PS Awesome approach, I've noticed that most people planning their retirements just think about getting as warm and cosy and turn their lives into one big pastime when they could still do and make great things!
EXTREMELY RANDOM OBSERVATION: So, I recently purchased Batman The Animated Series on Blu-ray, and I came to a shocking revelation. Batman has exceedingly poor Fight IQ! What's strange is that in my memory, I had the idea that Batman was more capable of avoiding extremely telegraphed haymakers etc, but he just eats them! Doesn't case every room he enters, has slow reaction speed...I think my memory may have been artificially altered because of a later series also from DC, Young Justice. In that show, there's an inextricable link between character, intelligence, athleticism, and somatic intelligence that informs their Fight IQ. For instance, there are several fights where a character is on paper underpowered to their foe, but through effective spatial awareness, understanding of physics, specific use of tools _in the right way_ with apropos reactions, they're able to overcome the stronger opponent, even by the skin of their teeth. It's actually pretty amazing in how the writers and animators have executed those values. That may be why I expected Batman TAS to showcase similar values in its depiction of combat. I'd recommend clips of the show for you to break down, but the show deserves to be seen in full to appreciate its fight's qualities. Ok, random rant done!
I was watching the rocky movies again and rocky was eating huge punches that some literary knocked him for a loop.. When trainer said what are you doing he said it was part of his plan...when you learn how to fight (or watch UFC)you realise how stupid fights are in shows...in real life batman, rocky etc would have CTBI in their late 20s ...though I still enjoyed the rockey movies and batman :)
@@carlsmythe2540 that's the thing, though! Seeing Batman in later media like Young Justice or the later straight to DVD animated movies, he has near impeccable Fight IQ. I think Young Justice must have been particularly influenced by MMA, whereas BTAS predates the popularization of the sport. It doesn't explain Batman's poor grappling skills every time he gets cornered by a guy up a weight class though lol idk it just struck me as weird because of Batman's placement as a power fantasy of complete self-actualization. Intelligence x Athleticism
Batman TAS was made back when UFC had just started, and internet research wasn't possible. But they could have visited a dojo to get some reference videos.
I get up at 4:30 am everyday for 1 hour ( have to be at work for 7 am), i then train for another 7 hours at work doing head movement and bobbing and weaving( i work at a huge warehouse in shipping, so standing at my workstation i'm able to practice head movement and bobbing and weaving skills while they have the music blasting, so i don't look strange cause everyone thinks i'm just bobbing my head to the music, lol), then i go home and do sprints for 30-60 minutes and my Boxing drills and BJJ for another 30 minutes. I've been doing this since June of 2018. I look for EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN AND GET BETTER. And in my sparring and fights it shows. Dedication and Determination are key, and TRAINING SMART!
@@RamseyDewey thanks, turns out that most of my life as a martial artist/Mixed Martial Artist echoes your trademark catch phrase "GET OUT THERE AND TRAIN!" So that's what i do. I aim to become a true martial artist and warrior, and to someday be the best amateur boxer, kickboxer and fighter i can possibly be and to train smarter in the spirit of THE HONORABLE BRUCE LEE. Master Dewey, your videos has helped me approach MMA and physical fitness from a different perspective, and how to train smarter and to be confident but humble in my abilities. I even have my younger brother watching you and you inspire us both to get out there and train. We train together and we even post our unsanctioned fights and training process here on youtube( inspired by you of course!). So check out our channels , under my name seen here , and my younger adoptive brother's on his channel- DON GARRETT. Let us know what you think and any tips would be greatly appreciated.
I'm so envious of Countries where you have early morning and late evening classes. I live in Italy and I have to choose between jiu jitsu and kickboxing because every damn gym has classes on monday, wednesday and friday, from 7 to 9pm. Even fitness or powerlifting gyms aren't even open before 7am
Most of China didn’t even have gyms of any kind before I got here, let alone MMA gyms. I took matters into my own hands and opened the first MMA gym in Shanghai (the second in China). You can complain about what you can’t do, or you can focus on what you can do. You choose.
Ho girato un po' di Paesi e palestre in vita mia, e non credo di aver mai visto una palestra che abbia lezioni programmate alle undici di sera o alle tre del mattino. Palestre dove la sala pesi è accessibile ventiquattr'ore su ventiquattro ce ne stanno, ma se è per quello ce ne sono anche in Italia (o almeno a Roma, di dove sono io).
Ti capisco, in italia purtroppo anche se ti ritrovi con del tempo da parte sei costretto a scegliere per il semplice fatto che i corsi avvengono quasi tutti contemporaneamente, è assurdo anche io mi alleno il lunedì, mercoledì e venerdì, dalle 20 alle 21, sembra quasi che sia obbligatorio tenere le palestre di arti marziali aperte solo in quei giorni e a quell'ora 😅
@@contematt1113 Già...immagino abbia anche a che fare con il numero di persone che si iscrivono o che sono interessate in quella specifica disciplina, il che può variare molto da posto a posto. Regà, voi di che città siete, se posso chiedere?
Thanks for the video brother. Everything you produce is loaded with incredibly valuable information. I can't believe I only recently found this channel. I hope you are spreading across multiple platforms my friend.
When I was training for my first 2 MMA fights, I was taking 19 credits in college, working about 30 hours a week on a farm, and training about 4 hours a day. The second fight was the week after finals. Good times. Now I have a different job that pays almost double and I work 2 days a week, I'm done with college, and I can train for 5-6 hours a day. I'm a lot happier this way. (I know it's overtraining, but I do it because I like it)
That rural vs urban lifestyle difference is the very reason city dwellers see people from other places perform and presume they must be on steroids or "genetically blessed". They haven't seen people work to survive and therefore cannot perceive a human like them working hard enough to achieve exceptional results.
Yes. Every person who lives in a city is clueless. They don't know what it's like to work to survive, and have NO idea how to work hard to achieve exceptional results.🙄
If you were in Israel you would be my coach! I appreciate your ability to articulate concepts! Good "break down" coach. Your students are blessed to be taught by you sir!
