“Khabib sees when an athlete feels good and when he is overtrained” – Tagir Ulanbekov on training with Nurmagomedov

Russian UFC fighter Tagir Ulanbekov in an interview with , he spoke about training with Islam Makhachev from the former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedova .

Ulanbekov, Nurmagomedov and Makhachev are students of Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov. After finishing his fighting career as the UFC lightweight champion, Khabib oversees the training of his team’s fighters.

— Describe to a stranger what it means when Khabib trains.

— When Khabib is at the gym, everyone is in the mood to work hard. No one in the room can argue, talk, laugh, etc. during these two hours. Everyone just focuses on the training process.

— Did Khabib train this hard when he was a fighter? Or is he now pushing you really hard, but he hasn’t trained himself like that?

— When he was a fighter, he could probably face us at 70%, since he didn’t have much time to follow us and train. And now he’s already looking at us, he’s not training. And it will immediately help everyone who wants to relax and add exercises.

— Sometimes fighters talk about overtraining. Is it possible to “make up for overtraining” when training under Khabib?

“When we already feel that we are training too much, we tell him that it is hard, that it would be better to do a light workout in the morning, and in the evening we will relax in the hammam. And he sees it himself too. After all, he has been practicing this sport for 25 years. Khabib sees when an athlete passes the gym and feels good, or when they are overtrained. He can really say: “Rest today, hit the bags, stretch.” » There is no such thing as us plowing, training stupidly and not taking care of our health. So overtraining does not happen with us,” Ulanbekov told .

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