 01:18:01 pm »
damn 20 dips, beast PR. you were wrecked the next two sets, understandably. <3 dips. I remember when I couldn't even do one, tried one at like age 24 or so and felt my chest break in half.
also ya, SVJ's before lifting, especially lower, are also just a great warmup for the lifts themselves.
also ya, SVJ's before lifting, especially lower, are also just a great warmup for the lifts themselves.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Triathlon sprint prep
« on: September 18, 2017, 01:14:54 pm »Going the change up the workouts
3 full body days
A form of squat every day
2 weightlifting days/cf days
Long walks each day
nice. full body w/ moderate to high frequency is where it's at. also nice @ long walks. on occasion you can also throw some light runs in there, just when you feel good, get in a nice relaxed run of ~10-30s, throwing them in randomly.
btw you meant a form of squat every day on your full body days? or literally every day? I assumed the former.
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Had that interview and it seems decent but idt the pay is there for me.
ah
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Crazy Weird Analysis & Stuff :) / Re: The Resting Heart Rate Thread
« on: September 18, 2017, 01:11:54 pm »
something I wrote to someone (cyclist) today:
12:53 <@irma> some research warns against 30's RHR ... but, I wonder if there's a difference in how it's achieved.. ie, achieving it by being very lean & light, with low/moderate cardio, versus: TONS AND TONS AND TONS OF CARDIO
12:54 <@irma> the former seems safer ... your heart just doesn't have to work as hard, not as much mass/tissue to pump blood to
12:54 <@irma> the latter is an adaptation to very high levels of cardiovascular work
12:56 <@irma> i mean you hear stories of some people requiring pace makers later on in life.. like alberto salazar
12:56 <@irma> but, i wonder if that's also partly due to drug use in addition to tons of mileage
12:57 <@irma> i don't want to need a pace maker later on in life, that's for sure
12:53 <@irma> some research warns against 30's RHR ... but, I wonder if there's a difference in how it's achieved.. ie, achieving it by being very lean & light, with low/moderate cardio, versus: TONS AND TONS AND TONS OF CARDIO
12:54 <@irma> the former seems safer ... your heart just doesn't have to work as hard, not as much mass/tissue to pump blood to
12:54 <@irma> the latter is an adaptation to very high levels of cardiovascular work
12:56 <@irma> i mean you hear stories of some people requiring pace makers later on in life.. like alberto salazar
12:56 <@irma> but, i wonder if that's also partly due to drug use in addition to tons of mileage
12:57 <@irma> i don't want to need a pace maker later on in life, that's for sure
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Crazy Weird Analysis & Stuff :) / Re: The Resting Heart Rate Thread
« on: September 18, 2017, 01:10:45 pm »got some 39's in the data!!
46 avg over 22 minutes.
it's funny, a month or so ago, the "lowest" I got was 48's..
haha nice!!
interesting though .. so, if you get up and move around for a while, then go and sit down/relax, it's just consistently more elevated? I imagine it'll improve. My HR seems to drop back down if I sit down/relax. The only times i've measured RHR in bed, were manually but I never get a full reading, pulse does feel very low upon waking up. Though sometimes it's actually elevated. I've woken up, after more than enough sleep, with my pulse pretty high; almost as if my body is trying to get me to wakeup already.
Sounds like the beauty of having wrist based HR measurement. I have to go put on my chest strap lmfao.
Imagine walking around low 40's
probably feel ridiculously heathy.. lol.peace!
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Crazy Weird Analysis & Stuff :) / Re: The Resting Heart Rate Thread
« on: September 18, 2017, 12:13:09 pm »
got some 39's in the data!!
46 avg over 22 minutes.
it's funny, a month or so ago, the "lowest" I got was 48's.. 
46 avg over 22 minutes.
it's funny, a month or so ago, the "lowest" I got was 48's..
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Basketball / Re: A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUNKS AND SHIT.
« on: September 18, 2017, 10:26:38 am »
ya he was fun to watch .. i disagree with the palming dunks though, I actually find them much uglier than non-palming/non-blatantly palmed dunks.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: September 17, 2017, 05:09:12 pm »
sore but body feels fueled up.