I really appreciate what you do in this channel, your videos have been helping me change my life style and I have been feeling a lot better, so, thank you for posting
Your psychology on younger folks perception of time is interesting. Writing your goals is a great way to prioritized your time. Pick your sacrifice, i love that.
I train everyday (includes an active and passive rest day each week) the ideal is 45-1h str/end/flexibility/cardio/foamroll&massage. 30-45 mobility/flexibility/warm up&cooldown. 30-1hr martial arts review. 1-2hr martial arts lessons. I rarely reach this ideal, but the accomplishment is in the attempt of the goal everyday, not succeeding in it everyday. If I was able to do it everyday, then I'd need to schedule for longer sessions or add more, if I reach the maximum of my time management ability then I'd need to train harder. You're definitely right that nutrition plays a big part. Few weeks back I kept being sore, burnt out, and would nap/sleep early. Once I got my macros sorted and off a deficit it made all the difference. I work fulltime and watch videos on TH-cam about Martial Arts, Fitness, etc. At work. I could be working hard and/or making more money but my job lets me have the life I want. I learned not to have a job that is dependent on your physicality, as when you get injured that will impact your livelihood/income. As I said to a coworker an hour ago after he told me I have to move things around in my life to facilitate work: "I work to live, I don't live to work". My job doesn't have me on a static schedule so I don't have Saturday mornings available to train with having slept/rested first all the time. So I end up going after having trained the Friday night before work and worked 8h. I train early am on Saturday until 11am-ish, sleep, wake up, train for 1hr & 1/2 at most, then go to work. Other times I get Friday night off and can sleep, at an unusual time for me, to be bright eyed and bushy tailed for Saturday morning, or have Saturday night off so I don't have as much of a time crunch and screwed sleep pattern. Either way I train with no excuses. If I eventually find this won't work and my job can't accommodate then I can drop it and find something that isn't morning training, which I'm not enjoying much anyway. However if my job won't facilitate what I want to train due to when/where it is, I can get a new job. Because what I am learning/doing is part of my career path, within the same industry as my job, and my company isn't providing opportunities for growth/development so why should I care about their needs if they don't care about mine. Some older people and employers haven't learned yet that it's an employee's market. Covid taught us that people don't have to take shit hours, at shit jobs, for shit pay and can instead go into business for themselves doing stuff they love to do.
The main reason your channel is as good as it is, is because of your great content. While you have technical videos, speaking about the mind and methods to train, to fight, to eat, to think, etc. Do really push what is the thing that makes you unique. Keep those videos coming Señor Dewey!
I would consider learning a marital art as a long term goal. Everyone has multiple long term goals, but some people want all of those goals to come to fruition at the same time. That is not reasonable. You will overload yourself. Sometimes it is better to set one dream aside and focus on another. Once that goal is achieved, then you can redirect your efforts. It is called delayed satisfaction. There is an interesting experiment called the marshmallow test where a group of children were given a marshmallow. They were told that if they waited five minutes without eating the marshmallow, that they would receive a second marshmallow. Most of the kids could not wait and ate the marshmallow after only a minute or two. Some of the kids held it together and got the second marshmallow. Be the kid who got two marshmallows.
I can remember working 60 hours a week, training and teaching Taekwondo, and then turning around going to BJJ 5 to 6 days a week. It got to the point when it became too overwhelming. Injuries became more frequent, so I ended up dropping to teaching and training TKD on Saturday's. I broke my BJJ classes up to Mon Wed and Fri!
My answer depends on your job but anything physical you could try integrating your training into your work karate kid style. You might get wired looks but you'll get better (Edit: the Wim Hoff method may also help to get more energy)
I feel this. Right now, I have some financial issues I have to deal with so I have to cut down training immensely especially after working at a hospital as an aide. Once those issues are stabilized, I definitely will up the pace again. But nowadays I find that I shouldn't overtrain and just rest much more.
Rest is crucially important. Rest of the mind is vitally important. Coming with a fresh mind to something you're already trained at sometimes is all it takes to make a breakthrough that was otherwise elusive.
Hi, one idea (I never trained professionally, but I did run into the reality of cross training in two different martial art systems at the same time). One mistake I did was train in two different schools at the same time. If you fall into this trap, one opportunity for better results (especially in not being tired for work) is two train in a single system, or at least at the same gym/school that offers both grappling and striking and does a good job of integrating them both, both as a system, and in their training schedule. Not only might this cut down on your commute, but you might discover that some of your training might have been redundant.
While I was working before the pandemic situation, I got up at 6, ate breakfast, prepared myself food for work, went to train bjj at 7 am, finished at 8, quick shower and went to work which luckily was close enough to my gym. After work I did another training and that depends on a day, some days I would to 3 training sessions, 1h each. On top of that I had my part time studies so yes I still had some spare time and I had enough energy to do all that. It’s doable but it’s tough and it’s not for everyone, neither all people should try because we’re all different but yes I did accomplish this and I went like that for months. I had one day off a week where I wouldn’t even move anywhere, just chill out, eat, rest and focus on my own things to do.
I loved how you explained the mental fortitude. Yesterday I was trying to explain to my husband why I train so hard and why I think it's important to push yourself beyond your limits. It's not only for my body but it's also for my mind, for it to be strong. I know I won't give up at the first sign of adversity. Knowing that already makes me stronger and ready for anything. He doesn't get it😅 I guess we all are different😉 Thanks for your post!
Regarding the fatigue factor...I was framing when training for my first fight in mma, it was very difficult. Should have been pushing pencils. I appreciate the note on sleep too. I was studying for the EPPP for over a year (it's the psychologist's equivalent to the BAR exam), and sleep was the key complimentary component to studying. Good rest helped enabled me to retain info, and recall it effectively (Long Term Potentiation). This was the concept I thought of when Ramsey mentioned good rest. CHEERS!
