The best answer is prevention. If you watch the stand ups and reversals for MMA course (available on my website DavidMMA.com), I make a point to avoid getting into front headlocks. It's very common for people while standing up to let their head go underneath their opponent's chest. This gives your opponent an easy headlock, which he can turn into all sorts of submissions, including a Darce choke. If you learn how to stand up properly, you minimize your risk of getting stuck in a front headlock. Likewise, taking bad shots will also get you stuck in a sprawl that can also be turned into a front headlock. I can do a video on what to once you get caught in a Darce, but it's more important to understand how you got there in the first place and how to avoid it.

Nice and I'm glad to hear it. You got into before it was cool 👍😂

Pretty much 🤣. But the trick is being consistent, being patient with your lifting program, and allowing your body to recover and build strength over time. It's not a race, so I don't have to force myself to lift too heavy. Using good technique and not forcing it also makes you more efficient and prevents injury, which is why I film, so I can study myself and make sure the bath path is optimal.

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I like it. This is from RepOne. It can measure velocity, acceleration, length of pull, and duration. The most useful is velocity. When you know your velocities with each exercise, you can understand how it is going to go and be better prepared. For example, on a squat, I know that once it gets around .24 m/s, I'm close to failure. I also know that if I am moving a certain weight at a velocity, if I increase the weight by X%, my velocity decreases by a similar amount. This allows me to lift smarter and avoid injury. It also lets me know objectively that I'm getting more powerful instead of relying on "feel". I have had days where I feel beat up but when I lift I do amazing. As they say, what is measured is improved, so I like measuring everything 🤣

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Just posted a course on this on my website, DavidMMA.com that is a available for members 👍

@@DavidAvellan cool, it's $20 a month, and I can cancel easily after one. month if i chose to do so ?

Correct. You can cancel from your account page whenever you want, so no funny business. A membership gives you access to all my courses, all the articles, and the forum. 👍

You are very welcome. This is from a private esson I'm teaching for a student that wanted to focus on standing up and turtle offense and defense for MMA. The course is going to be available on my website for members tomorrow if you want to see more of it 👍

They don't. If you listen to the whole video (available on my KZbin as well), I make the distinction clear. Being willing to die means you're ready to sacrifice everything, even your life, to achieve your goal. Being willing to kill means you're willing to destroy anything in your path. Dying is not implied for you. Now you may have both, being willing to kill and willing to die, but I find that many people when they say they're willing to die, they have the image of a hero's death, like a martyr, and they're willing to make a big sacrifice. Whereas somebody who's willing to kill sees the objective with them coming out on top alive and well.

No hermano, es 157.5lbs. La barra es 45lbs, el disco largo es 45lbs, el disco pequeno es 10lbs, y tengo un disco rojo de 1lb, que no puedes ver porque esta cubierta con un disco blanco de .25lb.

It's not difficult to get into either. I have been playing this for over a decade, and I haven't seen anyone else using this.

Let me know how it works out for you :)

I have been following the Madcow 5x5 with some modifications (stronglifts.com). I give myself either 2 or 3 days of rest (3 is once a month if I'm very beat up) between lifts, so my schedule is not clean in fitting within a week. It's three lifting days, so the (A) day consists of a back squat, a bench press, and bent over row. I add a lat pull down and dumbbell curls for accessory lifts for hypertrophy. 5 sets for the big 3 lifts that are in 5 rep sets with a strength focus, so plenty of rest, ascending to a top set (12.5% increase between each set). The accessory lifts are sets of 10 for 3 sets with short rest (1 minute). The (B) day is back squats, overhead press, and deadlifts. This day is 4 sets of 5 reps, with the back squats more for volume and not going into a top set (stopping at around 60% 1RM). The (C) day is back squats, overhead press, and deadlifts, with accessory of cable rows and behind the back single arm cable curls. For the big 3, it's the same type of progression, but the top set weight is increased by a small amount (2.5lbs for chest and shoulders, 5lbs for legs and back) for a shorter set of 3. Followed by a backoff set of 8 at 60% 1RM. If you succeed in your top set, when you restart the next cycle, you bump all the weights up to fit the new top set for 5 reps. This is all better explain on the site, but I laid out it here just in case: davidmma.com/post/madcow-5x5

@DavidAvellan very nice detailed program, thank you, I used to follow a very similar schedule few months ago, gaining size and strenght, but after a month or so, I started felt very beat up for Jiu jistu. Probably cause I tried to fit It in a week always. Lately I've been following more a Strenght and conditioning approach..feels better but the 5*5 still amaze me...gonna take a look at your link and see if I can give It a try!

@@stefamonta3924 At 43, managing recovery is the main challenge. That is why I give myself more rest between lifts. Usually 2 is enough, and I'll lift and train martial arts on the same day. Just make sure to schedule enough recovery. :)

It's possible you could find a Kimura on that arm, but normally if they are framing well their upper arm (wrist to elbow) is going to be connected to your upper body, so it's going to be a challenge to create space so you can secure a classic Kimura grip. Reverse Kimuras are doable here and I show that quite a bit on my site

@DavidAvellan Thank you!

That is what I'm going for, so thank you. I am treating my weightlifting like my martial arts training. So I'm after the cleanest technique possible to help be more efficient and to keep safe and avoid injury. 🙏

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I have spotter bars, so I'm not worried about getting stuck under the bar, as I can just relax my back and the bar would rest on them, which is something I have tested and have done several times already 😂. Otherwise, I wouldn't clip so I could tilt them off in a worst case scenario.

It's funny you mention that. I agree with you that the uppercut or open grip (not grabbing their shin) reverse Figure Four can feel stronger and as you mentioned, you can argue you can raise the fulcrum more. However, like you I don't have a conclusive answer as to which is better as they both work 😜

They are from late 2000's, so not quite old enough. If I was using shorts from Sperry's time, it would be old school vale tudo shorts 🤣

I'll take that as a compliment 😆

I suppose anytime is possible, but I never have seen an injury with this pass in my decades of training. I'll rate this is safe, as with even with a knee cut pass, I have seen it hurt people a few times (knee to face, knee to groin, etc).

@DavidAvellan makes sense. thanks for the insight. i'll give it a go!

Thank you. I could have done one more rep, but that wasn't in the program (madcow5x5). I have lifted more, but I was heavier. I'm at 193lbs now, so this is pretty good. I have done 300lbsx5 but at 207lbs. For my purposes of martial arts and self defense, I'm strong enough where an extra 10lbs or so doesn't really make a difference. But I do enjoy seeing improvements in ROM, speed, and technique 💪

⁠ well keep it up I’m 54 years old and I worked out like a religion all through high school and in through the Marine Corps. I worked out and felt like I never had any gains. But then I started working out again like I did when I was in my 20s. The muscle remembered and shot back like it was on steroids. I was pushing 405, 315 10 times. I always tell my daughter the two most important things you can do for yourself is study and never stop studying. Work Out like your life depends on it, and your body and your mind will be in sync. The physical routine is so important so stick with it don’t give up.

@PlayCraftStore wow! That's some monster weight and a great message. I love hearing about the veterans (both literal and figurative for athletes) keeping the lifestyle beyond the career. I say the difference between a fighter and a martial artist is that martial artist embodies the lifestyle, whereas the athlete is only in it for the short-term. I want more martial artists and healthy people 💪💪💪

I do pauses on my warm up weights occasionally. But this was my top set, and I am doing my best to get a bounce off the bottom (which I don't believe I do well yet). I don't think if I paused at this weight I would get up, or if I did it would be only 1 rep. I'm doing strong lifts Madcow5x5, so slowly incrementing weight by each cycle, which has worked out well. 💪

@ a mad scientist I see. Great work

More of a mad nerd 🤣. I have recorded all my lifts since 2018 and have a tether to measure my velocity, acceleration, etc 🤓

Have you checked out the Rippetoe Squat technique? I think if I had done it earlier in life I would have a healthier back.

I tried both low bar and high bar squats, and found low bar to be more stressful on my lower back. I find the high bar squats allowed me more range of motion, and don't bother my back. I am also a short femur, long torso person, so perhaps the leverages work against me for low bar? I am not sure, but since I switched the high bar, I feel much better.

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I'm glad it was valuable for you. In my website Davidmma.com I have lots of small courses with beginner level content you might want to check out 👍

I have been in the martial arts for over 27 years, and fought professionally, cornered boxers, and MMA fighters throughout my career. Is it possible that Mike was holding back and this fight was rigged? Sure. But I didn't see that. I saw Jake holding back, particularly after the round 3 I believe were Mike seemed to have problems moving around (probably on account of the bad knee he entered the fight with and age). The fighters I know saw it the same way as I did. Age can make you look slow, hesitant, as your speed, reaction time and timing are off. In the end, I stand by my statement here, which is this was about a payday. I don't fault Mike for taking it to score 8 figures, especially if it was rigged. Plus, he got to be the main event of one of the biggest combat sports events in history, and move around in the ring. That's a thrill he got to experience that most fighters never get to experience, let alone a 59 year old fighter. So whether it was rigged or not, doesn't make a difference to me. If Mike is happy, good for him. :)

@ Dude, have you seen the contract? If Mike knocks out, he virtually gets no dough. If he stands around and does nothing for eight rounds, he gets maximum pay. What does that tell you? I know it tells me enough.

I have not, and I can't find it online. Where are you finding a copy of the contract?

From what I can see, the idea this was contractually rigged fight is is all just rumors. I have not seen anybody post a contract that shows any stipulations. I'm not saying it isn't possible, but to say that as if it's a fact is misleading. If you have a link to said contract, I would be happy to see it and change my view.

@@The40yearolddork You’ll be surprised, read the contract. If Knox out in first and second round, he gets Nada. Enough said.

If you can, then yes I would. I have short legs, so it's hard for me to get body triangles, to my detriment. But if you have the ability to body triangle, then I would say yes use it.

​@@DavidAvellan Gotcha! I have short legs too by the way lol

Gotcha, when you can't get the body triangle and just the regular hooks don't have enough retention, you can try for a truck ride, triangling only the bottom leg instead of the whole body. If you're good at this control, in some ways it's worse to be in than a body triangle, as it really creates a lot of hip extension which makes it harder for you to shrug your shoulders to hide your neck. I will say it's trickier to control as you can only really control it from the bottom leg so the guy rolls over you have to switch.

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