Mo Lawal goes through a training session at Lava The Boxing Club in San Diego. It gets good at the...

Mo Lawal goes through a training session at Lava The Boxing Club in San Diego. It gets good at the 3 min mark.

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A naive question

Is it helpful to get abused like that prefight? I would assume that trying to get yourself used to impact pain/damage does nothing to help train…you depend on the adrenaline response in an actual competition. You don’t build a callus by repeatedly getting kicked in the thigh.

by the exit on Jan 28, 2009 1:04 PM EST reply actions

I dunno about ab punishment, but what you get from the leg kicks is micro-fractures in the bone which then fill in and result in thicker bones.

Don't believe a word I say, I don't train BJJ. -- TangleBones

by jemaleddin on Jan 28, 2009 2:02 PM EST up reply actions

I would assume that trying to get yourself used to impact pain/damage does nothing to help train…you depend on the adrenaline response in an actual competition.

I would think that would be dangerous. Often the shock of being hit hard can drop you and/or get your heart racing all out of whack, and that’s if the shock doesn’t put you down from the get-go. Training basically gets you used to the physical conflict. By the time you’ve gotten to the ring you’ve been hit, taken down, and not been able to hit your opponent a million times. None of it shocks your system anymore.

A KO is often compared to an electrical surge that your system isn’t used to.

by asa on Jan 28, 2009 6:35 PM EST up reply actions

Yup

When you’re used to being pounded on – you don’t panic when you’re getting pounded on again.

Gimme 1 Round!

by skwirrl on Jan 29, 2009 2:12 AM EST up reply actions

It DEFIANTLY helps to strengthen core muscles and leg muscles to prepare for the impact of strikes. Bones callus and muscle toughens and forms to protect the body.

Training like that directly before a fight is unwise, but they are still building him as a striker. This is why a professional can take massive punishment without collapsing (or sustaining serious injury), their muscle is conditioned to absorb strikes. Adrenalin can only mask damage, not prevent it.

All for one and one for all!

by Mixed Martial Adam on Jan 28, 2009 2:19 PM EST reply actions

Also – this workout is nuts. Mo will be a real threat eventually with his Olympic level wrestling and desire to round out his game

All for one and one for all!

by Mixed Martial Adam on Jan 28, 2009 2:21 PM EST reply actions

The guy works hard

and for everybody that would be like but he was getting caught repeatedly with the kicks while sparring. Well yah, but anybody kicking like that against him in competition would be squarely on their back after the second one.

Gimme 1 Round!

by skwirrl on Jan 28, 2009 3:49 PM EST up reply actions