Hey Ramsey, I really appreciate your channels content. I'd really like to see a video where you demonstrate pure grappling vs the same techniques (Wrestling, BJJ, No-Gi Judo) applied to an MMA match, how they differ between the two sports and how to set them up for MMA. Thank you! 👊
I watched a video by Arnold Schwarzenegger on how success is really all about time management and never making excuses. Yes, I know, he was on steroids, but his words did strike a cord with me. He spoke of how he was training to be a bodybuilder, about how he would work a construction job for nearly half the day, then he would hit the gym for 2-3 hours. This in turn left him with about 9-10 hours for sleep. Yes, a schedule like that does do a number on your social life, but I believe it's better to work hard now so you can succeed later in life. That's why instead of lounging around on my days off while this God-awful quarantine goes on, I'm at home shadowboxing, hitting my heavy bag, meditating daily and watching Fight Tips. At night, I sleep like the dead. Yes, I'm well aware it takes a lot of work and time, and even this might not be enough, but I believe that when the time comes for me to fight my first Amateur fight, I will win. A great deal of it is just how well you manage your time. When my gym reopens, I'm going to start training very early in the morning, then eat a hearty breakfast after before I head to work. Balancing a day job with it is difficult, but it IS worth it.
Goals are the way to good things in life that you need to to take time to get in shape.All my friends tell me they want to workout but they always want to make up excuses not to do it because they think its a waste of time to me it's not because its making you a better person and plus it helps you be more calmer around other people when in a bad situation its all about the mind game on how you bad you want it that counts. Can you make a video a video on getting a training partner because that's what I have been striving for is someone to train in?
In the the first time in my life I got the taste of true work. I cried when I got home, but over the days I got stronger in the head and body to endure it better. Work is so damm important for self growth has long it doesn't destroy you
One summer I trained hard to the point of throwing up. I couldn't eat much. I became less fit. I slowed down enough to get some appetite. Doing less I improved more. I also didn't need as much fuel. Do not train more than you can refuel or you will eat your body.
Many good points. But what is 30degrees below freezing in the US? Is that 3degreesF or -30C= -22F. i suspect the latter because to me in Minnesota - is below zero and -22 is about right. Cross culture references are confusing.😀
I finally figured out what video game character your voice sounds like, you sounds like the boss Seth from Street Fighter 4, I don't know if you play video games but most of your subscribers such know who I'm talking about.
Hey coach, one thing missed was strength and conditioning. Which I know you are a huge proponent of. In the beginning it would be difficult, but would he have more energy by increasing his overall work capacity through strength training; therefor making all other movements easier to preform. Instead of doing two a days in grappling and striking. Do two a days of strength and technique. An example would look like this. 30 minutes of Strength in the morning mon/wed/fri. 30 minutes of yoga tue/thur/sat. 1-1.5 hours of grappling or striking class in the evening mon-fri. Resting begins after sat yoga through Sunday. If strength and stretching are not important to him what about this? Doing the one hour class of either grappling or striking, then training in the other for 30 minutes on his own. I.e. jitsu class 1 hour, hit the heavy bag for 30 minutes. On the next day Muay Thai class 1 hour, solo grappling flows or partner drilling 30 minutes. This way he could fully devote his energy to class, and then pace him self in the extra curricular training based on his energy levels that day. He would be getting some level of both striking and grappling everyday, but giving 100% to 1, and 50% to the other... yet training both 5-6 days per week.
Roofing now for a company that want's picture perfect results. Also working as a main cook at a expensive eatery that gives an expectation of picture perfect cuisine. Hard labor and the heat of the kitchen. 14 hour days, you want to talk about being tired at the end of it. I do believe my last shadow boxing session was last Friday, and even that was only 10 minutes because I got too sluggish and don't want to blast out half an hour of bad form. Your story about the farmers really clicked in my mind, similar thought yesterday at the kitchen. I'v got to get up even earlier than I am now If I want what I want in life. Also, yes, rest days are the worst, expecially if you don't have a craft hobby or like to read, or follow someone awesome on youtube like Ramsey Danger Dewey! The mind will tax you harder than the body if let to wander unchecked and/or untrained. Advice for rest days. Excercise your mind, painting, writing, music, an art form that is less physically demanding is a wonderful use of time if find yourself getting jitters from being away from the rock and roll aspect of life. Thank you for the videos as always, RD.
On mental strength, i was born on a hobby farm and I have a little bit of it, so it irritates me when people say they can't conquer their problems, just seems like they are quiting.
Ask yourself whether you actually enjoy the process and check whether you are going in the right direction for you, because training this much is only possible if you actually want to be doing it that much. Just my thoughts
I work full time and train 6 day a week, one hour a day and it can be very exhausting. You have to have a near perfect sleeping routine, but I love it.
For about 6 months i was waking up early to workout with my mom (shes a personal trainer), work manual labor for 8 hours, then go to kickboxing and follow it with jiu jitsu. When i stopped doing jiu jitsu and found an easier job, i was amazed at how little i fell asleep at random times in public places. Lol
Hey Coach, I got a quick question. Is 33 years old too "old" to fight amateur mma locally? I really want to experience fighting at my full potential in a safe environment. You can't really bring the heat at the gym. Thank you for your time.
Thank you for your time. I want to ask my coach about it and I want to be humble as possible because one of the outcomes is getting the crap kicked out of me. Thanks again! I love your videos and watch them as much as possible.
I was trying to finish my school work and lots of busy stuff for a week then make Friday a really special day for Training. Also btw, is it alright to try going out like find a place for example a cemetery and do jogging there while wearing face mask just to avoid people since there's a pandemic?
Hey Ramsay, you talked about how wishful thinking does not work. But what about the law of attraction. What is the difference between the law of attraction and wishful thinking. Thank you for the knowledge. Take care
"One day I wrote a list of impossible goals so I devised a time bending formula to make them happen but I dont remember it, doesnt matter, just write your goals" R. Dewey ;)
Hi Coach, I have a question. I'm aspiring to be a pro boxer once I graduate, but the only pure boxing gym near me has sessions when I'm in college. There's an mma gym nearby, would you recommend training there in the meantime to learn some stuff until I can graduate and train full time? Thanks
A fellow Dempsey lover! (Have you read his book?) If you're interested in purely boxing, I'd say getting into a pure boxing gym should be your focus but mma training in the meantime is solid
Ramsey Dewey 😂 that’s what I’m talking about! We love your perspectives and approaches to things 👍, and now that I got your attention, maybe you will include in one of your QA videos, about what you think of Fiesta, aka noontime nap, I noticed many farmers do take fiesta at noon, perhaps that also benefit their development of strength? And I never heard of those pros who train twice a day of they take fiesta in between their daily training schedules.
