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Okay, I thought we were starting with “one logical statement I disagreed with”. I haven’t disagreed (or agreed) with the above anywhere in this thread. Without that you could have brought things back to the original thread subject I suppose “HEAVYWEIGHT COACH (why the average coach shouldn't be training heavy weights)”...Training time is valuable so dont waste it running for CARDIO when you could be grappling for cardio
Grappling is 10x the cardio as running!!!
# Logic no comedy
But okay, I don't want to muddy the waters; let's run with what you’ve gone with:
Training time is valuable so dont waste it running for CARDIO when you could be grappling for cardio
Of course, training time is valuable but the way you present this sets up a false premise. If we are talking about professionals, then we have whole days/weeks/months/years to work with.
In a given day are you saying that an athlete should just grapple all day? For example, would 8 hours of grappling be better for “CARDIO” than 7 hours of grappling plus 1 hour of LISS running?
Are we talking balls to the wall grappling or some deliberate variation of intensity? If intensity is being deliberately varied, how are intensity levels being measured?
Are there zero benefits to running (for combat sports) when compared to grappling?
So, to make the maths simple 1 hours running is equivalent to 6 minutes of grappling, for “cardio”?Grappling is 10x the cardio as running!!!
For what? All combat sports?
You’ve referenced wrestling, muay thai, MMA and boxing in this thread. If it’s just better ‘cardio’ would Muhammad Ali be as well to grapple for 6 minutes as he would to LISS run for an hour?
Even if we assume it’s a combat sport where grappling is a core component, let’s say an already expert grappler like Cejudo does no other training aside from either 6 minutes of grappling per day, or 60 minutes of running; which modality would be best (or least worst); over say a few months?
Maybe we should compare 12 minutes of grappling per day to 6 minutes of grappling and 1 hour of running? Which is the lesser of two evils when it comes to mitigating endurance deconditioning? Remember we’re talking cardio, not technique etc.
You’ve mentioned “science” many times throughout this thread; what evidence do you have to support your assertion that “Grappling is 10x the cardio as running”?
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