09/17/2017
bw = 151
- ate a ton / drank a ton of sprite, so very happy that this was my very-fueled-up-weight!
soreness = quads slightly, hamstrings moderate, tibs/peroneals moderate
aches/injuries = none
morning quad flexibility = loose
morning hamstring flexibility = stiff
feel = good but tired
wakeup = 9 AM
- slept in koz went to sleep late
diet:
- 9:30 AM: some coconut water
- 10 AM: workout: ~1 km repeats + bw
- 11:30 AM: water + protein, green tea
- 2 PM: 2 x one eyed jack's using (san francisco sour dough bread, large free-range brown eggs), overly sauteed avocado, black tea
-- so good
- 6 PM: water w/ lemon
- 7 PM: workout: speed
- 8:30 PM: water + protein
- 9:30 PM: 3 x fried bananas in olive oil/salt
-- so good
bruh.
stretch:
- 4:30 PM: everything
relaxed 1050m walk back recovery: 3:59, 3:46, 3:43
- 10 AM
- felt crazy fast .. fueling up last night contributed to that
- those last two intervals are ~5:4x pace
damn. hamstrings sore, but felt great. ate alot last night for the Canelo/GGG fight, so I was properly fueled this morning. These were "moderate efforts" but very relaxed. Last ~km could have been significantly faster, noticed my form was breaking down 3/4ths into the run then fixed it. Once I fixed it during the run, I kept looking at my watch and my pace improved immediately. That's good to know.
The form break down was, a "roll from heel to toe", which is more of a slower strike for me. Once I made some adjustments and got back to a "flat foot strike" (quicker GCT), I got faster & it felt more effortless.
Most of the runs i've been doing recently aren't "properly fueled". This is intended, as i'm trying to lean up to the max. So fueling up makes me feel ridiculously stronger.
Plus it's hot af out.. This workout is a good sign IMHO.
bw:
- 11 AM
- ng pullups: BW x 10 @ 8 + 2 dead hang
- full dips: BW x 10 @ 9 + 1 hang
- standing single leg raises: x 20
- standing single leg abductions: x 20
calves/tibs+peroneals/hamstrings sore/tight.
speed work: sidewalk speed - full recovery: ~320m (53.7), ~290m (48.7), ~240m (43.1), ~210m (36.7), 6 x ~177m (30.5, 30.7, 30.0, 28.8, 28.2, 26.4
felt pretty fast tonight!
everything with relaxed acceleration build up, except for the last ~175m where I hit 26.4s (~4:08 min/mi pace). All of the intervals were basically low 4 min/mi pace with running form not sprinting form (like usual), that was the goal. Keep hammering that pace so my body gets more used to it and can produce it more easily.
TBH, i'd like to be able to produce sub 4 min/mi paces easier. Almost seems mental.. like how is 4 min/mi the barrier for me, why not 3:50 or 3:55? Almost seems like my brain is playing tricks on me.
Going to try a new style of progress tracker: monthly, embedded into my journal posts. Obviously this should be something fancy/amazing by now but, will make do with this. Also, going to go "across" rather than down, so it all fits into one small block.
TBH, I really like this so far.. even though I only have a few data points thus far.
September (09) 2017
Bodyweight: [(1,155), (2,156), (3,155), (4,154), (5,153), (6,153), (7,152), (8,152), (9,153), (11,153), (12,152), (13,151), (14,149), (15,149),(16,150),(17,151)]
Total Jumps per leg: [(2,90),(15,50)]
- per leg total: 140
Max SLRVJ Touch: [(2,10'4"),(15,10'5")]
- L-SLRVJ: 10'5"
- R-SLRVJ: ?
