How to avoid burnout and coincide studying and training - Coach Firas Zahabi shares his story

Coach Zahabi shares his story on how he dealt with burnout while studying and training and how he had to sacrifice some things in order to reach a higher goal.

[@Jamusictv]

I can relate to this. Back in 2010 I was DJing on the weekends, working 40 hrs a week at my job, planning a wedding, enrolled in a Masters program taking class in the evenings,.... And hitting MMA routine.....Needless to say, my wedding fell apart, I almost failed school and I needed to take a long break.......

[@ishakaimen1576]

Coach Firas, you are like those masters you see in movies. Like ninja turtles’ master splinter. You aren’t only a master of martial arts but also a very wise man

[@poeticmic6219]

The flow training on JRE is why I subscribed to your channel. About to watch :) Love from the UK

[@soulfuljacko]

Poeticmic me too.

[@poeticmic6219]

@@soulfuljacko Joes the man :D Firas is a deep guy too :D

[@Volpenowski]

What is the flow Training?

[@poeticmic6219]

@@Volpenowski dont give 100% 100% of the time. Give 70% in favour of training more often. So you spend less time recovering and more training

[@irshadazeez4764]

Mashallah. Youth energy is a beautiful thing.

[@cornfarmer69]

Holy shit, didn’t realised I had this few years ago. I went hard studying and training 7 days a week, started getting really bad headaches. Still can’t do less than 7.5 hours or sleeping without getting a headache. Thanks for this insight coach

[@1__1734]

Hope that this doesnt happen to me how can you fix it training like 6days a week or not so intense? If you want for example to study psychology and have high aspirations as a fighter like me

[@beelzebootthecanadiandevil9600]

Sounds like you need to talk to your doctor about seeing a Neurologist.

[@TwoTabsProduction]

Definitely agree with sacrificing some things to reach higher goals! Experienced similar burnout too!

[@insaneguy1197]

I'm studying, working, training and competing at amateur level, i completely understand you man...

[@brn2bdwn]

Coach my friend God bless you Brother have a great day

[@CR-eg9xk]

Great video. Real men always put family first. Thanks Firas

[@TolgaOzisik]

I can't tell with words how I like this video and the value behind it. Thank you, Firas!

[@rodrigocrisostomo521]

Thanks Firas..time management is key...family, work, school...it's possible, just need to commit, put your head down and get it done....going through this as a 52 year old...your video was very helpful

[@muss2055]

it feels so good that someone as great as firas knows my point of view.

[@stringsnare]

burnout and mental health episodes are usually quite similar, and generally both occur during periods of intense stress. i have had 3 burnouts in my life, all were started by poor sleeping habits, poor eating, and lack of social connection. it sounds so stupid but the 3 basic things, eat, diet, sleep, are so freaking important. i hope i learned by the third one.

[@edgarbedoya2418]

Love This Firas! I’m a 20 year old full time college student that trains And competes in jiu jitsu. this definitely helped out.

[@0fficer_friendly]

What are the tips? Did not understand it

[@arza0932]

Structure your days - find ways to build/manage your energy - Better manage your limits.

[@sugoi9680]

@@0fficer_friendly The biggest one is to understand when you say yes to something you have to say no to another.

[@DanielFreeMan365]

I just had that experience Firaz, not as bad as your level but i lost 30 pds and had an injury due to overburnout and exhaustion. Its important to respect the body. Great advice

[@darkwing5458]

Geez man thanks for this video I was balancing shift work with kickboxing and playing video games with an average of 4 - 5 hrs for years. Spent years being tired and I still am...always exhausted. I'm injured so I only do cardio and weights and when I take breaks between training I'm at 1000%. Then the dump if I train everyday.

[@PaKiKiNg908]

Thank you Coach! Needed this!

[@ayohab5757]

Mr firas.just so much respect brother.im 32 and im just learning so much from you sir

[@Khalil-Ibrahim21]

Coach this came to the perfect time ❤️ I was asking myself how often should I train. Getting more and more into bjj but with 32 years, family and work it's not that easy to find the right balance.

