The Temple of Iron and MMA. The Metaphysical Aspect of Gains
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In this episode, I talk about the benefits of training in the gym vs. training in a traditional Thai Boxing Gym, and why it doesn't really matter if you train in a gym or in a Thai Boxing Boxing Gym. It's all about the gains you get from both!
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Greetings. Today I want to elaborate on a few things, but before I begin to elaborate,
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I would like to show you my excruciatingly epic and aesthetically pleasing new Thai boxing gloves.
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That is a pair of extremely glorious gloves. So the reason why I appreciate these gloves so extremely
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much is because they are in honor of Ludwig van Beethoven. And as you might know, my intro music
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is usually Ludwig van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, which you heard in the beginning of this video
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as well. So when I saw these gloves, I fell immediately in love with them. So yeah, absolutely
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epic. And yeah, courtesy of jab.se. And I actually have a discount code there now, GloriousLion15.
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I will link their store below and also the discount code gives you 15% off. Now, I've been a customer
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of theirs for a good few years and always been happy with the service, etc. So for example,
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I bought these Glorious Venom gloves, bought them full price a few months back. So it's a company I can
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definitely recommend. So yeah, check that out. And shout out jab. Anyway, that was just the intro. I want to show
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off my beautiful new gloves. And I wrote on Instagram that I will perhaps not even use them because they're
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so magnificent and shiny. But I will do so and I will make a ritual of it. So the first time I use them.
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So will be for an epic training video. Now, to the actual point of this video. And that is to illuminate
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some unenlightened normlings that say, oh, why do you recommend training in the gym? Why do you
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recommend training MMA, for example? And also, for the record, whenever I say MMA, I mean all martial arts.
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So I can mean judo as well. It's just that I say MMA instead of, or write MMA instead of martial arts.
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So anyway, the metaphysical aspects of it all. So it's not just like, oh, you should be prepared to
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fight, to box. It's also that, but that's not the only part of it. And when we're talking about
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the gym, it's not only about getting, you know, a good pair of arms or getting to a certain strength
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level. Both of these things, both MMA and the gym, and both like weightlifting or powerlifting
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or strongman or more bodybuilding or even calisthenics. Or if we're talking about martial arts,
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you can have Thai boxing or judo, the metaphysical qualities, the metaphysical gains you make from
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all of these sort of things are quite similar. And those are the things that I would like to stress.
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And I will continue to stress them because if you just look at the purely, if you just look at it from a
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purely materialistic sort of point of view, you see bodybuilding as, oh, he, the only gains he's getting
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from that is to get a certain, you know, more muscles on his arms. But it's so much more than
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that. Same thing with boxing. If you say like, oh, he's getting good at fighting with his fists,
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but it's more than that. It's mental gains as well. And the key, and also this is why I say that it
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doesn't really matter if you train MMA or if you train in the gym. Train whatever you like the most
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because the gains will be there anyway. So if you get muscular and strong in the gym,
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you will become a better fighter. If anyone disputes this, it's because you haven't rolled
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with particularly skilled and muscular guys and strong guys. Because if you roll with someone
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as strong, it will be harder to get in locks, etc. And, you know, the more mass you have,
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the harder you can punch. Simple physics, really. And the same token, if you train really hard
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wrestling, for example, these guys are extremely strong. So, I mean, no matter what you train,
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you get a bit of the other things as well. And obviously, if you train Thai boxing, you get,
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you know, good leg development, etc. So it's not like you have to choose, but you can get a bit of
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everything from judo to strongman and everything in between. Nobis, you need to specialize if you
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want to get really good at something. But the point I'm trying to make is that a lot of guys ask,
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what exactly should I train? And my response is always like, go with the style, go with the club
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where you can train the most frequent and where you can incorporate it into your everyday life in the
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best possible way. Because that allows for a long-term progression. Now, anyway, very long video to get
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to a fundamental truth there. The fundamental truth is that if you are squatting really heavy
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in the Temple of Iron, it is uncomfortable. It is not fun at all. It is uncomfortable. It is something
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that you need to overcome mentally. It's not a stroll in the park. Same thing with certain,
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like when you're rolling in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or when you're sparring, etc. Same sort of mental
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uncomfort. And the same thing when you're deadlifting or when you're squatting heavy. It is a level of
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discomfort you need to overcome. And in overcoming that, you gain those mental, metaphysical
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strength that is good for other things as well. So that is an important aspect which we should point
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out when we're talking about training in general. It's not only about exactly what you see. It's not
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only that you go into the gym, do deadlifts because you want to have a strong deadlift. You get a lot of
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different health benefits on the road there. And same thing, a Thai boxing session, it puts the
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pressure on you. And you can choose the level of commitment you go in with. And in choosing your
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level of commitment, that's also a test of willpower. And if you train your willpower, then you will have
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an easier time overcoming maladies such as fapping the porn. So the key is that don't stare yourself
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blind at now I'm going to train strongman. Now I'm going to lift this tire, which weighs 440 kg. It's so
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much more than that. It's an obstacle you're overcoming. And this will be for another video. But some people
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say like, oh, training should be fun. Training should be fun sometimes. But the majority of training
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should, it shouldn't be comfortable at all. You should have to push yourself to the limit every
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time. And in doing so, it's not only taxing for the body, it's also taxing for your mind. It trains
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your mind to overcome these sort of things. So I hope that rant made sense. Anyway, to conclude,
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can you say that whatever you train, strongman, powerlifting, judo, Thai boxing,
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MMA, whatever you train, as long as you train hard, consistently, and gain those metaphysical
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qualities, it's all good. So it's not only about, oh, I'm training boxing so I can knock people out.
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That's a good side effect. But you also get all of these sort of mental and also health benefits,
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which you get in these other sports also recommended. So that is the point with me pushing
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that you train hard. Because it's not only about everyone going around being jacked, although that
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would be cool as well. But the main key is also to get your body and mind into a good position.
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Because the body and mind are one. The brain and the body are one as well. So give yourself the best
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possible conditions to grow and become more enlightened. So anyway, I hope that made sense.
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Be sure to follow me on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook. Facebook is a bit dying, but still.
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And yeah, fucking juicy. And yeah, train hard. XXO. Boom.
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