Total miles walked: [(3,14.06),(5,9.2),(6,6.3),(6,9.5),(7,6.3),(12,6.3),(13,3)]
- total: 75.9 (eek lmfao)
- TODO: 9/7
- TODO: 9/15
- TODO: 9/16
Total walk time: [(3,4:01:29),(5,2:20:00),(6,1:30:00),(6,2:21:00),(12,2:06:00]
- total: 15h:39m:xxs
- TODO: 9/7
- TODO: 9/15
- TODO: 9/16
Total speed interval distance: [(2,2500m),(9,1432m),(11,1609m),(17, 3150m),(17,2607m)]
- total: 13551m
- TODO: 9/7
- TODO: 9/12
- TODO: 9/16
Max run speed (mph)/pace (min/mi): [(2,16.6,3:31),(7,14.1,4:15),(9,13.4,4:28),(11,13.7,4:23),(12,16.3,?),(13,14.5,4:09),(15,14.5,4:09),(17,15.8,3:47)]
Total jump rope time: [(4,60m)]
- total: 60m
Total jump rope messups: [(4,12)]
- total: 13
Resting HR: [(3,32,45,40)]
PR's: []
Races: []
Soreness: [(3,"very sore","hamstrings,adductors,shoulders,upper back,quads"), (4,"very sore", "hamstrings,adductors,shoulders,upper back"),(5,"extremely sore", "hamstrings,calves,shoulders,tibs/peroneals,feet"),(6,"very sore","shoulders,hamstrings,adductors,calves,tibs,peroneals,feet"),(7,"slightly sore","shoulders,hamstrings,calves,feet,quads"),(8,"slightly sore","hamstrings,feet,quads"),(9,"slightly sore","hamstrings,quads,calves,feet"),(11,"none","none"),(12,"none","none"),(13,"none","none"),(14,"moderately sore","quads moderate, hamstrings slightly"),(16,"moderate","quads slightly, hamstrings moderate, chest slightly, tib ants slightly, shoulders slightly"),(17,"moderate","quads slightly, hamstrings moderate, tibs/peroneals moderate")]
Morning Quad Flexibility: [(14,"stiff"),(15,"loose"),(16,"very stiff"),(17,"loose")]
Morning Hamstring Flexibility:[ [(14,"stiff"),(15,"loose"),(16,"very stiff"),(17,"stiff")]
Wakeup: [(4,11:00 AM, 9),(5,6:00 AM, 5),(6,5:45 AM, 7.5),(7, 8:30 AM, 9,(8, 7:30 AM, 7),(9, 8:00 AM, 7),(11, 8:30 AM,
,(12, 8:30 AM, 9),(13, 7:30 AM, 9),(14 9 AM,9),(15, 6:30 AM, 7),(16, 7:30 AM, ,(17, 9 AM, 8.5)]
- (day, wakeup time, hours slept)
Aches/Injuries: [(6,"right achilles area slightly"),(7,"left heel barely"),(8,"feet slightly"),(9,"shins slightly"),(11,"none"),(12,"none"),(13,"shins slightly"),(14,"none"),(15,"left achilles slightly - briefly"),(16,"none"),(17,"none")]
09/17/2017
bw = 151
- ate a ton / drank a ton of sprite, so very happy that this was my very-fueled-up-weight!
soreness = quads slightly, hamstrings moderate, tibs/peroneals moderate
aches/injuries = none
morning quad flexibility = loose
morning hamstring flexibility = stiff
feel = good but tired
wakeup = 9 AM
- slept in koz went to sleep late
diet:
- 9:30 AM: some coconut water
- 10 AM: workout: ~1 km repeats + bw
- 11:30 AM: water + protein, green tea
- 2 PM: 2 x one eyed jack's using (san francisco sour dough bread, large free-range brown eggs), overly sauteed avocado, black tea
-- so good
- 6 PM: water w/ lemon
- 7 PM: workout: speed
- 8:30 PM: water + protein
- 9:30 PM: 3 x fried bananas in olive oil/salt
-- so good
bruh.
stretch:
- 4:30 PM: everything
relaxed 1050m walk back recovery: 3:59, 3:46, 3:43
- 10 AM
- felt crazy fast .. fueling up last night contributed to that
- those last two intervals are ~5:4x pace
damn. hamstrings sore, but felt great. ate alot last night for the Canelo/GGG fight, so I was properly fueled this morning. These were "moderate efforts" but very relaxed. Last ~km could have been significantly faster, noticed my form was breaking down 3/4ths into the run then fixed it. Once I fixed it during the run, I kept looking at my watch and my pace improved immediately. That's good to know.
The form break down was, a "roll from heel to toe", which is more of a slower strike for me. Once I made some adjustments and got back to a "flat foot strike" (quicker GCT), I got faster & it felt more effortless.
Most of the runs i've been doing recently aren't "properly fueled". This is intended, as i'm trying to lean up to the max. So fueling up makes me feel ridiculously stronger.