[@horatioredgreenblue2130]

"Aggressive type of learning" is right. Enjoying the long-form pleasurable learning for knowledge and interest after the intense grade-hunting of formal university.

[@cesarr.gomezjd1054]

Thank you so much for this video. This came at the right time, as I am balancing training, working, coaching, and now the bar exam. You are a wise man. #subscribed

[@ivandrago2557]

So smart man every thing he said couldn't be more true

[@achannel1818]

I'm happy I found this video

[@DeejayRach0]

Wow Thank you so much for this video.

[@blueprintbr]

True fam. I’m very aware of resting and recovery. Training, studying, printing, advertising. Physical fatigue and mental fatigue.

[@timtaylor9590]

hey coach it's called chronic fatigue. i suffer from the same thing because i over worked myself and all the while wasnt making good life choices. it effects me everyday and really hurts my cardio i also had to alter my diet alot. i have to being very careful with what i do and how i manage my stress and recovery. joe rogan had a guest on his show who shared his story with the same sickness, some ppl will be bed ridden for months and it takes a very long time to recover where theyll never be the same, it's also easy to relapse.

[@JOEY_TREN]

I just started experiencing this. how did you recover?

[@timtaylor9590]

@@JOEY_TREN first i woud check out the guy who talks about it on joe rogans pod. basically its entire life changing process. the most important thing is sleep and stress management, next is diet. some ppl have to quit their jobs, some days you will be stuck in bed, thats the hardest part for me was feeling like i was alone and helpless. its also important to have a strong support system like freinds and family. then you need to figure out what foods to avoid, usually its caffine, alcohol, and sugary or fatty processed foods, stick to whole foods. next focus on increasing your stress tolerance but only when you feel like youre making progress, take it slow and try to manage expectations. do things like walking, yoga, hot cold therepy, fasting, and really light cardio. its also a good idea to seek medical advice although its tough to find a doctor who knows what to do.

[@JOEY_TREN]

​@@timtaylor9590 thanks for the advice. yeah for me in the past couple months it's totally made me housebound unfortunately. I was working out and playing basketball 7 days a week now I'm trying to recoup. hard to look at screens and extremely exhausted all the time.

[@rasmusquavangsfar9447]

I'm 20 years old, study economics and want to be a fighter at the same time. I train mma, muay thai, bjj and I compete in all of these arts, as an amatuer middleweight. I also lift weights for explosive power sometimes and up to fights and competitions, I try to run 2 times a week. Its just difficult when you have school you need to focus on, because I cannot be perfect in both, even if I want to. I have to suck a little bit in school to be a good fighter, or I have to be a fighter with bad results to be good in school. I feel like I have 2 full time jobs, which is nearly impossible. But I really try. But recently I have had stomach pains. I have to go to the toilet constantly, and I am shitting 4-5 times a day. I have a very hard time falling asleep. I'm constantly worried about stuff, almost anxious. Right now i'm sick with a cold, have headache and my eyes hurt when I look at light. I am very confused all the time and my friends are saying I look high on drugs, even when i am just tired.

[@7ish4m]

Hope you are feeling better now!

[@Shadow1986]

yeah burn out

[@JOEY_TREN]

chronic fatigue?

[@bez1196]

Sounds like it's a stress reaction. Hope you recovered and learned how to manage your stress better.

[@joes46985]

Anxiety brother, try to slow down a bit, and for the stomach issues try espinheira santa idk the name in English

[@andresjimenez6282]

Thank you so much for sharing this brother. Greetings from Costa Rica pura vida !

[@Andrian.Nilsen]

Thank you, Firas! :)

[@fahimtabshir3473]

Thanks for the info Firas. Sometimes it is hard to decide whether you are a better coach or motivational speaker.

[@TheLockon00]

Really valuable video, Firas. Thank you.

[@youngsams0361]

thanks coach!

[@MegaRory1995]

Wow I needed to see this I can relate so much with this

[@GQUAN92]

Thanks for sharing !

