Nobody Has Freak Tendons, Until They Do This. — Transcript

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1. 0:00Your muscles get strong in about 3
2. 0:02weeks, but your tendons take about 3
3. 0:04months. That gap is why fighters tear
4. 0:07things out of nowhere right when they
5. 0:09finally feel powerful. No strength coach
6. 0:12explained this because it is not a gym
7. 0:14problem, it's a tissue anatomical
8. 0:17problem. So, here's the window. Here is
9. 0:19what is actually happening inside the
10. 0:21tendon, and here is the exact protocol
11. 0:24to close that gap. So, let's get into
12. 0:26it. The mechanism is simple. Muscle
13. 0:29adapts fast. Mechanical tension, enough
14. 0:31volume, progressive overload, you know
15. 0:33the story. Strength gains show up in
16. 0:36about 3 weeks. Actin and myosin
17. 0:38filaments sliding across each other
18. 0:40build for speed. Your body prioritize
19. 0:43strength adaptation because strength
20. 0:45keeps you alive short term. That's
21. 0:47evolution logic, not a design law, and
22. 0:50we cannot change it.
23. 0:52I always tell my clients tendons are
24. 0:54completely different tissues entirely.
25. 0:57Dense collagen, poor blood supply. It
26. 1:00doesn't remodel in weeks, it remodels in
27. 1:02roughly 3 months, and sometimes even
28. 1:05longer depending on age and load
29. 1:07history. By the way, if you're looking
30. 1:09for evidence-based coaching without the
31. 1:11online fitness myths, check the
32. 1:13description below. I work one-on-one
33. 1:15with limited number of people to
34. 1:17optimize strength, recovery, durability.
35. 1:19I love analogies, so I will explain it
36. 1:22on one story. Picture a wrestler 3 weeks
37. 1:25into a new strength block. His muscle
38. 1:27just crossed the threshold. It can now
39. 1:30load his elbow tendon harder than it
40. 1:33could a month ago.
41. 1:35His tendon, however, hasn't moved. It's
42. 1:37still running on week 3 collagen
43. 1:40density, not week 12 density. The rope
44. 1:43tendon got asked to carry more load than
45. 1:47it's structurally built for. Wrestler
46. 1:48feels stronger because he actually is
47. 1:50stronger, but that's exactly the trap.
48. 1:53His nervous system reads ready, his
49. 1:55coach sees the number go up on the bar.
50. 1:58Everyone is happy. And in that moment,
51. 2:01he walks into max effort scramble
52. 2:03thinking his body called up everywhere
53. 2:06at once. But it hasn't. The tendon is
54. 2:10what gives. This is the actual mechanism
55. 2:13behind patellar tendinopathy in
56. 2:14wrestlers, elbow blowouts in grapplers,
57. 2:17bicep strain in strikers. Every one of
58. 2:20these gets filled under overtraining
59. 2:23like it's some vague you un preventable
60. 2:25cause.
61. 2:26It's not vague you and it's preventable.
62. 2:29It's a specific measurable gap between
63. 2:32two tissues on two different timelines.
64. 2:34And it opens at almost the same point in
65. 2:37every new training block. So, here's
66. 2:40what makes this dangerous instead of
67. 2:42just interesting and why you should
68. 2:44actually know it and understand it
69. 2:46mainly.
70. 2:47The window doesn't announce itself. No
71. 2:50[snorts] warning ache, no obvious sign
72. 2:52your tendon is behind. Soreness fades.
73. 2:55Energy is up. Lifts feel lighter. Every
74. 2:58signal you're used to reading says push.
75. 3:02The tendon gives no signal at all until
76. 3:05it's already failing. That's also why
77. 3:07these tears almost never happen during
78. 3:09the strength session itself. They happen
79. 3:11in the scramble.
80. 3:13Another issue is that in the gym, you
81. 3:16controlled load. Straight line,
82. 3:18predictable speed. But on the mat,
83. 3:20someone else picks the angle and the
84. 3:22speed for you. You cannot influence it
85. 3:24much, right? When your tendon has the
86. 3:27least margin to absorb it. That's the
87. 3:29moment the gap in the timeline turns
88. 3:32into an actual injury. That was the
89. 3:34theory you had to understand, you got to
90. 3:37get under your skin. Now, let's get into
91. 3:39the drills I have promised.
92. 3:41Have in your mind that training tendons
93. 3:43is very different than training muscles.
94. 3:46Adaptation is really, really slow. And
95. 3:48these drills are the the
96. 3:50you can do to influence some percentages
97. 3:53of success to worry.
98. 3:55There are two tools, both are aimed at
99. 3:58making specific tendons catch up faster
100. 4:01instead of quietly getting left behind.