Plus it's hot af out.. This workout is a good sign IMHO.
bw:
- 11 AM
- ng pullups: BW x 10 @ 8 + 2 dead hang
- full dips: BW x 10 @ 9 + 1 hang
- standing single leg raises: x 20
- standing single leg abductions: x 20
calves/tibs+peroneals/hamstrings sore/tight.
speed work: sidewalk speed - full recovery: ~320m (53.7), ~290m (48.7), ~240m (43.1), ~210m (36.7), 6 x ~177m (30.5, 30.7, 30.0, 28.8, 28.2, 26.4
felt pretty fast tonight!
everything with relaxed acceleration build up, except for the last ~175m where I hit 26.4s (~4:08 min/mi pace). All of the intervals were basically low 4 min/mi pace with running form not sprinting form (like usual), that was the goal. Keep hammering that pace so my body gets more used to it and can produce it more easily.
TBH, i'd like to be able to produce sub 4 min/mi paces easier. Almost seems mental.. like how is 4 min/mi the barrier for me, why not 3:50 or 3:55? Almost seems like my brain is playing tricks on me.
Going to try a new style of progress tracker: monthly, embedded into my journal posts. Obviously this should be something fancy/amazing by now but, will make do with this. Also, going to go "across" rather than down, so it all fits into one small block.
TBH, I really like this so far.. even though I only have a few data points thus far.
September (09) 2017
Bodyweight: [(1,155), (2,156), (3,155), (4,154), (5,153), (6,153), (7,152), (8,152), (9,153), (11,153), (12,152), (13,151), (14,149), (15,149),(16,150),(17,151)]
Total Jumps per leg: [(2,90),(15,50)]
- per leg total: 140
Max SLRVJ Touch: [(2,10'4"),(15,10'5")]
- L-SLRVJ: 10'5"
- R-SLRVJ: ?
Total miles walked: [(3,14.06),(5,9.2),(6,6.3),(6,9.5),(7,6.3),(12,6.3),(13,3)]
- total: 75.9 (eek lmfao)
- TODO: 9/7
- TODO: 9/15
- TODO: 9/16
Total walk time: [(3,4:01:29),(5,2:20:00),(6,1:30:00),(6,2:21:00),(12,2:06:00]
- total: 15h:39m:xxs
- TODO: 9/7
- TODO: 9/15
- TODO: 9/16
Total speed interval distance: [(2,2500m),(9,1432m),(11,1609m),(17, 3150m),(17,2607m)]
- total: 13551m
- TODO: 9/7
- TODO: 9/12
- TODO: 9/16
Max run speed (mph)/pace (min/mi): [(2,16.6,3:31),(7,14.1,4:15),(9,13.4,4:28),(11,13.7,4:23),(12,16.3,?),(13,14.5,4:09),(15,14.5,4:09),(17,15.8,3:47)]
Total jump rope time: [(4,60m)]
- total: 60m
Total jump rope messups: [(4,12)]
- total: 13
Resting HR: [(3,32,45,40)]
PR's: []
Races: []
Soreness: [(3,"very sore","hamstrings,adductors,shoulders,upper back,quads"), (4,"very sore", "hamstrings,adductors,shoulders,upper back"),(5,"extremely sore", "hamstrings,calves,shoulders,tibs/peroneals,feet"),(6,"very sore","shoulders,hamstrings,adductors,calves,tibs,peroneals,feet"),(7,"slightly sore","shoulders,hamstrings,calves,feet,quads"),(8,"slightly sore","hamstrings,feet,quads"),(9,"slightly sore","hamstrings,quads,calves,feet"),(11,"none","none"),(12,"none","none"),(13,"none","none"),(14,"moderately sore","quads moderate, hamstrings slightly"),(16,"moderate","quads slightly, hamstrings moderate, chest slightly, tib ants slightly, shoulders slightly"),(17,"moderate","quads slightly, hamstrings moderate, tibs/peroneals moderate")]
Morning Quad Flexibility: [(14,"stiff"),(15,"loose"),(16,"very stiff"),(17,"loose")]
Morning Hamstring Flexibility:[ [(14,"stiff"),(15,"loose"),(16,"very stiff"),(17,"stiff")]
Wakeup: [(4,11:00 AM, 9),(5,6:00 AM, 5),(6,5:45 AM, 7.5),(7, 8:30 AM, 9,(8, 7:30 AM, 7),(9, 8:00 AM, 7),(11, 8:30 AM,
,(12, 8:30 AM, 9),(13, 7:30 AM, 9),(14 9 AM,9),(15, 6:30 AM, 7),(16, 7:30 AM, ,(17, 9 AM, 8.5)]- (day, wakeup time, hours slept)
Aches/Injuries: [(6,"right achilles area slightly"),(7,"left heel barely"),(8,"feet slightly"),(9,"shins slightly"),(11,"none"),(12,"none"),(13,"shins slightly"),(14,"none"),(15,"left achilles slightly - briefly"),(16,"none"),(17,"none")]
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800m+ Running and/or Conditioning / Re: Misc Running Videos
« on: September 17, 2017, 04:01:26 pm »
mo dropping lots of nice videos, love it.