Why do fighters lose their chin? Some fighters take alot if punches in fights, then later they lose the ability to take a punch and go unconscious. Can you explain why this happens?
I have a question... How might your stance on rest/sleep (or anything else that you commonly suggest for that matter) be changed if you had a student whom suffered from severe bipolar disorder whom could not be medicated for it??? (Especially considering that slowing down for most people with bipolar disorder often means becoming depressive.)
I had such a student. She had a terrible sleeping schedule, was constantly sleep deprived, and she lashed out constantly to the point of being completely uncoachable. You can’t save everyone, no matter how much you try.
@@RamseyDewey In my case that's me... I don't lash out hardly ever (I found ways that help reduce that), but I struggle with the depressive side a lot... Exercise is about the only thing that helps, but frankly my body never can seem to keep up with my need for the endorphins and staying busy that exercise provides me. Sadly, letting go of people with bipolar disorder seems to be the popular approach... that is why I have previously made comments about some people needing to try to find happiness without other people... but, honestly, I think this just sets such people up to suffer worse and those that could have been benefited by what we might have had to offer to miss out. :( I don't really have any answers either, but I sometimes wish that society would either learn to accept us or make removing ourselves from society more possible... being stuck in the middle feels a lot like combining love and abuse at the same time and it makes everything so much harder than it ever should be for anyone. :( Anyways, thanks for the reply.
Im coming of age to get in the job field but i also want to pursue combat sport im gonna try it out for a couple years but the job that im gonna have is brobably going to be really demanding and i will probably be ofc by 7 pm from 8 to 7 and i dont know many gyms specific to combat sports that is open late night hours idk i will probably get some sparrings on saturday
Ramsey Dewey sweet. I’m in St. Louis Missouri. Still the gym is not open. We have been doing Zoom classes. Im really missing getting punched in the face. LOL.
Check when and what you are eating, could be that simple. Also, it really depends on your workout, might be you are overtraining yourself. The body needs time to adapt, even if your will is strong enough to keep pushing it. Feeling nauseous and maybe also very light in your head can be indicators for overtraining. Had that happen to me once.
@@adrianreyes2318 he was born in America and moved to China t the age of 24 iirc. He's talked about it in a few videos and and if I'm not mistaken he got an entire video about it
I remember reading years ago that the majority of people with middle level management jobs spent their leisure watching TV., which surprised me, cos I supposed they would have lots of interesting hobbies and interests. I reckon a normal male person can only give their full attention to one thing. If you're doing all sorts of stuff outside of that one thing, you're obviously not giving 100%. How many guys are capable of splitting their attention like this. Not me. I pursue one interest at a time. The reason youth is a time to explore is that you have leisure to do so. And having done a management job, I can tell you it's draining, very draining. You're dealing with people issues most of the time. Upsizing, downsizing, unless you're a total psychopath it will tell on you, cos you're dealing with real people's real lives. How can I give less than 100% to that. Nowadays I'm out of the game. Retired. I return to my childhood pursuits, like Martial Arts and stuff. Just hope i retain my physical and mental strength. It's difficult to adapt but mostly so far I'm OK, I dread some life changing event that's gonna screw me completely.
The audio began cutting out because the computers can't have us absorbing this much wisdom.
"Magical thinking doesn't work in the real world."
Well, there goes my martial wizard build
You mean I can't become a real life eldritch knight?
Then clearly your magic sucks.
GSP said something like:"On days when you feel like crap, keep the intensity of your training, but decrease the duration".
interesting! do you remember where he said that?
@@umadbro998 I think it's in the RushFit videos.
This video got me thinking of the fact that I retire in 23 months, and I cannot wait to be able to train everyday. I'm stoked.
PS Awesome approach, I've noticed that most people planning their retirements just think about getting as warm and cosy and turn their lives into one big pastime when they could still do and make great things!
You should open a gym if you have the funds ofcourse
Gratz man!!!
@@Sk0lzky Oh yea, I'm only 53, I'll be retiring at 55. That's gotta be at least 15 years of training that I can do. Woot!
That’s badass
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EXTREMELY RANDOM OBSERVATION: So, I recently purchased Batman The Animated Series on Blu-ray, and I came to a shocking revelation. Batman has exceedingly poor Fight IQ! What's strange is that in my memory, I had the idea that Batman was more capable of avoiding extremely telegraphed haymakers etc, but he just eats them! Doesn't case every room he enters, has slow reaction speed...I think my memory may have been artificially altered because of a later series also from DC, Young Justice. In that show, there's an inextricable link between character, intelligence, athleticism, and somatic intelligence that informs their Fight IQ. For instance, there are several fights where a character is on paper underpowered to their foe, but through effective spatial awareness, understanding of physics, specific use of tools _in the right way_ with apropos reactions, they're able to overcome the stronger opponent, even by the skin of their teeth. It's actually pretty amazing in how the writers and animators have executed those values. That may be why I expected Batman TAS to showcase similar values in its depiction of combat. I'd recommend clips of the show for you to break down, but the show deserves to be seen in full to appreciate its fight's qualities. Ok, random rant done!
I was watching the rocky movies again and rocky was eating huge punches that some literary knocked him for a loop.. When trainer said what are you doing he said it was part of his plan...when you learn how to fight (or watch UFC)you realise how stupid fights are in shows...in real life batman, rocky etc would have CTBI in their late 20s ...though I still enjoyed the rockey movies and batman :)
@@carlsmythe2540 that's the thing, though! Seeing Batman in later media like Young Justice or the later straight to DVD animated movies, he has near impeccable Fight IQ. I think Young Justice must have been particularly influenced by MMA, whereas BTAS predates the popularization of the sport. It doesn't explain Batman's poor grappling skills every time he gets cornered by a guy up a weight class though lol idk it just struck me as weird because of Batman's placement as a power fantasy of complete self-actualization. Intelligence x Athleticism
Dragon ball z is pretty cool too
Batman TAS was made back when UFC had just started, and internet research wasn't possible. But they could have visited a dojo to get some reference videos.
@@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y yeah, funny enough, Batman does back to back Flying Triangles on Bane during their first encounter lol
I get up at 4:30 am everyday for 1 hour ( have to be at work for 7 am), i then train for another 7 hours at work doing head movement and bobbing and weaving( i work at a huge warehouse in shipping, so standing at my workstation i'm able to practice head movement and bobbing and weaving skills while they have the music blasting, so i don't look strange cause everyone thinks i'm just bobbing my head to the music, lol), then i go home and do sprints for 30-60 minutes and my Boxing drills and BJJ for another 30 minutes. I've been doing this since June of 2018. I look for EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN AND GET BETTER. And in my sparring and fights it shows. Dedication and Determination are key, and TRAINING SMART!
Outstanding!
@@RamseyDewey thanks, turns out that most of my life as a martial artist/Mixed Martial Artist echoes your trademark catch phrase "GET OUT THERE AND TRAIN!" So that's what i do. I aim to become a true martial artist and warrior, and to someday be the best amateur boxer, kickboxer and fighter i can possibly be and to train smarter in the spirit of THE HONORABLE BRUCE LEE. Master Dewey, your videos has helped me approach MMA and physical fitness from a different perspective, and how to train smarter and to be confident but humble in my abilities. I even have my younger brother watching you and you inspire us both to get out there and train. We train together and we even post our unsanctioned fights and training process here on youtube( inspired by you of course!). So check out our channels , under my name seen here , and my younger adoptive brother's on his channel- DON GARRETT. Let us know what you think and any tips would be greatly appreciated.
Anyone else hear static when Ramsey starts talking about mental strength or am i trippin? 🤣
His mental fortitude is that strong, man! :D
The king drops a new vid- I drop everything(including babies/elderly family members ect) to watch
I'm so envious of Countries where you have early morning and late evening classes. I live in Italy and I have to choose between jiu jitsu and kickboxing because every damn gym has classes on monday, wednesday and friday, from 7 to 9pm. Even fitness or powerlifting gyms aren't even open before 7am
Most of China didn’t even have gyms of any kind before I got here, let alone MMA gyms. I took matters into my own hands and opened the first MMA gym in Shanghai (the second in China).
You can complain about what you can’t do, or you can focus on what you can do. You choose.
Ho girato un po' di Paesi e palestre in vita mia, e non credo di aver mai visto una palestra che abbia lezioni programmate alle undici di sera o alle tre del mattino. Palestre dove la sala pesi è accessibile ventiquattr'ore su ventiquattro ce ne stanno, ma se è per quello ce ne sono anche in Italia (o almeno a Roma, di dove sono io).
Ti capisco, in italia purtroppo anche se ti ritrovi con del tempo da parte sei costretto a scegliere per il semplice fatto che i corsi avvengono quasi tutti contemporaneamente, è assurdo anche io mi alleno il lunedì, mercoledì e venerdì, dalle 20 alle 21, sembra quasi che sia obbligatorio tenere le palestre di arti marziali aperte solo in quei giorni e a quell'ora 😅
@@contematt1113 Già...immagino abbia anche a che fare con il numero di persone che si iscrivono o che sono interessate in quella specifica disciplina, il che può variare molto da posto a posto. Regà, voi di che città siete, se posso chiedere?
@@CanaleAV Io sono di Rimini in Emilia Romagna
Really wise advice, Coach. Time management, is a matter of planning and priorities. A full time worker must treasure the time.
Thanks for the video brother. Everything you produce is loaded with incredibly valuable information. I can't believe I only recently found this channel. I hope you are spreading across multiple platforms my friend.
When I was training for my first 2 MMA fights, I was taking 19 credits in college, working about 30 hours a week on a farm, and training about 4 hours a day. The second fight was the week after finals. Good times. Now I have a different job that pays almost double and I work 2 days a week, I'm done with college, and I can train for 5-6 hours a day. I'm a lot happier this way.
(I know it's overtraining, but I do it because I like it)
19 credits? Christ man, that schedule is similar to mine but I don’t think I can handle any more than 4 classes
How's training for 5-6hrs a day going?
That rural vs urban lifestyle difference is the very reason city dwellers see people from other places perform and presume they must be on steroids or "genetically blessed". They haven't seen people work to survive and therefore cannot perceive a human like them working hard enough to achieve exceptional results.
Yes. Every person who lives in a city is clueless. They don't know what it's like to work to survive, and have NO idea how to work hard to achieve exceptional results.🙄
If you were in Israel you would be my coach! I appreciate your ability to articulate concepts! Good "break down" coach. Your students are blessed to be taught by you sir!
I really appreciate what you do in this channel, your videos have been helping me change my life style and I have been feeling a lot better, so, thank you for posting
Ramsey is so badass, that his own voice KOed the mic.
Your psychology on younger folks perception of time is interesting. Writing your goals is a great way to prioritized your time. Pick your sacrifice, i love that.
I train everyday (includes an active and passive rest day each week) the ideal is 45-1h str/end/flexibility/cardio/foamroll&massage. 30-45 mobility/flexibility/warm up&cooldown. 30-1hr martial arts review. 1-2hr martial arts lessons. I rarely reach this ideal, but the accomplishment is in the attempt of the goal everyday, not succeeding in it everyday. If I was able to do it everyday, then I'd need to schedule for longer sessions or add more, if I reach the maximum of my time management ability then I'd need to train harder.
You're definitely right that nutrition plays a big part. Few weeks back I kept being sore, burnt out, and would nap/sleep early. Once I got my macros sorted and off a deficit it made all the difference.
I work fulltime and watch videos on TH-cam about Martial Arts, Fitness, etc. At work. I could be working hard and/or making more money but my job lets me have the life I want. I learned not to have a job that is dependent on your physicality, as when you get injured that will impact your livelihood/income.
As I said to a coworker an hour ago after he told me I have to move things around in my life to facilitate work: "I work to live, I don't live to work".
My job doesn't have me on a static schedule so I don't have Saturday mornings available to train with having slept/rested first all the time. So I end up going after having trained the Friday night before work and worked 8h. I train early am on Saturday until 11am-ish, sleep, wake up, train for 1hr & 1/2 at most, then go to work.
Other times I get Friday night off and can sleep, at an unusual time for me, to be bright eyed and bushy tailed for Saturday morning, or have Saturday night off so I don't have as much of a time crunch and screwed sleep pattern. Either way I train with no excuses.
If I eventually find this won't work and my job can't accommodate then I can drop it and find something that isn't morning training, which I'm not enjoying much anyway. However if my job won't facilitate what I want to train due to when/where it is, I can get a new job. Because what I am learning/doing is part of my career path, within the same industry as my job, and my company isn't providing opportunities for growth/development so why should I care about their needs if they don't care about mine.
Some older people and employers haven't learned yet that it's an employee's market. Covid taught us that people don't have to take shit hours, at shit jobs, for shit pay and can instead go into business for themselves doing stuff they love to do.
Beware of burnout and plan to scale back the intensity at times to allow for more recovery.
The main reason your channel is as good as it is, is because of your great content.
While you have technical videos, speaking about the mind and methods to train, to fight, to eat, to think, etc. Do really push what is the thing that makes you unique.
Keep those videos coming Señor Dewey!
I would consider learning a marital art as a long term goal. Everyone has multiple long term goals, but some people want all of those goals to come to fruition at the same time. That is not reasonable. You will overload yourself. Sometimes it is better to set one dream aside and focus on another. Once that goal is achieved, then you can redirect your efforts. It is called delayed satisfaction. There is an interesting experiment called the marshmallow test where a group of children were given a marshmallow. They were told that if they waited five minutes without eating the marshmallow, that they would receive a second marshmallow. Most of the kids could not wait and ate the marshmallow after only a minute or two. Some of the kids held it together and got the second marshmallow. Be the kid who got two marshmallows.
Meanwhile me: how can I work and study (or even just work) and not be too tired for training? :v
I can remember working 60 hours a week, training and teaching Taekwondo, and then turning around going to BJJ 5 to 6 days a week. It got to the point when it became too overwhelming. Injuries became more frequent, so I ended up dropping to teaching and training TKD on Saturday's. I broke my BJJ classes up to Mon Wed and Fri!
My answer depends on your job but anything physical you could try integrating your training into your work karate kid style. You might get wired looks but you'll get better
(Edit: the Wim Hoff method may also help to get more energy)
I do chef work early morning 4am start finish 1pm have a 3 hour nap eat then go training at tkd Tuesday and thursdays then Monday’s wed Muay Thai :)
Outstanding! that was squared away
Mr Ramsy very good advise ty so much ,always so wise although you still young 41 years old
I feel this. Right now, I have some financial issues I have to deal with so I have to cut down training immensely especially after working at a hospital as an aide. Once those issues are stabilized, I definitely will up the pace again. But nowadays I find that I shouldn't overtrain and just rest much more.
Rest is crucially important. Rest of the mind is vitally important. Coming with a fresh mind to something you're already trained at sometimes is all it takes to make a breakthrough that was otherwise elusive.
Feeling rather convinced. Fine, I’ll go learn about forest plots and chi squared analyses. Darn you😛
Hi, one idea (I never trained professionally, but I did run into the reality of cross training in two different martial art systems at the same time). One mistake I did was train in two different schools at the same time. If you fall into this trap, one opportunity for better results (especially in not being tired for work) is two train in a single system, or at least at the same gym/school that offers both grappling and striking and does a good job of integrating them both, both as a system, and in their training schedule. Not only might this cut down on your commute, but you might discover that some of your training might have been redundant.
While I was working before the pandemic situation, I got up at 6, ate breakfast, prepared myself food for work, went to train bjj at 7 am, finished at 8, quick shower and went to work which luckily was close enough to my gym. After work I did another training and that depends on a day, some days I would to 3 training sessions, 1h each. On top of that I had my part time studies so yes I still had some spare time and I had enough energy to do all that. It’s doable but it’s tough and it’s not for everyone, neither all people should try because we’re all different but yes I did accomplish this and I went like that for months. I had one day off a week where I wouldn’t even move anywhere, just chill out, eat, rest and focus on my own things to do.
I loved how you explained the mental fortitude. Yesterday I was trying to explain to my husband why I train so hard and why I think it's important to push yourself beyond your limits. It's not only for my body but it's also for my mind, for it to be strong. I know I won't give up at the first sign of adversity. Knowing that already makes me stronger and ready for anything. He doesn't get it😅 I guess we all are different😉 Thanks for your post!
Every action we take effects our whole being: body, mind, and soul.
@@RamseyDewey yes coach 😊🙏
Regarding the fatigue factor...I was framing when training for my first fight in mma, it was very difficult. Should have been pushing pencils.
I appreciate the note on sleep too. I was studying for the EPPP for over a year (it's the psychologist's equivalent to the BAR exam), and sleep was the key complimentary component to studying. Good rest helped enabled me to retain info, and recall it effectively (Long Term Potentiation). This was the concept I thought of when Ramsey mentioned good rest.
CHEERS!
Hey Ramsey, I really appreciate your channels content. I'd really like to see a video where you demonstrate pure grappling vs the same techniques (Wrestling, BJJ, No-Gi Judo) applied to an MMA match, how they differ between the two sports and how to set them up for MMA. Thank you! 👊
I watched a video by Arnold Schwarzenegger on how success is really all about time management and never making excuses. Yes, I know, he was on steroids, but his words did strike a cord with me. He spoke of how he was training to be a bodybuilder, about how he would work a construction job for nearly half the day, then he would hit the gym for 2-3 hours. This in turn left him with about 9-10 hours for sleep. Yes, a schedule like that does do a number on your social life, but I believe it's better to work hard now so you can succeed later in life.
That's why instead of lounging around on my days off while this God-awful quarantine goes on, I'm at home shadowboxing, hitting my heavy bag, meditating daily and watching Fight Tips. At night, I sleep like the dead.