[@mtsuchor]

Love hearing your perspective, Firas. My family is on Canadian East Coast but if I come through Montreal will definitely love to take you up on the offer and check out the gym

[@housamenaimi8428]

Thank you, wise words.

[@yungemu3236]

Man I know all about burning out used to train and work 100+ hours a week starting having serious isdues

[@JOEY_TREN]

what kind of issues you had ? and did you recover well ? I'm going thru this now.

[@callum5752]

Did you recover?@@JOEY_TREN

[@MichaelJames707]

Still such a good video, thank you sir.

[@TsarXT5]

Legend this is what I needed!

[@theintelligentidiot8556]

These videos never disappoint always great nuggets of information in each and everyone of them

[@scottyg5403]

It sounds like a mindbody disorder. The fact that you are so driven can contribute to this disorder. You should check out the work of Dr. John Sarno. Love your channel! Great video!

[@WATN23]

Maybe this explains why I've had migraines lately.. can totally relate, thanks for this.

[@klalrinchhana5680]

You're a master coach. This is really helpful as many martial art practitioners are also students and neex to do other work as well. This topic is great, well explained, thank you as always

[@ron2037]

Very interesting video, learned a lot, thank you for making videos like this

[@808BJJ_Black_Belt]

I’ve experienced burnout too it was horrible super sick all the time, injured, no energy, couldn’t focus

[@JOEY_TREN]

I'm going thru this now. you recovered?

[@callum5752]

Did you recover since?@@JOEY_TREN

[@tariqo16]

Thus video took so much time to get to my feed but at least now some stuff make sense to me.

[@DJ_Osiris]

I'm in the same situation. The burnout isn't as intense, but the symptoms with the headaches, light sensitivity, if I miss even a couple hours of sleep ... all that I can relate to.

[@khonyeleaglefergumedov9175]

Thnx for information sir

[@1112-g1x]

thank you 4 making this video ive had burnout / fatigue like u 4 the last 11 yrs. mine kiked off with glandular fever. lm glad you spoke about how important your sleep was to you wen u were suffering from fatigue, i showed the video to a few family members (sometimes i think thy think tht im full of bs.) could you please make a follow up video on some specific methods to recover in general and how to recover after training. thnks mark.

[@JOEY_TREN]

did your fatigue get better bro ? I'm just gonna thru this as well. my onset was similar to Firas'. it didn't start with a virus but I'm not sure that matters

[@1112-g1x]

@@JOEY_TREN yea it did bro, and your right it doesnt matter my grandmother got cfs frm exposure to chemicals...its all about how strong yor mitochondria are, if u want i can give u the rules of the game fast track u to improvments.? jst let me knw happy to help.

[@JOEY_TREN]

@@1112-g1x yes brotha! Any tips would be greatly appreciated! I can walk a few miles and do push ups and some physical activity. The brain fog is my greatest nemesis.

[@1112-g1x]

@@JOEY_TREN ok so its nt crippling fatigue aftr exercise ?

[@JOEY_TREN]

@@1112-g1x I have pem but I'm already exhausted all the time. A couple weeks ago I was sensitive to lights but that went away with rest. It might not be chronic fatigue and just a hyper sensitive nervous system. I've had all the blood tests and ct scans. Nothing else going on.

[@dattrax7]

Thank you for sharing this information and experiences Coach! Much appreciated!

[@timm285]

I would add that it depends on what your studying in university. If you’re studying in a stem field or medical, science, mathematics....it’s harder to train. If your studying humanities subjects like sociology, psychology, etc...you don’t have to study in those classes. A lot of the time everything you need is in the lecture if you stay awake. If you’re a biology major you will HAVE to study extra after class.

[@jordansimmons7886]

psychology and sociology are both stem fields my dude

[@jordansimmons7886]

@@Sylo. www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12599/nsf12599.htm#appendix the national science foundation thinks otherwise. fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42642.pdf

[@jordansimmons7886]

@@Sylo. how do you differentiate between hard and soft science?

[@madtitanmma1676]

@@jordansimmons7886 zenergy just shit on you

[@jordansimmons7886]

@@madtitanmma1676 he shit on my by citing a wiki definition of a colloquial term. Look up the word "colloquial", might help you understand.

[@firegate6316]

Respect Firas

[@istaticz817]

Firas thank you for this, your insights are so helpful!

[@alihouadef5539]

Especially while travelling, I completely shutoff

[@theomen49]

I've been doing this as well, but I've always try to be concious of not doing too much. I succeed in not doing too much in school and work, not always so much with jujitsu. Too much stress with shorten the lifespan, I think.

[@aleksandar736]

Just discover this amazing channel. Know about you coach from Joe Rogan podcast and that was amazing but this is also great as well bcs i resonate and feel empathy with your way of thinking and behavior. Thank you :)

[@maxtrujillo9147]

I worked (half time) and trained (full time) as a student (full time) at 18-19 yo. Idk who is built for that, not me.

[@SDSen]

Unless you're preparing to take part in MMA/UFC as a pro. Then leave the training out till you're free from your studies

[@jatinnandwani6678]

Hey Firas, it seems timtam.tech is unavailable at the moment, i just wanted to check what's the content in there.

[@aky19832001]

I call that the immigrant mentality, I did a similar event be necessity. It's what every young man should do!

[@vuvuzela691]

He's literally telling you how this harmed him and it took him years to recover

[@resistencialiberal9555]

I'm taking 5 classes a semestre. So I am burned out, luckily enough my gf dump me just as I had a nervous breakdown because she "couldn't help me out emotionally." I only asked to be listened.

[@DarkAhilan]

You don't need her bro

[@resistencialiberal9555]

@@DarkAhilan You are right my dude, I don't she also ended up fucking 2 guys that week. Got dumped by both, and now she lost her mind and is doing hell lot of drugs and having casual sex. It is quite sad to see it, but I even offered my hand to help her out and she basically told me to fuck off lol.

[@orestisnalmpantis]

coach I always ask you on live podcasts that I notice that you forget some times easily or confuse your words. I have the same stuff happen to me and I myself had a burnout the same age you did. I think it leaves back some minor problems unfortunately, even if now you are aware and dont over stress... what do you think?

[@rossleeson8626]

Fisrt film I ever made had a crew of 20 I produced it myself. I almost fainted on set, and had lumps on my shoulders out of nowhere. It was severe stress lol

[@vilchesboss]

8:20 GOLD

[@ronmka8931]

man i wish i worked to hard that i got sick, I can barely get myself to do shit

[@1__1734]

Hope that this doesnt happen to me how can you fix it training like 6days a week or not so intense? If you want for example to study psychology and have high aspirations as a fighter like me.

[@johnmure8804]

Coach, did you ever have mri done on your brain? I’m glad your feeling better but maybe you should get one.

[@nave94]

It’s hard to get 8 hours when my last class finishes at 9 and I don’t get home until and have to be up at 5 for work. Would you recommend just a day or two of not training.

[@elmotron]

Are these available as audio podcasts??

[@madtitanmma1676]

Probably not but those shitty youtube mp3 websites work well

[@maxrr555]

Your headache sounded like migraine to me🤔

[@emeliedenmodige2470]

So sorry for ot, but im mostly interested in how we are going to save human life and avoid disaster. And how one motivates oneself to do things that are funny but useless (like devoting your life to training)? Maybe one can use its platform as a megaphone to make people aware and so. Interesting video!

[@EliteteamMontereyJiujitsu]

Do you think that it was adrenal fatigue?

[@nenadjuric8824]

Firas, these are called cluster headaches.

[@forwardistic4010]

guys I live a similar life with studying, training twice a day, and working, do yous think getting 8hrs of sleep, good diet, meditation and occasional days off would be enough to prevent burnout?

[@kobe3fann24]

Were you drinking a lot of caffeine those days ?

[@itsGaleZ]

Fuck man.. im soon gonna get my own appartment so i gotto work 24h and also do school for 2 years but i rly dont wanna stop mma :/

[@stealthyblade8993]

Did you have to stop mma?

[@itsGaleZ]

@@stealthyblade8993 Not because of the school+appartment thing. Covid made me unable to do mma unfortunatley. I was still training 4 days a week before covid

[@fitnessabdul6811]

@@itsGaleZ Do you still train?

[@justinvernon7318]

I am a channel member, would anyone be kind enough to let me know how I access the perks? thanks.

[@MontyQueues]

its interesting hearing this cause am on the opposite heh

[@oakland2425]

I've wondered why a world famous MMA coach seems not to watch an awful lot of fights. It's almost always like, "ok guys I have not watched this huge huge fight." I'm like "Whyyyyyy.....it takes like 15 minutes."

[@37random]

Trying to save time had cost me some time

[@JesusChristEmmanuel]

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[@IgorGutman]

What's your ethnic background, Zahabi?

[@GoldenHellcat]

Igor indian

[@kobe3fann24]

@@GoldenHellcat he not Indian lol

[@bez1196]

Lebanese

[@TravisBaginashvili]

Dude almost sounds like you had a stroke

[@capoeiraguy_official]

And I wonder how the fuck Dwayne Johnson sleeps 4hours a day :O

[@luklopskywalk]

7-10 years? Fuck

[@Happyfsscist33]

Dehydrated

[@Happyfsscist33]

Possible head trauma in training you didn't realize.

[@Toxic-Ego]

Salam my brother. Question for you! What do you do so you dont fall into the trap of the islamaphobes Using the Shia and Sunni differences to cause division and conquer your country. I’m sure you know Afghanistan’s stories and whats going on there! Right now Shia Muslim getting killed and massacred all over Afghanistan and many places in Pakistan. What do you say to those people who think its ok to kill someone just because they have different beliefs to you?! Finally have you actually studied the sunni shia difference in depth, if yes I’d love to hear your opinion. Salam

[@beelzebootthecanadiandevil9600]

Firas Zahabit: Cries about getting a headache. Also Firas Zahabi: "Depressed people are just lazy."

[@bez1196]

That's what you got from listening to him? Simpleton.

[@Cmon_]

Completely misunderstood his point

[@beelzebootthecanadiandevil9600]

​@@Cmon_ I didn't misunderstand sh*t, I simply pointed out that the man is both incredibly ignorant and stupid, as well as he's a total fkn pussy.

[@AxelArmentaMMA]

Coach I have/had something very similar to this called ME Cfs or chronic fatigue syndrome aka a hypersensitive nervous system I have/had all the symptoms dizziness head ache light sensitivity fatigue headache ect hear palpitations I went to a lot if doctors ect but since cfs is rare disorder they couldn’t diagnosed me and just said i had severe anxienty wich I never hand I have been traing MMA since I was 11 years old constantly overtraining over perfectionism and pushing my mind and body to the limit everyday with the “Perfect diet “ perfect traing “ cuz I wanted to be a champ after a while my body and nervous Symtem couldn’t take it and I crashed and got CFS at 19 I could no longer train and was bed ridden for 2 years now Im a bit better since I gotten help from therapy and a program and just started to train a bit this month after building up slowly with gradual extercise therapy no where near as in shape as I was but little by Little day by day one of my dreams since a kid was to train at your gym since i always looked up to gsp as he got into martial arts for the similar reasons but I know god willing I will be back to full health and will train with you guys 🙏🥋🥊🤼🥋

[@AxelArmentaMMA]

To anyone reading this just remember life is all about balance and peace of Course follow your dream and Train hard and smart but also take rest breaks mentally and physically as week don’t push you body and mind all the time to the limits like every fitness guru tells you to do like coach says consistent over intensity i a living example of what happen when you push to hard I have a vid about it on my Chanel if anyone wants to know more about it

[@bertmclin]

Coach, you’re awesome! Love your insight and I’m a huge fan. 🫶😄