also mo's hamstrings look tight.. but he also looks loose most everywhere else. i'm similar, but less loose in the hips. So my quads are loose & hamstrings tight, like him.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o7TKy3lllQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o7TKy3lllQ</a>
also mo's hamstrings look tight.. but he also looks loose most everywhere else. i'm similar, but less loose in the hips. So my quads are loose & hamstrings tight, like him.
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Boxing / Re: Gennady Golovkin vs Saul Canelo Alvarez
« on: September 17, 2017, 03:59:53 pm »
something I posted in a t-nation thread:
Well that was a lovely scrap.... What a sick fight.
I came away with different take-aways than some of the posts in this thread:
- Canelo's boxing skill is superior to GGG's. He was slipping GGG's punches all night, making him miss by a mile on many occasions. His counters were so sharp. He had GGG frozen for a good portion of the fight, GGG just couldn't unleash his power because he was missing too much & was cautious about what was coming back.
- Canelo's body work is absolutely beautiful. GGG abandoned his body work, for the most part.
- Canelo was way too tight in this fight. He looked nervous from the onset. He was shaking his arms throughout the fight, just didn't look settled. Even with all that, he somehow was able to slip & counter beautifully. GGG looked so relaxed and confident from the onset.
- Canelo's "Floyd Impersonation" probably tired him out even more-so. Just way too much backward movement, dancing around the ring. That's not his style, and I don't think it served his stamina well in this fight.
- GGG's heart is incredible. Towards the end of the fight, between rounds, man was he sucking wind. He looked absolutely trashed in the corner. But once the bell rings, he just comes forward in terminator mode and pushes through it. He didn't let his foot off of the gas, even while being very visibly fatigued.
- GGG's power is incredible, but Canelo can take it. Canelo's power is solid, and GGG can take it as expected.
- In the rematch, GGG won't be able to make as much adjustments as Canelo. This is why, for the rematch, I personally feel more confident that Canelo will win a decisive decision, as long as Canelo stands his ground more and comes in with more confidence. If Canelo has stamina issues throughout the entire fight, GGG will win "again".
- GGG definitely won that fight, but not by much. I can see how that could be called a draw, but 118-110 for EITHER fighter is an absolute disgrace. That fight was very close. I personally had GGG winning 116-112 but that could have easily been 115-113, which again is close to draw status.
I've seen some highlight videos posted so far, and in my opinion, Canelo has the majority of the highlights: slips, counters, combos, movement, all in Canelo's favor. His boxing is so damn sharp it's really impressive. GGG is a true warrior with freak power, but he's like an "old dog" at this point. I don't see him acquiring some of these nuanced skills like Canelo has done over the years. Canelo adopted TOO MUCH of a "Floyd style" in this fight.
IMHO, If Canelo stands his ground more in the rematch, I think he can really school GGG. When Canelo did stand his ground, he got the better of the exchanges. I have no problem with him backing up, but he needs to do it more "controlled" and waste less energy moving back explosively. He also needs to do less of it in general, and just stand in the pocket slipping & countering which he proved he can do against GGG. If he makes those adjustments, which I think he will because he's that caliber of fighter, the rematch should go his way.
Also if anyone remembers, he stood between rounds in his last (few?) fights. I think he's been trying to improve/address some stamina issues in anticipation of a fight like this. IMHO, he was struggling for most of the fight. To me, you could see him trying to relax, but he just couldn't relax on the level he wanted. I think confidence and nerves could have alot to do with it, or maybe it has more to do with the weight gain, since he looked alot more relaxed when he fought at true welter. This is something they need to try and fix, fast. I don't think it's as simple as more road work/conditioning, there's some other stuff going on there. I mean he's been in so many 12 round fights, massive title fights, etc - at this point he should look way more comfortable throughout the first 3 quarters of a fight like this. The "arm shaking" is a big sign to me.. You don't do it as much as he did it, if you're not feeling very tight. He did lots of subtle shaking of his arms, and some overt ones as well. As a counter example, I can't even think of the last time I saw Floyd shake his arms in a fight.. Floyd's 12 round stamina is absolute god-mode. But Floyd ALWAYS fights his own fight. He doesn't switch it up like Canelo did, and fight with a different style. He just goes out and does exactly what he always does, and he's completely comfortable doing it, no matter the work rate of his opponent.