Yes, I'm well aware it takes a lot of work and time, and even this might not be enough, but I believe that when the time comes for me to fight my first Amateur fight, I will win.
A great deal of it is just how well you manage your time.
When my gym reopens, I'm going to start training very early in the morning, then eat a hearty breakfast after before I head to work. Balancing a day job with it is difficult, but it IS worth it.
Uh oh, I think your mic might be having some issues.
I think it's just slightly unplugged.
@@KarmasAB123 Hate it when that happens to me.
Ramsey, I think you should also talk about self discipline. I struggle a lot with that.
Goals are the way to good things in life that you need to to take time to get in shape.All my friends tell me they want to workout but they always want to make up excuses not to do it because they think its a waste of time to me it's not because its making you a better person and plus it helps you be more calmer around other people when in a bad situation its all about the mind game on how you bad you want it that counts.
Can you make a video a video on getting a training partner because that's what I have been striving for is someone to train in?
In the the first time in my life I got the taste of true work.
I cried when I got home, but over the days I got stronger in the head and body to endure it better.
Work is so damm important for self growth has long it doesn't destroy you
@Christopher Culley Thank you :)
@Christopher Culley Sorry to hear man. It is really easy fall sometimes.
I hope you the gratest of luck to find the balance
This explains why there are a lot of great wrestlers in Iowa.
One summer I trained hard to the point of throwing up. I couldn't eat much. I became less fit. I slowed down enough to get some appetite. Doing less I improved more. I also didn't need as much fuel. Do not train more than you can refuel or you will eat your body.
Many good points. But what is 30degrees below freezing in the US? Is that 3degreesF or -30C= -22F. i suspect the latter because to me in Minnesota - is below zero and -22 is about right. Cross culture references are confusing.😀
Ramsey is telling me the importance of work in the middle of a lockdown.
I finally figured out what video game character your voice sounds like, you sounds like the boss Seth from Street Fighter 4, I don't know if you play video games but most of your subscribers such know who I'm talking about.
Hey coach, one thing missed was strength and conditioning. Which I know you are a huge proponent of. In the beginning it would be difficult, but would he have more energy by increasing his overall work capacity through strength training; therefor making all other movements easier to preform.
Instead of doing two a days in grappling and striking. Do two a days of strength and technique.
An example would look like this. 30 minutes of Strength in the morning mon/wed/fri. 30 minutes of yoga tue/thur/sat. 1-1.5 hours of grappling or striking class in the evening mon-fri. Resting begins after sat yoga through Sunday.
If strength and stretching are not important to him what about this?
Doing the one hour class of either grappling or striking, then training in the other for 30 minutes on his own. I.e. jitsu class 1 hour, hit the heavy bag for 30 minutes. On the next day Muay Thai class 1 hour, solo grappling flows or partner drilling 30 minutes. This way he could fully devote his energy to class, and then pace him self in the extra curricular training based on his energy levels that day. He would be getting some level of both striking and grappling everyday, but giving 100% to 1, and 50% to the other... yet training both 5-6 days per week.
Very good advice
Vitamins, vegetables, BCAA's, water, sleep, meditation, and self hypnosis help me.
Roofing now for a company that want's picture perfect results. Also working as a main cook at a expensive eatery that gives an expectation of picture perfect cuisine. Hard labor and the heat of the kitchen. 14 hour days, you want to talk about being tired at the end of it. I do believe my last shadow boxing session was last Friday, and even that was only 10 minutes because I got too sluggish and don't want to blast out half an hour of bad form.
Your story about the farmers really clicked in my mind, similar thought yesterday at the kitchen. I'v got to get up even earlier than I am now If I want what I want in life.
Also, yes, rest days are the worst, expecially if you don't have a craft hobby or like to read, or follow someone awesome on youtube like Ramsey Danger Dewey! The mind will tax you harder than the body if let to wander unchecked and/or untrained. Advice for rest days. Excercise your mind, painting, writing, music, an art form that is less physically demanding is a wonderful use of time if find yourself getting jitters from being away from the rock and roll aspect of life.
Thank you for the videos as always, RD.
On mental strength, i was born on a hobby farm and I have a little bit of it, so it irritates me when people say they can't conquer their problems, just seems like they are quiting.
Ask yourself whether you actually enjoy the process and check whether you are going in the right direction for you, because training this much is only possible if you actually want to be doing it that much. Just my thoughts
I work full time and train 6 day a week, one hour a day and it can be very exhausting. You have to have a near perfect sleeping routine, but I love it.
Hmm interesting, I never thought about this % relation when it comes to time feeling in different ages.
For about 6 months i was waking up early to workout with my mom (shes a personal trainer), work manual labor for 8 hours, then go to kickboxing and follow it with jiu jitsu.
When i stopped doing jiu jitsu and found an easier job, i was amazed at how little i fell asleep at random times in public places. Lol
Hey Coach, I got a quick question. Is 33 years old too "old" to fight amateur mma locally?
I really want to experience fighting at my full potential in a safe environment. You can't really bring the heat at the gym.
Thank you for your time.
No, it’s not too old.
Thank you for your time. I want to ask my coach about it and I want to be humble as possible because one of the outcomes is getting the crap kicked out of me.
Thanks again! I love your videos and watch them as much as possible.
Some points from the video:
Nutrition
Not overtraining
Sleep
Stretching
Breathing
Stress (my own)
I was trying to finish my school work and lots of busy stuff for a week then make Friday a really special day for Training.
Also btw, is it alright to try going out like find a place for example a cemetery and do jogging there while wearing face mask just to avoid people since there's a pandemic?
Hey Ramsay, you talked about how wishful thinking does not work. But what about the law of attraction. What is the difference between the law of attraction and wishful thinking. Thank you for the knowledge. Take care
"One day I wrote a list of impossible goals so I devised a time bending formula to make them happen but I dont remember it, doesnt matter, just write your goals" R. Dewey ;)
Hi Coach, I have a question. I'm aspiring to be a pro boxer once I graduate, but the only pure boxing gym near me has sessions when I'm in college. There's an mma gym nearby, would you recommend training there in the meantime to learn some stuff until I can graduate and train full time? Thanks
A fellow Dempsey lover! (Have you read his book?)
If you're interested in purely boxing, I'd say getting into a pure boxing gym should be your focus but mma training in the meantime is solid
Gabe Phippo yes I have, it's fantastic! Thanks for the reply, during vacation I can work out at a pure boxing gym, which I what I try
@@Greg-gp6vz you can still learn alot from mma that can apply to boxing and pugilism. Clinching holding wrestling dirty boxing etc
Gsp reportedly had a 25 minute rule for training
Just have some whiskey and enjoy life boys
hello once again!
As alway, when you ask Coach Dewey how to open a jar, he starts from physics, biology, sociology and ends with psychology in telling you how.
If you’re having trouble opening your own jars, you need to a start lifting weights.
Ramsey Dewey 😂 that’s what I’m talking about! We love your perspectives and approaches to things 👍, and now that I got your attention, maybe you will include in one of your QA videos, about what you think of Fiesta, aka noontime nap, I noticed many farmers do take fiesta at noon, perhaps that also benefit their development of strength? And I never heard of those pros who train twice a day of they take fiesta in between their daily training schedules.
Why do fighters lose their chin? Some fighters take alot if punches in fights, then later they lose the ability to take a punch and go unconscious. Can you explain why this happens?
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I have a question... How might your stance on rest/sleep (or anything else that you commonly suggest for that matter) be changed if you had a student whom suffered from severe bipolar disorder whom could not be medicated for it??? (Especially considering that slowing down for most people with bipolar disorder often means becoming depressive.)
I had such a student. She had a terrible sleeping schedule, was constantly sleep deprived, and she lashed out constantly to the point of being completely uncoachable. You can’t save everyone, no matter how much you try.
@@RamseyDewey In my case that's me... I don't lash out hardly ever (I found ways that help reduce that), but I struggle with the depressive side a lot... Exercise is about the only thing that helps, but frankly my body never can seem to keep up with my need for the endorphins and staying busy that exercise provides me.
Sadly, letting go of people with bipolar disorder seems to be the popular approach... that is why I have previously made comments about some people needing to try to find happiness without other people... but, honestly, I think this just sets such people up to suffer worse and those that could have been benefited by what we might have had to offer to miss out. :(
I don't really have any answers either, but I sometimes wish that society would either learn to accept us or make removing ourselves from society more possible... being stuck in the middle feels a lot like combining love and abuse at the same time and it makes everything so much harder than it ever should be for anyone. :(
Anyways, thanks for the reply.
If you pop your video into an editor there should be an option to reduce background noise. It'll remove the static.
You are grossly overestimating the level of editing software I’m working with
@@RamseyDewey What do you use?
Im coming of age to get in the job field but i also want to pursue combat sport im gonna try it out for a couple years but the job that im gonna have is brobably going to be really demanding and i will probably be ofc by 7 pm from 8 to 7 and i dont know many gyms specific to combat sports that is open late night hours idk i will probably get some sparrings on saturday
If that doesnt end up working out i will enroll a trade school
I think BJJ is getti g me to eat more again. I have been struggling with they
How do I send and ask a question to you?
You just did.
In the Q and A answer videos you do I mean
Hey Ramsey, something really went wrong with your Audio this time. Now and then there is an insane amount of background noise.
I must have felt like 42 , but I'm 47 years old.
Hiya Alan Power, your brother Malcolm says hello.
Is your gym open yet?
Yes it is.
Ramsey Dewey sweet. I’m in St. Louis Missouri. Still the gym is not open. We have been doing Zoom classes. Im really missing getting punched in the face. LOL.
Train half an aspect full assed rather than multiple aspect half assed
Isn't Khabib technically a farmer wrestler?
Why do you live in China? I'm just curious
Because I do.
Is it normal to feel nauseous after workout?
Amazing video, that one is eye opening.
No.
Hmm, strange, I usually get that reaction, thought it was ok
It's common to feel like that after weight lifting.
Check when and what you are eating, could be that simple.
Also, it really depends on your workout, might be you are overtraining yourself. The body needs time to adapt, even if your will is strong enough to keep pushing it.
Feeling nauseous and maybe also very light in your head can be indicators for overtraining. Had that happen to me once.
I'm curious what your genetics make up is. Are you half Asian half white?
No. I’m Celtic with a few Norse ancestors.
@@RamseyDewey very cool. Your accent sounds like you were born somewhere in North America
@@adrianreyes2318 he was born in America and moved to China t the age of 24 iirc. He's talked about it in a few videos and and if I'm not mistaken he got an entire video about it
I was 30 when I moved to China.
I remember reading years ago that the majority of people with middle level management jobs spent their leisure watching TV., which surprised me, cos I supposed they would have lots of interesting hobbies and interests. I reckon a normal male person can only give their full attention to one thing. If you're doing all sorts of stuff outside of that one thing, you're obviously not giving 100%. How many guys are capable of splitting their attention like this. Not me. I pursue one interest at a time. The reason youth is a time to explore is that you have leisure to do so. And having done a management job, I can tell you it's draining, very draining. You're dealing with people issues most of the time. Upsizing, downsizing, unless you're a total psychopath it will tell on you, cos you're dealing with real people's real lives. How can I give less than 100% to that. Nowadays I'm out of the game. Retired. I return to my childhood pursuits, like Martial Arts and stuff. Just hope i retain my physical and mental strength. It's difficult to adapt but mostly so far I'm OK, I dread some life changing event that's gonna screw me completely.
I feel like TH-cam is killing your reach, don't get your videos on home screen anymore but can't say for sure.
Well, subscribe and check your subscriptions page and you should find it.
@@RamseyDewey Done 👍
I am speed
There is a finite time when you have infinite wants.
Hii. How ya doin today?
Milk the cows? They have machines for that Farmer Dewey
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The biblical God worked on creation 6 days, on the 7th God rested.
its only selfless if you don't get paid for it
Im sorry but who is this DK Yoo cat?
A scam
I can answer that.
Stop working.