101. 4:03For elbows, the joint that wrecks
102. 4:05grapplers and clinch fighters,
103. 4:07accentuated eccentric close grip bench
104. 4:10press or eccentric only bicep curls, 3
105. 4:13to 4 second lowering controlled the
106. 4:16whole way down. For knees, mainly for
107. 4:18patellar tendinosis, common in anyone
108. 4:21who sprawls, shoots, or cuts hard,
109. 4:24Spanish squats or heavy eccentric leg
110. 4:27extensions, same 3 to 4 second lowering
111. 4:30tempo.
112. 4:31For shoulders, a common failure point in
113. 4:34overhead grapplers and strikers,
114. 4:36eccentric loaded lateral raises or slow
115. 4:39eccentric dips, same tempo principle.
116. 4:43On top of eccentrics and long isometrics
117. 4:46on the same joint pattern, 30 to 45
118. 4:49second holds at 80% of your max output.
119. 4:53A mid-range isometric hold on the bench
120. 4:55press for elbows, a wall sit style hold
121. 4:58for knees, a loaded static hold at 90°
122. 5:01for shoulders.
123. 5:03Both eccentrics and isometrics two to
124. 5:06three times a week layered into every
125. 5:09program you're already running. You are
126. 5:11not restructuring anything, you're
127. 5:13inserting two specific stimuli where
128. 5:16your training currently has none.
129. 5:19This is the stimulus that drives tendon
130. 5:22stiffness and cross-sectional area over
131. 5:25time.
132. 5:26Fast reps and pure volume build muscle
133. 5:29beautifully. However, they do almost
134. 5:31nothing for the tendon.
135. 5:33That gap, muscle progressing on volume
136. 5:36while tendon needs tempo and duration
137. 5:38instead, is the entire reason the window
138. 5:41exists and is the entire reason this
139. 5:44specific protocol is what closes that
140. 5:47gap. Hey, to everyone training hard,
141. 5:49recovering smart, and keeping the common
142. 5:52section under my videos full of great
143. 5:54questions.
144. 5:55Thank you very much for the incredible
145. 5:57support. I see a lot of you asking for
146. 6:00the exact routines, real protocols,
147. 6:02exercise breakdowns to go along with the
148. 6:05medical explanations.
149. 6:07I will be focusing heavily on actionable
150. 6:10step-by-step guides next, so you can
151. 6:13apply
152. 6:15this knowledge directly with your
153. 6:16training without wrecking your joints,
154. 6:19without wasting your time. So, stay safe
155. 6:22on the mats, stay safe in the gym, and
156. 6:25thank you very much for the feedback and
157. 6:27for the support. It It makes all the
158. 6:30sense in the world for me to to keep
159. 6:32going and making these videos. So, thank
160. 6:34you very much. Okay. Now, how does it
161. 6:36transform directly on the mat?
162. 6:39Everything I have said before is the
163. 6:41reason why grip is always the bottom
164. 6:43line in wrestling and grappling
165. 6:44exchanges.
166. 6:46Not forearm size, not forearm strength.
167. 6:49Your forearm muscle can hold that grip
168. 6:51longer than your tendon can survive the
169. 6:53repetition. I'm 100% sure. You feel your
170. 6:56grip go before your muscle ever taps
171. 6:59out. That's not you being weak, that's
172. 7:02not you giving up, that's basic anatomy
173. 7:05and your tendon hitting its ceiling
174. 7:07first.
175. 7:08That's just the nature.
176. 7:09Same logic applies to frames and hooks,
177. 7:12control the clinch for a full round. The
178. 7:14muscle produces the force. The tendon
179. 7:17has to survive the repetition without
180. 7:20failing. And if it's still sitting
181. 7:22inside that 3 to 10 week gap, it doesn't
182. 7:25matter how strong the muscle behind it
183. 7:28is. Remember this line. The weakest link
184. 7:32decides the outcome. And the weakest
185. 7:34link is almost never the muscle. So,
186. 7:37let's wrap it up in a few seconds. Your
187. 7:39muscles will lie to you, not because
188. 7:41they are mean, but that's just the
189. 7:43nature.
190. 7:44It will tell you you are ready weeks
191. 7:46before your tendon actually is. And it
192. 7:49will keep telling you that with every PR
193. 7:51you hit during that window.
194. 7:54Therefore, I recommend you to track
195. 7:56time, not just strength. If you are 3 to
196. 7:5910 weeks into a new block and pushing
197. 8:01max output, watch it. If you are feeling
198. 8:03like you're getting bigger and stronger,
199. 8:05that's exactly when you add the
200. 8:07eccentrics and isometrics for whatever
201. 8:10joint is under the most load, not after
202. 8:13something already tear. Plus, if you
203. 8:15haven't seen the first video breaking
204. 8:17down what tendons actually do and why
205. 8:19freak tendon power isn't real, it's
206. 8:22right here. Watch it and if you want
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