Anyway, SICK FIGHT.
peace
Well that was a lovely scrap.... What a sick fight.
I came away with different take-aways than some of the posts in this thread:
- Canelo's boxing skill is superior to GGG's. He was slipping GGG's punches all night, making him miss by a mile on many occasions. His counters were so sharp. He had GGG frozen for a good portion of the fight, GGG just couldn't unleash his power because he was missing too much & was cautious about what was coming back.
- Canelo's body work is absolutely beautiful. GGG abandoned his body work, for the most part.
- Canelo was way too tight in this fight. He looked nervous from the onset. He was shaking his arms throughout the fight, just didn't look settled. Even with all that, he somehow was able to slip & counter beautifully. GGG looked so relaxed and confident from the onset.
- Canelo's "Floyd Impersonation" probably tired him out even more-so. Just way too much backward movement, dancing around the ring. That's not his style, and I don't think it served his stamina well in this fight.
- GGG's heart is incredible. Towards the end of the fight, between rounds, man was he sucking wind. He looked absolutely trashed in the corner. But once the bell rings, he just comes forward in terminator mode and pushes through it. He didn't let his foot off of the gas, even while being very visibly fatigued.
- GGG's power is incredible, but Canelo can take it. Canelo's power is solid, and GGG can take it as expected.
- In the rematch, GGG won't be able to make as much adjustments as Canelo. This is why, for the rematch, I personally feel more confident that Canelo will win a decisive decision, as long as Canelo stands his ground more and comes in with more confidence. If Canelo has stamina issues throughout the entire fight, GGG will win "again".
- GGG definitely won that fight, but not by much. I can see how that could be called a draw, but 118-110 for EITHER fighter is an absolute disgrace. That fight was very close. I personally had GGG winning 116-112 but that could have easily been 115-113, which again is close to draw status.
I've seen some highlight videos posted so far, and in my opinion, Canelo has the majority of the highlights: slips, counters, combos, movement, all in Canelo's favor. His boxing is so damn sharp it's really impressive. GGG is a true warrior with freak power, but he's like an "old dog" at this point. I don't see him acquiring some of these nuanced skills like Canelo has done over the years. Canelo adopted TOO MUCH of a "Floyd style" in this fight.
IMHO, If Canelo stands his ground more in the rematch, I think he can really school GGG. When Canelo did stand his ground, he got the better of the exchanges. I have no problem with him backing up, but he needs to do it more "controlled" and waste less energy moving back explosively. He also needs to do less of it in general, and just stand in the pocket slipping & countering which he proved he can do against GGG. If he makes those adjustments, which I think he will because he's that caliber of fighter, the rematch should go his way.
Also if anyone remembers, he stood between rounds in his last (few?) fights. I think he's been trying to improve/address some stamina issues in anticipation of a fight like this. IMHO, he was struggling for most of the fight. To me, you could see him trying to relax, but he just couldn't relax on the level he wanted. I think confidence and nerves could have alot to do with it, or maybe it has more to do with the weight gain, since he looked alot more relaxed when he fought at true welter. This is something they need to try and fix, fast. I don't think it's as simple as more road work/conditioning, there's some other stuff going on there. I mean he's been in so many 12 round fights, massive title fights, etc - at this point he should look way more comfortable throughout the first 3 quarters of a fight like this. The "arm shaking" is a big sign to me.. You don't do it as much as he did it, if you're not feeling very tight. He did lots of subtle shaking of his arms, and some overt ones as well. As a counter example, I can't even think of the last time I saw Floyd shake his arms in a fight.. Floyd's 12 round stamina is absolute god-mode. But Floyd ALWAYS fights his own fight. He doesn't switch it up like Canelo did, and fight with a different style. He just goes out and does exactly what he always does, and he's completely comfortable doing it, no matter the work rate of his opponent.
Anyway, SICK FIGHT.
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Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: The AMAZING Food Picture Thread
« on: September 17, 2017, 03:58:40 pm »
I killed it with this, was so damn good: