The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.
Fitness, for me doesn't mean a bikini body or a size zero. I just strive to be and feel healthy.
Energy is connected to physical fitness. One of the reasons I stayed at the top so long is that I was tremendously fit. At 36, I was fitter than most opponents ten years younger.
Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy, you don't need it: if you are sick you should not take it.
I normally work out six days a week. I'll do Pilates on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and I'll do cardio on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Fighters can fight into their 50s. Why not?
When I was younger, I could carry 270 around and run go routes, and it was no big deal.
I go into the gym and do 75 pullups, 75 dips, 150 squats, 150 pushups, and then 20 minutes of ab work. Done. It takes an hour; I'm in and out. I sweat the whole time.
I've done, on video, 150-pound dumbbells in each hand -I think it was, like, twenty two reps - on an incline.
For different roles, my condition and training and diet does alter. Depending on the role, it will really dictate the type of training I do.
I try to do something physical every day. I don't go heavy every day, though.
I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.
Making six-pack abs for no reason doesn't make sense. When you are young, it is possible.
One day when I was bored, I just went down to a powerlifting gym, Via Strength Systems in Albuquerque. I knew I needed to expend my energy somehow. I started working out with them four days a week. I became obsessed with lifting and being fit.
I'm training in martial arts. It's a whole new world for me and I'm loving it. I do that or hot yoga; I have to do some kind of exercise.
I believe in my wrestling and I believe in my jiu-jitsu.
I will always find something to challenge myself. I will go up to heavyweight or down to middleweight.
In many ways, I feel I'm still as physically fit as I was 20 years ago because I've always been athletic.
I like working with my own body weight, and I just do the best job I can to be healthy and strong, both before and after a fight.
In the game of football, you need to be strong, and at my position, you need to be able to put up a good fight. So I work on my upper body and lower body strength because your body's got to be able to last.
I carry a lot of muscle easily.
If it were not for the Belly, the Back might wear Gold.
I don't do much to keep in trim - I try to walk places instead of driving whenever I can, but I really ought to do more.
Sparring is probably the best cardio, but strength training is the best way to prevent the kind of injuries that come from roadwork and sparring.
Football players have some bodies! Oh my goodness!
